JULY
We moved Samuel into a forward-facing car seat because we made the long drive to Durango, CO for Christ In Youth camp.
At this camp, we bought Durango, Samuel's beloved bear.
AUGUST
We went to Abilene while Uncle Rob was in town.
Playing in Nana and Granddaddy's backyard
We had a blast at the nearby splash park.
Samuel tried watermelon for the first time and LOVED it!
SEPTEMBER
Samuel started walking! He took his first real steps in Abilene at the ACU Welcome Center.
We found out that Samuel was going to be a big brother!!
OCTOBER
We took Samuel to an air show in Ft. Worth. Samuel and Daddy had a great time!
We went to the State Fair. Samuel had a great time and was exhausted afterwards.
Samuel was the cutest lion ever for Halloween wearing Matthew's old costume.
We announced to the world our big news!
NOVEMBER
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family.
DECEMBER
We found out that we were having another boy!! We were so excited!
Christmas with family was great and Santa brought Samuel a play grill.
JANUARY
We took Samuel to the Dallas zoo. He loved it!
FEBRUARY
We decorated cookies for Valentine's Day
And made cards for our family
MARCH
Samuel and I met Nana in Granbury for a long weekend.
APRIL
We went to the Arboretum with the Irbys and Larkins. Samuel and Hannah love each other!
Samuel and I decorated Easter eggs using shaving cream and food coloring.
We enjoyed an Easter egg hunt at Valley View.
The Easter bunny brought Samuel a little tricycle and some other fun things.
We spent Easter day at the Irby's.
Matthew and I both took off work to have "Samuel Day". We wanted to spend a whole day with him before Luke came. We went to the Ft. Worth zoo and had a great day.
I took a few more days off to stay home with a sick little boy when Samuel had the stomach bug. Not fun for either of us but I did enjoy some good snuggles!
MAY
We welcomed Luke Joseph into our family on May 6th. Samuel immediately started giving him sweet kisses.
Here Samuel is giving Luke the letter S (right when we got home from the hospital). He kept taking Luke's hand and putting the letter in it. So cute!
Sweet brothers
Mama and her boys
Here are some things that Samuel is doing/saying now that he's two:
-He knows all of his letters. Show him any letter and he'll name it or ask him to find any letter and he will.
-He also knows all of his numbers to 10 and can almost count to 10.
-Samuel's favorite songs are "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "ABCs", and "Jesus Loves Me". He also likes "The Wheels on the Bus".
-He sleeps with Durango, blankie, and Hippo. Every nap, every night.
-Samuel pronounces the letter X "ec". It's so cute. So logically he calls his toy dinosaur who is T-Rex, "T-Rec".
-Some of my favorite Samuel sayings:
"There. All better." He will say this when he fits a puzzle piece in to place, when he draws on Mama with chalk, or any time he thinks he has fixed something.
"I did it! I did it!" I love it when he's proud of himself for something he's done.
"Almost..." He says this with inflection, kinda like I would say it.
"I find it."
"How bout..." He says this when he's picking out a book, a snack, or an activity.
"Samuel Irby, Luke Irby, Mama Irby, Daddy Irby" He figured this out one day when I was talking to Luke and called him Luke Irby. I then said "Samuel Irby" and Samuel finished by saying "Mama Irby and Daddy Irby". I thought it was so smart of him to put this all together!
Samuel loves:
-Being outside. He loves playing with chalk, his trains, his new water table, playing at the park, going on walks, and just running outside.
-Finding Nemo. It's by far his favorite movie. He asks for it every day, multiple times a day. I pretty much have it memorized.
-Cars, truck, airplanes. We make sure to have some in the diaper bag at all times for when we go out to eat.
-The iPad. Oh my. He could be on it all day long. We have to hide it in different places because once he sees it, it's over. And we have to trick him to take it away.
-Granola bars. He loves the ones specifically for toddlers. He asks for them all the time and usually throws a fit when I don't give him one.
-Church. Samuel LOVES going to his class at church. He will walk straight to his room when we step foot in the building.
-All four grandparents. He gets SO excited when we tell him that he'll see one/some of them.
I could go on and on, really. Samuel is full of life and loves lots and lots of things. I know this post was long but I want to remember what he is like right now!
