Bouncing Sammy!

Nothing interesting to say here...just some pics we took of Sammy today as he bounced up and down in the bouncer. Notice his shirt...he's developed quite the taste for clothing.

Sammy the bouncing baby!

All smiles for the camera!

Our son!

Sunday in the Park

Panoramic photo of the playground...

...this picture was sticthed together from several photos

One of the nice things about living in Rochester is the city park system. It has over 60 miles of trails...and perhaps more importantly now with the addition of Sammy...some excellent children's playgrounds. Over by Silver Lake there is a very large playground. So this past Sunday Michele, Sammy, Sharon, Ana, Noah, and Paul went to the park. To describe it as large is a bit of an understatement. Now that Sammy is with us, we're more than happy to have our taxes go to these types of things. We didn't expect it to be as hot as it was, so after about 45 minutes the kids had had enough. But we took a few pics. Enjoy.

Sharon, Ana, & Noah on the bench swing

Michele, Ana, and Ana's hat

Michele & Ana

With the price of gas, we'll all be driving something like this soon.

No top notch playground is complete without a pirate ship!

Sharon loading the kids up on the choo choo.

Where in the world...are Michele & Ana? (see hint)

Mr. Excitement at the park.

Sammy catching some Z's

Sammy and Red Dog at the park

Babies "R" Us Comes to Rochester!

Rochester Minnesota is now home to more than just the Mayo Clinic and a water tower shaped and painted like a corn-cob (really!). The local Toys "R" Us in town just put on an addition and opened a Babies "R" Us. How convenient for us since we rely on bottled Similac to get us through Sammy's night feedings now.

They had a "grand opening" where they had coupons, cookies, and cartoon characters for the kids, so we took Ana, Noah, and little Sammy. Here are some pics.

Some cartoon character "Dora" with Sharon & Ana

Noah is usually all smiles, but sometimes when photographed projects melancholy.

Sammy was up to this point not impressed at all...

...until he met Winnie the Pooh (what is a Pooh anyways?)

Ana may be small in stature but mighty in heart.

Baby Steps

Sammy's Aunt Sharon was kind enough to give him the walker his cousins Noah and Ana used. Sammy took a short while to figure out that he could move himself using his legs. Here's some pics of Sammy moving around one step at a time. You can probably notice from one of the photos that we watch a 13" tv set...yes we are on the cutting edge of technology. If you open the bottom picture, you'll also notice that Paul watches tv with close captioning on. Yes, he's getting old.

A Cookout With Sammy

Well, summer is now here along with cooking dinner on the outdoor grill. For the Fourth of July, Michele had Paul go to Wal-Mart (his favourite store) to get a charcoal grill. Paul bought a Weber "Smokey Joe." So for two days in a row now we've had cookouts. Today, while the kabobs were cooking we snapped a few pics of our snazzy son Sammy. The tasty kabobs were purchased from Rochester's Ye Olde Butcher Shop...a favourite of Michele's.

Sammy & Michele on our back deck.

Sammy wearing a nice hat.

Sammy posing for the camera...

Isn't he the cutest?

Sammy & Paul

The kabobs on the "Smokey Joe"