Flanagan Clan

Samuel is actually feeling a lot better. He still has a lot of crud in his lungs, so it sounds terrible when he coughs, but I’ve been using the inhaler on him. I can’t tell if it’s working, but hopefully things will clear up soon!

Yesterday he was “bouncing” off the walls… he was creeping all over our entire downstairs and getting into anything he could find in reach. When I put him to bed I noticed the first thing he did was try to pull himself up onto his bumper, so I took that out immediately. I had originally taken out the bumper when he was about 4 months old, when he started to roll, but placed it back in a few weeks ago when he accidentally got one of his chubby legs stuck in between two crib rails.

Another interesting thing I’ve noticed is that Sammy’s legs don’t seem so fat and chubby anymore. I think he’s finally starting to lose some of that baby fat. Once he’s walking, I’m sure it will start coming off even faster!

Here are a few pictures I got of Sammy last night when he was being cute (not that he is ever not cute!!!).

Sammy discovers the fun of getting stuck inside a chair!

Peek a boo!

Somebody looks guilty!

Sammy loves his crib!

One other thing: By now you’ve probably all figured out that we’re going to be finding out the gender of our baby in two weeks. Well, to spice this pregnancy up a little bit, I’ve decided that I’m not going to announce the gender or name of the baby when we find out! Instead, I’ve come up with another game!  I will be putting up clues on this blog every week, and I’m going to make you all “work” to find out.  As soon as someone gets the correct answer, we’ll post it on the blog. However, if no one figures it out, we’ll announce it when the baby is born! The first person who guesses correctly will also receive a prize. If I’ve already mentioned our name ideas to you, unfortunately you won’t be able to play, but you’ll also probably figure out the answer sooner than everyone else. I’ll give more details as soon as the game starts!