Sammy this morning....

Here's our cute little boy this morning!

 Isn't he great!!!!!!

Just to pass the time....

So I'm sitting here in the middle of the night typing with only my left hand and feeding the hungriest three week old known to man! Do babies really eat this much?

Anyways I will just post more pictures and lave the updates to a time when I can use both hands....

Here Sam is sleeping like Jake with his arms above his head... :) (Burp rag under his head because you never know when he's going to lose it!) 

I guess I take a million pictures of Sammy while he's sleeping. He's just really cute to me. I'm totally biased, but I think he is the most handsome baby ever. :) 

I don't know of any good photographers in the area, so I'm relying on my own limited ability to get good pictures of Sam while he's a baby. And then try and use my editing software to make the picture look somewhat good.... Here's a try... :) 

Another cute sleeping pic. 

And this is my favorite. :) He's an amazing little package - We love him a lot. :) 

More Samuel Pictures

Sammy's first bath. Not a very happy baby right now!

Well Samuel Keller finally made it here. Steph was in Labor for about 12 hours, which included about 1-1/2  hours of pushing. It was a bitter/sweet experience for. On one hand it was so hard to see someone you love go through so much pain, but when Sammy finally got here it was so good. Steph and Samuel are both doing well. Here are some pictures of Samuel saying hello to the world.

BINGO

I'll try and supplement this post with a picture later on.... 

I learned a new East-Texan vocabulary word today: BINGO. 

Yes - my dentist asked me if I was ready to BINGO! I'm pretty sure he was referring to my 8 1/2 month pregnant state. LOL.... He kept on talking about other women that "Bingoed" (or came close) while he was cleaning their teeth or doing a root canal. 

So yes - I AM READY TO BINGO! 

2 1/2 weeks left - Sam's lungs are developed and I think he can come outside now....

Any wagers on when? 

I say today. Jake says Monday..... Dr. says probably the beginning of October. So in one week? 

BABYMOON!

So Jake and I went on a "BABYMOON!" Our last vacation together before Sammy comes. :) 

I planned it and dragged Jake along. I also realized that a lot of places hate pregnant women. Amusement Parks aren't really "down" with pregnant women on their rides. We can't float down a river because I'm pregnant. etc. So.... we had to resort to other entertainment.... 

FIRST, we went down to Galveston. It was hammered with hurricane Ike, and it looks like it's still trying to recover. We were only at the beach for about 2 hours, but we both got BURNED to a crisp! 

I couldn't believe it! I'll have a tan line from that day for years to 

come! Seriously! 

7 month pregnant women

              + 

  bad sunburn

=

     VERY UNCOMFORTABLE PERSON!

But look at our cute feet. :) It was fun, despite being burned so bad.... 

After Galveston, we headed over to San Antonio. We walked along the "riverwalk" and had some great Mexican food. The next day we went to "SEA WORLD SAN ANTONIO" (say it with a Hispanic accent) 

It was amazing! I thought it was just going to be an expensive zoo, but it was so cool! I can't wait to take Sammy back where he can see what's going on - not just experience it from the inside! :) 

The killer whale show (a.k.a. Shamoo) was awesome. The whales did a complete back flip in the air. Wow! It was awesome. Obviously, they got us SOAKING wet, which was really nice because it was hot there.... 

And Sea World had some really cool rides - again, they hate pregnant women, so I just watched Jake go on them... This one was awesome. I tried to make him go on it three times. Once for himself, once for me, and once for Sammy. He could only do it twice. It made him sick... So I guess Sammy will have to go himself one day. 

And this was a show with some seals and a walrus. It was really cute. Everyone should really visit Sea World. It's so much fun.. 

But we left Sea World and drove to Austin then. We were both SO TIRED! We barely even enjoyed Austin before we were ready to come back home and sleep! Austin was very pretty, and I told Jake he should think about going to the University of Texas for some type of master's program. But we drove back home - both very tired and ready to go to sleep... but it was a great Babymoon! :) 

Preparing for SAMMY!

So I have been a super lazy blogger lately. Sorry! I'll blame it on being pregnant, tired, and busy. 

But we have been preparing for our little Sammy to come. :) 

Here was our first purchase. :) 

Yeah! We are officially SUV owners. :) It's a 97 4-Runner. It's old, but it runs well, and we will definitely have enough room for Sammy and all his stuff.... AND my stuff. 

Whenever we would drive around in it, he would show me ALL of the trailers that we could pull with our new purchase. He's really excited. I'm not sure when we are going to ge

t a trailer, but I'm sure it will be as soon as we have a place to put it (a.k.a. buy a house). 

Well, the first thing we were able to USE our new 4-Runner for was this! 

It's a super ugly dresser we got for $25 at a yard sale.... Sammy needs a place to keep his clothes! So we cleaned it up, Jake got new tools (he was so excited) and we refinished it. :) And here it what it looks like! 

Oops - never mind. I guess I didn't take an after picture. But it's much much mo

re beautiful! We refinished it with maple or something - it's beautiful and nice. 

We also got a pack and play for Sammy to sleep in. I hope he loves it. :) The thing on the left is a "newborn napper" so Sammy can sleep in it when he's all little. Then the thing on the left is the changing station. Then underneath there is a mattress pad which can raise and lower, so he can sleep on it. When he's all little we can have it high because he won't be trying to climb out, then lower it when he's bigger so he can't climb out... So I hope he likes it. :) 

And finally - here's an old picture of me pregnant. I think I was about 4 months along here. I'll try and update the blog with a new picture, but we will see... :)