Samantha, Mikey and a Pair of Socks

Samantha loves to hang out with her friend Mikey.  They are getting to the age where they interact and know there is another baby around.  You can watch them having a great time in this two minute video and can even hear them have a conversation at the beginning ;-)   They are playing at Mikey's house and having fun with Samantha's socks!   Yes, that's right, one sock Samantha decided to take both of her socks off on this beautiful March day!

Our Little Explorer

We thought we had finished baby proofing, but Samantha makes sure to show us something that we have missed almost every day now!  It seemed like Samantha would not figure out how to open cabinets and drawers so we held off on all cabinets, except one.  In this video Samantha shows how well she can stand and squat AND open the cabinet.  Stay tuned for the end when she waves buh-bye!

She's a Climber!

Samantha surprised all of us and climbed two stairs at my parent's house.  It was unreal!  She even had an audience of parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and Charlie (my parent's dog).  Listen to the audience cheer and bark - and look at her go...

Snow in the Morning, Swim in the Afternoon

It snowed this morning and Samantha watched from the window with Daddy.  What is the best activity for a snowy day?  Swimming of course.  Samantha's friend Tessa invited her to swim at her indoor pool today.  Mommy was in charge of pictures and Daddy took her in.  Everyone had a great day!!  See for yourself in this video...

Starting to get comfortable

Full-length shot of her ruffle bathing suit!

Drying off on the lounge chair - it was a great day!

Swinging around...

This is a video of Samantha's first time on a swing.  I took her to the playground in our townhouse complex.  We were lucky to have an unusually warm winter so Samantha and I took advantage of the beautiful day.  Take a look!

Nice Wheels

Samantha isn't old enough to get her permit, but she is old enough to drive in the living room with Daddy!  Samantha takes after her Dad and drives a V6 - watch her go!!

A few weeks later she decided to take her friend Wil's car out for a test run.  It is a V8!

Tiny Bubbles and a Tiny Tooth

Samantha and I have tried more music classes than we can count and we officially signed up for a weekly class.  Today was our first class and Samantha loved it!  She especially loved the bubbles!

Later in they day mommy and daddy discovered a tiny TOOTH coming through Samantha's gums in the front on the bottom.  Samantha and mommy share the news in this video of her crawling/exploring the kitchen yet again!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Mommy and Daddy bought me a new outfit for Grandma's 60th Birthday!  Look at me with my family - my parents let me stay up until 9:45pm because I behaved so well - way past my bedtime!!  Don't forget to check out my tights that match my skirt and my Stuart Weitzman shoes :-)

Yummy Spoon

Great Grandma came all the way from Florida to party with us!

Happy Birthday Grandma!!!

Look at her go!!!

Samantha is really moving now and it only took a few days for her to let loose!  Look at my little explorer check out the kitchen...

Samantha seemed curious about what goes on in the kitchen so we went to the supermarket this afternoon and she rode in the shopping cart for the first time.  This picture was taken right before she dropped a jar of baby food on the floor.  Samantha taught mommy a valuable lesson - she can hold grocery items, but no glass!  Luckily the Stop 'n Shop in Greenwich has very nice employees who took care of the clean-up on aisle 5!

Notice the cheerios in the shopping cart...  She tried some of her friend Mikey's cheerios yesterday and liked them a lot!  So now she has some of her own :-)  BTW - this aisle has a freezer section on the left that you can't see, that is why she is still wearing her hat and coat :-)

Happy New Year!

Samantha was so excited to spend her first New Year's with her friend Tessa!!  They even wore matching pink and white outfits :-)

One Sock Samantha Can CRAWL

Samantha's loves to take off her right sock, but only her right sock.  She has earned the name one sock Samantha.  These two videos show Samantha crawling for the first time tonight!!  It is her way to welcome in the New Year.  The first video was when she first learned that she could move forward.  Her version of crawling is with one foot tucked under.  The second video is just a few minutes later and she shows some progress already.  Time to put up the gates!!!!

Two of her favorite things are pictured in both videos.  The IPad that she uses to facetime her grandparents and the letter I which is part of her mat in her play area.  If you listen closely you can hear Grandma Finkelstein in the background of both videos.