Santa’s on his way….

| December 23, 2010

…and the Myers Family is ready!  Here is our tree.

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We think our living room looks Christmas-y and very festive. 

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We look pretty nice too, if we do say so ourselves!  Today we were finally able to get some really nice family portraits.

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Zephyr is part of our family, of course, so we grabbed her (literally – she tried to escape) for some pictures.  We were actually shocked at how well behaved both Zephyr and Sam were together.  It was very cute.

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Me and my little bunny 🙂

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Sam and her devoted daddy.  They are quite a cute couple!

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Sam was getting tired, so she put her head down as if to take a break.  But the smiles still came out!

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All of the presents we bought are wrapped, and the cookies are baked.  All that’s left to do is to build Sam’s gingerbread house with her tomorrow, and then wait for Santa Claus!

How could I forget?

| December 23, 2010

There was one picture that Mark took with all those other ones I just posted that I totally forgot to post and it is one of our favorites!  Samantha has the cutest expression.  Mark asked me why I didn’t post it, but it was truly just an oversight.  Sorry, honey!

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Last night Sam was in the kitchen with us and out of the blue she started walking around without holding onto anything!  She has not really been walking much, despite the fact that she took her first unassisted steps quite a while ago.  At the time, we had hoped (and expected) she would be walking by Christmas, but we have been having our doubts lately.  She did really well last night — she probably went about 3-4 feet before plopping down.  She tripped on her highchair, so it wasn’t really her fault.  She walked along on her own about 3 times before she had enough and was back scooting on her butt.  She never crawls now.  She is either scooting along or walking holding on.  It’s like she thinks crawling is for babies and she is a big girl now.  I got some video of her walking, including her tumble.  This morning I was watching the video on the camcorder and Sam was watching too (she loves to see her pictures).  When we got to the part where she fell, she cracked up!  Well, at least she has a good attitude.  Every time she takes a little tumble, we try to make it seem funny so she doesn’t get discouraged.  Hopefully, she will be toddling around soon!