Pumpkin Patch

So this weekend we decided to try a pumpkin patch out in Flower Mound...Which first of all is a tad bit of a hike for us but heard it was good...WE got a mile away from it when traffic dead stopped..so when we finally got in it was packed..It was so hard to move and do anything and the lines to do any of the kids stuff were at least 30 minutes long... Which really is hard to do with a little one like ours...So we ran around and took some pics and took off after an hour....

Here we are when we first got there and Sam looks so confused..has no idea what all these people are doing... Here Sam is trying to pick up this huge pumpkin..She in all seriousness looked at it and bent down to pick it up..She seemed to be baffled when she couldn't...

Then she proceeded to push it...hehehe smart kid....

Mommy and Sam...

So Sam can be a Mommy's girl sometimes...Or maybe she just likes to say Mommy....who knows.. However she is adding a few more words to her vocabulary like PaaaPaaa for Grandpa, she already said Momma, Dadda and dog, she know tries to say Chewy but it comes out more Chi, she says more, and Ofeee for her best friend at school Sophie, she can say Emma another friend from school, yellow, purple and poopooo (very important) and she can make all kinds of animal sounds on command, as sheep goes baaabaaaa and dog goes wulf, and duck goes quack...So we are slowly learning more every day...

I went to a fun bunco night at my friend Jenny M's to support her breast cancer 3 day walk she is doing. What a fun night and funny enough we didn't even play bunco we just gabbed...Which I was fine with as I have never played bunco and enjoyed meeting the new girls and catching up with my friends...

I seem to never get a lot of pics of me with Sam as I am usually the one taking pictures but on my way out the door to bunco night I had Dan take a pic of Sam and me....

She is getting so big...Can you believe she is almost 1 1/2...Yes I seem to have stopped talking in months..yeah!!!

A little busy lately.....

Well life has been a tad busy lately so I am way behind on posting pictures and stories etc..

So last week after school one day Sam and I came home and went outside to play. I can't remember which day exactly but it was the one day it wasn't raining...Seriously it has been raining for a month straight which has made our outdoor activities limited...

Just thought these pictures were so cute and so typical Sam...

It is amazing to me how well her teachers at school can get those ponytails in but when I do it it doesn't look near as cute..I guess i need to work on that for when we get some more hair going..

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....