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First off, here's my little ballerina: We also did our annual Walk to D'Feet ALS. This was our team this year. Next year, we're making shirts. This is Samantha in the rocking chair grandma bought her. Such a little person she is. Gotta love Samantha's big smile. Dada is a Cardinal's fan so he got her this outfit. Halloween was fun. Samantha still didn't quite get it, but she made an adorable pumpkin. Her winnings: Grandma also bought Samantha a ball pit/tent/tunnel thing. We call it her mansion. Samantha is walking more these days, still crawls the majority of the time, but I think she'll get the whole walking thing really soon. Her average is about 10 to 12 steps. And she had her 1st birthday party yesterday. She had a lot of fun. I'm glad it turned out so well. Here's some pictures:

Zoo, Vacation and Finally 2 Bottom Teeth!

We went to the Phoenix Zoo with Daddy and had a blast. This was the first time it seems that she actually seemed interested in the animals, which were very cooperative by the way. We're pretty sure going earlier in the day made all the difference. Here are some pictures:

We celebrated Daddy's 25th birthday and Samantha's 10 month old birthday with a good dinner and 3 pumpkin pies. Here's Samantha in her party outfit:


Samantha also had her second vacation a couple of weeks ago in Oceanside, California of course. We stayed at the Oceanside Marina right off of North Harbor. Which was pretty cool because the balcony's view was the harbor and the beach waves were just past that. The hotel itself wasn't as nice as we thought and paid for though, but had great potential. While at one of our favorite restaurants there we discovered that Samantha can drink out of a straw.

On Saturday we strolled Harbor Days, which we were fortunate enough to have fall on the weekend we'd be visiting. Lots of cool things to look at. Then we went to the beach. Tons of fun! Samantha loved the sand and water. Oh man did she get messy!

On Sunday we went to Sea World. We had a lot of fun. Samantha really liked seeing the different animals and watching some of them perform. She even pet a dolphin and tried to pet a bat ray.

She also finally got her 2 bottom front teeth.

Update...

Well Samantha just keeps getting bigger and bigger. She had her 9 month appointment last week and she's 29.5 inches long and 21 lbs 8 oz which puts her in the 95th percentile for height and 85th for weight. She has grasped the concept of what to do in front of a camera, accept it's probably the cheesiest thing I have ever seen. Finally, Samantha gave up being lazy and holds her own bottle. I know she was being lazy because A. she's 9 months old and B. she went from not holding it at all to holding it one handed. She makes fun noises like strumming her bottom lip, patting her mouth while going uhhhhh...kinda like you see indians do in movies, and clicks her tongue. She uses the words uh oh in context, but she says it like uh...(long pause) o o o ohh. It's very funny, especially when she does it pre-meditated by saying it and then throwing the bottle off of her tray. Still working on mama and dada, uh oh is just more fun to her I guess. I had some extra quarters, so she rode her first 75 cent moving ride. She had fun. She even got brave and grabbed the wheel towards the end. We like to let her explore different things. Like: a puffs container a football a spagetti noodle a keyboard and a guitar It's a lot of fun. :) This is Samantha and the family heirloom on daddy's side. My cousin Hailey had her baby. This is Mollie Mae White born on Hailey's birthday, August 21st. She's just precious. I can't wait for Samantha and Mollie to play together. They're going to be great friends. It's amazing that in 9 months time they go from this: to this: Samantha can stand all by herself now, but sits after about 25 seconds. She waves hi and bye. Oh, and she dances. Lol. Here's a video. Please mute it so you don't have to suffer through my horrible singing while I try to avoid laughing hysterically, you'll thank me.
This one is better. It cuts off at the end, but she stopped dancing anyways.

Pretty Silly.

July Fun!!!

Soon to be walking

At Home Fun & A Trip to the Park

Getting Around

She's figured out how to crawl forwards. It is hilarious!!!! She doesn't like to be on her knees too long so she does this walk-crawl hobble thing. Too much fun. She's complaining in the video. She wants my cell phone, but doesn't want to crawl for it.

Summer Fun!!!

She ate solids for the first time. Sweet potatoes baby food made by me. We also took her swimming. This is her crab floating thing.Her in her swim suit. She's so funny.

We went to the movies and saw The Watchmen at the cheap theatres. She slept for most of the time though.

First Hair Cut, Mother's Day & Summer Time

I am no hairstylist by any means, but it was definitely time for a bangs-trim. They were getting in her eyes a lot. Next time I'll definitely do it when she's sleeping. Less movement on her part. It probably would've been easier and maybe turned out better. Ha ha ha!Before

AfterMy World!

We had a big family get together for mother's day. It was a great turn out. Lots of mothers and a mother to be (Hailey) :). It was a lot of fun.All of the mommies!Four Generations.

We're still waiting for the pool to warm up a little bit, but I thought I'd introduce her to being next to the pool. That and it just makes a great background for picturesTotal AttitudeOne Cool Kid