The Jolliff Family

Though Sam may have just gotten his first tooth, it definately doesn't stop him from eatting! In fact, he loves to eat just about anything that we give him. I don't mush anything up anymore, he takes it all whole and loves it that way. I am grossed out by the smell of the baby food meat (nothing against it, I just can't do the smell) and I can't get myself to grind it in the baby food grinder I have. So we have recently introduced Sam to meat ravioli... which as you can tell his loves! I haven't ventured to let him pick it up by himself yet but he eats it anyway!

Poor Baby Sam! He is in the rut of teething pains. We feel so bad because there isn't much we can do. His first tooth just popped through the gum (which is fine by me since I'm still nursing)! More are surely right behind because he can't keep his hands out of his mouth and he has been waking up again at night and is soothed by some teething medicine. He is mostly a happy guy but as you can tell in this picture, the teething gets the best of him at times!!

Sam is definately getting to be a big boy and enjoys playing with his toys... and our cells phones, remote controls, etc! Hap and I have such a great time playing and getting all the toys out. Right now, he really likes his musical table, his concrete truck, and the pieces of the Hungry Hippo toy. He also enjoys closing and opening books but not particularly being read too. What a sweet boy.

On Saturday, Courtney and I hosted a shower for Laura who is expected Baby Boy Cave anyday now!! The decorations were darling, Laura received some great gifts and I think Laura had a fun time. Sam is definately looking forward to meeting Baby John in the near future!! You're going to be a great mom Laura:)

Well, I have not been very good this past week at posting blog stuff. It seems like between work and other obligations, the week has just flown by. This past week we were able to get together with Jennifer and Baby Kallie and had a wonderful time of togetherness with some other moms from church at Emily's house on Thursday. Work was busy, which is a blessing, and Sam did well at the babysitters. Hap completed a huge paper, which is another blessing!! We are grateful to God for each week we have. I promise to be better this week. I have some video of Sam to post, so check back later this week for updated pics and videos!!

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. They went in but did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood by them in dazzling clothes. So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground. 'Why are you looking for the living among the dead?' asked the men. 'He is not here, but He has been resurrected.' HAPPY EASTER!

We had a wonderful Easter today. We had a great church service at Northside, a fabulous meal with some good friends, and a fun filled evening playing with Sam. Sam's Easter basket included a blow up pool for this summer, some pool toys, and mum-mums (since he can't do candy). He was quite fascinated by the plastic eggs and didn't like the taste of the grass in his mouth:) What a sweet boy and a sweet day we had today. Real men wear hats...