I started a CNA course March 1st. It was 2 weeks in classroom (8 hours 5x a week)and 1 in clinicals (12 hours for 3 days). So thankful that her nana and dad were able to watch her for me. I graduated March 19th and passed my state board tests on March 27th. I'm still waiting for my license number, which I should get at the beginning of May. I am also currently on the wait list for the nursing program. Hopefully I'll get a job interview at Banner soon. So on to Samantha: she has decided that Gizmo's toy box is a fun place to be. She empties it on a daily basis and gets in it.

Her daddy put on her first stick on tattoo (he googled to make sure it was safe first, he's adorable), but I heard it was pretty funny to watch her try to wipe it off when she first saw it. She got used to it and just pointed at it every once in a while.

She also has learned how to give dirty looks when she doesn't get her way. It's pretty difficult not to laugh when she does it. She used to just do the eyebrow thing, but now she tilts her head down and everything.

I took Samantha to see the Easter Bunny. This is her dressed up in her Easter dress followed by her sitting on the Easter Bunny's lap (She wasn't a fan, but was a good sport). When she first saw him she started shaking her head no furiously and wouldn't walk up to him voluntarily.

Family is in town, so we drove down to Casa Grande to go swimming in a heated swimming pool my aunt Linda built. Samantha has no fear of the water. She was trying so hard to swim away from me. I'm going to have to get her one of those swimsuits that have floaties built into it so she could be more independent, but still safe. Here's an adorable video:
We also took her golfing, she had fun hitting the balls around with her plastic golf clubs.



She hasn't been feeling well these last few days. Turns out, her ears are infected. She usually doesn't fall asleep anywhere but her crib, but lately she's been falling asleep sitting up, at the dinner table, in her swing, just about anywhere.



Samantha gives the best hugs. Gizmo enjoys them.