Samuel is baptized !!

The boys were so nicely dressed for church today to watch Sam's baptism into our church. (They requested that they wear their nice clothes!!! Imagine that!) Sam took his first ride in a big boy car seat. He enjoyed looking out of the window. Sam loved eating his own baptism brochure during the service! Meaghan and George are his Godparents and along with our family and friends we managed to have a fun day. I think Sam enjoyed all of the attention. Thank you for supporting Sam. Reverend Ned and Reverend Karen were wonderful as they poured water on Sam's head... he did not cry. He was pretty interested in the water really.

Thomas loved the "chip rings Auntie Pam placed on all of his fingers. Auntie Heather watched Sam eat up his cake!! (Which is in the shape of a baby Mum Mum...a plain rice cake that Sam loves to eat. This is what Ben and Matt suggested.) Most of his cousins were at our house too. It was great fun so thank you for the well wishes and the gifts!!! Love Sam and the MacNeill Family (PS Sam is "sooo gross/big"!!!)

Samuel turns 1!!

It is hard to believe that our big boy has turned 1. He stands, he crawls and he is a wonderful baby!! He enjoyed the hamburger soup for lunch followed by a pumpkin cupcake with cream cheese icing!! He ate the whole thing. I could not believe it!! Way to go little guy, we love you!!! We have no idea why he always sticks out his tongue... I think he likes the feel of his teeth?? The macNeills

January brings a lot of Snow!!!

So we finally have decent snow for reinforcing our fort... Tom, Matt, Ben and I had a fun time working on it on New Year's Day. Sam is really standing and bounces to music.. not too keen on walking yet.. thank goodness!! The boys are still wearing alot of capes and often only their underwear!! Thomas is finally using a potty... almost consistently for everything except at night. I did not expect it would go so well after my last 2 adventures with potty training!! Horray!! Gramma and Dale stopped by to read bedtime stories to the kids last night. Always a welcome visit!! Today we got alot of snow so as I was shoveling, I got attacked by Matt and Ben (and Papa) !! Papa and I then rebelled and buried the boys in the snow... papa even "patted it down". They really were stuck for awhile. The "superheroes worked together " (and a little help from the bad guys) to get out from the "freeze's" prison!!! What a fun and beautiful snowy day!!! Hope everyone had fun!! The MacNeills.

December 31, 2010

Samuel had been crawling FAST... everywhere. He pulls himself up, he plops himself down. Surprisingly he still loves the jolly jumper. He can ride the horse that Bumpa made. Ben and mama were playing with the camera yesterday. The boys are (yes) always in their underwear if they can. Since it is New Year's Eve tonight, we had a desert of "quiet crackers" compliments of Jacquie and Ben. The three older boys finished the year off with a bath , coloring soap and some Tweety Bird cartoons before bed. We wish everyone a wonderful New Year, especially the Piovosos who are heading to France on Sunday. Safe travels and talk to you soon, the MacNeills