Merry Christmas!

Love,

Ryan, Morgan and Samuel

Pre- haircut

Ryan has been bugging my to get Samuel's haircut. I finally gave in one morning when his hair was uncontrollable! Here are a few pre shots.

Typical day

I love that Samuel can entertain himself by screaming and walking around looking a little "drunk." Crazy kid....

O' Christmas Tree

We finally were able to find time to go and get our tree, decorate it while listening to Christmas music, bake cookies, put Samuel to bed and then watch Miracle on 34th street. I love this time of year!

Christmas Prep

Samuel, Ryan and I started decorating Samuel's very own tree. We hope to keep the tradition going every year and letting Samuel decorate his own tree and placing it in his room.

This year, we are keeping it in the hallway....

Thanksgiving

The 3 Doherty's traveled up to Richmond for the Holiday's.

Check out his plate!

His great Poppie

His great Nannie

Samuel did great and of course, LOVED eating!

1 year stats

We had a great check-up. 4 shots, 1 finger stick and a healthy babe!

Weight- 23 lbs 12 oz. (70%)
Height- 31 1/2 inches (92%)

I am loving this age. He is doing something new everyday and he is such a joy to be around.

I love that he loves people. He is soooo social and thrives when he is around people. At first it hurt my feelings that he could care less if I was around....but I love that he will go to anyone and smiles while doing it!

I love that he is walking everywhere. He entertains himself a lot now by walking in circles. Although, he always seems to have a new bump or bruise everyday.

I love that he is ALL boy. You could toss him into a wall and he would laugh. He is very active and moves constantly. Ryan and I will find ourselves reading books to him and he is walking circles around us. I am guessing this is why he still hates the car seat and his stroller.....

I love that he loves his daddy. Samuel lights up when Ryan is around and they have a blast on Daddy Day.

I love that he loves food. I can't think of one thing that he will not eat. But I do know the way to his heart..... bread.

I love that he is such a good sleeper. The kid loves his nap and his sleep. Probably the one thing he picked up from his mommy!

I love his energy. I love when other people watch him, they tell me how tired they are! Gives me a little sense of pride in my hard work....

We love this boy.

Birthday Partay!

Samuel had his Birthday party on Saturday. What a blast! Samuel napped great that afternoon and was ready to party that night. We had BBQ and everything that goes with it and invited our families and a few friends for the event.

What would a party be without Samuel's best friend, Jackson?

A pretty good attempted family shot. Samuel loved Lydia and thought she was one of his presents.

His loot. He received some great gifts! Books, clothes, a new wagon and a tent to play in!

Of course, the best part was watching Samuel eat his JUMBO cupcake. And he ate the entire thing! One hand held the cupcake and one hand held the icing.

He went at it going back and forth between hands.

Thanks everyone for making his party a great one!

Birthday

Wow. This is a LATE post. We have had some computer problems and then of course Thanksgiving....so there has not been a lot of blogging here.

On Friday the 13th, Samuel turned one!

We woke him up by singing to him and bringing him "breakfast" in bed. We hope to continue that tradition every year (and maybe with actual food in bed!)

He opened his very first present which was an animal farm, which he loved!

Mimi and Pop-pop came that afternoon and we were able to open more presents, sing to him over and over and let him play in his new rocking horse. We love it because, when you flip it over it becomes a desk and when it stands up it becomes a highchair....awesome!

(oh yes, that is drool on Samuel's shirt)

Happy (late) Birthday!