Samantha and Santa Claus

We had our Ward Party tonight and a special visitor came to dinner! Samantha really liked visiting with Santa. Turns out Santa has a granddaughter the exact same age as Samantha so he wanted to take her home to the North Pole. He held her several times throughout the night and she really liked him. White beards and furry hats are lots of fun. Here's the pics!

 It's a real beard! Samantha pulled it pretty hard!

 

 

 

 Merry Christmas!

Growing and growing!

The last month flew by for our little family. Samantha keeps learning new tricks. Her latest skills include peek-a-boo, elephant noises and spraying slobber in a misty spray. So charming!

Samantha has really started liking my cell phone. Smiles are harder to capture when incredulity abounds.

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!

A couple of weeks ago Sam got her first run in her "pantyhose." Welcome to the world of women little chubby toed girl!

 Hanging out under a chair in Sunday School. This girl knows how to relax and kick back!

Visiting with Great Grandpa! Samantha loves sitting on his lap.

 Gnawing on Great Grandma's cookies! Too bad I didn't get an "after" picture. Sam made a fantastic mess with this cookie.

Chewing on Sophie the giraffe, our new favorite toy.

Conked out in the carseat...with Sophie again.

Cute piggies!

Playing with Uncle Jeff! Samantha loves walking with Jeff and watching him play video games. She doesn't really care about what's on the TV, she just likes watching Uncle Jeff.

Playing on the floor in Mommy's room while she does her chores!

 

A little Black Friday shopping! (Isn't sitting up great!)

Yummy cereal!