Stuff Mommy's don't want to forget...

Sam is growing SO FAST... and he's talking SO MUCH... and he's doing SO MUCH!!!! I just don't want to forget all of his little idiosyncrasies, so I am putting it all on 'paper'!!!!

• At first, everything was a doooooooog or a baaaaaaaaalllll... but now, there are a lot of words in his repertoire!
• Boon=Balloon
• Kee/Tee=Key (when he's looking at a key!)
• Mock=Milk
• Hot=Hat or Hot... whichever applies!
• Nana or NANA=Banana
• Chose=Cheerios
• Wah or Wahter=Water
• BiTe=Bite or Bike... whichever applies!
• BoaT=Boat
• Chee or Tea=Cheese
• Bree=Bread (both are major staples in Sam's diet these days!)
• Bock=Box or Book... whichever applies!
• Po=Pillow
• Hone=Phone
• Oooee or who=shoe (our fault for always telling his feet and shoes are SHEWEEE!)
• Bobo=4-wheeler (I dunno!)
• Mama is also "MY mama"
• Dada is "MY dada" sometimes too
• Rock=Rocky
• DoG or DoGGee=Stormie (LOVES his Dogee!)
• Dog Gone=All Gone
• Gaw Gone=Gone Gone (always with the arms out and hands up!)
• Pane=Plane (usually accompanied by Bo - b/c he flies a plane)
• Tee=Tree
• Toes=Toes or fingers
• Pie=Paci
• Nack=Snack (usually followed by the yelling of NANA!!!!)
• Boon=Spoon
• Nee Yot=Need Out (good thing he already knows what he NEEDS!)
• MeMee=Mimi
• Pop=Pop Pop
• BeeBee=Baby (usually accompanied by lifting my shirt or looking at a picture of himself!)
• Uh Oh= Uh Oh!!!!! And it's true!!!
• OOOn=On (used most as we're getting in the car b/c he wants his DVD player on)
• Licht=Light
• Toes=Toes
• Eye=Eye or Ice (whichever applies!)
• Hi and Bye Bye are usually accompanied by the pageant wave... SO CUTE!!!
• Dog can be a dog, Elmo, cow, pig, bear, frog... you get the picture
• Bo=everything else when he doesn't know what else to say!

He says sentences in his own language, but I can't yet make out what he's saying except for a word here and there... this kid is FOREVER talking, but I absolutely LOVE hearing his little voice!!!

I have some funny pictures to post, so I am going right now to the Sony site to order that darn cable that I have lost and hoped would show back up, but hasn't!!!!!

Farm Life

First thing's first... our newest little addition is a BOY!!!!!! Absolutely NO QUESTION there!!!! As of this week, we like 'Jacob Robert' for his name... and we'll call him Jake. We'll see if this sticks! Right now, I'm so tired of thinking of names that this one is just perfect!!!!

We have been at the farm for the past 5 days "camping"... yes, you heard me - pregnant, with a 15-month-old, and camping!!!! We bought a travel trailer last week, picked it up on Friday and hauled it out to the farm to 'break her in'!!!!!! Here's a link to the factory site in case you're just not able to picture what in the world I'm talking about!!!!

http://www.forestriverinc.com/nd/floorplanview.asp?name=83&page=wood&series=LETTrailers

It has a tub that's perfect for bathing Sam, and bunk beds for when the boys get older, a kitchen, dinette, a living room, and a queen sized bed!!!! Just perfect for our little family!

It was SO MUCH FUN!!!! Mama and Daddy were there in their motor home, and Bo was there with Jenn in his camper! We had great food, LOTS to do, and the time just flew by!!!!

Memories:

• BJ backing a 31-foot trailer for the first time with 5 1/2 spectators... he did a great job, and he's a VERY good driver! Kudos for the Tahoe that wasn't even squatting under the weight! Glad we got a "truck" SUV instead of something smaller!!!!
• What a great sense of accomplishment for the men to realize that we actually HAVE filled up this 8,000 square-foot barn they built!
• Trailblazing is no problem with three men, a chain saw, a machete, big tweezers, and a woman to tell them where to cut and to mark the trail!
• We now have trails pretty much covering the perimeter of the 100 acres!!!! It's VERY cool to be able to ride on them!
• The ghetto-fabulous pool is wonderful when the swamp butt is just too much to bear!!!!
• Sam had absolutely NO schedule, and, with all the entertainment, it really didn't matter. When we were ready for him to sleep, we would fire up the mule and take him for a short ride... did the trick every time! I need one of those at home!!!!
• Sam loved riding the 4-wheelers, the mule, the tractor... it didn't matter!!!
• But, MAN, is he Pop Pop's little buddy! Pop Pop couldn't go anywhere without him! And if he tried, Sam cried and ran after him!!!! Daddy can't stand to hear him cry, so Sam was always right beside him or on his hip!
• The food was always great, but trying to find leftovers between three refrigerators and kitchens was a bit of a challenge!!!!
• I have a super bruise on my butt from bouncing across the field on the back of Mama's 4-wheeler!!!!!
• Jenn has 4 yellow jacket stings on her from 4-wheelin over their nest!!!! Never fear, Bo and Daddy went back and sprayed them... and hopefully killed them!!! We're lucky it was only 4 stings... 4 Benadryl later (and a nap =), she was good to go again!
• My belly has some bad heat rash... itches like crazy!!!
• Stormie ate rat poison! Obviously not enough to hurt her, thank goodness!!!! It was one of those blocks, and Mama saw her chewing on something, so she went and checked it out. She freaked out and hollered at BJ (I was off on the 4-wheeler), who proceeded to stick his finger down her throat to induce vomit (he's such a good daddy); Mama found the package and read NOT to induce vomiting, so they fed her bread and made her drink water! All the while, mama was telling BJ that "Tammy can't handle this right now!" BJ broke the news slowly and calmly, and Stormie is just fine. Mama caught her early, and she was just shredding the block and not really eating it... thank goodness!!!! Nope, she's not the brightest bulb in the pack!!!
• And who can forget Milo and Otis??? We left Rocky and Stormie in the barn while we all went 4-wheelin. BJ and I came around the trail nearest the barn to find Rocky leading Stormie up the trail towards the pasture... they looked like Milo and Otis in Homeward Bound!!!! Except they were going the wrong way!!!! Rocky was probably about to ditch Stormie!!!!

I guess that about sums it up... I'll add more if I think of them, and I'll definitely add pictures to this post when I get them from mama... I still can't find my stupid camera cord to download pictures, so we just used Mama and Jenn's cameras!!!!!!

Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th!!!!