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Little Miss Attitude

Samantha is doing well. She's picked up a bit of attitude lately. Loves to tell us "noooo" while shaking her head at us. Today when I told her no about something she wanted she said "Don't tell me no" Cute, huh. We've been on the run a lot this summer. We're always off to somewhere. Last week we celebrated her cousin Cullen's 3rd birthday at a slip-n-slide party. She had a lot of fun, except when she went running down the slip-n-slide and landed on her head. The evening calmed down a bit when we headed to Bel Air to celebrate Grandpa's birthday.

Summertime

I can't believe it is already July 10. Where is the summer going? Samantha has had a great summer so far. She spent a whole week at Grandma and Pappy's house while her father and I were in Vegas. We had fun but of course missed her a lot. She barely had time to miss us. Her Grandparents and Aunt Kelli kept her very busy. Everything from a water park, to an animal park, to making her own pizza's and swimming in Grandma's big little pool. She had a lot of success on the potty too! And she enjoyed the mm's slot machine her parent's brought her back as a present.

We've been to HersheyPark a number of times this summer. Sammi even got to go with her cousins Gabby and Katie. Those girls sure had a lot of fun. Although Sammi got sick that night with a 103.1 fever, poor little thing was worn out.

The fourth of July was spent in Bel Air at a little party Granny and Grandpa had at their house. After BBQ we headed up to the old Bel Air 4th of July parade. Samantha LOVED it! Her mommy realized that when you get older it appears as if the parade is just one big ad for politicians, new car dealers, and fire engines. Who knew?! After the parade we headed back to Granny and Grandpa's and watched the fireworks the neighbors set off.

This past weekend we actually stayed home for a change. We went up to Cunningham Falls State Park and tried to hike to the Falls (we only made it half way b/c a certain 2 year old was a handful). And we had a picnic. Sadly, we weren't expecting the other thousand people to be at the Falls and Lake so our picnic was in sun on a very hot day instead of a shady spot. Then we went for a little drive around the area and suddenly realized we must have been in the Camp David area when we saw the "you are now under closed circuit survellience" sign. Ooops.

Playtime

We've been really busy lately. This week Sammi is in PA with her grandparents. On father's day weekend (and happy birthday to Sammi's Daddy) we went to a graduation party in New Jersey. Sammi had a blast playing with her cousins:

What we have been up to

We've been really busy over the past month. We've been to Hershey Park a few times, threw a surprise party for Grandma and Pappy, went to Aunt Kelli's May Fair, tried riding a new tricycle with Aunt Jen, and played lots of games.

Our Little Monkey

We've been busy the last few weeks, here is a recap:

On Saturday, April 28 we went to the University of Maryland for "Maryland Day." It wasn't quite as exciting as we had hoped but it was good to be back on campus. Samantha enjoyed the kids carnival and walking around campus. Her favorite part was picking ducks out of the fountain and laughing at daddy who had powdered sugar all over him from the funnel cake. She got to sit in a helicopter and walk through the chapel where mommy and daddy got married.




On Sunday, April 29 Samantha and I planted flowers in her garden (aka, the back deck). She had such a blast helping mommy plant the flowers. Good thing mommy got a head start during her nap!


On April 30 we had to make a 3 am run to the emergency room. Samantha was having a lot of trouble breathing and her heart was racing. Once there we discovered her oxygen levels were in the 80's and her heart rate around 160. Samantha got really frightened when they put the mask on her to give her a nebulizer breathing treatment. I told her that she would be like spiderman, halfway through the treatment she said "I don't want to be spiderman anymore." Poor little thing. After an X-ray we discovered she had pneumonia (btw, she was fine when she went to bed that night). They actually admitted her to the hospital. Of course that didn't slow her down. Try keeping a two-year old entertained in a hospital! Fortunately Grandma and Pappy came down to visit Sammi in the hospital and we made frequent trips to the playroom there. On Tuesday we were discharged with a nebulizer in tow and orders for no daycare until the next week. Thanks to Granny and Grandpa for coming out and staying with Sammi on Thursday and Friday. A follow-up doctors appointment on Friday confirmed she was back to normal (except for a painful diaper rash).

On Sunday we went to the Zoo with Mrs. Angie, Mr. Norm and family. Samantha had a lot of fun playing with the 16-month old twins. She also enjoyed seeing the orangutans crossing over the sidewalk on ropes. She waved hi to them!

The best part of the day had to be the chocolate ice cream cone she wouldn't share with anyone! As we left the zoo she said "Bye Zoo, I'll be back!"

Beautiful Weather, Beautiful People

I had to go into DC this morning for a meeting. Since parking is impossible Ken and Samantha dropped me off at the subway station before daycare. We figured this bump in Samantha’s routine would throw her for a loop. As we pulled into the drop-off area she did indeed question where we were. Ken explained that they were dropping Mommy off at the train station so I could go to work. Samantha knows my office well (and loves coming for a visit) so she knew this wasn’t my normal office. Apparently she continued to ponder this bit of information after I got out of the car. She couldn’t quite grasp that I was taking the train to work. But she did tell Ken that she needed to go on the “train to get Daddy lunch.” We can’t quite figure out where she came up with that one!

We had another awesome weekend. Finally, the weather was great! We got up bright and early on Saturday to meet Granny, Grandpa, and Aunt Jen for breakfast at Denny’s. Then we were off to visit Samantha’s GG in New Jersey. We were so lucky to see most of our NJ family. Samantha got to go to the park and run around and play in Aunt Pat’s back yard too! Finally, she got so tired that she crashed hard and we hit the road.

On Sunday Sammi stayed at Granny and Grandpa’s while Aunt Jen and I went and got pedicures (Thanks Jen!). She got to play outside a lot on Sunday: playing kickball, chasing Klondike, blowing bubbles… After an awesome dinner from Granny we hit the road back to Frederick. It was an exhausting weekend and we can’t wait to do it again!