Merry Christmas!

Here is a shot of our little Samantha last year and this year, same Santa. Last year he was clever and took her from behind for a few good pictures. This year he came through again. She did not like Santa at the Marshall party or the Mom's club Christmas party. But she got it in her head that if she sat on his lap she would get a doll, so we decided to try again. She kept saying no sit on lap, so I figured I would have to sit beside her and maybe slide her over. But he came though with a picture of Rudolph that distracted her enough to sit on his lap. You can tell in the picture that she is being about as brave as she can be. Not really a smile, but no tears either. What an amazing girl!

Things have been crazy. We drove down to Atlanta on the 18th. It was supposed to only rain, but we hit some heavy snow and ended up stuck for an hour and a half. But we made it in one piece! And have been going pretty much ever since. Nick and I played golf with my Dad, we have been playing a lot on the new Wii my dad got for Christmas, plus catching up with some great friends. Sam has had a couple of playdates and has been to the zoo and the pink pig. She is a bit under the weather today and we are hoping she did not catch what my mom seems to have. Mom has been a tough cookie through feeling yucky as Sam is Nana's girl and wants her to do everything. A wonderful and long needed break for me :) Other than Sunday nights which is Nick's night to rock Sam, I am always on tap. And I do most every nap as well. Samantha sure is lucky to have one really doting grandmother.

Sam also really raked in the gifts. She got books and clothes and dolls and all kinds of stuff. We may have to rent a uhaul to get it all back! I got spoiled as well. Nick got me a Keurig coffee maker and a nice ipod docking station.

My mom has also got her back on potty training. She went once before we left, but has been consistent with her potty gifts. She has even pooped twice, although I think those surprised her a bit. We will see how it goes when we head back up to Huntington. No rushing it, just giving her lots of positive experiences and praise. We even sing a song, which she likes a lot.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and has a Happy New Year! I will post a lot more pictures when I can download them.