It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

On a roll!

So back on Friday, November 21 Samantha rolled over for the first time!! She had been trying quite a bit & was getting really close so we grabbed our camera & actually caught her first roll on video! Here it is.

Since then she has been a rolling frenzy. She does it mostly for fun or boredom because she knows we'll cheer her on. She hasn't yet figured out that she can use it as a method of moving around. Her newest trick is arching her back; she has been doing this almost continuously for the past few days. At first I thought she was in pain but the ear to ear grin said otherwise. She thinks that she is very clever when she does it & gives you the biggest smile & giggles!
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From the mouths of babes.

We are at the point now where everything goes straight to the mouth! (Actually we've been at that point for a while but now Sami is grabbing things to put into her mouth; before it was just her hands.) Here's a quick video of Samantha putting her own pacifier in her mouth. What a talented little girl!

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My first tree!

On Sunday we picked out a Christmas tree & last night put out our decorations & "dressed" our tree. (We packed quite a few things that we "wouldn't need soon" back in March to get ready for our house to go on the market. This included our Christmas decorations. So we've only found half of them & all of our ornaments are included in the half we haven't yet found! So our tree has the few ornaments I've bought this year & those we've received as gifts; about 10!)

At the tree lot, looking for my first tree!

Here it is!!!

Helping daddy with the lights.

Helping daddy put our angel on the top.

Me & mommy showing off my first tree!

Playing with daddy after all of the hard work! (She was kicking her feet against his hands & 'scooting' up his chest. She was having a blast!)

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High Roller!

Samantha is now the proud owner of a high chair! Yep, it's getting to be about that time!

She looks so tiny in the chair!