Sam the bow head is crawling....

So again lots to catch everyone up on....

Here is a quick version in bullet points

-I had a stomach bug last weekend and was miserable. It is amazing to me how Sam can be a carrier for so many things yet she doesn't get more than half of them yet Dan and I do.

-Dans car the heater was not working and I did not know this until I switched cars with Dan (on the coldest day of the year) and froze my behind off, needless to say it is fixed (2 trips to two different dealers later, seriously do not get me started)

-Chewy had a rebellious moment the weekend I was sick and peed all over our bed...Really we had been out to dinner and we got home let her out and put Sam to bed and went into our bedroom and she had the biggest pee ever...ughhh She is not allowed in our room for a while...We have trust issues with her right now (I wonder why??)

-I went to a super fun bachelorette party over the weekend tried a new drink called Cactus Juice..When asked what it was the bartender just gave me a sample I guess it is too hard to explain but my my it was good.

-Sam got a few bows added to her collection..Much to Dans chagrin...Look how happy she looks!!

-Sam started CRAWLING...Her favorite things to go after, the mail (seriously we go and get the mail everyday and she lights up like it was Christmas I have no idea what the fascination is but she loves to play with the mail), my cell phone (yup I already have several drool marks on there), and the remote (she has even learned how to change the channel which is so funny when you are across the room grabbing something)....

I can no believe Sam is almost 9 months..Where does the time go...

Well we are going out to dinner for Valentines this weekend on Friday and my brother and sister in law will be watching Sam and then we will be watching our niece Alyson for them Saturday night so they can go out..We are really excited to have Alyson. Sam of course already idolizes Alyson.... So it will be a nice night at home with the two girls...

Hope everyone is doing well!!

Updates on end of 2008

Well we had a fantastic Christmas with the family this year. It was all about the girls (Samantha and our niece Alyson). They really stole the show!!


We started the festive season off with a parade at our folks neighborhood. Here are a few of our favorite pics....

Sam and Alyson cruising around in their new wagon GG and Papa John got for them.

Look how sweet Alyson is giving Sam a hug....aww just melted my heart..

They even had Mr and Mrs Claus so we of course had to get Sam's picture taken with them.

Then my best friend Seetal and her hubby and daugther came for a visit on their way to OKC... We got a few cute pics of Kareena and Sam. They are so going to be BFF's...

Christmas Eve was at our house and the whole family came over. Here are a few pics of Sam in her Mrs Claus outfit that I found last minute...



Here is our first Christmas picture of the family...AWWWWW.





Then we spent Christmas Day over at my brothers house with the entire family. However we did spend the morning opening presents just the 3 of us...Well it would have been 4 but Chewy was sitting in a time out for peeing on Samanthas new blanket her Grandma had made her...Needless to say she missed Christmas present.... And darn that blanket is absorbent...





Sam loved the wrapping paper more than the actual gifts... We tried not to go too crazy this year but it was a little hard as there are so many fun toys out there.








Sam loves this scooter..She loves being pushed all over the house and chases Chewy in it...
This is Sam opening gifts at my brothers house....How cute is she in her little red hat...The binky just cracks me up too...She is a tad binky crazy right now. She likes to keep 2 in her crib at all times..One goes in her mouth and one to play with... Silly girl.

Well that was it for 2008. For New YEars Eve she went to bed at her normal 8pm and mom and dad (aka me and Dan) went to bed around 11...So sad didn't even make it to midnight....oh well....

Happy New Year

Well I have a lot to catch everyone up with including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Sam's baptism, New Years, etc.....

However it is that time of the year that I am super busy with work so give me another week or two and I will hopefully get a bunch of pictures up and some funny stories to go with them.

It is amazing how fast the year goes..I think that every year...
And on of my New Years goals is to keep this updated more often. We will see what that exactly means soon enough...

So far behind....

I know I seem to always be saying sorry for being behind....Well that is what seems to happen when you have kiddos..It is amazing how time flies....So let me catch everyone up.

Halloween was a lot of fun getting Sam dressed up in her pink bunny costume and having both sets of folks over to see their granddaughter last a whole 10 minutes in her costume..Needless to say it was soooo hot... But we got a few cute pics so it was totally worth it..

Also on Halloween Sam's grandmother brought her a teddy bear that my husband had when he was a kid with a few improvements done to it...So cute

YEs it clearly did not have the pink jacket on it when Dan had it as a baby..heheheh

Sam also learned a fun new trick of getting her feet into her mouth....Here is a picture right after she pulled them out... Darn it I wasn't quite able to get the camera in time.

Another fun new trick Sam learned was how to pull the bumper off her bed and use it as a blanket..This was a pic I took one morning when I went in to wake her up.

We also had a very relaxing Thanksgiving with my folks (Papa John and GG) and Dan's folks (grandma and grandpa). Surprisingly we did not overeat...(we left that for Sunday for Dan's birthday hehehe) The weather was beautiful so we all packed up and went for a nice long hike after lunch..Sam proceeded to doze off during it but oh well the fresh air did her wonders.

Sam in her fabulous holiday outfit. A hounds tooth little jumper with turtleneck, tights, and black patent shoes...so cute!!!

One last note it was Dans birthday this weekend and we took him to one of his favorite places Babe's...Yummy southern style comfort food at its best....

Here is a cute pic of Papa John and Sam at Babes. Sam loved it as there is a lot going on and Papa John took her to see the jukebox (spelling)...She loved it with all the lights, etc....

Oh I almost forgot we got a cute video of Sam being silly one afternoon....She clearly thinks the hiccups and being blown on are hilarious.....

Trip to Minnesota

Well Dan Sam and I went to Minnesota two weekends ago to visit his two best friends since childhood and their spouses/significant others...It was a lot of fun. Here are a few of the main points of the trip:

1. One of the guys (Mark) had an appendectomy on Thursday night. We were scheduled to arrive on Friday. I was like are we still going to go maybe we shouldn't. Also his wife (Michelle) is like almost 8 months pregnant so I thought it may be a little stressful but it all worked out fine. Mark took lots of percaset (spelling) and was able to do everything we did..

2. We went to a pumpkin patch on Saturday way out in the country. Everyone totally made fun of me for wanting to go but all 7 of us packed up and went and had a great time. Just getting there was an adventure. It was not only a pumpkin patch it was an apple orchard and a petting zoo type place. It ended up being perfect weather for it. We also had Kenny's (the other best friend of my husbands) girlfriend Trish there to take some amazing pictures for us. We also had fresh apples from the orchard with caramel to dip them in....YUMMY!!

3. I think the highlight of the pumpkin patch for Dan was me falling in the pumpkin patch and breaking a pumpkin...It was pretty scary (because I had Sam in my arms) but I fell backwards basically ended up sitting on the (broken) pumpkin. I was really afraid of damage to my rear end but all was well and it was pretty darn funny.

4. We went to the Mall of America and had lunch one day and shopping afterwards. Sam got a tad overwhelmed with it all and passed out cold for an hour.

5. The plane rides were fine she was a total trooper although not very good sleeper at night while on the trip but that is okay. We were getting those looks before the plane like oh great I hope I don't have to sit next to them and lots of comments after we landed man she was soooo good I never heard a peep from her...

Here are a few of our favorite pics from the trip:

Tooth well not exactly....

What I thought was a tooth could have been a tooth that has gone back in or it could have been a blister that went away...At this point we are still not sure but no teeth just yet.....

By golly I think that is a tooth....

So last night I was really late getting home with all this crazy work going on (quarter end) so by the time I got home it was time for Sam to have her cereal (she is actually getting much better with it) and bottle then play...So I fed her and we were playing and I put my finger in her mouth and I always run my finger on her bottom gums (because for some strange reason I thought she would get a bottom tooth first) then I just for giggles (and she was in a good mood) rubbed the top gums and I felt something. I pulled her lips open (which she loved I am sure you can imagine) and lo and behold there was a little white thing poking through...Very weird spot it is not a front tooth it is a side tooth.... Well no wonder she was cranky 2 days recently....

So she has her first tooth....yeah!!!!

They grow up so fast!!!