My Valentine's

Happy 6 Months Baby Girl! February 9, 2011

I'm a BIG kid now!

Big Girl Goings On....

6 month appt.

19.4 Pounds

27" Tall (Brody was the same weight, but 2 inches taller at this age)

Started drinking with her straw sippy cup on Feb. 2/23/2011

Got her first tooth Feb. 25, 2011 (bottom middle) It might be two teeth or just one Big one. :P

Again Again Again PLEASE!

Brody had the time of his life going to see Monster Jam. If you ask Brody what his favorite part was, he'll tell you the TRAIN ride. This kid is now obsessed with trains. Not a day goes by that he doesn't ask to go to the train station. Then comes Neena & Papa to the rescue. They came and took Brody on a ALL day train ride on the Metro. They started in Fairview Heights and went all over St. Louis. They stopped at the Airport (another BIG favorite), went to the Spaghetti Factory for dinner, and then back again. NOW...everyday Brody begs me for Neena and Papa to come get him in Neena's car. He even told me that he wanted a coat, a hat, and go to the store to get a Neena & Papa. Cracked me up.

A big thank you to Papa B & Neena for a much loved Christmas present! And another thank you to Uncle Chris & Papa Beep Beep for joining in on the boy's night out! We should definitely make this a Breitweiser/Sample tradition!

More Christmas Pictures

Christmas Sickies

The only healthy one of the bunch
(She got sick shortly after)

Pictures from Christmas

Historic Times

Our area was predicted to have a historic winter storm, but the weather folks were wrong. We received a few inches of sleet and a little snow, not nearly the 12 - 16 inches talked about.

Although....Today was quite historic for the Sample Household. WOW!

First, our baby boy slept in his big boy bed for the first time! I went to put Brody in his crib for a nap and he cried out that he wanted to sleep in his train bed. I tucked him in and figured I'd be right back upstairs pleading with him to sleep. Two and half hours later....not a peep. I was shocked! I went to get him up and it appeared that he had not moved. AMAZING. I didn't know whether to cry or celebrate. We'll see how tomorrow goes. I won't hold my breath...hehe.

Secondly, little Caroline held her own teething biscuit and chewed away! It just seems like she is too little to be scooting around in her walker and feeding herself! Like I said before....seems like I just 'had' her....crazy!