I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

Well, my dream came true. As I sit here it is indeed snowing. It's fun to actually have snow on Christmas day! Samantha had such a fun time at both our "pretend Christmas" at my parents house and our real Christmas with Adam's family. I have tons of pictures but figured I'd better just pick a couple to share. You can tell how happy Sammi is to have her picture taken. We decided to try to bribe her with Skittles. It worked. In this next picture she is saying "woah" because my neices Lauren and Caity had helicopters that they were flying. She was cracking up thinking they were the coolest thing she'd seen.

Isn't Christmas morning the greatest?

And finally, just loving Jichan

Sorry Ladies

I just have to take a minute to say I have the BEST husband ever. I'm sure some of you will argue that you have the best husband, but you're wrong :). I have been amazed lately with how much he does for Samantha and I. Even when he comes home tired he always runs in the door to play with Sammi and spend time with her. He never complains about having a hard day at work and that he just needs a few minutes, even though I'm sure that many days he would like nothing more than to watch TV for a few minutes and be by himself. Just as an example, the other day he had been at work all day and right after work he had to pick us up while my windshield was getting replaced. Samantha hadn't been a trooper with her nap that day and was super cranky. The first thing he offers is that after we get my car back that I can go home while he runs some errands with her so I can have a break. I knew he was just as tired as I was, but AGAIN he was putting us first. Plus he cooks dinner almost every night. Now how many women get to say that? I could give a million other examples of how he helps us and I am continually amazed that he is such an unselfish and giving person. I am so incredibly lucky to have him!!

I decided to post a couple of my favorite older pictures of Samantha with Adam, enjoy.

Boy!

Okay, I was going to post the ultrasound pictures, but they aren't really that cool. Our little guy was moving too much to get many good shots. The tech said she'd never seen a baby move that much (really, don't tell me that, I already have one crazy kid and don't need another). I am beliving that the baby is getting all of his energy out now so that he'll be nice and mellow when he's born. Adam and I are SOOO excited and can't wait to get out there and shop!

Thanksgiving

It was great to be in Colorado for Thanksgiving, Samantha had a TON of fun and loved being with everyone. Here are some fun pictures from the trip.

Chicago

The week before Thanksgiving we went to spend some time with my sister, Kelle. Samantha had a great time, except she was a little afraid of Grant (being the youngest of 4 kids has made him tougher than Sammi). Kelle and I went to see the musical "Wicked", which was AMAZING. I was so glad we got to see it. I've decided that there has been a mistake somewhere along the way and I'm supposed to have a voice like that. Unfortunately with my genes, I'm lucky to get through a verse of "The Wheels on the Bus." We also went to The Museum of Science and Industry, which was a lot of fun for the kids (and me). All in all it was a great trip!!

Playing Outside

It has been so nice here the last few days!! It's still a little chilly in the morning but we are still having fun playing outside. Samantha keeps bringing me her shoes and running to the door, so we're trying to take advantage of the warmth while we still have some. She is definately going to go through withdrawl when the snow hits and we're stuck inside. If anyone has any fun ideas of stuff to do when it gets cold let me know!

This is Samtha's favorite way to swing. She runs and jumps on, then hops off and does it again. I keep trying to sit her on the swing and teach her how to do it "regular" but she isn't having it.

This is after church, she wanted her snow hat on, and then she ran over to our neighbor's house and stole their pumpkin. Luckily they didn't care.

Halloween

It has taken me a few days to get these up, but hey, better late than never. We tried to carve pumpkins the night before Halloween, but Samantha was not interested at all. She stayed up there with us for awhile, but was grossed out by the seeds (she kept looking in the bowl and saying yucky). On Halloween we decided not to trick-or-treet since Samantha is still so little. instead we went out to dinner with Brad and Kim and then just went around the mall for a few minutes. Samantha had such a fun time! I thought she would hate the little hat thing, but she wanted it on the whole time and was upset when Adam tried to take it off. She was running around the mall just laughing at all the other kids. She was SO CUTE! The picture where she is on the phone she was calling Grammie (this was actually a couple days before Halloween, but it's one of the best shots of the costume).

She loved the costume so much that last night after her bath she wanted to wear the hat (even though she wasn't wearing anything else)