Better Than TV

Samantha has become so entertaining over the last few months trying to make sense of how things work and the world around her. Comparing her to TV doesn't even do justice to how entertaining we find her. Samantha's daddy got a great idea to decorate Samantha's arms with fake tattoos, it was a lot of fun. She's getting to be so big, the average guess of her age is about 4 and yet she just turned 2. She weighs in at about 36 lbs and is 37" tall. She has also become very resourceful when it comes to solving problems. I don't approve, but it is kind of funny to see what she comes up with sometimes. It seems like now-a-days the only good pics I get of her looking at the camera is when she's buckled into her car seat hmmm....weird huh? Ha ha ha! She's getting into playing dress up. We had a lot of fun in the sun this summer. Here's a cute video of Samantha trying to figure out the slip and slide. Ha ha ha!
My mom moved out in September into her beautiful Mesa home. She loves it. :D I'll have to take pictures and post them now that she's completely unpacked. I got a job in September as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Advanced Healthcare of Scottsdale, it's a rehab facility for mostly post operation patients. It's nice cause I get my 32 hours of work done in 2 days and have the rest of the days to play and school. October was one of our busiest months, but soooo much fun. Brandon proposed to me, we're getting married next October I can't wait.

Samantha will be our gorgeous flower girl. :) We had lots of advetures this month. Samantha is quite the animal lover. Here's a funny video of Samantha chasing some ducks a couple of months back.
She'd prefer to be outdoors as oppose to indoors any day. :) Samantha had breakfast with Dora the Explorer with her daddy. She had so much fun. Samantha has a new friend too. His name is Cristian, he's the son of my friend Megan. We've been going on playdates weekly and have been having so much fun. Samantha is so funny and has been attempting to put on make up lately. She painted her arm with my eyeshadows. Sometimes she even takes my mascara to her beautiful lashes. Our Halloween craft Before & After: We also carved pumpkins: (From left to right: Samantha's, Mine, and Brandon's) Samantha has become extremely self sufficient always wanting to do for herself. She gets herself an apple and hooks her baby up with pudding and a spoon. Lol. She's sooo fun. We went to a couple of fall festivals this year. This one had fun activities and prizes for the kids. > This one had rides. Since Samantha is so tall she got to go on her first Roller Coaster TWICE! She loved it! We also went to the Arizona State Fair!




Samantha was Tinkerbell for Halloween. Tinkerbell is her favorite right now. :) I wish I could've been there for Halloween because I heard it was quite funny. My innocent daughter thought that she was visiting each house they trick or treated at and walked right in the front door. Yes, we still need to have the stranger danger talk.

Summer Time

Sorry it's been a while. We've been pretty busy. My mom moved out of her old house and moved in with us temporarily while she continues to house look in Mesa, AZ. She hasn't been having much luck, seems like every time she becomes remotely interested in a house it's gone. Although I don't see or hear from Curtis very often, he is doing good. His birthday is coming up and he's going to San Diego to see a game and visit some old friends. It seems like he's starting to be a lot more entertained by Samantha now that she's talking more and taking on her own crazy personality. My friend/sister Julia, from California, came to visit in June. It was so great to see her. I wish I could see her more often. Here's a pic of Samantha and her watching the new Alice in Wonderland ♥ Samantha saw a bunny in the patio section of Fry's Marketplace, it was kinda cute how she was trying to call it by patting her leg and making kissing noises like she does for the dogs. She decided to get closer when that didn't work. She is also picking up on some bad habits. I know it's bad, but the itch feels so good. She's seen mommy and daddy using Q-tips improperly and now we have had to put all of the Q-tips out of reach from her. Not until after I snapped a picture of course. Another bad habit she has picked up on is drawing on herself and calling them tattoos. It's adorable that when she does give herself tattoos they're always symmetrical. If there's one on one hand you'll find one on the other hand. :)She had her first play date with one of my friend's son, they were too cute playing with each other. For Father's Day we went out to eat at the Olive Garden. Samantha gave daddy a frame she painted at As You Wish and colored a card for him. :) Static! She's also quite the little swimmer with her intertube. She knows how to spin herself to face a direction and then she kicks her feet to get there. Here's a video (I mess up on talking in it), but still super cute: ♥

She definitely takes after her mommy, my little water baby. :) On the 4th of July, we watched one of our neighbors set off fireworks in the street. Samantha kept saying hot and we got her to say oooo ahhhh, but overall she did really well. Alf hated the fireworks. Here's Samantha playing with her 4th of July glowsticks. Samantha has grown attachments to her 2 babies, 2 blankets and a toy pull along dog. Here's how we have to put her to bed: SHE IS TOTALLY POTTY TRAINED!!! No accidents ever. She wakes me up at 3 am to take her potty and then goes back to sleep...on the potty. Ha ha ha. Otherwise, she takes herself potty throughout the day without needing reminders. It is so cute to see her running around in her tinkerbell undies. One of the best things about Summer is watching Samantha play at the splash pads. Samantha has also started wearing hats, she'll only wear them backwards though. She's a lot of fun, she pretends to read big books, she compiles odd outfits that makes some sense, she takes her dog for walks, and she climbs into too small boxes. We took her to her first movie. She did really well. We went and saw Despicable Me, she really enjoyed the music. Dancing is her favorite thing to do. It's pretty funny. I appologize in advance for her only wearing underwear and facing away from me, but once she sees my phone she either says cheese or she stops dancing and the underwear thing, it's summer, it's hot. :P
And no I don't dance like this, she picked this up all on her own. Ha ha ha. Sorry this post is so long. I'll wrap it up. I'm enrolled in school at Central Arizona College for the Fall semester taking 13 credit hours. They have no wait for the nursing program so I'm hoping I'll get in in the Spring so we will see. I'm still a stay at home mom, but am getting really good at saving us money. I can't think of anything else that's new. I'll try to get better at posting once a month so they're not so long.