Happy BIRTH day!

Congratulations to my brother Bobby & his wife Tosha- they had their little girl, Katelyn Faye Colwell. Also congrats to big sister Madison & big brother Zach!

He is Risen!!!

Happy Easter to all- belated that is! We had a great Easter at the Maynard household. We started with church- there was no childcare for the early service so we joined a few other families in the cry room, where the kids played and laughed & the parents munched on the doughnuts & coffee that was provided.
I often wonder how futile it is going to the cry room as we only end up catching a point here or there. After service, Lance & I compared notes & ends up we both caught the same point- guess we needed to hear it!
We returned home to Easter baskets...

Then half of the Thomas clan came by for a late lunch/early dinner. We flew kites...

Samantha & grandma


Lance & grandma




We had an Easter egg hunt...




Played with sidewalk chalk...

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This photo is for Uncle Chris- the shirt you gave Samantha last Christmas finally fits!!

Samantha checking out her Hollywood look in the trash can reflection.

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.

Coming August 2010 ....

Lance's Birthday!

We celebrated Lance's birthday. Here's some photos of his cake. Happy birthday Lance!!!

Notice that Samantha still snatches my headbands!

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Samantha is a good problem solver. She got this rocking chair for Christmas & figured out to pull it up to the coffee table to read her books.

A fun photo

Sami got into a kick of wearing daddy's hat. Go Avs! Although this was as we were watching the Superbowl!!! Go Saints!!!!

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Lastly- my favorite photo for now... we are in the midst of pre-potty training. As soon as I get a few days in a row to stay home we will dive in. For now we are getting used to sitting on our potty & anytime anybody says they are going to the potty, Samantha has to go sit on hers. Today she sat her doll on (in!) the potty & read books to her. She is such a cute & good little mommy to her dolls. She kisses them goodnight, shares her pacifier & snacks with them, gives them drinks from her sippy cup, covers them with blankets & strolls them all around the house. It's adorable!

Picture for Grandma

Linda- I thought you might like to see the process of Samantha coloring your picture.

Notice- she found my shoes! She is very into wearing shoes now- as long as they aren't hers!

Thanks for the Valentine from Max- she gets very excited about 'doggies'!