Mark it off the list!

Sorry we've been a bit slack on the blog. We've have a few things going on that have just demanded our attention. I am a notorious listmaker. The one sure fire way to get me to do anything is to put it on my "to do" list. So this is my feeble attempt to pacify my OCD and mark "update blog" off the list. These are a few more random pictures from July. In the very near future, we'll be posting photos of Samantha's first trip to Hooters and Garrison's first birthday party. For now, these will have to do. They don't require as much thinking!

Big surprise! Napping with Daddy.

Love this photo of her sleeping on her playmat. She looks like she's been shot!

She likes to sit up now, with some support of course, though her head is getting stronger every day. I left her in the chair while I washed some bottles (only a few steps away), and when I came back to get her, this is how I found her. She was still just jabbering away! Too funny!

Samantha still loves to be swaddled at night. She usually works hard to get those arms out, though. I love this picture because she got her hands out and held onto the blanket. She loves to grab hold of cloth ... burp cloths, shirts, her dresses ... pretty much anything she can get her hands on. I think she's going to be a blanket girl like her Mommy!

We bought Samantha a tent to take to the Isle of Palms in September. We decided to open it up and see how easy it really was to set up. (Not bad, by the way.) We put her on her "front porch" with her wrap around shades purely for a photo op. Doesn't she look like she belongs in a retirement community in Florida? Love it!

We went back to Aunt Sharon's pool to celebrate Jenny's birthday. Samantha really took to the water this time. She didn't whine at all ... just kind of chilled out.

In one of her favorite spots - sitting up like a big girl in the chair.

Samantha's talking more than ever now. I have no idea what she's saying, or if she even knows what she's saying, but it is adorable. She is also working very hard at rolling over. She can spin around with the best of them, but the rolling over is still alluding her to date. One other funny - I was showing her her "Who Loves Baby?" picture album last night. When we got to the picture of Big Guy and Grammy, she licked them. Ha! I guess thats her way of saying I love you. With a big ol' lick.

Thanks for checking in ... more later!