New Year's Eve

We rang in the New Year at the Ward's house playing Wii and shuffle board! Sorry guys I had to post these funny pics!!!

Gene and Steve playing Wii baseball

Me and Julie chugging at midnight!!

Liz dancing with the stars!

Katie dancing with the stars!

Bear at midnight!!

American Girl Bitty Baby!!

Uncle Dave and Aunt Maureen spoiled Sam this Christmas with a Bitty Baby!! She loves it! Mommy only lets her play with it in her room where it can stay nice and clean!

Christmas Day!!

We started the day by opening up some Christmas presents! Sam got an Elmo doll, some car keys and a ladybug blanket!!! Daddy got a jacket from Mommy and what do you know-Mommy got a jacket from Daddy!! How funny! Then we got all dressed up and went to church with Grandma and Papa! Everyone came over to Grandma and Papa's house for dinner that night! Sam got to play with her cousins again!! Sam even got some more presents! Clothes and a cell phone from Grandma and Papa. Her cousins gave her a cute book called "You can Do It Sam" We can't wait to read it!

Christmas Eve

We were in Ohio for Christmas this year! We spent Christmas Eve and the Skerl's house! Uncle Steve and Aunt Janel had us over for a wonderful dinner! Sam had so much fun with cousins Allison, Brian, Daniel, Zach,Rachael and Adam!! She loved playing the piano. Sam gave enough boots over the past few days, I bet Grandma and Papa still have headaches!!

Kwielford Christmas

We had Christmas with the Kwielford's tonight!! Uncle Dave and Aunt Barb had us over for dinner. Sam was so excited to see Alyssa and Alexis! She also got to see her cousins Elizabeth, Kyle, Ian and Landon! Kyle is getting so big!! There was a white elephant gift exchange and lucky mommy got to walk home without a gift!!!!

Michael's 7th Birthday!!

Mike turned 7 today! We went over to the Greenwald's for pizza and gifts! We gave Mike a Chicago Cubs blanket- het loves the Cubs!! He was very exicted!!

Santa

Sam went to see Santa at the mall today! She did a great job! Mommy thought she would cry for sure. No smiles- but no cries either!! After Santa we went to the play area where she climbed on the enormous toothbrush and salad!!

Bowling

We went bowling with the Greenwald family today! Sam only took one shot at it! She loved to watch her cousins throw knock down the pins! Mary got a turkey!!!

Sledding!!

Today was Sam's first day playing in the snow! She loved it! We went over to Aunt Erin's and Uncle Russ' to go sledding with cousins Mike, Mary and Sara. She couldn't get enough! What a fun day!

Christmas Party

We had our annual Christmas party tonight! Samantha got to see Santa! She actually didn't cry at all. She loved her bath toy that santa brought for her! Look how big Kyle is!!!

Aunt Holly and Heidi

Aunt Holly was in from California this weekend! Mommy got to got to a Hawk's game with her and they went to see Laura and Mike's new house in Volo. On Monday Mommy and Samantha went to visit Heidi and Aunt Katie in Crown Point, Indiana. Aunt Holly was there too! We probably won't get to see Aunt Holly again until next summer.

Coloring!!

One of Samantha's favorite things to do is color!! She loves to explore with the different colors-we still can't keep them out of her mouth though!