Friday, February 19, 2010

sam pictures: courtesy of friends

I haven't been too diligent in photographing Sam lately. Luckily, I have some friends who have taken a couple of nice pictures (thanks Denise and Ashley!). Here are three of my favorites:

Standing on a statue of a hippo at the zoo

Blowing bubbles


Sam vocabulary is expanding on a daily basis. It's always surprising to hear him say each new word (although sometimes we have to try and figure out what he's trying to pronounce - it took me a while to know that "moo-mik" = music. Sam had to point to the stereo and headbang before I clued-in on what he was saying). Right now he's really interested in words that are opposites, like "big" and "small." This morning he wanted to emphasize to me that moms are "biiiiiiiiig" and Sams are "little."

It's also surprising to hear him say words that I don't remember teaching to him, like "mailman." We recently discovered that he knows how to say my family's surname, and likes to emphasize that his aunts and uncles are "Miffs." He calls J's dad "Bop" (his variation of "Papa") and now calls my dad "Bop Miff." I love it.

9 comments:

e said...

He really is such a cute boy.
I think that kids are really fun around that age, too.

I love that he calls his grandpas "bop".
I remember when my nephew was a toddler, he called my dad "braum-pa" and he'd roll the r. He sounded like a very cold German, ha ha. It was the funniest and cutest thing.
Those little speech impediments/unusual pronunciations are such a fun thing about little kids.

You'll have to put up some more videos of him talking. They're always fun to watch.

B.E.A.T.L.E. said...

Bob miff! I love it! The sepia picture of Sam is just adorable. He's cuter every time I see him.

B.E.A.T.L.E. said...

So I just realized I typed Bob Miff, instead of Bop Miff. Sorry about unintentionally renaming your dad!

Zillah said...

BOPMIFF!!!!!!!!!!!!

ixoj said...

May start calling your father bop miff?

jrae said...

He is getting so big . . . he actually looks older than he did at Christmastime! Love the sepia photo. We are already indoctrinating D to call Scott Bop :)

Rachsticle said...

Pop Miff! That is so cute.

Ashley said...

Awww, so glad you loved the photos I got! Sam is such a cutie and we had tons of fun with you guys that day!

Bryson and Tara said...

That last picture of Sam is beyond adorable. I love it!