When Jake and I moved into our house we had lost our camera. I was so sad because Samantha was growing up right in front of our eyes and we had no way of capturing those precious moments. Well, I finally found the camera and found some adorable pictures of Samantha. Here is a few of what I found...

Her first HALLOWEEN costume as an adorable ladybug.

Her famous HUGE smile.

Her very first visit to the PUMPKIN patch. OOH, I want to eat it!

the PUMPKIN patch

We had so much fun at the PUMPKIN patch as a family of four. It was freezing so I bundled Samantha up in her beautiful purple coat. She went running from PUMPKIN to PUMPKIN trying as hard as she could to pick up the biggest PUMPKINS possible. As you can see she finally settled for a smaller one...


and let daddy Jake pick up the bigger one and put it in the wagon. Samantha loved riding in the wagon with the PUMPKINS until the big one rolled on top of her. It was a very successful trip we got 40lbs. of PUMPKIN now Jake and I are fighting to see who is going to carve them, and sense it is the day before HALLOWEEN I bet neither one of us will. But they will still look cute for Thanksgiving.

18 months old and so big. For Samantha's 18 month pictures I decided instead of going to have her pictures done at a studio I would have Grandma Kay take them for me outside at grandmas house, Samantha's favorite place ever. If you know Sam then you know how out going and happy she is so I put her in her swimsuit put her sunglasses and hat on her and had grandma just aim and shoot. She was so funny, talk about working the camera. To get Sam to smile all you have to do is give her food or let her play in water and that is exactly what we did. She wouldn't stop smiling, I think we took at least a hundred pictures of her in less than 30 minutes. Way to work it girl friend!!!

Summer 2008! I can't believe that summer is over. Its a bitter sweet felling when it starts to cool down and you can feel fall just around the corner. The Lawson family had such a great summer. I took Samantha swimming to Cherry Hill at least two times a week. She is so brave. She now jumps off the side of the pool head first, I can't control her I call her my little fish she even does a fish face that is so cute. On the days that we didn't go to the pool we were at grandma Kay's house eating Popsicles and playing in the water at her house. I love her expression in these pictures. Aunt Shay took these before they moved. Her face is priceless.

One hot girl!!! I bought Samantha these sunglasses for the summer and she loves them so much. Every time she puts them on her attitude changes like "I am so cool". She really is so cute. I love my little (big) girl so much. I can't believe how much she is growing up and how fast time really does go by.

My Official Blog

Hi everyone! I am so excited to finally have a blog. Here is an update on my life... I currently live in Farmington with my 2 most favorite people in the whole world, Jake and Sammie! I also have a son on the way, Cameron, who will be here in September, and I can't wait! My life is full of happiness. Sammie is such a firecracker, but I lover her to pieces. Her girly attitude cracks me up. I don't know where she gets her attitutde!! Maybe, just maybe from her mom. :) For example, today I took her shopping to Gymboree to find Cameron a cute "coming home" outfit. While there she found some adorable bright red shoes. She picked them up and would not let go of them. She even tried to put them on her feet herself! When I tried to put them back, her little heart just melted. She screamed and cried. She had real tears streaming from her eyes, they were even the big ones. So, my Mommy's heart finally gave in and yes, I did buy them. How could I not?! I couldn't even pay for them fast enough! But as soon as I finally got them on her feet, she was the happiest girl ever. She had her "Sammie Face" back on. "Sammie Face" meaning a grin from ear to ear, bright twinkly blue eyes, and giggles all around. As soon as we left the store, Sammie would not stop staring at her new red shoes. Oh boy, I've already turned my one and a half year old girl into the ultimate shopper! I'm sure her daddy is so proud! Anyways, as you can see we have SOO much fun together! Sammie is my best friend. Together her and Jake are the light of my life! I love being a wife, and even more so, I love being a mom! Life is fun, I couldn't be happier. And yay for finally having a blog!