Smile

I am officially home on maternity leave until October 6th!  Sam and I are enjoying our time together---although we're still not sleeping long enough at night!  I am declaring this Sam's first smile---he liked the joke I told him.

Zoo

John stayed home with Sam the first week of school so I could meet my students and get the year started, so he was ready to get out of the house this last weekend.  We ate our sack lunches at the zoo and showed Sam our favorite parts of the zoo(the ostriches were Olivia's choice, and the sharks were Ben's----however, Sam slept the whole time!  Big brother and sister fell asleep on the way home!  Mom and Dad didn't get a nap. . . . . . .

Back to School!

Olivia started first grade last week--she loves it!  Ben is back at Carrie's with all of his friends; he wanted his picture taken on his first day back to daycare.  

Olivia gets to walk to school from Carrie's house with her good friend Jackson; they are in the same class again this year!

Sleep Anyone?

Someone in our house is getting sleep---mostly during the day!

Sam even found time to nap on his one month birthday!  He had been up most of the night--celebrating!

Last days of summer break

Olivia and Ben go back to daycare and school soon.  I haven't been able to take them to the pool since Sam arrived, so they have settled for the next best thing--our "backyard" pool!

Sam loves to relax on his frog blanket--his big sister and brother like it, too.  They love to help entertain him!

Ben was either telling Sam something really important or singing a song to him.  Sam was sleeping:-)