I like your big legs

Samuel is definitely a snuggler. Every chance he gets, he'll try to cozy up to me or Annette, and run his hands up and down our arms. His favorite thing to hug though are his mom's legs. He'll bury his face in them, and says, "I like your big legs!"

Samuel Soccer

showing some style

following the ball

Dribbling skills

More like springtime

We were back at Fresh Pond, and the 60 degree weather today was even better than last time.

Joshua doesn't like me

At dinner tonight, Samuel said in a quiet voice, "I'm not a bad boy. Joshua is angry with me, because he doesn't like me."
It was such a poignant revelation of the hurt he feels when Joshua and him fight and Joshua tells him, "I don't like you Samuel! You're a bad boy."

Sam Talking

Annette captured an excerpt of Samuel's speech here. He's started stuttering more this past month, I think related to the fact he's trying more to construct speech as opposed to just repeating whatever Joshua is saying.

Sam is just adorable these days, attracting throngs of admirers wherever he goes, like when we went to NH for a retreat this weekend--there was a group of Boston College students there, and whenever we walked into the the cafeteria, it was like, "Oh, he's sooooo cute." And Samuel of course hams it up, waving and saying hi to everyone.