Some of Sams favorite things....well right now anyway!!

Sam loves her exersaucer...(THanks Kristin for giving us yours she loves it)...

Sam loves playing with Daddy and bouncing around and going up in the air....

Sam LOVES Chewy and Chewy LOVES Sam....It is a mutual love!!

One of Sams favorite onesies!! thanks Melanie!!!

Samantha in her pjs.............

I sent these pictures out last week as I was getting so many comments that I had not sent out new pictures in a while..These just turned out really cute... We had just given her a bath and gotten her into her pjs and she was just laughing and giggling so perfect time to take some pics..I swear Dan snapped off like 25 pictures before I knew it...

Not sure if this will work but we caught a cute video of her dancing (with a little of Daddy's help)..

Slacker I know

Well it has been a crazy month and I have been a complete chicken with my head cut off at times..With working, Samantha, trying to lose weight, my birthday celebration, etc....I am not sure where the time goes.....

So I will be posting a few things over the next few days to get everyone caught up on our lifes..

The first story is one of our adorable dog Chewy..She and Samantha have become best friends.. Now Samantha reaches out and grabs her nose..Chewy is still not sure what to make of that..It cracks us up..But this story and picture relate to me and Chewy. So we had put Sam to bed one night and Dan was getting ready for the next day and I was to and I got my gym bag out and put it on our bed to pack and I went into the close to grab shoes and clothes and I came back and this is what I found.....

Chewy had decided she wanted to go with me so she put herself in the bag...I of course ran to grab the camera and she had gotten out some but you can get the picture...She sounds so neglected but she is the most doted on dog I know...

Also Sam has been starting to enjoy her bath time now instead of pouting and I caught this cute picture in her cute towel that grandma and grandpas friend gave them...

Then my brithday came and we had a fabulous dinner at the Melting Pot. I love FONDUE!!! So yummy and a very relaxign evening out. Grandma and Granpa even kept Sam overnight so that was nice to get to sleep in in the morning...

We also had a really nice and realxing dinner with the whole family on my actual birthday..I finally got a cute pic of me and my gorgeous niece Alyson. She is walking and talking and her favorite word is Stinky.....I can't wait until Sam can play with Alyson they are going to be TROUBLE together!!!

Sam is really smiling a lot lately..She is just a really happy kid. The only time she is not happy is when she is sick (which she has had a couple small colds since starting school) and when she is really hungry.

Misc happenings in our house

Well I have been back to work for about 2 1/2 weeks now and it is going much smoother. The first week was rough but now I seem to be getting the hang of it. It also really helps that Dan's folks watch Sam 2 days a week. Those are my days that I get so much done at work and after work as I get to run a few errands, work out etc...Really not sure what we would do without there amazing help and support as well as my folks support who have dropped everything and helped us out in a pinch which is amazing. We feel very lucky to have both sets of folks so close.

Also we have had a few funny moments with Sam. One night I was getting Sam ready for bed and I handed her off to Dan for her last bottle of the night and he was like did you notice anything funny? I said no....Why what is wrong? he was like she can't even bend her legs these pajamas are entirely too tight...I am not sure why I didn't notice so back to her room we all went and the next pair we got on her had a funny collar on it but it really seemed to bother us from a safety perspetive so we got those off of her and put on her third pair of the night and finally were satisifed with how they fit. The reason this is so funny and frustrating at the same time is in case you don't know babies don't stay still and there arelike 20 buttons on each pair so it is always such a accomplishment when you do finally get them dressed and to have to do it 3 times in a row is a tad of a whip...

Also Sam has started laughing. she only does it at A) me when I make really funny faces or dance for her B) her daddy when he acts like a complete goofball and c) when Chewy falls off the couch...That one really got her... She is very picky about who she laughs for but i am sure she will do it more often soon enough.

Sam rolled over last week 3 times in one day for grandma and grandpa and hasn't done it since..We have tried to help her and show her how to do it with Dan and I laying on the floor and rolling over repeatedly but to no avail. I am sure she will do it again when she is good and ready.

She got her first cold over the holiday weekend but still was pretty happy baby. I was very proud of myself that i didn't call the doctor several times but really she never had a fever and seemed still pretty happy with snot runnign down her face...I know nice visual...

However she has had a rash on the side of her face for a week or so now so I am taking her to see our favorite pediatrician this afternoon to see about that. I am pretty sure it will be nothing but again better to be safe then sorry.

I just realized I have been a total slacker with pictures and only had 2 new ones...Here they are these are from lunch over the weekend at Chipotle..She was such a trooper but she did not want to burp.

BAck to work..... and a few meltdowns...

So this past week I went back to work...bo hoooooo

I did however get my part time job (8-2) everyday which helps a lot but I also now sit in a cube.. So I guess there are trade offs but I love being able to leave every day at 2 to pick up Sam.

So Sunday night I had complete meltdown mode with something was wrong with Sam's head (no not really I was just thinking there was)so I kept her up too late, to what am I going to wear to work, what time do I get up, etc etc etc...I just literally had a freak out and to top it off I sleep walk (if you didn't know that trust me I have some hilarious stories) so I woke up pulling all the covers off Dan yelling where is the baby... Not sure why I thought she was under the covers but my sweet dear hubby very calmly tells me she is in her crib in her room where she sleeps every night.... So after I got that through my head I crawled back to bed....

I dropped her off at daycare at 7am Monday morning..I was in and out pretty fast as I knew if I stayed too long I would completely meltdown again. Well the drop off was the easy part. I proceeded to drive to work with blaring music singing and dancing (as I never get to blast the radio with Sam in the car)....I got to work and logged in to the web cam to keep an eye on her...Surprisingly I was not on it all morning I peeked a few times. I only worked half a day so I went running home to pick her up before noon and she was passed out in a swing. WE have a swing at home but we rarely use it and put it on the barely swinging mode. This was a huge swing going full blast..It kinda freaked me out but she was passed out in the chair and had been for 3 hours... My daughter never sleeps that long. So I panicked again and couldn't wake her up at first because she was in such a deep sleep and the darn swing wouldn't stop...I am sure at this point with me trying to get her out of the swing while it was going and frantically doing it the ladies at the daycare thought I was a nutcase.... Everything was fine but she was freezing.... I guess I didn't think to dress her warm since we keep our house relatively warm (lesson learned). Needless to say I stayed and fed her and got to know the women that would be taking care of her and felt much better after I left. Needless to say Tuesday was a much easier day (and I dressed her in pants and socks to keep her warm. I didn't notice until I got to daycare that the pants looked like leggings...they were a tad too tight oh well they kept her warm that day).... And Sam stayed awake a little more at daycare... The school was closed Thursday and Friday so my mom watcher her Thursday and Dan's folks watched her Friday..... So that made the end of the week a lot easier..

Here are a few other pics we have taken over the past few weeks of the little one...

Sam gearing up for the football season....Doesn't she look cute??? Red is definitely her color!! Now I wonder which school logo she will be wearing for the big OU/TCU game?????hmmmm

Chewy giving Sam kisses.....

Sam can keep her head up now so I started putting her in this Bumbo (is that these are called) chair... She still slouches to one side but I am sure she will improve with some practice.

Well the next week will be a busy one with being back at work for the full week then the holiday weekend....I can not wait for the 3 day weekend.....

Sam in a bikini!!!!!!!!!!

Well we attended our first pool party a few weeks ago with Sam and I had to share a few pics. First let me tell you how excited I was to finally be able to put her bathing suit on her (even though our pediatrician asked us not to take her swimming I still had to put the suit on her) so I went to download a bunch of pictures off our camera as it was getting super full and I somehow never put the camera back in my bag. So thank goodness for Jenny M who takes fabulous pictures (she did Sam's newborns) was there with her camera and she caught a few classics for us.

Thanks again to Kristin for hosting everyone...We had a blast and Sam loved every second!!!

Also on the weight front I am down to 12 pounds left. These last 15 have been tough...I am running a lot and literally eating as healthy and lightly as possible... Not sure how much longer it will take but my patience is running a little thin (or as Dan says I have no patience)..... I was being too cheap to buy new pants for going back to work so I am wearing my first round of maternity pants.... Oh well no one but me can tell the difference....

I can't believe my maternity leave (12 weeks) is already over....

First overnight stay....

Well Samantha had her first overnight stay with Grandma and Grandpa (Dan's parents) last night and she did great...She got up once at 3:30 for some food but other then that smooth sailing...

Dan and I had all these great plans of things we would like to do and we just ended up going to dinner then home to relax and probably fell asleep by9:30...We are so lame but trust me the sleep was super nice...Then we picked her up around noon....It was a nice first night away...No panic attacks (from me) or anything..I did call around 9 when she goes to bed and then again as soon as we woke up in the morning....Again not too bad...

I think we will be doing that again real soon.....

It would have been perfect had our other little one (our dog Chewy) didn't get up twice in the middle of the night....ughhhh oh well.... She did love being the only child at home for the night as she got all the attention....

Well that is it for now but more to come.... as both sets of grandparents are out of town next week so what am I going to do....help!!!!! hahahah I am sure I will be fine.....

Back to work in 2 weeks.....

Here is a picture of her yesterday....Again she is so trendy in a little outfit that my dear friend and sorority sister April Jackson gave her.....So cute......