Sam, Friends & the last of Fall

Sam got to play with his girlfriend the other week.

Janalynn. She's a cutie.  Really not his girlfriend

but she's basically the only girl baby his age we know.

Rachel came to visit again.

She loves babies.

And Sam and I drove down to Salt Lake to see Baby Noah

and Jennika again and Beth came up from Springville!

So fun.

They loved holding hands.

Sam loves to eat people's hands...

We had Sam's 4 month appointment last week.
He's doing awesome. Hated his shots

but got over it real quick.

He's getting better at eating from a spoon.

He's also becoming much more mobile...he started out on that play mat.

Sometimes Travis and I aren't that observant, especially when the baby

is playing so quietly by himself...and we miss the fact that

he's rubbing his face in his own spit up. He didn't seem to mind though.

It was time for our painting of the year so we did something

a little craftier that Sam could help us with.

 We went down to Salt Lake on Saturday to cheer Mandy in

on her half marathon. She had a great race.

We went on some more walks to enjoy the fall leaves.

Colton and Tamara came with us down the Logan River trail.

Sam and I went on another walk the other morning--just the usual, down

the street to the park and back.  We stopped at this bench like we always do.  

This bench.

2 years ago this month Travis proposed to me here.

Best decision I ever made saying yes to that man. 

So grateful that I can stay home with this little guy. :)

Couldn't be more blessed.

Peek-A-Boo with Dad

Baby Food

Sam started eating real food today!

If you can call slightly chunky milk 

real food that is. 

Marathons and Family Fun

It's been a little while--and this past month has been busy!

We ended September with the Top of Utah marathon.

Ryan ran solo this year and did an awesome job! He looked great coming in!

It was fun to go cheer him on.  And fun to have some family in town.

If that's not motivation, I don't know what is

Sam has been doing great!

4 months old tomorrow!

He is growing up too fast--likes to sit up, talk, stand, rolls over and is

just about ready to crawl...not sure if we're ready for a mobile child.

He just keeps getting cuter though.

Almost time for a hair cut :)

Last weekend we went to St. George for the marathon like we do every year.

Sam did the mayor's walk with us. We coordinated

and all wore blue jackets. (I just noticed that.)

We stood at the finish line forever cheering all the

crazy runners on.

Steven is probably the best at cheering.

Sam was definitely the worst at cheering.

And all the short people had to stand on the fence to see over it.

;) 

Matthew ran his best race ever with a time of 2.53!

He was flying and looked great as he came in.

Dad was next, and he had too much energy at the end--he started

sprinting when he found out Matthew had accomplished his

goal of qualifying for the Boston marathon.

If any of his kids had done that he would tell them that

they ran the rest of the race too slow.

But he had a good race as well.

Dad always has the best faces when he's feeling good at the end of a race.

Andrew came in next, but unfortunately I didn't get a photo of him

because I was taking care of my baby.

Good job though Andrew! 

We had some fun pool time.

Kids just love hotels. When we first arrived at the hotel,

we hadn't even got into our rooms yet and Anne, age 5 yells,

"This is SO fun!!!" Cracked me up.

Travis had fun throwing kids around.

I think his arms were sore the next day...

Just chillin' in the hotel....aka being distracted by the baby during General Conference.

Sam came to handball with me this week because his 

babysitter was out of commission.

But they guys love to watch him, and he's so good for them.

Fall is here! I love Logan, especially during this time of year.

 We went on a walk last night to enjoy the colors.

Sam loves looking at the trees...and everything else. :)

Sorry for the longest blog post in the world.

Also, it took me all day to write this post because of this...

I still think he's adorable.