The Bump

So people have been asking to see pictures of the baby belly. I have not taken nearly as many pictures this time as I did when I was pregnant with Hannah. My belly is getting bigger so much faster this time! Here are a couple recent pictures.

A Little Sponge

I don't mean to brag but I have just been so impressed by Hannah lately! She is just like a little sponge now and it is so fun to teach her new things. She is so eager to impress us with her new skills and loves to copy what we say. She can now point to just about all of her body parts and tell us what they are and her new cutest trick is that she will tell you what sounds animals make. My favorite is when she throws her head back and says "Moooo!" She barks back at our dogs now and meows at our cats. It is pretty cute!

Here she is showing us where her belly button is

She also has become pretty good at using her fork which makes meal time much cleaner. Hopefully soon she will be able to move from the high chair to the table to eat with us! She is also quite the climber these days and has figured out how to climb onto the dining room table chairs. This means that she can now also reach all the things we put on top of the table to keep out of her reach. We will have to modify our babyproofing to keep up with her Today she even tried to be a big helper and throw away some papers for me. We told her what a good job she was doing by helping, so she then proceeded to "help" by throwing a bunch of her toys in the trash too!

Our Little Ducky's Halloween

The Sampson's had a very busy and fun-filled Halloween. I actually had a Saturday off of work, so we all got to spend the day together and it was great! We carved our pumpkin this morning and Hannah was interested for about the first 15 minutes and then she decided she would rather just watch Sesame Street. Sam decided that to cheer on our team we should make a Florida Gator pumpkin. It came out great but was so much work! We were a little sad that we were not able to actually go to Jacksonville and see the game like so many our friends got to....maybe next year!

Hannah and Daddy carving the pumpkin together.

Here is our pumpkin all lit up!

When it was time for putting her costume on Hannah, of course, hated it, but after a few minutes she was okay. She was the cutest little ducky! We took her to the fall festival at her preschool. There were so many people there and she was very overwhelmed. We had so many people thinking she was anything but a duck. We were asked if she was Big Bird or a chicken.....I thought she was pretty obviously a duck. We tried to put her in the bounce house but she was not having it. After a lap around the festival we decided we decided to leave and try this kind of thing next year. Hannah was very excited to see her teacher, Ms. Tanoa, there and got some candy. The M&Ms are her favorite! Even though Hannah was pretty much ready to go to bed after her busy day we thought we would try some trick-or-treating. We only made it to one house before our baby was about to fall asleep and the rain and the cold brought us back home. Time for Sam and I to settle in to watch our TiVo'd Florida/Georgia game! Go Gators!

A New Way to Ride

So we finally gave in and bought a jogging stroller last weekend. The regular stroller was just not cutting it and this new one is so much better. Sam has been running a lot lately (so proud of him by the way!) and now he can take Hannah with him when he goes. Doesn't she looked relaxed? Today me and Hannah went to Kennesaw Mountain and took a nice long walk. The fall color was so pretty!

It's a Girl!

Sam and I just wanted to share that the new baby we are expecting is another girl! Everything is going well and we are still on track to be meeting her in early March. My belly is growing fast! We cannot wait to meet her!

Loving the Pumpkin Patch!

It is cooling off up here in Georgia and that means fall! This is my favorite time of year. Sam's parents came up to visit for a week or so and we thought that while they were here it would be a good time to take Hannah to the pumpkin patch. There is a church near our house that has tons of pumpkins and Sam and I have been getting our pumpkin there every year.

Hannah loved it! She had so much fun running up and down the aisles of pumpkins. We tried to let her pick out a pumpkin and she picked a little tiny one that she wanted and carried it around. She tried to pick up one of the big pumpkins, but of course she was unsuccessful. She got to ride in a wagon with her pumpkins and she had such a great time. It was in the 50's outside when we went and Hannah's little nose was so pink and cute in the cold. We got some great pictures!

Looking a little overwhelmed by all of the pumpkins!

Hannah found her perfect pumpkin. She picked this one out all by herself!

Just wanted to share some new pictures. Things have been pretty busy around here with my doctors appointments, taking Hannah to storytime and Mother's Morning out and to the park when it is nice out. It seems like it is finally starting to cool off here and it is nice to be to take Hannah outside without getting all sweaty. She went for her 15 month checkup today and was 21 pounds. That is quite an increase for her and we are glad she finally seems to be growing!

We are working on getting her to use a fork or spoon when she eats. As you can see it is not going so well and mealtime is still very messy around here.
Hannah is loving running around the backyard and finally will go down her slide all by herself.

Just wanted to share some pictures...

Hannah getting tossed in the air by daddy!

Playing outside.

Just wanted to share a few pictures. Hannah is loving her mother's morning out and is bringing me home all kinds of fun projects she makes there! She is so worn out when she gets home! Today was the first sunny day in like two weeks up here and we went to the park today. This was the first time she actually toddled around and climbed on stuff. Usually she just stands there and looks at me when I bring to the playground. She really enjoyed herself today! Sam and I were very excited that Hannah gave us kisses for the first time a couple of days ago. She has been given kisses to all of her toys and our pets for awhile, but she would never kiss me or Sam! Well she is finally doing it and it is so sweet!

Playing in the bathtub...

This is Hannah getting ready to leave for her first day of Mother's Morning Out. She does not look too thrilled, but it was early. She really does love it though!

Number 2!

Hannah has been keeping us quite busy these days. She no longer just walks everywhere....now she can run and she moves fast. She has really been keeping us on our toes! Hannah and I went to Orlando a few weeks ago to visit my side of the family. We brought Hannah to the beach for the first time and it did not go so well. She pretty much hated the sand and the water and screamed everytime we brought her near it. The only time she was happy was when she was sitting up on the blanket under the umbrella eating snacks. It was still a good time though and maybe next time she will like it more.

This is where she was happiest....under the umbrella with her blankie and a cracker in her hand!

Hannah has been doing some artwork for me too! She likes to color and it keeps her entertained for a few minutes, until she starts dropping all the crayons on the floor. Hannah will be starting to go to Mother's Morning Out this week. It is like baby preschool! She is going to have so much fun and meet other little babies to play with and hopefully learn some new stuff, plus mommy gets a break for a few hours a week!
Sam and I also have some other news to share.....we are expecting another baby! Baby number 2 is expected to join our family around March 7! We are very excited to add another child to our family and can't wait for Hannah to be a big sister! We will keep you all updated!