Today was Grady's 3rd Birthday Party at the
Columbus Zoo! Mandy had rented out a room in the Education Center for the festivities and it was a lot of fun for all the kids. (Above: Samantha playing with the big feet and Iggy)
Grady pinning the nose on the lion.
Samantha eating her cake!
Mommy and Samantha checking out the animals the Zoo Staff brought in!
Zoo staff with the armadillo. How ugly!
After the party it was raining out so we ended up just taking Samantha home. She fell asleep in the car about 2 minutes from home. So I carried her right from the car into her bed. After she was all settled I went to take a nap too. At 4 PM Jeff came in and said it was time to get out of bed...I could not believe her and I both slept for over 3 hours! I guess we both needed some beauty sleep!
Tonight for dinner we went to El Vaquero to celebrate my Dad's birthday. There ended up being quite a big group of us....Dad, Nick, Mandy, Grady, Chase, Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Jeff and his wife Ruth, and Jeff, Samantha & I. We had a great meal and good time hanging out with each other!
And we still have another birthday to celebrate....Nick's Birthday dinner is on Tuesday!
Samantha has been in a great mood this week in the mornings, or so Jeff tells me. Since I am not around when she gets up Jeff always takes a picture of her and sends it to me so I feel like I am part of the morning routine.
Showing off her muscles.
Laughing away...
Showing off her full set of teeth!
Happy Easter! Samantha loved digging into her Easter Basket!
I don't know how she knew what to do but as soon as she picked up an egg she immediately opened it!
I had to put the Bunny ears on Jeff too! What a champ.
Samantha loved her new Rain Boots! She has to wear them all the time.
All ready for church!
I look a hot mess in this picture, but Samantha looks so cute I just had to post this picture!
After church we went home and Samantha took a long nap. When she woke up we went out to my mom's house. The kids had a little egg hunt in the front yard!
We really wanted a picture with all the kids...but wow is that hard...this was the best we could do!
Grady and Samantha checking out their goodies!
My beautiful little family on a beautiful Easter Day!
Today was Grady's 3rd Birthday Party at the Columbus Zoo! Mandy had rented out a room in the Education Center for the festivities and it was a lot of fun for all the kids. (Above: Samantha playing with the big feet and Iggy) 
Grady pinning the nose on the lion. 
Samantha eating her cake!
Mommy and Samantha checking out the animals the Zoo Staff brought in!
Zoo staff with the armadillo. How ugly!
Jeff sent me these pictures on Friday morning before he left for work. He told me later that he had told Samantha that she was going to see Mawmaw and Pawpaw later that night. She really loves them and she always get's excited when she knows she is going to see them! 
Sunday's are a challenge for us. Samantha is usually up before 7 AM and she doesn't end up getting a nap until after church. So on the ride home from church today Samantha sacked out before we got home. I was able to get her out of her car seat into her crib without waking her up! She ended up taking a 3+ hour power nap this afternoon so Jeff and I were able to get some stuff done around the house. I love lazy weekends.
