I love my slide!

Or "side" as Samantha calls it. She is gathering more & more words by the day but refuses to pronounce more than one syllable! She loves to be chased & is finally allowing me to pull her hair out of her face. Although when she gets mad at me the first thing she does is pull her hair band/bow/hat off & throw it down! Samantha has mastered the temper tantrum- but has also mastered hugs & kisses. How can someone so cute be so frustrating?! Here are some pics of her on her slide during the warmer weather last week.

I told Sami that she needed boots before she could go outside, so she found some!




Samantha "posing" with her daddy. Just before & after the photo she was laughing & smiles.

I believe this is the reason Lance likes our home! This girl is one of many who trek through our yard daily.

Lastly, a recent belly shot- please excuse the dirty mirror- I was cleaning the bathroom & also excuse Sami without pants- she likes to try out the big girl potty sometimes.

Ironing & Painting my floors!

To start with here is a 4 month belly shot.

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But as for the title; we have been slowly attacking our fix-it list for the house. One of which was putting a floor in the kid's bathroom & getting rid of the pink formica counter top! There was vinyl underneath the flooring & we were having a difficult time getting it up so my ingenious husband googled it for me & we got the tip of steam ironing the floor- it really works! So I spent Valentine's Day ironing the floor. Then we had to paint a water sealant on it. Gee, I'm learning a lot! But I know it'll be worth getting rid of the pink counter tops!!!

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To leave you I found some photos from Samantha's first birthday- we blew up a bunch of balloons & she had a blast playing with them.