Day at the Arboretum

So since Aunt Amy (Dan's sister) was in town for the week we decided to take a day and do something fun with the family. So Saturday morning bright and early we met down at the Dallas Arboretum. It is such a fun place to take kids as they can run around and right know there was a cool kid friendly exhibit with play houses all over the property. Very fun (not sure Sam got it but oh well)...

Here are a few pics from the day...

Family pic of the three of us...Sam is clearly not cooperating...

There is this beautiful archway of trees leading up to a fun fountain that all the kids play in so we saved it for right before we were leaving. We let Sam walk up the cool path and she was trying to figure it all out...

We took Sam's shoes off and let her run around in the fountain. She didn't get very far as she was still checking everything out but she enjoyed the misting it was very refreshing...

Happy First Birthday Sam!!!

Wow time sure does fly.

Sam turned one last Wednesday and we had lots planned to celebrate the big event!!

First we had a party for the whole family on Monday (Memorial Day)... We invited everyone over for a BBQ lunch (which Sam was a tad cranky through as she was an hour late eating lunch and almost an hour late on taking a nap)...But once she got some yummy food she was much better. Then her and her cousin Alyson went down for naps. The adults decided to play games and watch baseball. In one room was a serious game of Five Crowns. They were so serious they almost didn't want to take a break for cupcakes...heheh just kidding. Then a not so serious game in the other room of Uno Attack. Very entertaining in my opinion. Then the girls woke up and we did cupcakes and opened presents. Sam really didn't seem all that interested in her cupcake had a few bites and then proceeded to eat grapes with her cousin. Not going to complain that she would rather have grapes then cupcakes. Then we tried to open presents but the girls clearly had no idea and would much rather chase around Chewy..It was the cutest thing the two of them sqealling with delight as they chased her all over the house. So I opened the presents and thanked everyone. We then proceeded to all change into our swimsuits and go swimming in our community pool. It was a nice late afternoon swim. Alyson is so good at swimming and jumping and Sam was still getting the lay of the land as she had never really been swimming before this weekend. Then after an hour or so of swimming we went back and had some pizza for dinner. It was an exhausting but awesome day. Alyson calls Sam "BABY SHAM"...so cute....

Here are a few pics from the party....

The birthday girl all dressed up in her new outfit!! and a bow!!! heheheh trust me the bow lasted about 15 seconds in her hair...

Eating her cupcake at her birthday party. Funny story there last time I made cupcakes the box made 12 so this time I got a different brand and ended up doubling the recipe before reading how many it made (ooopppps too late) so we made 48 cupcakes.... Needless to say we ate cupcakes for a week and gave away as many as possible...






And the theme of Sam's 1st birthday party was DOGS....She is such a fan of any dog so we made that our theme and she loved it...



Then Sam had her official 1st birthday party at school which I was lucky enough to be able to be there to celebrate.... We brought cupcakes for all the kids in her class.. They were super excited..Sam was way more excited this time and ate all the icing off her cupcake like a champ (which caused other problems which I think we will not even go into at this point)...



Look at the cute little chair she is sitting in.

Sam got moved up to her new classroom a few weeks ago a few weeks early. She had a major moment after all her friends moved up to the new classroom with out her. So luckily our awesome school director could tell she was not happy and had her moved up 2 days later. Yeah..Sam took to the new room amazingly well. She went from sleeping in a pack n play to a cot, sitting in an attached cubby chair to her own self standing chair (which sides of course), and getting to go outside daily, music class and art class weekly..She loves it..

I am still amazed that she is already one years old....

Hope you had a great day Sam!! Love Mom, Dad and Chewy!!!

Happy Anniversary!!!

So yesterday Dan and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary...Gheesh time flies when you are having fun....It really has just been a whirlwind with getting married, moving into our new home, being pregnant and then having Sam....

So we decided to celebrate we would go out to dinner and my in-laws graciously agreed to babysit for us.... We went to a little steak house in the suburb we live in called Randy's...It is an older home converted into a steak house with lots of little different rooms... It was very yummy (they had awesome butter and bread and steak of course but something about the bread and butter was delicious). We thankfully bypassed the "family room" while being taken to be seated... Not that we usually ever mind the "family room" since we are part of a family now but this was our night out with no kiddo so we really wanted to enjoy some peace and quiet and we got it..We were put in another room with 2 other couples and it was perfect.... We reminisced about the first time we met and when we knew were meant to be together, etc.... It was a very nice evening....

Since I have no wedding pictures on my laptop thought it would okay to share an engagement picture..This has been one of our favorite pictures of us since that time.... We still love it to this day..

Gosh we really don't look that different maybe the hair is a little shorter (for me well and for Dan he wears it a tad shorter now too) but that is about it....

Happy Anniversary Dan!! I am still the luckiest girl I know to have you as my husband!!!

Kenny Chesney Take Two

Well I have to admit take two of the Kenny Chesney concert was much better then the first... AKA no monsoons and thunder and lighting and tornado watches...
Although I was very sad my friend Shannon who I had bought the tickets with would be unable to go..She was out of town for the weekend... I had a hard time deciding who to ask to go so I asked my awesome hubby (who lets refresh our memories "Hates country music")..I think he could tell it would really mean a lot to me if he did..So after I bribed him with beer (you would think seriously I was really buying him a beer not like it isn't "our" money so aka he is paying for the beer...anyway I digress) he agreed to go..... We didn't make a big deal we didn't even leave our house until almost 7:20 and concert started at 7:35.... It was general admission this time which made it a challenge to find a seat but we found some and enjoyed the show...We only stayed for 2 hours but it was great...He even started singing some non country classic songs (which I think Dan thought was cool)...He even admitted during the concert this isn't so bad..So maybe a country music enthusiast in the works? hmmmm I even had him swaying his hips a tad to the tunes at the end (he probably won't admit it but he was) .... And this my friends is one of the many reasons why I love my awesome funny HOT husband Dan.. Thanks honey for a fun night out!! Did you enjoy your beers and the scenery? heheheh

Samantha got to spend a few hours with GG and Popeye (aka my parents) while we went....

Sam and Chewy playing tug of war

Sam is much more interested in Chewy these days. She likes to take her toys (and vice versa) and recently has been loving playing tug of war with Chewy..I caught a little bit on video the other afternoon..So cute.....

First Mothers Day!!

It was definitely a great first mothers day!!!

Saturday Dan and Sam took me to a favorite brunch spot Breadwinners for a nice leisurely brunch...Yummy..... Sam was the hit of the place. So many people kept coming over to us she is such a ham when she wants to be.... Then we all got home after running a few errands exhausted. We had also gone on a nice long family run that morning before brunch...So we all (including Chewy) took a nice long 2 hour nap...It was so relaxing.... Then we had dinner Saturday night at Texas Land and Cattle for Sue Ann (my brothers mother in law) birthday..

It was such a fun dinner. The girls just loved seeing each other and playing. They are way more interactive with each other and both seem mesmerized by the other. Here is a cute pic of Alyson about to hug Sam...

Also Saturday at brunch Sam gave me my mothers day present. It was the cutest thing. It was a 4 minute video of Sam's favorite pictures from the past year to music (I am pretty sure Daddy had to help her with that one)....It was the best gift I could ever have gotten.

Then on Sunday (actual Mothers Day) we went and had brunch over at my brothers house with the whole family...It was yummy food, great company and a nice day..We played out in the backyard with the girls and they loved it. Here are a few pics..

Sam loves their lab Jammer. She would get all excited around him... Also while the girls were in the wagon being pulled (next picture) Jammer did a drive by lick..It was so cute and my brother got it on video..hehehe

And last but not least a cute pic of me and Sam on Mothers day!!!

First incident report at school

So when I went to get Sam yesterday from school they had to tell me she had an incident report filled out on her today...All I can think about is oh goodness I hope she didn't bite anyone (well no teeth would make that kinda hard) anyway so they tell me what happened...She basically had been walking near a table and tripped and fell and bonked her head...She had a little pink mark near her eye..I of course happily signed the form thinking this won't be the last one of these..

One of the directors at the school caught me on the way out to make sure everything was okay and I said yup she is fine..Just a little bonk..she is a tough kid. She said now that she is walking to expect that to happen...DUH....She also warned me that when she moves up to the next room (in a month) they work on walking together in a line etc...so when one kid falls they all fall just due to proximity..They call them the bowling ball class because they all go down like pins occasionally...Thought that was pretty funny...

So also they asked me to start sending Sam to school in shoes since she is walking and it is a requirement for her next class. So we had bought her some shoes over the weekend (little pink sandals as her pink tennis shoes were way too small, gosh they grow so fast) and I sent her in them today...I wonder if they will be on her when my in laws pick her up???...hmmmm Only a matter of time before she figures out how to get out of them...