Backstrom BBQ!

In August, Sven, Stephanie and Svea were in town from Alaska and we got some great Backstrom family photos!

Sam testing out his new ride from Papa and Mema Backstrom

Sam turns 1 today!

Sam,  

My oh my....You are turning 1 years old today!  I cannot believe a year has passed since Mom and I were in the hospital anticipating your arrival, September 8th, 2010.  You have brought so much joy, hope, and inspiration to our lives!  We are so blessed with a healthy and beautiful little man!!  I wish you a Happy 1st Birthday Samuel!  Never ever forget that Mom and Dad love you more than anything! 

- Dad - 9/8/2011

- He's not sure about the Hat!

 

Attacking the Paparazzi!  - The goof is Hiding from the camera!

Finally a good shot!

Transitions

Our little boy is growing up!  This last week, Sam has been visiting and spending time in the next room up at daycare.  It is called the Transition room - the phase between infants and toddlers.  Some of the differences are that they take one nap a day instead of two and they learn to take a nap on a cot, versus in a crib.  They also start learning to sit and eat with utensils and drink out of sippy cups and are starting to become toddlers!

So, this week has been some transition for Sam but they say he has been as happy as ever!  The first day in the room, he only took a 40 minute nap and they had to put him in a crib - now, three days later, we just got this picture sent to us on email.  Sam taking a 2+ hour nap on his little cot.

Mom is dying to pick up her little sweetheart!

Big Boy!!

Finding new ways to move!

SATURDAYS!

Saturdays.... are by far my favorite day of the week!  With getting up early all week for work and church on Sunday, it is the one and only day of the week where I have a lazy morning with Sam. 

This last Saturday was no exception - Sam and I were up at 7:30 and we had a fun morning.  Sam was excited to have a breakfast of blueberries and blueberry muffins!

In the morning before Sam's nap, I was cleaning up the kitchen, Bradley was on the computer, and Sam was in his diaper playing on the floor by his storage shelves where we keep all his pureed foods, snacks, formula, and diapers.  He loves to get into all that stuff, and as I glanced over, I paused - he was playing with something on the floor - did he get a jar of food open, what was it?? Upon closer inspection, it was his poop he was playing with, all over his hands, and all over the toys and items near him.  I scooped him up and whisked him to the bathtub while dad managed the crime scene.  For over a day, I kept contemplating - how did a big portion of his poop get on the floor from his diaper... And, I finally realized what had happened as I watched him play on Sunday.  Sam only scoots to the right or on the right side of his body - as he scoots all over the rugs and across the floor and condo, when he stands up, it is so cute because all the bulk of his diaper has shifted left and his right butt cheek is hanging out with his diaper wedged in his crack.  So, it hit me, when he's scooting all over the house in his diaper, the whole right side of his butt is exposed and his diaper compromised due to it all shifting left....!  Mystery explained....

After Sam's nap, we put Sam in the burley and biked to Linden Hills park to Sam's favorite wading pool.  He loves to be in the water!

 

 We have a cute Mickey mouse floatie for Sam, and because the wading pool is pretty shallow, Sam can touch the ground in his floatie and loves to cruise around the whole pool!  He is not shy and just motors up to all the kids in the pool as well as chasing toys!

  

And, as if the day wasn't fun and exciting enough..... it only got better!

SAM'S FIRST TWINS GAME!

We had tickets to the 6pm Twins Game saturday night that didn't sell on StubHub, so we decided to go and bring Sam so he could experience his first baseball game.  We got him all duded up in his Twins gear and hat (which made a very short appearance) and headed out.

Dad has been teaching Sam to clap and he had it down - pretty cute!  It was an action-packed inning against the Yanks so he got lots of practice.  If dad would STOP clapping, Sam would grab his hands and push them together!

Sam even got to experience his first ballpark food and Minnesota favorite - cheese curds.  He just chewed on them and spit the stringy cheese out for mom!

Best view in the house - Sam watches the game from center field.

Sam was starting to get antsy about halfway through the game, so we gave him a snack and headed for home!  He was fast asleep the minute we got to the car!  I think he enjoyed all the sights and sounds and it was a lot of fun to bring him to his first TWINS game! :)