Vacation!

Last weekend, Joel and I sent Sam to my parents' so we could have a child-free long weekend in Charleston.  For us, it was wonderful.  It's amazing how easy it is to feed and clothe only ourselves.  :)  We slept in at our cozy B & B, ate good seafood, and saw some fun new sights.  We also FROZE because it was REALLY cold, but otherwise, it was great.  You'll have to take my word for it, though, because I forgot the camera.  Along with multiple items of clothing for each of us.  Sigh.  Here are the two pictures we took with Joel's phone at Fort Sumter:

Again, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  Sam and my parents did too!  He didn't even know we were gone, and he loved being in a new house to explore.  The most exciting part of his weekend, though, was that he took off walking.  Over the weekend, he became a proficient walker and now walks more than he crawls - mostly laps around our house.  Here's a video my mom and dad took of him walking at their house:

Sam walking

Thanks for taking such good  care of our boy, Mom and Dad!

12 Month Stats from the Doctor's Office

Sam had his 12 month visit at the doctor last week.  Or was it 2 weeks ago?  It was relatively recent, whenever it was.  I was hoping he would break 20 pounds, but he's just a scrawny 18 pounds, 9 ounces.  The doctor's not worried, since he's continuing on his same 10th percentile trajectory, but I'm still feeding him as much as I can.  (I need him to fatten up a little so his pants will stay up!)  He's now 30 inches long, which is still in the 50th percentile.  The doctor seems to think he's still on track to be average height when he grows up, which is pretty exciting for a Hibbard boy.  :)

While at the doctor's office, he got 3 more shots, which he handled fairly well.  It almost seemed like the weighing and exam by the doctor were more traumatic, since I couldn't hold him for those.  (He's become a little more clingy lately.)  He was slightly anemic at his 9 month appointment, but thankfully, his iron level was back to normal this time.  We're thankful to have such a healthy, growing boy!