christmas day pics

first thing in the morning and sammy is happy :)

yes, this is first thing in the morning - right after we woke up and before having a cup of coffee...sam enjoying her bananna, sitting close to her christmas monkey
we hope you all had a wonderful christmas!

fun times in crooked creek

i took these pictures shortly after our arrival to Crooked Creek. we are spending christmas in the mountains at a young life camp near winter park with tim's family. we are loving our time together!!

christmas in bellingham

we have been in bellingham since friday and yesterday we celebrated christmas!

here is sam in her christmas attire:

sammy loved opening presents - it was really fun to see her interest in it all! (notice we are all in red - even faith :) - i do not deny the cheesiness of it)
sam in her cute hat from marilyn - thank you so much for the adorable hat!!
beautiful auntie d
daddy and daughter
i just love this picture

look out denver here we come!! we fly tomorrow and then head to the mountains for christmas with the knipps. we can't wait!

silly daddy

the other day tim changed sammy's diaper and her outfit... well.. it was a little different afterward... - can anyone guess what changed? :)

ps - bek - tim loves his taylor shirt - he wears it almost every day :)

christmas cookies with auntie defense!!

danielle came up to vancouver for the day this past week. and we decided to make christmas cookies. it was a very, very fun day. and the cookies turned out well too!

sweet sammy
yummy cookies
we love each other
thanks sis for a great day!

christmas is coming!

and it is snowing outside!! very exciting. here are some pictures sam and i took after church today.

outside

Samantha Jean has been quite captivated with the outdoors most of her life, well all of her life. Her love for the outdoors, however, is becoming more and more apparent. A few days ago she looked outside for a good 25 min as tim and faith played with the ball. this combined her two favorite things these days - outside and faith. she loves faith - is always reaching out to touch her and pet/grab her fur. I would say about half the time faith is interested - the other half faith casually walks away. this morning i was able to document sammys longing stare into the great outdoors.




in other news: tim and i are going out tonight to see The White Christmas (tim's birthday gift to me). kurtis and erin will be watching sammy. this will be our second time leaving to go out on a date. we are hopeful she will sleep through the experience.

there are other things i have been meaning to mention but my mommy brain is keeping me from remembering them. oh well...

one very important thing though: HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!! I love you so!!!

tk's 30th bday celebration

we traveled to bellingham friday night to celebrate tim's birthday. my parents took us out to an amazing dinner - and so in honor of the fancy food and major event to celebrate, we decided to dress up! here we are just before heading out to eat:
we had to wake sammy up from a nap (something i try hard not to do) - so here she is with her daddy, looking... well... a little groggy. and yes, her coat does have miney mouse on it :)
here is tim showing off his postcard from janae - thanks to so many of you who sent tim postcards for his birthday! he was very surprised and felt very loved.
cake - i mean brownies - at defense and jacob's place. jacob is like superman in many ways - here he is walking at the speed of light - i was lucky to capture it on film- as we prepare to sing to tim.
jacob and tim - tim looks "old" here. if only he had the energy to open his eyelids a tiny bit more...
trying to look alive - and his expression is priceless.
happy birthday tim! you are a great husband and an amazing dad and i love living life together!

sammy celebrates thanksgiving with rice ceral

sammy is 5 months tomorrow

and tim is 30 on saturday! a very big weekend for the knipps!

sam had an eventful week. she went to the doctor on wednesday - everything looks good. and the girl weighs 15 pounds and is 27 inches long. the doctor thinks her grey/blue eyes are here to stay, which i am very excited about because i love the color of her eyes. sammy also got her first cold this week and she is unimpressed with being sick. the poor thing has a runny nose and mild cough - really not too bad but she hasn't been herself. she also now has rolling down - able to go from her back to her tummy and then back again. very impressive. faith has caught on to her new movement and is trying to teach her to play fetch with renewed gusto.

i hope to post pictures after the big celebration weekend. tim has a soccer game on saturday, so naturally we all will be a the soccer field cheering him on - what better way to celebrate turning 30 than with a soccer game?!

time in bellingham

we are in bellingham right now for the week - celebrating thankgiving and enjoying tim's week off from school. here are some pictures of sammy from the last few days.

one of her favorite times of the day - naked time before we put her pajamas on... just before bed.

"mama, may i touch the camera?!" (she suddenly wants to touch everything we are holding)
"look at how big i am getting"
sweet. "i love my new bow that my mom got me from karen dodd!"
"and my outfit is pretty too! it is from my great aunt esther."
such a big girl.

first foods

sam had her first taste of "solid" food yesterday - avocado! i am not quite sure what she thought of it... your guess is as good as mine.

Untitled from Kristi Knipp on Vimeo.

jump around

my baby and my dog - enjoy sammy learning to jump and faith wishing sammy was learning to play fetch :)

Jump Around from Kristi Knipp on Vimeo.

today

as promised i had my mom take some pictures of me... i love my feet these days

i wish you all a good night - this is a wave hug - it is a wave and a hug all in one. just for you!

day in the life

6:00 am - i have been sleeping a long time, and i am hungry - mama come quick!! but i promise to go back to sleep

7:30 - mama, certainly you are awake just like i am. if we are lucky we get to hang out in your bed for a little while. i play with your hand and you drink some coffee.

8:00 - baby praise dvd - captivating.

9:00 - eat, after all it has been 2.5/3 hours

9:30-10:30 - play on my play mat - so fun

10:30 - tired. and if i am not in bed i get very cranky

12 - awake and hungry, again

after lunch, afternoon walk or adventure out - always a favorite

2:30 - back to sleep and i may need an afternoon snack before i fall asleep - thumb in my mouth, other hand covering my face - turned toward the bumper of my crib. just how i like to sleep.

4:30 - awake and if i am lucky daddy is home by now and i get to play with him.

5:30 - jolly jumper time while mommy makes dinner - i love to spin and jump

6:30 - naked time before bed - i love having only my diaper on - i giggle if you tickle me under my arms and i love to dance! i also have recently found my feet and try to put them in my mouth - i absolutely love putting things in my mouth

7:30 - time for bed but not before i eat one last time

10:30-11:00 - mama usually wake me up to eat - i also get a bottle for an extra boast so i can make it until morning.

ahh - the good life!

now if only my mommy would take my picture - then you all could see how big i am getting. maybe after i wake up!

oh my goodness!! and how could i forget bath time - i love bath time. almost always in the mornings :)

an american... almost

this morning after weeks and weeks of work and waiting we went to the us consulate in downtown vancouver. we went with the hopes of applying for sammy's us citizenship, passport, social security number... and walked away one step short...

apparently one's original marriage license is good enough for changing your name on your passport and social security number and driver's license and everything else.... but it is NOT good enough for your child, when wanting to prove her citizenship. we, in fact, need a certified marriage certificate. so we have to send out for one from the good state of michigan, and wait, and then send that in to the consulate. let me just say i am going to be pretty annoyed if they send us a copy of what we already have with a stamp on it :)

thankfully we completed everything except that - so once we send it in we are good to go - it is only a matter of time. and then... finally... samantha jean knipp will be an american.

and she had better thank us one day for all of this work!!

not so curious, just serious, sam

for a girl who is so quick to smile - she did not give a smile when we put her monkey costume on and took pictures... so it goes. my mom tells me i was pretty serious when it came to halloween pictures also... :)

mama and sam

more thanks to clinton james :)

thank you clinton james!!

defense came to visit today (love you sis!) and she brought a cd with pictures from their wedding photographer. here are two of my absolute favs of sammy jean