where's sam?

I realized after my last mammoth post that I completely left out my Sam man, Sammy, the Great Sambini. He was there, and he was such a good baby. Despite the extreme girliness of the occasion, he was as sweet as he could be. He seems to really find delight in just watching other folks have a good time. What a cutie.
So, since we're posting, hows about an update on my little man:

• He's now 10 1/2 months old.
• He FINALLY HAS A TOOTH! Thank goodness. It's just one little bottom tooth, but it was ushered in with a three-day fever and plenty of crankiness.
• He's a handful. Two handfuls. He's constantly crawling onto the fireplace, making his way up the stairs, smashing his little fingers in drawers. All of this kind of came out of nowhere. One day he was limited to his cute but not exactly super-mobile commando crawl, and the next he was on the third step just a laughin'.
• He can say "Da da," but I'm not fully convinced that he knows what he's doing. Stephen disagrees.
• He's a little dude. He's still in his 9-month sleepers. No complaints here...I don't like my babies growing up too fast.
• My boy likes to eat. All day. He still nurses every three hours, eats three square meals a day, and snacks at least twice. Imagining him as a sixteen year old scares me.

That's it for now, but you know more will follow. I've been a pretty consistent blogger as of late, don't you think? To all those who like to give me a hard time, you're welcome.