Brotherly Love

Have I told everyone yet how adorable Michael is with Samuel?  He really does love him and I think it's just the sweetest thing.  Samuel usually has this look on his face:

but we know that he loves Mikey. Anytime Mikey's around him he smiles at him. Michael then usually exclaims: "Samuel's smiling at me!"  Like he can't hardly believe he loves him so much too :)  

Speaking of love- I fall in love with that little smile more and more each day. Samuel is such a little lover- he constantly wants to see what's going on at home.  If I leave him in a room by himself he gets very sad, but when I bring him in the room with us he lights up!   Michael's new favorite thing to do is to have me put Samuel in his bedroom on the bottom bunk bed while he (Mikey) plays with his trains on his train table.  
My sweet little Samuel...

What we're up to...

These days things have been a little hectic around here.  We started women's bible study on Tuesday mornings, I'm cleaning for a friend of mine on Wednesdays and every Monday and Wednesday I pick up my friends daughter from school while she's @ work... So needless to say- we're running around like crazy!  

Michael-

-is learning his ABC's- right now we're working on the letter A.

-continues to tear up the back yard with his razor scooter :)

-still says sweet things to Samuel like, "Good morning little brother".

The other day one of his little friends was over and he told him- "Don't hurt my little brother" in the toughest voice he could muster up :) 

Samuel-

-still looks exactly like Phillip

- is trying to roll over onto his side

- definitely takes after his mother-he's gonna be a talker :)

-he loves, loves, loves people, he gets the biggest smile on his face when someone actually sits down next to him and talks. It's the cutest thing ever.

-continues to look a little scared when he hears his big brothers voice :)

Phillip-

-is currently sitting on the couch rooting on USC.

-slept in today till 9:30am!!!  I'm the nicest wife ever

-is still the best daddy I know.

-he's trying to teach Mikey to connect with a baseball- he's done it a couple of times, but usually it's a swing and a miss.

Me-

- just got my photography blog/website up:  www.kimberlyloyaphotography.com

it's a work in progress. I think Phillip is getting sick of watching me re-arrange, add, take away, etc. from it!

-am keeping busy running after children, cleaning and doing all those other fun mommy things.  

I'll post cute pictures of the kids soon- I'm still trying to figure out my 50mm lense- LOVE IT :)

Samuel

Our little Samuel is getting so big- I can't believe he's been here for 3 months already! He weighed in last week at 14.5 lbs!  And I'm cleaning out the closet already- he's in 6-9 month clothes.  We don't call him "Chubby" for nothing!

This week has been a big one for him, he's starting to try and roll over and just this morning he started to laugh.  It's the cutest thing I've ever seen.  You have to remember, Mikey didn't start smiling at anyone until...well he still doesn't really smile at anyone!  No- he does sometimes, with people he knows.  But Samuel smiles at anyone and everyone.  He's really a happy baby- I just love it.  Yesterday in the church nursery all the nursery workers were gathered around him giggling because he was cooing and giggling at them.

What a cutie-pa-tootie :)

Fall

I love fall- I love everything about it. The smells, baseball playoffs (Go Dodgers!), changing tree leaves, 90 degree weather ;) Yeah- it's still around 90 down here, but cooling off in the 50's or so.

A couple of weeks ago we went to a family Storm Game. It's a local farm team for the Anaheim Angels (boo Angels). The tickets are super cheap- the food's good- and the company's great. Our church buys a whole section and about 150 people go. The kids get to run around, drink soda, eat candy and watch baseball. It's a blast.
Mikey had a blast because Papa decided to sneak him some Dr. Pepper halfway thru the 3rd inning. Of course he was wired between the Dr. Pep

Samuel- well he just slept through most the game. And got passed around the whole section because he's a hot commodity :) Speaking of Samuel- he's doing great. We're not sure what he thinks of Mikey yet- he kind of gets a funny face when he comes around, more on that later :)