All Hallow's Eve

This is Sam's first Halloween. Well...technically it's his second Halloween, but it's the first that he is really cognizant of. The pictures you see were taken throughout the evening. The first is of Sam at his first ever house trick-or-treating. She is the very nice lady who lives with her husband right across the street. The second is of Sam on daddy's knee getting his hair done.

You probably can't see it, but I gave him a little bit of a spiked hair-do. He looked really cute and everyone loved him. And, obviously, he was a football player. Thank you to his Grandma Hinrichs for buying his "Roethlisberger" jersey, even though we know it pained her to do it. God willing Sam will grow up to be a good "Stiller" fan instead of them crazy "horses." But enough about daddy's attempts at pestering his mother-in-law :) ...Sam was reallllly cute, and it was a fun time.

Lake Placid Summer 2007

We went to Lake Placid over the sumer with my parents and took a tour of the Olympic facilities. Sam loved the bobsleds and this one was made just for kids. He thought it was great fun to play in and kept saying that the metal was "hot".

A picture of our future musician. He constantly amazes me hoe musically inclined he is. He loves to sing to himself and to dance, all the time!

Jumping Bean

What a milestone! Sam is starting to figure out how to jump up and down and he is sooooo cute. He loves to try to jump off of things and it doesn't matter to him that the thing he is jumping off is only about 1 inch off the group!
He is also picking up on what we tell the dogs to do. The other day when he was with Aunt Stacy, she heard him yelling and when she looked, she saw him telling Emily that she was a "bad dog" because she was barking in the window. He waves his hands at them and shouts what sounds like " bd doddy"

This is a picture from NFL Draft Day 2007. Sam's favorite thing to do when he sees any sporting event on TV lately is to raise his hands above his head and yell "Touchdown" Of course it's not exactly crystal clear, but he's so cute! He doesn't care what sport it is, he loves it (now) when people clap.

Welcome to our blog! We decided that this would be the best way to share photos and family updates with everyone.
It has been an interesting fall so far and we are less than a month in. Sam and Scott have been sick for going on 3 weeks now. Scott has had a sinus infection that is just now, after 2 antibiotics, going away. Sam has had his first ear infection and it was a double one! He is now on his third round of antibiotics. But thank God that we have the means to be able to have medicine and that they are both getting better.
As for me, I am about 1/2 way through my long term substitute position at Unadilla Valley Central Schools as a Library Media Specialist. I have loved nearly every day. Open House and Book Fair were a little crazy! Check out the school I am at: Unadilla Valley