Baby Kate's room- Yes I said it we FINALLY decided on Kate :-)

The room is coming along slowly but surely. Really we just need some pictures for the walls. As you can see in the picture Sam's step stool is next to the crib. She is already using it for a crib for her baby dolls. A little story about the chandelier of course we had to have one in baby sisters room just like big sister Sam's. Well it came with a plug to plug into the wall. Zane "the electrician" rewired it and was able to hang it from the ceiling. He is quite the handy guy!! :-)

Fun pics and Bella Dancearella

So the weekend turned out to be a nice one. Saturday was a little rough Sam was whining, Mom was tired and that is not a good mix. Sat night we went to Taylors house to play and have pizza. The girls were going to dance to Taylor's bella dancearella video. They were getting tired and it didn't quite work out. Sam and Taylor were fighting about where the dancing mat should go. Sam wanted to move it away from the tv but Taylor always has it up by the tv cabinet so this did not go over well. I would pay to see the video that Tansels captured during this fiasco! A few pics of Sam playing in the cube and in her bella dancearella costume.

Some random pics from January Fun!

just in from sledding with daddy
gymnastics with Tay

riding my trike in the garage

more gymnastics

waiting for gymnastics

We have gotten 09 off to a good start. Sam is becomming very independent but now our biggest battle is listening. We are working on it, but we still have long way to go. Also, we have spent a lot of time recently working on getting baby sister's room ready for her big arrival day. We had built-in shelves put in, new carpet upstairs and on the stairs, and the furniture is being delivered tomorrow. I will post some pictures after the furniture is delivered and the room starts coming together.

Our Trip to St. Loius

walking Rocky around the house

cousin Lauren painting my nails

The first weekend in January we had our annual trip to St. Louis. We always do sort of a christmas theme and hang out and have fun. Friday night the guys went to the casino. I of course missed that one. I didn't miss much because there were no big winners, in fact Zane was the biggest loser haha! Next year I'll win the money back. Saturday the girls went shopping and to lunch and the guys went to a bar to watch the games. At this point Sam started acting pretty bad which is not like her she usually loves to shop. We had planned to wake up Sunday and take our time making our way back to Indy. EXCEPT.......Sam wakes me up at 7am throwing up. She had caught a stomach virus and threw up about every 20 minutes for 8 hours needless to say it was a fun ride back. Once she was finished she was back to her old self. I wish we could bounce back like kids do!!! Can't wait for next years trip!

Funny Poop Story

So for those of you who have 2-3 year olds you will understand that poop and potty are common words in the household especially if you are potty training. Sam is completely potty trained now so we communicate about pooping and going potty quite often. We even use the word turd, but not to the extent that she did last night. Last night she gave her usual shout out that she had to go POOP! Then she proceeded to say that she needed to get a turd out of her bottom. I had her repeat it because I wasn't sure if she really said it haha! When we got into the bathroom she told me that Miss Lindsay (her teacher) told her not use the word turd at school just say poop. I said yea we better not say that word any more. Sam said, "Mommy I still want to say the word turd at home but I'll say poop at school!" The things they say HILARIOUS!