4/19/15: Hanging with Zane and big smiles

April 19, 2015

Samara was in a great mood today. She woke up and wanted to spend time with Zane in the crib. She loves being with him, but doesn't quite know how to be gentle yet. Also, she is a little bit of a wimp (faker?) when he hits her by accident.

Then she started squishing his face.

Samara was still is a good mood during snack:

and dinner!

4/18/15: Big slide and hat

April 18, 2015

Today we went to the playground. Samara is now brave enough to go on this big slide that she was too afraid to go on last year. Here is a very comical video of one of her first slides down it. Seth's and my favorite part is the dismount.

Hopefully you heard the "ow" at the end, which is definitely the funniest part.

Later on, Samara was playing with her hat and gloves, which she wanted to put on Seth. 

4/16/15: Lie down with me, Nana

April 16, 2015

Samara doesn't like taking naps anymore. She either flat out refuses and has a tantrum, or she insists that you lie down with her. Today, Nana had the pleasure of lying down with her.

4/15/15: Burping Zane

April 15, 2015

Samara observes the vast majority of my interactions with Zane and either wants to help me with them or do them completely on her own. Here, she is "helping" by burping Zane.

4/12/15: Grampi and Grandma visit (photopalooza)

April 12, 2015

I remembered that Samara and Zane have onesies in the same colors, so I thought I would take more sibling pics in matching, unfancy outfits.

Shortly after, Grampi and Grandma arrived for a visit. Samara wanted to play with her push toy,

master the skill of putting her hair in a ponytail, 

go back to the push toy,

put my jacket on and take it off,

ride her tricycle,

play peek-a-boo,

photobomb her brother then take over,

slide,

rub Zane's hair,

be silly with Grampi,

figure out how to spin, 

sing, 

and take Grampi's hat.

What a busy day!

4/11/15: Siblings: A series

April 11, 2015

*This post is also on Zane's blog.

Samara wanted Zane to sit next to her, so I very cautiously balanced him in an upright position and waited with my camera to see what would happen. Cuteness happened.

4/1/15: I love you

April 1, 2015

When I get Samara ready for bed, I always tell her I love her and she usually just ignores it. Tonight, however, was different. She repeated it, so I had to whip my camera out to capture it on film. I tried to get her to say she loves Daddy, but she got a little tripped up on it.

So, we tried again, but Samara got distracted.