Sam facts and photos

| June 23, 2011

I have been thinking about some random Sam facts that I wanted to share.  There are also some cute pictures that we never seemed to get around to posting, so here they are!

Here is Sam on Memorial Day weekend enjoying the pool.  I can’t believe I never posted this before.  I am slacking!

I mentioned in a previous post that Sam likes candy now and had fun eating Pez.  Here are some cute pictures of Sam and Mark together. Look at her happy little face stuffed full of sugar! 

Someone loves sitting with her daddy. 🙂

Sam is really good at sharing, and she nicely gave her daddy one of her Pez candies.

Here are some of the big girl things that Sam can do now:

  • Walk backwards
  • Spin around in circles (she will usually topple over afterwards from being dizzy)
  • Go down steps if you hold her hand (this is fairly new and she won’t always do it)
  • Climb onto our kitchen chairs (I am sure the table is not far behind)

She is getting a lot better at eating too.  We have been trying to get her to eat a bigger variety of foods.  Last night she ate 2 whole Chik-fil-a chicken nuggets, a few french fries, some cheese and some grapes.  Not a bad dinner!  We were really happy about the chicken.  She never eats much meat and we want that to change.  She was really into cheese for a long time then suddenly got turned off of it which was disheartening since it is such a good snack.  Lately though, Sam has rediscovered her love of cheese, thank goodness.

Our little girl amazes us more and more every day.  We are so lucky to have her!

Maddox’s 2nd Birthday

| June 23, 2011

We all went to Maddox’s 2nd birthday party on Father’s Day weekend.  Krista and Adam had it at Linvilla Orchards, which is a great place to have a kid’s party.  With all the animals around for them to see and the playground and all the other stuff to amuse them, it was really fun.  

We all went on a pseudo hayride (no hay, just a people mover because some of the party goers have major allergies!).  They took us all through the entire orchard which was really cool.  I had no idea the place was so big.  It was naptime for Sam at the time, so she was in a bit of a daze for the entire ride, but I think she had fun anyway.

Near the end, Maddox got a birthday surprise – a freshly grown and picked Linvilla apple.  As you can see, he enjoyed it thoroughly!

After the ride, the kids played in the playground.  Sam spent quite a lot of time in the caboose of the train.

Maddox joined Sam and she was happy about that!  She loves watching her cousin.

After the train, Sam moved on to driving.  Look out, here she comes!

Pizza and cake!  The cake was decorated like a farm, which was the perfect theme for the day.  Sam’s favorite part of parties is when people sing happy birthday.

Sam was really tired after a while and a snuggle with her Pop Pop was just what she needed.  Look at that tired little face!