Samuel Cary - 14 months

Samuel's first haircut. I did not get many pictures as
I was trying to keep him in the chair.

I am way behind on writing these monthly update posts.  I am going to try to "catch up".  There are so many fun moments to remember. So I am writing this way after Samuel turned 14 months, but "better late than never"?

Samuel *still* wasn't walking but did take some steps on his own.  I was so eager for him to start walking (and since I am writing this a few months later I can say that life got so much easier/better once he started walking!).  In general the more independent Samuel gets, the more I enjoy motherhood.  Samuel is currently grunting quite a bit (eh, eh, eh for everything) and he enjoys his "bollywood dance" moves.

Samuel got his first haircut!  He did okay (I would give him a 7/10). He sat in the chair by himself.  He was not happy when the stylist tried to blow him off with a blow dryer.  He did not scream the whole time so I took it as a win.  Nothing ages a kid like a haircut!

Samuel is a big fan of big equipment

The house across the street got torn down which provided entertainment in the form of watching the big machines tear it down and then fill in the hole.  He really wanted to get himself across the street and on the equipment but we settled for watching it out the window or from the yard.


Paulding County had their (4-H) fair and Samuel enjoyed seeing the rabbits and chickens.  I think most of the animals were too big and intimidating to him.  Since the fair had free admission, we went almost everyday.  Samuel is a fan of fair food (much like his parents).

Enjoying a lemon shake up and the fair animals

We roadtripped to Illinois and spent time with both sets of grandparents.  Ian and his dad spent a week in Tennessee for General Assembly and during that time Samuel cut all four of his molars (I can remember this quite well as Samuel was adjusting to sleeping somewhere new and cutting teeth and he was so whiny and clingy).  I think the jury is still out on whether he likes pools or not.  The smaller the pool, the more he likes it.  He is not too fond of floating in a floating, but he does like to splash.  Samuel liked checking out the (new to him) parks around town.  He loved that MamaG and PapaG had a set of stairs that he could up and down (and up and down and up and down).  Once he got tired of going up and down the stairs, he got a big kick out of throwing a ball down the stairs (and having someone retrieve it for him).  In celebration of his first World Cup season, he liked walking around (while holding hands of someone else) and kicking a small soccer ball.  He still enjoys checking for squirrels, visiting St. Francis, and playing the wind chimes.

Samuel turned 14 months while we were in Illinois - so some of these are
14 months and some are 15 months.  Thanks Papa G for the collage.