Vacation!!

Hey everyone - hope you are all doing well. We just got back this week from a fun week in sunny Arizona! Even though the weather was a little cooler when we were there, we still have a great time gettign to see family and being outside. Sam was a great traveler - had his first plane rides and did awesome! We left Monday in a bad icy snow storm and barely made it to the airport in time for our flight. As we were walking into the concourse they called our final boarding call so we had to run a bit to make the plane :) As we were taking off, Sam fell asleep and got a good nap in on the way there. He slept the whole way on the flight home too - Mom's arms were a little tired by the end of that flight!

Sam finally got to meet his Uncle Dan and had fun playing with his cousins too. Walks in the stroller every day and a couple days in the pool made him super happy. I think there was one time when we were walking that he looked up at me like he was saying, "Mom, we're walking outside!!"

We had a great time visiting with everyone and we even got to see our first rugby match thanks to Chris' team having a game on Saturday.

Sam isn't quite walking yet, but he can stand on his own and walks behind stuff and along the furniture so it won't be long I'm sure. He can show everyone that he is "sooo big" and can say "dog", "ball" and "baby" (Matt taught him the baby from South Park) and he will tell you that the sheep says "baa". Of course he says the cow says "baa" too :) He loves to play catch with the ball and he is still eating like a each meal is his last meal. He loves going swimming and bath time usually ends up with more water out of the tub than in it when he's done splashing.

He's been really very healthy this winter which we are very thankful for. Hopefully spring will get here soon and we can spend more time outside!