Happy Easter

Some miscellaneous pictures and one from Easter. Here is Sam in some cute overalls from today.

Here she is with her favorite Easter present, the straw. Thanks for the adorable dress, Grammy.

Here is a picture from Eli's party, a little ago, but I just downloaded them. Sam could not believe someone else was the center of attention.

Here is a random one from a few weeks ago.

Greetings from VA!

Before I left today I downloaded some pictures in case I had time at the airport. Well, I did not, but I do now. I miss my baby so much! But sounds like she did well. She is getting so big, playing with toys and being so cute. But she sure can be trouble and her temper is really showing some days. I think she may be an early bloomer for the terrible twos as she already knows the word no, despite the fact that we try and avoid it, and she has thrown a couple of tantrums. But she is used to the world revolving around her, so I guess it is our fault. We are working on it. But mostly she is as sweet as can be.
Some of her recent antics...here she is wearing my croc.

And trying to get both feet into Nick's shoe.

And riding an old horse that was mine.

And she has been Papa's girl lately. They play the cutest games and she just giggles. It is such a treat to watch them. They have a very special bond.

I miss you peanut!

Here comes a crazy week...

Here is Samantha hanging out and having a snack. If the outfit looks familiar to you, you are right...
She also had the same outfit in a smaller size.

And here she is in her high chair, although she is "all done" (in sign language) pretty quickly and asks to get down ("dow"). She also has a new favorite food, bananas.

Please keep us in your thoughts next week. Nick and I both have overnight job trips, back to back. It will be rough! But hopefully we will get some offers.

Rocking Snail!

These are pictures of a Rocking Snail made for Samantha by Dr. Engle. He was Nick's boss when Nick was one of the computer guys for the psy department. The snail is a beautiful mix of woods, with gorgeous grains. Sam loved it right away, although she really wanted to climb all over it, so we may have to store it until her abilities match her adventurous side! Thanks Dr. Engle! She will definitely grow into it.

Nick is amazing!

We have had some beautiful Spring days in the big ATL. We have also had some rain. here is a picture of Sam and me in front of the Japanese Cherry Nick and I planted right after we moved in.

Also Nick sailed through his oral defense. He has a few paper edits, but nothing he cannot handle. He also has a job interview scheduled for Michigan State-Dearborn.

The Doctors Kelling, I presume...

So, no new pictures this time, but I wanted to share that Nick's defense date is officially set for next Monday at 3 pm. Please send him well wishes, thoughts, prayers, etc. I know he will be marvelous, but we can always use some assurance. After that we will officially be Dr. and Dr. Kelling. Can't wait to get that in the mail :) Although I have yet to get anything to Dr. and Mr. Kelling :) Have to rub it in a little more. I did manage to beat him!

Also, I have an interview scheduled at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. Wish me luck!

Happy Monday!

The zoo and an awesome box

Sam had her first taste of frozen yogurt this week. It took a few bites, but then she loved it. And wanted more.

So I finally downloaded some recent pictures, sorry for the lack of posts. Nick and I bought a recycling center to stop our little klepto from pulling out dangerous things from our open bins. So we came up with the idea of making the huge box into a playhouse. Nick took it to a whole new level, cutting different shape windows in it and even some skylights. Sam loves it, especially the door, which is one of her recent words.

Sam and I also went to the zoo on Thursday. It was the first time she had been in a long time and the first time she noticed animals and not just people. Although she did point out quite a few

girls. We are still working on the word boy, but hey 50% right is not too bad :) It was a great time to be at the gorillas, because the juveniles were playing right in front of the glass, which Sam loved. She was also a big fan of the train and even added the word choo-choo to her growing vocab. And you will notice both pictures have on the hat, but she only kept it on about 25% of the time we were at the zoo. This kid has a mind of her own and is developing a temper to go along with it.