E-A-G-L-E-S.....EAGLES!!!!

it was an ugly win but dada and i will take it. i was out with mama most of the day so that dada could focus on the game. when i got home i got a nap. when i woke up, for once, i kept a hat on my head and me, mama and dada did an impromptu photo shoot. i have my westbrook jersey on at school today.

Home Sweet Home!!

after returning home on friday, we all got some much needed rest. so much rest, in fact, that mama and dada turned into decorating machines. after our obligatory trips to target, costco and lunch on saturday, mama and dada got the tree up and decorated. dada got all the decorations out and mama went to town. we wanted to get everything done so that we're ready for auntie gigi, rori and sadie to roll into town in a couple weeks. can't wait to see you guys. - sammie xoxo

Thanksgiving in New Jersey!

i had a great time in new jersey for thanksgiving. i loved seeing my mom-mom and pops, my cousins megan and ryan, uncle keith and auntie lisa, uncle joey and auntie mabel, uncle bill, aunt linda, cousins jennifer, jackie and brian and, last but certainly not least.....granny. we had the best time. the drive up was horrendous but i blame that on mama and dada.........they got a late start on wednesday morning. dada maintained pretty well, i only caught him uttering a few curse words along the way. next year, you are all on notice as of right now......i will not be leaving the commonwealth of virginia for any holidays. peace out. - sammie xoxo

p.s. in the picture of mom mom and pops holding me and my cousins.....check out in the mirror the wacky things people will do in order to get kids to smile. i'm told that is uncle keith's best dance move. LOL!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAMA!!!!!

YIPPEEEEEEEE!!!!!! my mama is.................holy crap.........32 years old today!!! i have the best mom in the entire world. to celebrate tonight, my auntie bethies and cousins tyler and trevor are coming over. so is auntie vroom vroom and my gaga and papa. it's going to be a great night. i hope my mama has a great day today, she deserves it.

FINALLY!!!!!

i finally started to feel better on saturday (as did dada). we did our usual, target and lunch. dada pummeled a cheesesteak so i know he was feeling better. mama and dada put together my new toy, we call it my toy house. it's fun. i'm looking forward to thanksgiving and seeing my cousins, auntie lisa, mom-mom and pops, and everyone. see you soon. -sammie xoxo

What the H - E Double Hockey Sticks?????

don't really have too much to say. the pictures pretty much sum up the suckiness that was this past week. i've been sick as all get out, dada has the flu, mama and dada have been trying to juggle their work schedules to take care of me. uggghh!!! i've pretty much been miserable (fever and cough) all week. dada has been laid up since wednesday morning. good news is, we're both on antibiotics and just today are starting to feel better. hopefully, we'll both be back to our fun, jovial selves by tomorrow afternoon. hope everyone is doing well. - sammie xoxo

This is Getting Old Now!!!

yeah, doc......right here.....that's where it hurts! :(

started coughing pretty bad on sunday. then, i woke up on sunday night (monday morning) at 2 AM with a pretty bad fever. dada took my temp twice and it was 102.6 and 103.1. he gave me some motrin and then checked it a little while later and it was down to low 100s / high 99s. so we made our third trip to the doctor in as many weeks. strep test negative, h1ni negative. lungs and heart are good, no bronchitis or pneumonia. then........they wanted my blood. for the first time, i had blood taken like a big girl, from my arm. i pitched a fit and it took 3 people to hold me down, but they got it. blood count, perfect....nothing bacterial. so, basically, i have a....lemme see if i remember this correctly...."some non-flu viral virus". plan of attack is to stay on the motrin or tylenol until my fever breaks and just let this thing run it's course.

it wasn't all bad though....i did manage to get in some light reading:

Bye-Bye, Weekend, See You Next Week!!!

this weekend.....where to begin. well, didn't really do much on friday night, just kind of chilled with the 'rents (and we know how much fun they are). on saturday, i was so happy, my mama, decided to spend the day (AND NIGHT) with auntie vroom-vroom. she and vroomie treated themselves to a little spa time and a nice dinner and drinks on saturday night. my mama rarely takes time out for herself like that so here's hoping she'll do that more often. she deserves it. so saturday was dada and me day. we made the usual rounds (mall, grocery store). i got a nap and dada thought it would be funny to take my picture as soon as i woke up (can you guess which one it is?). after dinner, dada let me play for like an hour (i think he was trying to tire me out). well, i was a good little girl.........until it came time for bed. poor dada....all he wanted to do was watch the notre dame/pitt game. i promise, dada, next next dada and me day, i'll do a much better job. i won't wake up every half hour and make you come get me. when mama got home on sunday morning, we all piled into the durango and hit up Target. then, of course, the grocery store again. when dada left for brittany's to watch the eagles game (sorry 'bout the game dada), i was rolling around and drinking (playing with) my milk cup. peep all them diet cokes.....they should hold mama over until tuesday, at least. hee-hee!!! -sammie xoxo

pop quiz!!!

tornado or three year old?

poor dada!

my poor dada is not the handiest of dudes when it comes to tools or installing or fixing things. it only took him about 2 hours and 4 beers to hang this gate. i was thinking, jeez, my dada is so badass, using a drill and all......then i remembered he bought a pair of eagles croc slippers earlier in the day. speaking of tools.......

i thought i told you to go away, mr. cough? i hate you!

going to the doctor is not fun..........but playing peek-a-boo while you're there is. i'm so close to being back to 100%, just need to kick this cough.

Bye Bye, Weekend!!!

so after a busy and tiring saturday, it was fun to just relax and do nothing on sunday. i go to rock out my new westbrook jersey and watch most of the eagles game with dada. i got a pretty good nap and then just chilled. oh and i tried on my new winter hat. what do you think? so that's that, another weekend in the books. i already can't wait for the next one. love and miss everyone. xoxo -sammie

Winding Down!!!

i mean this in the nicest way possible.......after spending so much time with my cousins, i needed a break. those boys are something else. anyway, after a long day and some hard core trick or treating, nothing sounded better than a lollipop and some quality floor playtime. sometimes i think it's fun to pretend that no matter what i'm holding in my hand, it's a telephone. "hellwo!"

TRICK OR TREAT!!!!

for halloween, like every year for the past 4 years, auntie bethies, uncle brian and the boys came to my house. it's a lot of fun. i especially loved playing with my cousin, tyler. we sat and played with my toys for a long time. no one knows what we were saying except us, but we had a really good and long conversation. this year, i went as a fairy (some would say i dressed up like my dada), trevvie was a soldier and ty ty was a bmx racer. my dada is silly, he took trevor's helmet and busted out his "war face". crazy dada. hope everyone else had great trick or treating. -sammie xoxo

Saturday!

had another great saturday. i finally started to feel better friday night and my cold is now all gone. on saturday, mama and dada took me to trevvie's last baseball game. he went 2 for 2 with 2 runs scored. i think he's gonna be a fine ballplayer. then we all went out to lunch (me, mama, dada, trevor, tyler, aunti bethies and uncle brian). by the time that was over, i was wore out. dada and i got a nap and then it was time for trick or treating. see next post.