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'!

Roundup!

Grandpa's little cowgirl- what cowgirl doesn't bring her purse to the roundup?! (The little pink & blue ladybug purse on her left arm!)

Checking out the cow with Nana before the action started.

Watching the roundup from the safety of behind the fence!

Samantha is infatuated with shoes! She'll drag a pair out & walk/slide all over the house in them!

Little Plumber Girl

A year ago Lance gave Samantha her intro to plumbing while fixing up the town home for sale.

One year later he gave her (& me) a refresher course while installing my beautiful new sink!

If you look closely, you'll see that Sami is really playing with her toys under the sink! She just wanted to be with her daddy.

I LOVE my new sink- have I told you that lately, Lance?

While Lance was taking pics, Samantha got up close & personal!

Some cute pics of my princes.