we went to bellingham saturday to celebrate jacob's birthday. it was a wonderful celebration of a great guy!
here is sammy, showing us how big she is - so grandpa how does this thing work? playing with grandma, and again samantha is concerned with all of us knowing she is so big. defense and jacob taking toys out of a basket, nothing better. here, however, she is a little distracted by the basketball madness on the television. sammy making her auntie laugh a great, great day!
yesterday samantha began clapping and i don't think she has stopped since. she went from happily banging both hands on her high chair tray to putting them together. it is my great delight for her to have such an accomplishment!
another precious moment came this morning - we were sitting on the bed together and she took my hands and clapped them together. i am sure this was her effort of teaching me to clap. she found teaching me to clap very funny and giggled throughout her instruction. maybe she shares her father's love for teaching, or she is just simply overcome with the joy of clapping that she has to share it. either way we all have found much to clap about lately.
i love the outfit she is wearing today - shown in the photo below. some days i am really pleased with my choices for her... others... not so much. today is a good day. also sammy has recently gotten into books and we are having fun reading. this week has been full of pink. here she is in her pink sweatsuit. hood up, just like her daddy.
showing faith her cracker - fantastic...sweetness in a crazy, furry, pink coat (my friend from church loaned us this coat - very cute, not something i would buy, but very cute).
Sorry the sound is such poor quality. I guess our camera's microphone isn't the best for this sort of thing. And we also apologize out camera man is running around for the first minute trying to find a good angle to tape from. But if you are willing to put up with jerky camera movement and fuzzy sound, enjoy!
life is moving right along in vancouver. a few of the highlights:
sammy said her first words - "all done" - it is pretty cute. all done is usually said after she eats, but also comes out throughout the day. all done with diaper change, all done with playing with books, all done looking at faith. all done. i also think she has tried to say banana (her favorite food), and hi dada. maybe other things but i can't think of them right now.
p90x is here. and we are sore. we started last monday in a effort to get back into shape. ok, i can be honest, tim is in shape. this is an effort for me to get back into shape. and tim and i are doing it together while sammy naps. all and all it is a good but really exhausting time. oh, and if you don't know what p90x is - it is a crazy work out program.
sammy is getting close to crawling. the girl can go back and turn around in a circle but has yet to conquer the forward crawl. she can get up on her knees - and even sometimes on her toes - and rock back and forth but she hasn't figured out how to get one hand in front of the other.
tim continues to enjoy school - he has 5.5 weeks left of this semester. after this he will have 2 more classes to go, which is hard to believe. we are currently very much in the process of praying through what the next year will look like. we would greatly appreciate you joining with us in prayer.
thanks for reading. i hope to post some videos of sammy jean in the next few days.
abby - this is for you :) (go to abby's blog to see her list)
10 things that make me happy, in no particular order
1. my husband, he is crazy - in a really wonderful way - and he makes me laugh every day 2. sammy jean and her sweet smile - how she gives them so freely to people - and yesterday for the first time she stuck out her tongue the whole way, oh my she has a long tongue, and it was hilarious!! 3. bananas - samantha finishes almost every meal with some portion of banana - some days it is her primary solid food when nothing else seems to please her, we now have to have them in our house at all times 4. coffee - i just love coffee, especially first thing in the morning 5. talking on the phone - or any form of staying connected with those i love, but mainly talking on the phone. a good conversation does my heart good. 6. sleeping for 7-8 hours straight - this is becoming more normal and i am very thankful 7. Survivor - it is almost embarrassing how much i look forward to thursday nights 8. the moser children - after living in the same house for not long enough they have captured my heart forever and make it feel so happy 9. a long bath - quiet, warm, un-interrupted 10. worship - i love church. i love singing to the Lord. i love hearing biblical teaching and thoughtful prayer. and being with the Lord in this way makes me happy.
what makes you happy? hopefully you have a chance to do it today!
ps - knowing there of some of you who take the time to read this makes me happy too!
so grandpa how does this thing work?
playing with grandma, and again samantha is concerned with all of us knowing she is so big.
defense and jacob
taking toys out of a basket, nothing better. here, however, she is a little distracted by the basketball madness on the television. 
sammy making her auntie laugh
a great, great day!
