Our Brave Little Girl!

Poor Samantha has had a very traumatic day! She had her 12 month Dr visit. It went very well, until...that's right, you guessed it! SHOTS! She had to get five of them today! Poor girl, one of the nurses hit a blood vessel with one of them so it started to bruise instantly! Then the Dr. informed us that she needed to get a blood draw to check her iron levels and stuff. We went to the lab at the hospital where she started crying and hanging on to me as if her life depended on it as soon as she saw the lady in scrubs! (She knew what was coming!) The poor lab tech. felt so bad and missed the vein on her first try because Sam was stronger than she expected. So, we had to wrap her in a towel and it took three of us to hold her still while she did the blood draw on the other arm. I was almost in tears watching the pain in her eyes. All total SEVEN needles in one day(more like one hour)! She is such a trooper though and was happy that they gave her a coupon for free ice cream at the cafeteria, even though she cried when the nice cafeteria lady tried to give the ice cream to her because she was wearing scrubs. Now this afternoon Mommy has a Dr. appointment but luckily Daddy is coming too! On the positive side she is growing very well! She weighed 20 lbs, 10 oz. and is (get ready for this) 30.5 in. tall! I can't believe that just over a year ago she weighed 7lbs, 13 oz and was exactly ten inches shorter at 20.5 in long!

Still More Birthday Pictures!

I know this is a lot of pictures! I'm posting all of these for our family and friends who couldn't be here to see it! We miss you all!More frosting please!Mmmmm....
My fingers are slippery! Look how far in my ear it goes!At least I'm not licking the same finger that was in my ear!Ouch! Frosting in my eye! I think I'm ready for a bath!
Pictures of the snow we got last week!

More Birthday Pictures!

She really picked up the whole piece!I love this face!
They weren't sure about the pinata until the candy started falling out!
Here Mom have a sucker!

She's giving her new GIANT lion a kiss!

Sam's 1st Birthday!

Wow! Where has the past year gone? I can't believe our baby girl is one already! It seems like just last week we were bringing her home from the hospital! We have been so blessed to have such a great daughter! She has such a big heart already at such a young age. When one of her friends falls down or when she hears a baby cry you can see the genuine concern on her face. She can tell when I'm not having a good day or when I just need a hug and she cuddles right up and gives me a kiss. We have learned so much through her example!

We had a party on Saturday to celebrate her birthday since Thursdays are crazy with Chris' schedule. We had some friends over and the kids got to break a pinata. Samantha loved all of her presents (thank you to all of our family and friends for your thoughtfulness!) and especially loved her cake!

Today was pretty low-key but we made sure she got a special breakfast on our special breakfast plate! Then tonight we went out and got frozen yogurt to take to Daddy while he was studying at school! All in all it has been a very memorable first birthday! We are so grateful for the many ways in which we have been blessed and for the wonderful family and friends we have in our lives!

Yay for presents!Her new journal! Now she has something to color all her pretty pictures in!Pretty new bed set! Its pink! Finally her room looks girly!Not quite sure about the candles!

Yummy! First bite of the frosting! This was only the beginning!

Trick or Treat!

We had such a great time trick or treating! Our apartment complex had their trunk or treat which Samantha loved! She would go to each car and then not want to leave until she realized that the next car had candy too! It was so cute to see her reaction to some of the other costumes. Then we went to TK and Tia's for candy too! Sam didn't like that she had to put the candy in her bag after she got it instead of in her mouth!
Mouthful of licorice! Thanks Aunt Tia!

Yay for candy!

She had to wear her glow necklace from Granny!

Not too sure about this whole costume thing!

More Halloween Party Pictures!

Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!

Sam won this apple and before I knew it she had eaten all the way down to the seeds! Yay for teeth!

Playing with her friends Sadie(the skunk) and Liam(Tin Man).

Look Mom someone smaller than me!

Sam and Sadie!

Carving our pumpkin!

Our ward had a pumpkin carving Halloween Party, it was so much fun! Samanta loved running around in her costume, especially now that she can keep up with some of the othe kids! Our pumpkins turned out pretty cute and we named him Ernie.