he's pooped!

I took these pictures just after we had come in from a walk, and he had been scootin' around all over and prcticing sitting up. Sam rarely just falls asleep like this. A nice thing about him being so active all day long is that he does nap better!

He's sitting up so GOOD!

 

 

I love watching him just sit there. I'm so used to seeing him look up at me from his stomache. I'm sure he likes the new view too. By-the-way, the shirt he has on says "Daddy's li'l birdwatcher." My neighbor/friend, Amy made it for him.

crawling? not quite

 

 

 

 

Sam just tries all day long to crawl these days--he doesn't have the arm strength quite yet, but he does go in a forward motion. He gets up on all fours and rocks for a bit, then he face plants, and then starts all over. He spends a lot of time in the 'down dog' position too. He's my little yoga baby and is going to have awesome core strength after he's learned to crawl. It is so fun to watch him do new things!

Sammy @ 6 months

My friend Kiwi took these pictures in her front room! Can you believe it?!? I LOVE how they turned out! There are a lot of pictures, that's why there are two slide shows—enjoy!

Sammy @ 6 months more

Hair

Sam sweats a lot when he sleeps. The other day Sam fell asleep in my arms so I got to play with his hair.
It got all sweaty so I played with it. See how it's sticking up? He's got enough now to style!
Look how long my hair has gotten! It's way too long. Sam it always grabbing it and my hair is everywhere in the bathroom, clogging the sink and I'm constantly picking it off of things. It was driving me crazy!!!
So I cut it all off! All 13 inches! I donated the braid to Locks of Love. It is super easy to do now and Jared even likes the style.
It was fun to shock everyone at church. Some of the primary kids even commented on it.

WHAT A HIKE!

On the 17th Jared and I went on a hike with some friends of ours from church--the Spencers. It's fun spending time with this family because they have a son that is just three weeks younger than Sam. This hike was HARD! But the guys were man enough to carry the kids the whole time--so that was nice. I like to think of us as adventurous and not crazy for taking our 6 month old on this hike. BUT, as you can see, it sure was a beautiful trail.