Life With Sam

It's a laugh a minute!

Using Andy's shoe horn for a microphone. EDIT: (I just realized I wrote a shoe horn, it's not a shoe horn. It's a shoe .......something. It goes in shoes to keep their shape. If you know the name, you'll get a prize!)

Wearing some eggs.

Attempting to fit into the baby rocker.

Play time with Patrick.

And now it's going to get even more interesting since we've entered into the world of potty training.


Call the press, he actually went!

Saturday Morning Soccer

Samuel's best friend is Avery. He's Patrick and Denise's son. He's four and the sweetest boy. Samuel is obsessed with him. He calls him "Ay Ay Ay." When we drive down the road and pass the street to get to their house he yells out "Ay Ay Ay." It's precious. He is going to be so heartbroken when Avery moves.

We went to Avery's soccer game on Saturday morning after picking Julie, Andy's sister, up from the airport. Samuel had lots of fun playing on the playground, but had a very hard time staying off the field. He wanted to be in the middle of it all so bad.

He even got a balloon just like each member of the team in celebrating their last game of the season. It made him feel so special :) Thanks Denise!

I can't wait till he's on a team. He's going to have such a blast!

Meet Joe Frog

Since Joseph was born he has reminded of us a frog. His facial expressions resemble a frog so much to us. I caught him in a very frog-like mood and thought I would use this opportunity to introduce you to our frog:

Snap, Crackle, Pop

My Cup Runneth Over

With ice cream that is!!!

I do not like hot coffee! I think it tastes so gross. I will drink some fru-fru cold coffee drinks. But, I love me some coffee flavored ice cream. Strange, I know.

In Camp Lejeune, NC on base there was a convenient store that had an ice cream counter in it. They served a Starbuck's flavored ice cream called, Mud Pie. When I was pregnant and laboring with Samuel for the oh, 3 WEEKS, I had to have it ALL. THE. TIME. It was heavenly!

I hadn't had it in 22 months. My wonderful friend, Denise, got it for me at a store in Indianapolis. (Not to be confused with Denise, the wife of Patrick 'The Bishop'. I have two friends Denise and they both go to the same church we do).

We all joked that I might hate it now, because we all know how strange pregnancy cravings are, but let me tell you, It was even better than I had remembered! I can't believe I've gone this long without it. It's amazing how much I love this ice cream. It's such a simple concept, but boy does it make a girl happy!

I have tried to recently make it at home. It was very good, but after tasting the real thing, it does not hold a candle to it. You can go to starbucks.com and see if they carry this ice cream near you. It's very hard to find.

THANKS DENISE SO MUCH! You are such a great friend.

I wish I could figure out a way to get a weekly delivery. But, I suppose it's best for my waistline that I or someone else has to drive over 30 miles to get this ice cream. Why couldn't I be in love with apples?