Our Lucky Charm

Happy early St. Patricks Day to everyone! Yesterday we spent the day at Jessica's parents house celebrating this Irish holiday with some delicious Irish food & festivities! Here's our little lucky charm playing in the sand in Mom & Dad's backyard with Andrew... and of course he's wearing his green!

Uncle Jason & Aunt Mindy with the three youngest cousins! Thats right everyone! :) We've got another sweet little niece or nephew on the way! :)

Here are the guys (plus Leia) enjoying the nice day outside - - (I think they were all just waiting for the Guinness bread to come out of the oven...)

This is the best homebaked bread ever tasted! We first sampled this yummy bread at the cafe inside the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin - - and luckily enough, my mother was able to get the recipe from their chef! No St. Patty's Day would be complete without it. ;)

Yup, that is Andrew with his new mustache. :) He and some of the guys from work are calling it "mustache March"

So here's whats new with out little guy! He now is eating peas, carrots, butternut squash and sweet potatoes, besides his rice cereal & oatmeal. He really loves them all! Okay, peas may not be his favorite, but he still eats them! This photo really shows off his pearly whites. He loves to chew on the end of his spoon... it makes this squeaky noise against his gums - its so funny.

I captured a video of messy Samuel after eating his carrots & squash... I'm asking him what he thinks about his new food (squash) and his reaction just made me laugh, so I had to put it below!

Doesn't our little guy look so handsome? This photo was taken this morning while we were getting ready for church. (Thanks to the Penrods for this adorable onesie!)

And here is our sleeping angel... taken just a bit ago - and he's still asleep! (*fingers crossed*) :) Sammy is pretty consistent with his nap schedule... yay! He has a morning nap and afternoon nap (usually around 9:30/10am and around 1:30/2:00pm) and on a good day, they'll both last about 1 1/2 hours! Sometimes he'll still get sleepy around 4-5ish so he might take a little snooze then... but he still likes to go to bed between 7-8pm at night. His night sleeping schedule is touch-and-go... but a "good night" for us means one feeding at 10:30pm (before we go to bed) then another at around 3:30am... and then again when he wakes up in the morning between 7-7:30am... so yes, I'm still waking up once each night for a feeding, but I really don't mind it. :) When I get those kind of nights, I'm thrilled! :)

Okay - time to get some lunch! Hope everyone has a relaxing Sunday afternoon! :)