Sam - 3 year photos

Sam is excited for his new baby brother due in October!

Favorite things: Trains, Fixing with Daddy, Playing with his friends, his Grandmas and Grandpas and his great big family.

Photos by Jessica Bjorum.

Sam's 1st dentist appointment

Sam at his first dentist appointment, sitting in Grandpa Jim's dental chairs :) July 2011

Sam - 18 months

Samuel at 18 months....Christmas time 2009

1 year old!

1 year pix!

Happy Easter!

meeting the easter bunny for the first time

who is this guy?

petting baby bunnies

(he liked "petting" the dirt too)

Sam: 8 months old!

Our little guy is crawling and pulling himself up these days!!! He is loving exploring and climbing all over the place. He loves to play and is such a happy little one. He's still really cuddly, even though he's pretty busy with his crawling and playing. He hates getting bundled up; he loves being naked or in a diaper. He LOVES his bath, it's one of his favorite things; so is playing in the faucet. I swear he has to be carrying a watch on him somewhere. Even with daylight savings time he is right on with this eating times. He is a good sleeper, he loves his crib! We are really tired parents, but loving every minute of it. He is such a joy!

LOVES

bathtime

patrick playing guitar

crawling and climbing and pulling himself up

putting everything in his mouth

being naked and rolling around on the bed in only his diaper

meat

cheerios & baby mums (rice crackers)

trying to drink from a cup

mommy and me yoga class

daddy's beard

slot racer cars

fuzzy animals book and goodnight moon

playing and watching other kids

snuggling

kisses...leads to laughing!

DISLIKES

getting bundled up

changing clothes a lot (it takes a lot of distraction!)

(he is going to love summertime!)

7 months old

I came home to find my boys playing slot racer cars together. Sam loved it (and so did Daddy).

Sam's first piece of artwork!

2 little ghosts that also happen to be little feet cut outs!

Sam & Daddy, 11 weeks old

isabel & sam

So we did end up in the hospital at the same time! Sam came on the 28th and Isabel on the 30th. How fun! We did byob (bring your own baby) yoga this summer and had a great time!

the "snugli"

1 week old = just arms and legs

probably a little too tiny for this at 1 week old

7 weeks old

old pros with the snugli now!

a wonderful summer

We've had a great summer together, lots of time with friends and family.

1 week old, July 5th, 2008
daddy and sam

the dufek's!

colleen dufek and sam

mommy & sam

sam gave aunt jill a little present ;)

aunt jan, sam, & grandma judy

grandpa jim and sam

changing time!

aunt mia and sam

grandma linda and sam



i love sleeping on grandpa bob


kicking my little cousin to be! aunt sara and sam

sam and grandpa trying out the car at liberty frozen custard



cousin nina and sam
auntie laurie and auntie patti with sam

Thanks to everyone for coming to visit and meet our little boy!

2 week photos

Here are some of Sam's 2 week old photos, so hard to believe! He is a joy and is such a good baby. Lots of smiles and fun expressions, even the serious grunt-y ones. He's already been to Liberty Frozen Custard twice (thanks to his Grandpa Bluhm). He loves cuddling, spreading his arms and legs out as far as he can, and exploring every room he is in with his big blue eyes. He has really cute little biceps and shoulders....ok, I could go on and on!

Thanks to everyone for your love and support!
Love,
Amy, Patrick, Sam, and Maggie (the dog)

Sam meets his grandparents!