Don't tell him it's not a bow bow...

Sam is starting to talk like a mad man (or like his mama). All the time. You know those cute little things they say wrong that you don't want to correct because it's just so darn cute?!?! I know you other mama's know what I'm talking about. I'm sure day #1 of Mother's Day Out, they'll teach him that the sequence of numbers isn't always 1, 2, 9...and I'm pretty sure they will be chomping at the bit to help his little 2 year old lips carefully sound out the word firetruck when right now, bow bow works just fine. I can't stop time, all I can do is write it down and video. So here it goes.....

burbay - birthday
i cwane - icecream
chuch - church
bow bow - fire truck
bow bow house - fire station
whoa mama - i love you mama
bawoon - balloon
ack ack - duck
ooh ooh - monkey
house - any and all doors
duh - Clifford
duh - Also GranRita
wee ahh - yee hah!, cowboy hats or anything western
foap - soap
wa wa - water
gucka - sucker
No No & Ree - Owen & Rudy
budin' budin' - his 4 wheeler
1, 2, 9 - anything and everything he counts
baa baa - banana
boo boos - blueberries
meth - mess
awful - waffle
co-whoa - color
stink snack - (while holding his nose) Pringles Baked Pizza Sticks
bee bee - baby (anything that's smaller than others like it..stuffed animal, rock, piece of chicken)
Din Din - Grandad
Wee Ket - hair cut
aaaallllll dunt - all done
fweens - friends
sit down - chair
car sit down - car seat
white back - right back (he says this anytime we leave him, "Mama, Daddy white back"
bawoon - balloon
ooo ooo - monkey
elf - elephant
nosh - nose
eee - ear
mouf - mouth
deet dee - cookie
way caa - race car
bay - bug
drat - donut
T - tv
T On - remote control
dat doo - tractor

Summertime, Summertime, Sum Sum Summertime...

Sam's first cake bake

For the first time, Sammy helped me bake a cake. It was so fun and he actually did a great job! Of course his favorite part was licking the beaters.

Swim Lessons 2009

Sam did so well as swim lessons this year. He jumped fearlessly into the water from the side and went under for at least 6-10 sec. He was a little fish. Here are some pics from his swim graduation...

His little class

His favorite song was the little duck song. We still sing it in the bathtub at night.

One of the funny things that he does is he holds his breath under water while smiling the entire time. He goes under smiling and comes out smiling. He has the sweetest expression on his face when you lift him above water. He is just so proud of himself. He looks around make sure everyone saw him do it. Such a little ham :)

Home Sweet Home

Every night, Matt, Sam and I gather together at the bottom of the stairs and say a goodnight prayer before Sam is off to bed. Recently, we have been trying to teach him to say the prayer himself. He bows his little head and we prompt him a little by letting him fill in the blank..."Dear Jesus, Thank you for______, Thank you for_____, " and so on. He always fills in the blanks with the sweet but obvious Mommy, Daddy, NoNo (aka Owen) and whatever else he happens to have in his hands. This past Friday, when he ran out of obvious answers, Matt and I watched as he scanned the room. I saw his little wheels turning and knew that whatever he came up with would be from his own little mind and heart. Finally he turned his little hand facing up as if to say, "Well of course" and simply said "HOME". The way he said it was so sweet and thoughtful as if everything he loved was in one place, home. I cried.

My Sweet Baby Boy

We just had our 2 year pictures made by my friend Melissa Darst. Sam is going through an "uncooperative phase" when it comes to posing for the camera. Luckily, I love action shots so that was ok with me :). As always, Melissa did a great job! The two things I wanted to be sure and include to really capture this stage were trains because they are his favorite (along with race cars) and his boots which I have to hide from him so that we can minimize the "I want to wear my boots every second of every day even to bed" meltdowns. They are his first REAL COWBOY boots and were a gift from his NeNe and Din Din. He calls them Yee Ha Boots and I Love them. Here are a few of the pics....

(Stuffing Rocks in his pockets.)