New habit......

Okay I will admit this is one of the cutest darn things I have ever seen.... Sometimes Sam likes to.....

Yup she loves to sit in the refrigerator..not sure why exactly....Not sure if she is trying to be patient when we are getting her her milk (which she loves) or just likes to touch all the bottles in the door...or really is she just plain old hot from all this Texas heat.... Of course the first time we did it we thought oh she will be up in a second as it will be really cold..nope she has plenty of layers between her and the coldness on her butt (clothes and a diaper)...So this past weekend she sat in the bottom of the freezer....She loved it....Such a silly little girl...

We eventually will have to stop doing this as I would be embarrassed if she started doing it at other peoples houses...

Which brings me to my next topic...The BELLYBUTTON. Sam has a huge thing right now for belly buttons..She loves to pull your shirt up and look at it and put her finger in it...So we thought oh how cute well when she tried to do it the other morning as I dropped her off at school the realization that maybe we shouldn't let her do that hit..But we decided oh what the heck it is so cute and she loves it when you tickle her belly button back we will give it a few more weeks to see if the fascination dies out on its own...

Two teeth...

Well it is official Sam has two teeth..One on top and one on bottom...Looks pretty darn funny and the next question most people have is "ARe they on the same side?" Yes they are.... No pictures at this time (she literally won't sit still long enough) but I will keep trying...Just so excited to finally have some teeth!!!

Sam's new friend......

So Saturday night we had Laura and Ryan over for dinner and they brought there dog Casper over for Chewy to run around with and hopefully wear themselves out..Well Sam needless to say stole the show and wanted to play with Casper the whole time chasing him around...Chewy and Casper I think had a great time...Laura luckily got this super cute picture of Sam/Chewy/Casper in a rare sitting still moment...

Sam walking Chewy or Chewy walking Sam.....

Dan and I decided back in May (so right before Sam's first birthday) we really wanted some sort of video camera...So we got a Flip camera...Which we love and use all the time.... So I have been taking videos left and right and have yet to download any of them so thought I would share..This is Sam attempting to walk Chewy in the house...(We were getting ready to go for a real walk so we had put Chewys harness on and leash and Sam wanted to hold the leash)....This was about a month or so ago....Really they are so cute together!!! Enjoy!!!

Teeth, Teeth, Come out wherever you are!!!!

So last weekend we went 5 days of pure not sure the word I am looking for here...Exhaustion, frustration, sadness, uselessness...Okay that is a good start. Last Friday night it started..Sam just screamed when we tried to put her to bed...She had started the infamous teething. We went with little to no sleep Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.... We asked all of our friends along the way what to try and what is not worth it and trust me we tried everything... With little results of relief..My poor baby...She just didn't know what to do with herself... We even went as far as took her to the minor emergency clinic Tuesday night to make sure she didn't have an ear infection or strep throat or anything else...Nope the doctor sent us on our way with the words of wisdom "Teething sucks!!!"...Really could have saved my $100 bucks....

Anyway by Wednesday she was back to our happy baby however no teeth ever popped through..They are there we can see them and feel them through her gums but they are taking their sweet time.

With all that non sleeping and working crazy hours we all got colds over this weekend..So we canceled all plans and had a nice quiet weekend of resting... Sorry no pictures of teeth since clearly we still have none...we officially still have teeth envy but the minute one pops up I will try my hardest to get a picture to share as we will be thrilled..

Baby pool and cool new hairdo

So a week or two ago we got out Sam's baby pool and decided to set it up one afternoon in the backyard so Sam could go swimming..It was like over 100 degrees so we lasted only 30 minutes or so but it was fun..

The best part was getting her ready I was lubing her up with sunscreen and now that she has some hair I wanted to make sure I got her scalp covered (as she will not keep a hat on) so I ended up making her hair all spiky so thought I would share that as it is pretty funny.

She did like the pool and Chewy even was intrigued with the pool. We at some point threw Chewy in and of course Sam got a big laugh out of that..Sam thinks anything Chewy does is funny..

4th of July

Well we had a super busy 4th of July...

Friday I had the day off and Sam had the day off from school but Dan had to work so we spent the day at GG and Papa Johns house. It was so hot we went to Toys r us and let Sam run around for almost an hour just to let her run off some energy and then we found a cute little kids area in the shopping center..We only lasted about 15 minutes but I did manage to get a cute pic of her and Papa John.

They are in a cute little kid house, yeah that is probably why that bench looks so little my dad is sitting on..hehe

Then we met my in laws and hubby for dinner for grandpa's birthday dinner...He chose Uncle Julio's for his dinner which of course is always a big hit with us...yummy..

As you can see in the picture above Sam did not want to sit still for pictures she was running all over the place..However everyone else looks good so thought I would share..

Then on Saturday we had lunch at my brother's in-law's and had such a good time..Love the KFC and lots of laughing..What more could you ask for? Here are a few pictures from the afternoon.

Well I have several of this shot with Sam looking one way or Alyson looking another but finally I started singing ITSY BITSY SPider (which Dan will tell you I don't know the words to) and they both looked up so innocently and now this might be my new favorite picture of the two girls...LOVE IT!!


Sam running around in her snazzy 4th of July outfit....

My brother Erik was showing us one of his new talents and he uses Alyson and does bench presses..It is the cutest thing ever and she cracks up but no wonder his arms are all defined...Mine would be too if I could bench press Sam...