Sam turned 1 year old on Feb. 24th. We had the family over to help us celebrate. Everyone was so sweet to bring gifts for him! I think he enjoyed opening these better then the Christmas presents. Here's a few pictures:

He wasn't quite sure what to do about the candle...

but he loved the cake and ice cream!

This is just a cute video I wanted to add. Listen close & you'll hear him say, "Hi, Dad!"

Love you all! Thanks for making Sam's birthday so memorable!

Time goes so fast! Sam offically started walking on February 12. An exciting, but sad day. It's been hard keeping up with him since he started crawling. J.M. describs him as a spider when he crawls. He goes fast, stops, looks around, sees what he wants and bolts to it. Pretty soon I'll be running after him as he's running away from me. I know all you mom's are just smiling, knowing what I'm in for.

Anyway, here are a couple videos that were too cute not to share.

Sam walking between J.M. & Uncle Andy:



Bath time!! Such fun when there are parents to entertain:

I know I just did an update, but I've taken some more cute pictures since then!




Found the escaped baby with the books.




"Mer-Sam". No wonder his cry sounded a little more urgent this morning!





And the following pictures are for Grandma Jami. Evidently this is the same outfit that J.M. wore to play in the snow when he was little. Very cute!!

Jammin with dad -