Well it's about time!

I know it's been a long while, but I have been in a whirlwind. Just to get you caught up, I am still working at Verizon, I just bought a car, and still have my own place. Things are going great. Yes life has been busy but it's going along.



Samia is growing like a weed, as you can tell. She still surprises me with some of the things that come out of her mouth. We have a animal book with different backrounds/scenes, her favorite is the Australian one, her favorite animal: platypus which comes out like patpus. She is a little sponge. And she got her ears pierced! It hurt for about 10min. Then it was nappy time! All things considered things are great.

Better late than never...

Yes I know it has been such a long time. We have been busy and up too some exciting things. Since our last post many things have conspired. I had to go back to work, found a wonderful job with Verizon Wireless, Samia and I moved into our own place(in brea). After settling in things have begun to relax.
Samia got to experiance her first trip to Disneyland and is in love with Tinkter bow a.k.a. Tinker Bell. She's also a fan of Mictdy & Minney Mouse. We bought season passes on her first trip she would run up to the characters, by the time we went again barley a month later she now is gripped with fear when we go near them. So we have to settle admiring them from a distance. As you can see Samia couldn' get away fast enough.

Continuously Amazed!

It never ceases to amaze me how fast a child grows. Samia now has four top teeth and two bottom, and she will show you how good of a bitter she is every chance she gets. Her vocab. is astounding also. She can now name all the dogs although somewhat warped... riley(ri yee), babe(beeb), thank you(tank do), good girl(goo gir), apple(ap po), doggie(ruf, ruf), aunt judy or as we say juju(do do), grandpa(ga ga), grandma(na na), juice(duce)... and so on. She picks up on the most amazing things and when Elmo comes on don't even try to interrupt her. She is always on the go, practical running. I am reminded of her first days on this earth and think, wow! Where did the time go and why cant I freeze time. Every time I go through her pic's I am instantly catapulted back to that sterile delivery room, the smell of nervousness, and those first wails. As the tears stroll down my face I know this is what I have been waiting for. I am so grateful at this chapter in my life to have all the joy and craziness that my daughter brings and I thank Father in Heaven continuously.

Beach trip!

While Aunt Traci came to visit we wanted to take the kids to the beach. So we packed up, along with Traci's cousin, Lyn Marie and newly adopted baby Spencer, Congrats! Here are a few pic's from that day!



Traci with Luke and Mimis









Mimis and Luke playing together!

Spencer










Samia loved the water! I wish I had a pic of her trying to swim in the sand!

more from mimi's bday!

Aunt Traci and cousin Luke flew down for the big event!







lots and lots of presents!









Ok she's almost reached her limit of activity for the day.

Catch up time!

Ok I know it's long over due, but here are the pic's from mimi's bday!

Attacking the cake before we can even sing!

Samia's personal cake!

The main cake was made out of several cup cakes! It tasted great, although it got a little smushed!

Opening presents!

If there only were 48hr days...nothing would still get done!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while but things are really hectic. I had to suddenly move and we are trying to adjust and figure out whether or not to stay in California or go to Utah. Tough decision! But now I am gonna leave things up to Heavenly Father, what will be...will be. I had to quite school for this sesmester and now am looking for employment. So hopefully I will find something that will sustain us until I can decide what to do. Thank you everyone for all your help, love and understanding. I hope life finds you all well and hopefully I will be able to post in the near furture. Thank you, Brittany