Sam is 10 Months!

Sam Turns 10 Months from Melissa van Herksen on Vimeo.

Who knew this day would get here so fast. Our little Sammy who isn't so little anymore is 10 months. Only 60 days and he will be one year old. During the last month he has grown so much and started doing so many new things.

I think he liked going back to sea level (Miami) because he grew like a weed. While in Miami he outgrew half of his clothes and he gained almost 3 pounds! Well, I have to weigh him, but he sure seems ALOT heavier. He also went up a size in diapers. His appetite didn't really increase, but the doctor and friends told us that when you take the baby down a couple of thousand feet to sea level they have a growth spurt. Not sure why...but it is true!

He also started to crawl. The first day he actually crawled was February 10th...the day of his baptism and in typical Miami style his first strides were around a pool! And now he is a mean crawling machine wanting to touch everything and inspect every inch of the house. That means we have to follow him everywhere and no matter how much we keep an eye on him accidents happen.

Samy is cruising along with furniture and walls, but he is not very stable so he falls every once in a while even though I try to cushion every fall and wobble he still seems to get bumped and bruised. This is a whole new thing for me because Luka never really moved around so much.

And he is also starting to talk. Mama and Papa escapes every once in a while and you can also hear "Ete" = Este, "Shi" = Si, "Awua" = Agua. Oh and my new favorite pastime is hearing Samy hear his own voice...let me explain. He recently discovered that the toy piano in his older brother's room has a microphone. I guess he got tired of listening to his older brother sing and he wanted a piece of the action. So now he grabs the microphone and yells & slobbers right into the microphone. The "singing" is followed by the cutest laugh. I need to catch that on film the next time he does it.

He has also started to eat all kinds of new foods. This week his favorite are bread (any type of bread..the harder the better) and fig newtons...loves them.

Well that is our Sammy update for now....