Sam is growing!

Sam is 13 months old now! He is practically running. His favorite toy right now is Daddy's old cell phone. He loves making pretend calls on it. His favorite place is still outside, so we have no problems putting on jackets or shoes because he knows where he's going to go once they're on!! We think he's a genius! hahaha He can say doggie, momma, daddy, nose, mouth, ears, eyes, mmmm for milk, cracker, cookie and he can point out all of those things as well. I don't know why we are encouraging him to learn new words, give it a few years and we will be praying for silence!!! He'll also raise his hands if anyone says, "Touchdown!" and he'll dance if he hears music. He is definitely a little show-off because we can't go anywhere without him talking, laughing or making faces at complete strangers. He loves the attention. Here are some pics to show just how much he's grown! :)

1 month old

3 months old

5 months old

8 months old

9 1/2 months old
(I must not have taken a "chair" pic that month!)

13 months old! :) Such a big boy!

Halloween and the Mountains

Unfortunately, I did not take pics at our church's Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat on Halloween night because Joseph, Emily and I were working a booth and then ran to our car to do trunk or treat. I did give in and decorate the car in Georgia colors, just because we have more GA stuff. I also did my best at carving a GA "G" pumpkin, mainly because a Gator is much more complicated to carve! haha Anyways, my usual 1,000 picture event ended up being one picture of the back of Sam because he didn't want to stand still. He was a cowboy that didn't want to stand still or wear his hat, so Pops wore it most of the night! haha Thanks to our friends Mark and Robin and Karen and Emory we have pics of Sam on that night.
The second half of the pics are our trip to Dahlonega and Helen up in the GA mountains. We wanted to get away for the day and see the leaves. Sam got a souvenier "flute" which he serenaded us with. We also met up with Aunt Pam, Uncle Clay and Great-Granny and Great-Pawpaw Townsend. Sam really enjoyed the swings and slide and of course Pawpaw's rolling walker/chair!

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Sam - 1 year old!

These are some pics from the last few weeks. Sam had another ear infection and he was sad that he couldn't go outside because it was too cold. One afternoon, Mommy gave in and bundled him up to go outside. It was the first time he wore mittens and a hat so he was very interested in those. The first set of pics is a very happy boy getting to play outside. There's also pics of him playing with his birthday balloons, a big hit! Also pics of him playing with Daddy, Mommy and Logan. Also the day of the FL/GA game...always interesting in our household with Daddy being a Bulldog fan and Mommy a Gators fan! haha And last our visit to the pumpkin patch to get a pumpkin for our church's fall festival and trunk-or-treat. Enjoy!

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