New Things

Jeff and I went to Target today just to shop around and I found these shoes on clearance ($8.99) and had to get the for Samantha. And, Samantha loved them and said they are her new dancing shoes! Cute and Cheap....my kind of deal!

A new show came on Nickelodeon this week called Mike the Knight and Samantha loves it. Everyday when we get home from Miss Sara's she wants to go right in, get her "princess nightgown" on and watch Mike the Knight!

And last night Jeff and I went to buy her The Little Mermaid on DVD (I think it is one of the only "old" Disney movies that we do not already have but we could not find it. So she ended up getting Tangled instead. As soon as we got home she set up her little pillow fort in the play room and was glued to her new princess movie. In fact, when I got up this morning, Jeff and Samantha were all cuddled on the couch watching it again. Samantha loves all things princess!

Vikki's (Late) Birthday Celebration

Jeff, Samantha, I, Vikki, Larry, Tara, Nebbie, Nick, Mandy, Grady and Chase all went to a Mexican restaurant to celebrate Vikki's birthday. At the end of the meal all the servers came over and put a huge sombrero on Vikki's head while they sang Feliz Cumpleano's. Samantha loved all the excited and had to try on the sombrero too. Cute, I know!

Valentine's Day Fun

This year Samantha is much more aware of Holiday's. At the babysitters they had been talking about Valentine's Day and making little Valentine's Day crafts, so she had multiple days of celebrating. The above picture was taken on actual V-Day. And she was so excited to wear her special outfit, (Thanks Gram!)

Jim and Libby made Samantha a V-Day bag of goodies and Samantha loved digging right in. She especially loved the heart necklace and heart bracelet.

"Reading" her card from Mawmaw and Pawpaw.

Ripping open her V-Day card!

Not shy at all about digging right in to her bag of goodies! She LOVES surprises!

The day before V-Day Samantha and I had gone to Hallmark to get Jeff cards from us and some cards for Samantha to share with her friends at the babysitter. I have to interject, when we were at Hallmark, she would pick up a card...open it...and say, "Mommy Loves Daddy" or "Daddy Loves Mommy". It was super cute. And as soon as Daddy got home from work she ran and told him we got him cards and there for we celebrated a day early. When Samantha and I got back from gymnastics's Daddy surprised us with flowers and Samantha got a balloon too.

She was very excited to have flowers of her very own just like Mommy!

The week before V-day Gram sent Samantha (and baby girl #2) a box of V-day goodies. The above picture is the aftermath after Samantha pulled everything out. She is one spoiled little girl. At least she is very grateful for all the surprises she gets.

She loved her Dora hat and gloves!

So excited!!!

Checking out her new dress with matching leggings.

Opening up the box and being so excited for the "what could it be inside"!

It has gotten to be a lot more fun for Jeff and I too b/c Samantha is so much more interactive now. She loves to tell us stories about her day and things she likes and dislikes. She has an opinion on EVERYTHING, and is not afraid to share it! And she is really loving...she gives lots of hugs and kisses and please and thank yous. She is a joy to our lives and we cannot wait to bring this new little joy into our lives as well!

Ultrasound Today!!!

Today, Jeff and I went to Riverside for another ultrasound. (Just to triple check her kidney's.) And her kidney's still look pretty much the same as last time but we will still take her to the Pediatric Urologist when she is 2 weeks old just to be sure. We were able to get some really good pictures for her being so big now. In the above picture her left foot is up by her mouth. And wouldn't you swear she has a dimple in her left cheek? I know her Daddy hopes she has his dimples just like Big Sister Samantha.

After they measured everything the computer calculated that she is currently 7.1 lbs. But they say that they could be off by 1.1 lbs. So that really means she is anywhere from 6 lbs to 8.2 lbs. The tech also mentioned that she has really long legs. And her head is already measuring at 40w3d! Let's hope this little girl comes sooner rather than later! I know Jeff, Samantha and I are all so excited to meet her!

Her foot is up by her mouth still in this one with her left hand behind her foot. And I think it is her other foot up by her right eye.

Pretty close to the same as the one above.

More of the same...

Again... (I will mention that the ultrasound tech said she could see just a little bit of hair on her head but she said not a whole head full like we described that Samantha had.)

Foot up by her head in 3 D.

Foot up by her head again in 3 D.

A short video of her opening and closing her mouth.