Birthday Gifts

Sam turned 2 last week and for her birthday we got her a few bigger items this year that she just loves. First she got a water play sink which I think we show on a previous post as we gave it to her early. Then on her actual birthday we gave her a safety small trampoline. Just like her cousin Alyson's that she loves. And we put it together the night of her birthday and haven't been able to get her off it since. It is the first thing she asks for most of the time when she wakes up and when she comes home from school....

Here are a few pics of Sam with her new trampoline:

Here Sam is with her Daddy right after he put it together for her..Literally she was trying to get on it as he was assembling it.

Here she is getting going that same night. She bounced for a very very long time.

She has also learned she loves to fall into a sitting position..all kinds of fun things to do on a trampoline...

Right now the trampoline is taking up residence in our downstairs living room but I have a feeling it will be going upstairs to her playroom shortly...

Playdate with Sophie

So Sam and Sophie have been in the same class in school for the past almost 2 years. THey have become best buds. Sophie is about 3-4 weeks older then Sam so always ready to move up a few weeks before Sam and after that happened the first time and Sam completely melted down we learned that when Sophie moves up classrooms so does Sam. Now that we are all in agreement on this, the transitons are seemless....

Since I do a lot of the drop offs and pick ups I have gotten to know Sophies mom and we have started having a few playdates with the girls. WE had them to our house for dinner and playing a month or so ago and 2 weeks ago they had us over.

Sam and Sophie are two peas in a pod. Here are a few pics from the playdate...

Sam loves to hug Sophie and get hugs from Sophie...I can already see a long term friendship...heheh

2 year statistics

Samantha had her 2 year well-child check up this morning. Well she needless to say SCREAMED at the doctor the entire time he was in there (unless I was holding her facing away from him) and then as he was leaving she perked up, stopped yelling, smiled and waved and said "bye bye" to him. Then when the nurse came in to give her her one shot she barely got upset..How random..

Here are her statistics
Weight 30.5 pounds which is 90%
Height 35.5 inches which is 95% which also means they are estimating her height at 5 foot 11 inches..hmmm sounds familiar
Head 19.3 which was 95%
On her physical exam they wrote - Tall Girl
On her development exam they wrote - Great Speech - (I wonder if that was because while she was screaming she was saying full sentences like "I don't like it!")….

Overall she is doing great we just really need to work on eating habits so we have some new suggestions and will be working on her eating protein (aka meats) and veggies….
Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

Happy Anniversary

Dan and I also celebrated out 4 year anniversary last week.

It has been an amazing 4 years babe!!!! I still can not believe I got so lucky to marry you!!!

Sam is 2

Sam is 2 years old today.

I am still in shock that she was this size just 2 short years ago

And now look at her!!!

Happy Birthday to our sweet angel...Love Mommy and Daddy (your two biggest fans!!!)

Some fun pics of Sam

Here are a few pics of Sam from the past 2 weeks..




Sam's Grandma was able to get Sam's hair up in pigtails one afternoon while they were playing with her. I am always amazed that she sits still long enough for her to do that.


Sam trying Mommy's sunglasses on on Mothers Day. She wants to be just like her Mommy when she grows up..hahah

We got Sam a fun water sink outdoor toy to play with (a little early birthday present) and Dan put it together last Sunday afternoon and she proceeded to play out in the front yard with it for hours. She loves it. I thought she might get some sun so I put a cute little hat on her. She never seems to leave things on her head but she left it on the whole time. Awww she looks so cute in a hat...

Random thoughts on Vegas

So a few random thoughts about Vegas to finish out my Vegas posts.

1. There was so much smoking it was unreal. I had no idea that many people smoked and they all seem to go to Vegas. Crazy.

2. Being 5 months prego was not the ideal time to go to Vegas as there is a lot of walking but I really didn't seem to mind until it came time to find a restroom. And if you have ever been prego you know it happens a lot. I swear the bathrooms were always down these crazy long hallways. They made them so inconvenient. I always had to prepare myself for the 5 minute journey down the hall to go.

3. And yes I sometimes feel like a 12 year old kid but seeing a telephone in the toilet part of the bathroom in the hotel room still makes me giggle. I so wanted to prank call people from the bathroom but I refrained.

4. And one final note if you get locked out of your hotel room at the middle of the night lets just hope you are not naked. That happened to our dear friends Kelli and Kerri's neighbor the first night in Vegas and really how do you call security to tell them there is a naked man in the hallway at 5AM and keep a straight face...