Patriotic Princess

After she recited the Pledge of Allegiance to us, Daddy had Sammy help put up the flag.

 This is where height comes in handy!

 All the way up here, Sammy!

New Gang in Town

Wanted for Theft.

They stole my heart.

The Pledge

Sammy surprised Mommy the other day with this.  And then Sammy recited it for us.  Brought Papa to tears.

Andre the Giant. Not.

It does my heart good to see her pull herself up and stand these days...including standing without holding on to anything.  Way to go, Baby Girl!

Not again!

A few days ago, I showed you a photo of Sammy sound asleep in a face plant.  This photo was taken the following night.  As you can see, she's zonked out.  Again.  Now here's the thing.  I know of only one person who uses the ENTIRE bed to sleep in like this.  But I need to ask Nana...did Mommy sleep all over the bed when she was little?  Auntie Kenna not only slept like this, she did somersaults and cartwheels as well when she slept.  When we would travel together it got to be that I wouldn't share a bed with her because of all the different sleep positions she would get in.  It was exhausting for me to keep putting her back into the bed correctly.

The third one

Olivia has decided that it's time to learn how to climb stairs.  She fully understands the going up but it's the going down she does't like.  She splayed out like a plank as I tried to show her knees where to rest.  Rug burn on the belly.

A first

Today Sammy got ready to have her very first photo taken.  Ok, not really her FIRST photo.  I think I took her very first photo unless the doctor during delivery did.  But today was her very first SCHOOL photo.  Mommy said that she was so very excited about it and nervous as well.  I could tell her that she shouldn't be nervous at all because she is naturally photogenic.  She wouldn't understand but the rest of us would.