Moving, playing and making noises

Sam is an active little boy. He is constantly moving his arms and legs and scooting around. He pushes off with his feet to change positions. When I am holding him in an upright position sometimes he throws his head to the side to "roll over" into my arms.

Sam has graduated from his bouncy seat into his bigger bouncy seat. The first one we were using is oval and kindof short. He has gotten so big his feet are hanging out the end of the seat and when the seats bounces it really throws him around (Megan loves to make him smile by bouncing his seat). The seat we are using now has a much better shape and is much longer and much more gentle when it bounces. He loves it. He likes the toys on this one much more than the other one too.

Sam is such a "talker". He is constantly cooing, growling, chirping, squealing and a couple of indescribable noises. He is the noisest when he is playing in the floor and we are talking to him from above.

While I was typing this Will is feeding Sam. He had him sitting on his chest to burp himself (he just burps when you sit him like that) and Will was blinking his eyes at Sam. He was doing it really animated and Sam laughed. It was so cute. Will would blink his eyes and make a face and Sam would laugh, he did it 3 or 4 times.

Cooing and "Arghhhhing"

Sam is such a little talker. He is making so many noises. Tonight Will was saying "arghhh" to Sam and Sam was doing it back. It is so stinking cute. I was able to get it on video and if I can get the video small enough I will post it.

Smiling & Rolling Again

For the past 3 days I have been having a difficult time feeding Sam because after the first couple of ounces he just looks at me and smiles. He can't suck on the bottle and smile at the same time so instead of eating he just smiles at me. It is adorable, but it is making his feedings take a long time. :-)

Sam figured out how to roll over again today - he did it several times in a row and was very pleased with himself. I am happy he has figured it out again instead of laying there and fussing about being on his tummy.

Happy, Happy Baby Boy

Sam is such a happy little boy. He smiles and laughs all the time. He gets so excited when I talk to him that he "throws" his arms around and smiles and laughs. He is intoxicating.

Early morning party

Sam woke up this morning around 4:30 am and started playing in his crib. Yesterday afternoon he learned how to squeal and he thought he would work on his skills for an hour an a half. He was very cute, just kicking his little legs and squealing and laughing. BUT, I would prefer he wait until at least 6:30 am for his next shindig.

Moving around

Sam is really moving around in his crib. He will be laid down in one direction and be going the other direction when we go to get him up.

I think Sam has forgotten how to roll over; instead he just fusses. His pediatrician said that larger babies have a difficult time because they are heavier/large and so maybe that is now the case.

Pouting

Sam is such a little pouter. He will be completly happy and playing and then suddenly he will stick his bottom lip out and pout; which will quickly lead to crying. I managed to capture a pout in a photo today and uploaded it.

Sleeping and sucking on his hands

Sam is loving being in his crib. He is sleeping so great, he barely stirs during the night. I think he enjoys having all of the extra room.

A few days ago he really started trying to suck on his fingers/hands. Of course he doesn't have any teeth yet, but he started getting little dents on his hands. Today he has a few little sores from sucking on them. I had an idea to try the little mittens used to keep babies from scratching themselves (he doesn't have this problem) to see if that will help. I am going to put them on him after his next bottle; hopefully they will stay on.

Moving to his crib

Sam started napping in his crib yesterday because he is too long for his bassinet. Tonight we put him in his crib instead of in our room.

We didn't move Megan out of our room until she was 4 months and planned on doing the same with Sam but he had other plans. So tonight we will have 2 monitors in our room - one for each of our nightstands.