Here's why...

OK, so here's why I have been awful at updating my blog and posting pictures...

I am pregnant again!!!!!!

Yes, it was planned, but, as I get further along, I am wondering what the heck we were thinking! I am due October 27th, and am about 9 weeks along now... we had our first ultrasound Friday, and everything looked great! I am EXTREMELY tired (partly due to Sam, partly to baby #2), but I figure that I need to learn to function in this state of tiredness for the next few years!!!! I have had morning sickness again... all day!!!! It's not quite as bad as when I was preggy with Sam, but it's harder, I think, because I am chasing Sam constantly! I have actually been napping (hence, no computer!), and Mama and Daddy have been AWESOME!!!! I go out there one or two (sometimes 3 or 4) nights a week, and they take care of both me and Sam! I am so incredibly blessed to have such loving parents!!!!! They are DEFINITELY the busiest retired people I know... between me and Sam (Mama has done laundry and cooked and all that fun stuff), going and helping Bo with stuff, both of their mothers at different ends of the state needing something or another, and keeping up their own home, they are BUSY!!!! BJ says he's the lowest maintenance of us all.... yeah....

Anyway, that's my excuse! I'll still try for updated pictures soon - right now, I need sleep!!!!

Bad Mommy!!!

Oh, what a bad mommy I am!!!! I have promised pictures, but, in all honesty, I haven't TAKEN that many lately!!!!! What's my problem????

Well, last week, when Sam and I went to Mama and Daddy's for Thursday night, because BJ had a late meeting; it turned into Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights!!!!! (BJ came out there after work on Friday) We went to the farm on Saturday... and I think Mama MAY have gotten a COUPLE of pictures on her camera!!!!! I'll post those when I get them!!!

Sam FINALLY clapped... we have been trying this patty-cake thing for awhile, but, what got him to do it, you ask???? GOING 30 MPH ON THE 4-WHEELER!!!!! It was SO CUTE!!!!! Mama was driving with Sam in front of her; Daddy was behind Mama holding onto Sam, and he was just laughing and clapping the whole time they went fast!!!!! Now, I'm sure that's all kinds of breaking the law, but it was worth it for that smile and that clap!!!

Now, he plays patty-cake all the time!

And another thing that just makes him giggle and smile (Pop Pop discovered) is brownies!!!! When he gets a little bite, he just goes nuts!!!!! Again, SO CUTE!!!!

Well, here are the pictures I have...

Sam discovered that he can 'open' doors - it's just SO FRUSTRATING when they're locked!!!

Here's his first 'big boy' boo-boo... can you see it? It's on his chin! He fell after he flushed the toilet for me, and decided he wanted to go un-roll the toilet paper! His mouth was bleeding, and I didn't even know he hurt his chin until the next day!!!! It was scary for both of us, but we survived!!!He's SO MUCH bigger than the last picture we have of him doing this! Which will probably be the last picture of him drinking his bottle, since he's ALMOST ONE!!!!!! I can't believe it!!!

That's all for now!!!

Sam-date time!

With Sam, there is always a need for an update... so, here we go!!!!

• He is walking around with his walker and all around the furniture! Last night he 'accidentally' took his first step alone - he was walking between furniture and had to let go of the couch to get to the chair! Won't do it again, though!
• He pushed his plastic toy box over to the couch the other day, climbed on top of them and onto the couch! I was right there just seeing what he was going to do with it, but he looked like he had been doing it forever. He later thought he should push the boxes over to the baby jail wall and tried to climb over to the fire place... oh, what he learns SO QUICKLY!!!
• He called 911 yesterday morning! The Gwinnett county police called me back, and I had to explain that my baby called them and there was no emergency! They probably thought I had a 2 or 3 year old!!!!
• Sam fell and got his first bloody lip and chin... it was so sad (and scary)!!!!! He then scratched over his eye after his morning nap, then got the other eye after his afternoon nap... needless to say, he looks abused!!!!
• He has now started pointing at EVERYTHING!!! We were in the grocery store and pointed at every balloon we saw... Mimi and Pop Pop got him three, and he LOVES playing with them!!!
• He has an arsenal of words now: balloon, Mimi, Pop Pop, Big, Ba for bottle, bana for banana, hi, bye, ball, bang, Rock, puppy, , EEEEE and AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
• He also doesn't want to be rocked to sleep. He pushes me away, I lay him down (for nap or at night), and he lays there and, sometimes he plays awhile, and sometimes he just goes right to sleep!
• He's so smart, obviously, but he is so much fun to watch explore and discover things!

Sam and I are at Mama and Daddy's, so I don't have my recent pictures, but, I promise to post some soon!!!! He's gotten so big! He weighs 25 lbs, and he's tall now!!! He needs to be able to walk so I can quit carrying him everywhere!!!!!

It's been a week...

Quick update on the Laterveers...

• My dad's mom fell and broke her hip and her wrist up in Rome last Friday... Mama and Daddy had to go up there that night and were up for over 40 hours - not a good thing, so they were then sick!
• Mama, Sam and I went to Albany to see the other grandmother and take her to one of her doctor's appointments on Monday... we got back Wednesday, but it was so late that Sam and I just spent the night with them and came home Thursday night!
• Daddy had to pick up his plane in the midst of all of this - so Mama and I were able to pick him up at the airport on our way home from Albany (oh, yeah, and he was on his way home from Rome).
• BJ's brother is on Spring Break this coming up week, so he is here staying with us this weekend! He loves seeing Sam - they're so cute together!
• I wanted him to have a yummy home-cooked meal when he came home from college, so I cooked yesterday (huge feat with Sam pulling on my leg!!!)
• Friends are coming over for dinner tonight, so I'm cooking again... good, though, because Brandon will get another home-cooked meal, and he and BJ can take care of Sam while I cook!
• I haven't even been able to look at my email, MySpace or Face Book until today!!!!! I believe it's been over a week... yes, major withdrawals... rivaling those of caffeine withdrawals!!!!!

Busy week, but all fun things... except for the broken bones, of course! She's doing better... they should be moving her to rehab today or Monday, so that's a good sign!!!!!

I have some pictures, but not the time to upload... stay tuned!!!!