Christmas is HERE!

This past weekend we celebrated Christmas with my Family...all 25 of us!!!! It was a blast! Lots of new babies and good times!!! It was so cool to see all of the little ones! Its been many years since there have been babies around. A whole new generation has arrived! And its all possible because of my wonderful Nana and Dandy! They started something pretty special many years ago! And now they have a huge beautiful family as a result! They are very special to me:) Here are some pictures of the good times!




Nana and Dandy

Here are the new ones! Will....Sam...and Josiah!

Sam and her cousin Mikayla!


How cool is this....Sam sitting with her Great Grandmas!

Brian and Lenny working on lunch

And her we are!

Something I do every year in memory of Janna:)

She was trying to wait patiently:)

Meeting Santa for the second time

Tonight Brian and I took Samantha to see Santa (long time freind and neighbor)! Hoping that she wouldnt cry and have a good time. Well Santa wasnt a hit this year:( He is the best Santa that I have ever seen, but she wasnt interested...in fact she was terrified. We did manage to get a few though!







This little outfit is something Nana and Dandy got Samantha! I think its adorable:)

Christmas Pictures!!!

Today Mom and I took Samantha to get her pictures done for Christmas. I was hoping that this year would be a better experience than last year! It was a breeze! She did so much better!

As soon as we got there she went in a started playing with some little girls who were playing with a soccer ball (prop). Then she proceeded to give them both hugs and kisses and tell them hi:) She then went over to their mom and dad and gave them a high five! She is not shy at all!

When it was our turn the photographer sat on the floor and motioned for Sam to come over and sit beside her. Instead she sat in her lap and gave her big hug and kiss on the cheek. Needless to say everyone in the place thought she was the sweetest thing.

I have to brag a little more. She was talking non stop and telling them thank you everytime they give her something:) They couldnt believe she was only 21 months old! Im so proud of my little sunshine!
We left with 4 poses but there were quite a few really cute ones. Here are some of the best proofs!

Early Christmas Fun

I am really looking forward to this Christmas! Samantha is now old enough to really know what is going and really enjoy it. She loved helping decorate the tree and says wow every time we turn the lights on!

Mom and dad recently added some new puppies to the family! Nine to be extact! Samantha got to pick out her own puppy and name him. His name is Toby..and he lives at Noni and Papas!

Mom and I will be taking Samantha to get her Christmas Picutres tomm. So those will soon be posted!

Laughing Like Crazy

Here are a couple of hillarious videos of Samantha! She loves to laugh! The simplest things get her going. She was rather tired in these clips, which I think may have had something to do with the insane laughter! They are so cute!!

Here is our little monkey laughing at Cici for no apparent reason at all:)




Daddy is the tickle monster;) Notice how she tells hims when she wants more LOL!

Gator Time!!!!!!

As you know I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Gators!!!!! Brian does not:( But thats ok! Samantha has no say in the matter LOL! She makes an adorable little Gator girl:) Here are some pics of us in our Gator gear! Who wouldnt want to back the number 1 team in the nation? Samantha was a Gator Cheerleader for Halloween! She is so cute...she even knows the Gator symbol and how to say GO GATORS!!!!

Pumpkin Festival 2009

We decided that since this was the last weekend before things change for a while....that we were going to make it a great one! We took Samantha to the Pumpkin Festival. She had a blast! She went on her very first Pony ride! She loved it so much that when it was over she kept begging us peeeezzz! They had a tent full of hay for the kids to play in and she stayed in there forever! Its amazing how the simplest of things makes her happy:) We were on our way to ride the mini choo choo when we got sidetracked by some goats. Well apparently they were hungry, because before we could stop her Samantha stuck her hand up to the fence and the goat stuck his head through. Just like that he nipped her finger:( It was kind of traumtatic for a minute. Until we got to the tractors and the mounds of pumpkins! Then in was onto trying to pick up all the pumpkins and through them like balls...which is what she thought they were:) We got her a mini pumpkin to take home. She loved it but within 2 seconds it was on the ground like the rest of the balls! It was an all around wonderful day! And the best part was is was free! The weather was amazing and we all enjoyed oursleves! Here are some pictures...we are working on getting a video up!