He's such a boy!

I was going to do this post about how "all boy" he is, but then I looked at this picture. 

He glows!  Poor thing has his mom's pale complexion.  

Move over, Picaso!

This weekend was supposed to be spent in Prescott and Hope.  However, on the way down, Samuel got sick.  Really sick.  The gross kind. So we headed back home to quarantine ourselves.

The poor guy didn't have any more stomach episodes, but ran a fever and just wasn't himself all weekend.  We even let him have his pacifier all weekend. 

For the few minutes he felt good, we took him out to the backyard to play. Casey and I did some painting on the pool and had a few tablespoons of paint left. 

Guess who played with it?  

Best Friend

Samuel loves his big sister, Maddie. Her name was his first real word, actually.  

Future Romance?

Last night, we kept my friend Paige's little lady, Charlie Kate. She's 6 months younger than Samuel. 

She was an angel all evening. 

 Samuel was not.  Sharing isn't his strong suit.  This is one of many time-out trips. 

He got the message after about 30 minutes and 20 time-outs.  She wasn't leaving and he had to share.  So they did. There was lots of goldfish swapping. 

At bathtime, I took out all toys that could cause arguments and gave them 2 cups to play with.  They had a BLAST!!! 

Samuel's such a ham, he kept her giggling the whole time.

This was after he demonstrated some bubble blowing.

He's growing up too fast!!

I just hit submit on an order and fighting off tears.  I ordered bed rails and a big boy potty!  Oh my goodness, where has the time gone?! 

With school almost out, Casey and I talked about putting Samuel in his big boy bed and starting the dreaded potty training this summer when I can really work on it.  Can I just tell you how nervous I am about both?  Yikes! 

Playing in Muddy Puddles!

When the torrential rain finally slacked off today, we headed out to jump in some good muddy puddles. 

Samuel had never experienced this and was just in Heaven!  

A Wonderful and Lazy Weekend

Friday afternoon, my friend Jenny and her little guy, Jack Michael came over to play.  The boys had a blast.  

Saturday was spent doing nothing much. I went to a baby shower for a sweet friend from church.  After it was over, I got to go to Kroger--All By Myself!!

I made a fun dish for dinner.  Dirty Diapers.  A friend from high school posted this recipe on her blog.  As I started making them, I realized that this was also my sister-in-law, Jessica's, recipe too-she does hers like a casserole with crescent rolls on the bottom, meat filling, then more crescents on the top.  They were so yummy! 

I also made some Funfetti cupcakes.  Can you tell Samuel liked them?