Halloween... (UPDATED)

Ok, I have no clue what to dress Samantha as for Halloween, but here are some of the costumes that I have found and like, along with some quick notes about them.


I just think that this is adorable....

She is definitely a little monster right now (still cute though)
I just thought that this octopus was different and kind of cute.
She was a fish last year, why not a turtle this year?


Ok, now for a couple of lion suits:

I would probably have to say this is my favorite lion suit.
This one is cute too.....

Monkeys are cute!
My fave monkey suit....

So, I probably like the lion the best out of all of them, but I'm just not sure. Let me know what you think.

I am updating this to give the tally of votes so far (this doesn't count mine and Jer's votes)

Duck - 1
Turtle - 3
Monster - 2
Lion - 1
Octopus - 2

Samantha...

I don't post like I should, but here is a video of my little girl....

Update...

Here is a quick update on my NOT so little girl.

She had her 18 mo. appt. on Monday. She weighed 28.4 lbs (90th percentile) and was 34.5" (above 100%) tall.

She got one shot and took it like a champ. She watched it go in and never made a sound. She was so good and minded everything that the doctor said. He said that she is "a picture of perfect health". I was and am so proud of her!!!!

Here are some more recent pics of her!

Take care!!!!

Updated pics...

Sorry Jenn....here are some pics from our trip to TX 2 weeks ago (talk about a whirlwind trip). I sure wish we would have had more time to visit with everyone. It seems like there is never enough time when you are there to visit family.

And here they are.

I hope that this quick post finds everyone doing well!

Take care.

Dancing...

Here is Samantha dancing to Choo Choo Soul on the Disney channel before going to "school" the other day. (Sorry if it is a little dark, I just grabbed my regular camera and it doesn't have a light for video. If she sees me holding the camera, she quits doing whatever it is that she is doing, so I had to do it quick!)

Our prize fighter....

So, here she is in all her glory...black eye, cut, and all!

She decided to take a step off of the porch on Friday evening and took a tumble. We have a concrete rain guard right next to the porch steps and had she not hit that, she would have been fine. We were VERY lucky that she didn't get hurt any worse. She is such a trooper...cried for all of 5 minutes. I would have cried for much, much, MUCH longer!

She is definitely one tough cookie.....

Easter pictures....

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter. Here are my baby girls Easter pictures....

She's finally got some hair....

My Little Thug....

Sorry that they are blurry, but it is hard to get a picture when she is after your phone. Gotta love the picture phones when you only have a minute to catch them....





The weather was finally nice enough to get her outside yesterday. We took a walk around the block (she walked the majority of it), so it took us a while, then she played in the driveway and on the porch. It is supposed to be around 60 tomorrow, so we will be out after work again. Then, they are calling for snow this weekend and temps back in the 30's, so who knows when we might get out again. I reckon we have to take advantage for the next day or two!

Take care!!!!!

Elton John

My girl:




Elton John:



Do we see a resemblance?

Growing up...

My little girl is growing up....

She had her 1 year appt. yesterday and here are her stats:

Weight: 26 lbs. (97th percentile)
Height: 30 1/2" (90th percentile)

Looks like I am going to have a good size girl. She is going to be like her mama!

She got 3 shots and that didn't go all that great. She screamed bloody murder. I felt horrible! Then after her appt. we had to go down to the lab for her to get a blood draw because they wanted to check her system for lead! When I say blood draw....I mean blood draw...tourniquet, needle in the arm and all! She cried, but she handled that better than the shots. Her little face was so red and speckled with white. It made me want to cry!

I guess that is one of the prices that you have to pay....you hurt when your child hurts!

She is officially 1!!!!

Here are some pics from her birthday party.

Party Pics

We had a great time! She was so good.

I can NOT believe that my baby is 1. It seems like the time just flew by. Another tooth broke through on her birthday. That makes a total of 5 now. 3 on top and 2 on bottom. She is walking all over the place and is REALLY into everything now.

She has her 1 year appt. on the 31st. We will see just how big she is now!

Here are Samantha's 1 year pics...

I can't believe that on January 20th my baby girl will be 1! It has gone so fast...too fast.



Here is Jer's favorite:

My baby girl....

She was so tired that day at her grandmas. When my mom put her down for a nap, she was laying there...when she went back to check on her, that is what she found.

The car is at the Mall. She absolutely loved this thing. I was pushing her around and she was laughing, driving, and waving at people as we passed them. I wish I would have had the video camera instead of just the regular camera.

Then the last pic...she is being my little elf at the Santa display at the Mall.

More pics....

Here are some new pics of my sweet little girl....

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Samantha's 1st Halloween

Well, here are Samantha's 1st Halloween pictures. Of course she looked absolutely adorable...would you expect anything less????

I have some video that I have to upload. I will add them on either tonight or tomorrow. I hope everyone else had a wonderful Halloween and got lots of trick-or-treaters!