Pump it up take 2

So this weekend we went to our second pump it up birthday party for our dear friends Kristin's daughter Kaitlyn who turned 3.....Seriously so fun.....

Here is a fun video of Sam and I jumping together in the bounce house

A fun picture of Dan and Sam taking a break in the bounce house..

Pigtails.

So when I went to pick up Sam last Friday after school (just let me preface this with it was wear your pjs to school day) I got quite a surprise.....

The somehow got her hair into pigtails...I cracked up....

Also Sam has started car dancing with me...This is her in action..... I love it..

Pump it up....

So we have been super busy the past two weekends with birthday parties, trying new classes with Sam, my brithday, Plano Balloon Festival and family events.....

Last weekend we tried a gymnastics class for Sam..It was the free trial. It was a disaster. Sam was just entirely too young. She couldn't even sit still during the stretching and she clearly didn't understand the concept of waiting in line for her turn so we gave up and let her jump on the trampolines for the remainder of the class and agreed to try again in 6 months.... oh well we live and learn...

Then we went to our first Pump it up party for our dear friend Jenny C's daughter Avery. I decided to take Sam by myself and give Dan some time to himself. We had a blast. She loved it. I was a little scared of some of the slides at first as you have to carry her and use one arm to pull yourself up to the top (which I usually would need both arms) so needless to say Kristin took charge and took sam down the slides and she loved it... I did get braver as time went on and was able to pull her up myself...

Here is Sams first time down the slide with Kristin.... Thanks Kristin..

Then Sunday of last weekend we went to the Plano Balloon Festival with my brother Erik, sister in law Sarah and niece Alyson...It was a tad hot at first but the sun went down and the balloons getting blown up and taking off was super fun for the girls to see...

Here is a super cute pic of the girls sitting on the blanket together sharing snacks...

Here is a great view of the balloons all heading off..It was a gorgeous evening...

Zoo......

So yesterday Dan, Sam and I met my brother, sister in law and niece at the Dallas Zoo...It turned out to be a tad hotter than expected but we still all had a great time...

My favorite moment was when we were in the viewing area for the gorillas and one was about 10-15 feet away so Sam and Alyson walked right up to the glass window being all big girls and Sam even banged on the wall a tad too...The gorilla turned around and started walking towards the window and Sam turned and hightailed it out of there...So cute.... Even got a few pics to commemorate the event...Wish we had that moment on video...

Aly is on the left and Sam is on the right...

Noticeable the window is empty now that the gorilla is closer..Alyson is off to the right...

There I am with Sam trying to show her it is okay to stand where she was..There is Alyson on the right pointing at the big Gorilla..

After the zoo we had lunch at one of our favorite places Chuys...Love that place and nothing has really changed there..Even had a chance to spend some time with Alyson and show her how they still make the tortillas fresh right there in the store..Very mesmerizing....

15 month stats and more inititation into mother hood...

So today Sam had her 15 month dr appt...Here are her stats:

Weight 28.6 pounds and >100 percentile (aka off the charts)
Height 32.3 inches and 97 percentile
Head 18.5 90 percentile

Dr G said she is doing great.... And she got 3 shots including her flu shot..yeah so no more shots until she is 2...yeah!!!

So on Saturday Sam and I spent the afternoon evening with my folks and Dan folks at their neck of the woods..After a long nap for Sam, I went shopping, and then playing in the backyard we decided to go out to dinner (yummy pizza) then afterwards we went to a splash park near their house.... Sam ran around and loved it but got kinda chilly so had to take her home and put her in a nice warm bath...Then Sam and I left and headed back to our house...I gave her her milk and put her to bed..Not even 5 minutes later I don't know what told me but mommy intuition kicked in and I went and checked on Sam and she looked up at me with the saddest eyes..I picked her up and not even a minute later she barfed all over me.... IT was awful....I was very proud of myself I didn't cry or barf myself.... So she is fine needless to say it was a one time thing (no stomach bug thank goodness)..... She is only eating apple sauce now which is not a bad thing....
Poor baby.....

Sunday we took it real easy and stayed home and took lots of naps.... I think she is on the road to recovery....

TEETH!!!

So a few nights ago we were playing with Sam, going over where her body parts are located, as we practice that quite frequently (and she thinks it is a game) and just have some fun all playing on our bed. Not sure why but she loves getting on our bed..She has to get on it once a day...Anyway I digress at the end of this video I got a good picture of her teeth. We have a total of 4 now...whooohooo No more teeth envy here....

Diaper change in the middle of the night...

So one night I had stayed up later and I went to check on Sam before I went to bed and she needed a diaper change but she had been asleep for several hours so wasn't sure how she would handle being woken up..So I picked her up gently and layed her on the changing table and she moved a little but not much. She stayed asleep until I was getting her pajama bottoms back on then she moved a little and as I was leaning over to put the diaper in the Diaper Champ she rolled over and took up the sleeping position...IT was the cutest thing I asked Dan to run and get the camera to get a picture. So here is Sam totally asleep on her changing table..

And just in case you didn't notice that is her "pink puppy's" arm sticking up as she sleeps with a death grip on the stuffed animal every night...So cute...