walking

walking and talking from Kristi Knipp on Vimeo.

she's a little greasy looking and in her pajamas - but here is sammy jean talking (well kind of whining, she must have been tired) and walking :)

wearing mommy's pants

Yesterday when samantha was helping me fold the laundry she found my pants. she decided they would look nice over her shoulders. after 10 min of watching her struggle i offered to help her. she then proceeded to wear my pants for the next hour.

here she is helping daddy with his homework.

"mama why are you taking my picture?... clearly i am in the middle of something."

i could not get one smile. all buisness.

thank you for your prayers and sweet notes! we feel incredibly supported and loved. i have said to many but will say it again i feel full of peace, with a stillness that can only be from the Lord. i believe this is in large part to everyone who is praying for us - so thank you, thank you, thank you! our hearts are full of gratitude!

miscarriage

(please forgive me for making such a personal announcement in a public way. my heart can't take making lots of phone calls but i wanted you to know).

it is amazing how you can love someone so much - someone you have only known a week.

last week tim and i learned that i was pregnant. an unexpected joy! it felt surreal and i was pleasantly surprised because i wasn't as sick as i was with sam.

over the weekend we took a picture of sammy with a big sister sign and shared it with our families. joy filled our hearts.

monday at work things began to go wrong. and later that day we said good-bye.

a week ago when i knew i was pregnant but didn't really believe it i felt the Lord saying, "hold this one with open hands." somehow i knew something didn't feel right. and even with that knowledge - even with the hesitancy - i began to love. and now that we are saying good-bye i find myself filled with unexpected emotion and lots of tears.

brooke, my sister, said she thought it was a boy. i think she is right.

this child will forever be a part of our story as a family. a life loved and lost.

these days i find myself sad but incredibly thankful. this baby, much like sam, was a gift. i am also thankful for the Lord's profound presence with us. peace has filled our home along with the tears. samantha makes us smile. and an ultrasound confirmed my body is in fine condition. much to be thankful for.

we desire to grieve well and to love each other well through this process - neither is easy. we would covet your prayers for both.

thank you for the ways you love us. thank you for being with us.

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted - Psalm 34:18

gone hiking

samantha went on her first real hike last weekend. i requested a hike not too far from a main road without any snow... tim did his best. but we did have to drive 45 min on a dirt/log road and 1.5 miles up we were hiking in snow.

in the end it was all worth it because the view was incredible!!

here is sammy loving life.
snow?!

mt baker!! (notice faith running joyfully in the background).

"this is beautiful guys! we should do this more often!"

family photo :) although sam was more interested in the dirt path.

it was a fantastic day.

birthday with the latimers

sammy with great-grandma peggy
going to check out the action in the kitchen...

candian born and proud to be americans :)

we love each other!

walking

tim and i agree that sammy is officially walking! we have been counting steps for the last few days and now feel like we can stop - the girl is walking! we hope to get a video today (if tim remembers) or tomorrow. we are thrilled but left wondering, "where did our baby go?"

a baby no more. a toddler. a big girl!

birthday dress / many faces of Sam

sammy's bow was made by christina's sister-in-law, tiffany. do check out her website!! she has some really cute things. most of sammy's bows and hair bands are complements of tiffany.

eating birthday cakes

sammy had a few more cake experiences - she continued to LOVE people singing to her!! but the cake... not so much. she was happy to massage the icing and rip the cake to bits but didn't love eating it. oh well...

birthday pics with mom and dad

post brought to you by tim :)

birthday hat

in reverse order, with the explanation at the bottom ;)

"thank you marilyn for my birthday hat!"

you can see her grin - she loved the hat!

"what do you think guys?"

opening...

my mom's dear friend marilyn made samantha the cutest birthday hat. we enjoyed it all weekend long! and we will be able to take the candle off and so she will have a cute hat for the fall. thanks marilyn! sammy jean loved her birthday hat.

we are not long lost

we have just been busy... we are trying to get our heads around what it means for me to be working part time, tim to be working, and still have time to be together. and the blog has suffered :)

i hope to remedy that in the next few days because i have some cute pictures to share from sammy's birthday and her first real hike!! lots of good stories to share as well.

thank you for checking in with us. we will be back online soon :)