Lots of firsts this weekend....

Well Sam had a lot of new experiences this past weekend.

She got to attend her first baby shower with me. Dan had to work so instead of getting a nice relaxing morning with friends I was running around chasing Sam. She loved it though and I think was the hit of the party. There was another little girl Olivia and Sam just wanted to follow her and kept staring at her in awe...So cute. Also Sam kept trying to help Annette (the mom to be) open her presents by ripping off the paper (well before she even opened her presents) All in all it was a great experience for both of us... I also learn something new every time I go to one of those. I learned of a great kids books author so can not wait to get some of them as Sam loves her books.

Here is Annette opening her presents..She is the cutest pregnant girl ever!!
Here is Sam and Olivia. Sam is completely taken with her book. Olivia had been looking at it with her a few minutes before and that was so cute..

Here we are Saturday morning before Dan left for work and Sam and I left for the shower. I thought I had Sam all dressed up why not take a quick family pic. Of course Dan is mortified when I put any sort of bow on Sam's head but what the heck she looked so cute!!

Then on Sunday Dan, Sam and I all attended the birthday party for Adam (1 year) and Will (3 years old)....They are the sons of a dear friends Chuck and Jenny (who we went to Mexico with last year while prego)..It was a lot of fun and what a great party. They sure know how to do it right. While I proceeded to keep track of Sam and try and talk to friends (it was a little challenging with so many fun things to do the kids all seemed to go in many directions so parents were all over the place keeping up with the kiddos) Dan proceeded to drink a beer and eat a yummy brisket sandwich (I did steal a bite or two)..

Last night Sam and I had dinner with our neighbor Laura and her daughter Kate (only 2 weeks older than Sam) at Matittos (Mexican).... It was a girls night out and I am sure when the waiter saw us coming he said oh no..now that Sam eats table food she makes a big mess (another reason why I am a big fan of eating out whenever possible)...When we got up to leave there was food galore all under the girls high chairs...Oh well it was nice to sit down and have dinner with another mom and get to know our neighbors better. I am sure we will repeat that again real soon as they had fantastic margaritas and great conversation..Really what more could you ask for...

Also Sam's new favorite thing is to walk with us. So cute here are a few pics from the past few nights... This really is exhausting.. We take turns walking with her..heheh

Yes we are all in our pjs..This is our nighttime routine of chasing Daddy to her room for story time.. She loves story time and the chase...

Here Dan is working on getting Sam to walk with her walker..So funny..she can only do it on the carpet as it is wayyyyy to fast on the hardwoods...

We are really looking forward to Sam's first Easter!!