Good Guy

Sami: "I like your boots Mommy. Where'd you get 'em?"
Me: "Gander Mountain"
Sami: "Who buyed them for you?"
Me: "Daddy."
Sami: "Oh. He's a good guy."
Kate

11/17/06 @ 7:26 PM

That's the time that this beautiful, smart, sassy little four-year-old came out of my belly.  Well...she wasn't four then.  Duh! Samantha has been having a great birthday.  She got to celebrate at daycare with all of her friends.  They had cake and ice cream, they sang to her, and she got presents.  Then we picked her up for her home party, where we had pizza, cake & ice cream, presents, a treasure hunt and now it's movie time! 

 ^ Showing off the new number 4 ^

 ^ After she ate her pizza she was allowed to FINALLY open her presents ^

 ^ On the treasure hunt for the GOLDEN COINS.  After finding four golden coins, she got to open up her last present!! ^

^ Opening the last present of the night.  It was Toy Story 3 (you see it laying there on the floor).  She chucked it right out of the box without even looking at it, expecting something bigger and better in there.

Happy 4th Birthday Sami!!!

Stella in Kansas

These were taken Halloween weekend when me, Stella and Karina went to KS to visit my younger sister, Leah. Stella was so happy to finally meet her aunt/godmother, uncle/godfather Nick and grandma Angela (or Grang, as I like to call her). Was a quick and well worth it trip.  Wish we could have stayed longer, but glad we got to be there even for just a few days. 

Round 3

Joe got another dog, again.  His name is Jett and he is 13 or 14 weeks old. He's a pretty good little pup and Leroy is extremely happy to have a friend again. 

Baby on Blog

CAUTION:  Baby on blog is smaller than appears! 

Some of the pictures I have posted of Stella make her seem huge, but she isn't really that huge.  The camera adds 10 pounds, you know. This picture of her little bubble face is one of the few that doesn't make her seem like a giant.

Little Stella Jo had a week or so where she was not seen without a little patch of bubbles around her mouth (see photo above).  She is finding her thumb A LOT quicker now.  Talking more and more every day.  And she just started laughing out loud today!  She's also becoming more independent every day.  She's been hanging out on her activity mat all night long tonight, all by herself.  She smiled and kicked, then dozed off for a little bit, woke up and started smiling, kicking and chatting away again.

Sami learned to ride a bicycle without training wheels last Thursday, thanks to her wonderful daycare providers!  She is also starting to go to bed on her own again, FINALLY!!

50 Dollars

"Mama, look! I'm helping you clean up so I can have 50 dollars!" 

What Stella thinks of Sami's dance class.
Kate

Two little monkeys sleeping in my bed

Stella slept in her crib from 10pm until 5am, without waking up to eat during that time!  After I fed her at 5am, I just let her lay in bed next to me.  Then at 5:30am, Sami showed up, crawled in and passed out.  I love my little monkeys.

Photo Shoot

Today I attempted to take Sami's 4-year pictures and some pictures of Stella.  Sami was not very cooperative and quickly became crabby, so it didn't go so well.  Here are some of the pictures that I took.  I am not done with my attempt to get good 4-year photos without paying a 'professional', but if I don't post these now, I never will.  Let me know which pix, if any, you like or think would make good hand outs. 

^ This one would be great if it wasn't blurry. :-( 

 ^One of my favorites.  I was trying to take pics of just Stella but Sami had issues with that.

 ^Also a favorite of mine.