Good Morning Sunshine!

I love waking up each morning to see my little Sunshine. She is always so happy in the morning! Here is an idea of what I see each morning when I wake up...

At first she would just smile at us from inside her crib.

Then she started to make faces at us! I guess she likes the taste of the sides!
Some mornings she just relaxes until I'm ready to get up and get her out.
Then this morning! I found her doing this....


From where I was sleeping you could only see the top of her head sticking up over the edge. It was SO cute! Zoey has been pulling to stand for a few weeks now but this was the first time I had seen it in her crib, and for some reason it just made her seem so grown up! She loves to pull herself to standing any chance she gets. Yesterday I took the Sampson boys to Karate and I decided to go in and watch them since the class isn't that long. Zoey found the glass doors and stood up and just watched everything forever! And this morning she was standing next to the couch and I had to go use the restroom so I sat her down in the middle of the room, because she's not the greatest at getting down from standing yet (luckily no bruised head yet!) and when I came back she was standing up at the couch again! Oh and the other day I found her trying to climb up the Sampson's stairs! Scary!!!! Guess it's time to get a baby gate!

I Got A Job!!!!

Just a quick update. I heard back today from the company I interviewed with last week and I GOT THE JOB!!!!! I'm so excited! I start Monday (Oct 20) as a receptionist for this property management company. Though working full time was not my dream I am so excited and feel very blessed that things are working out the way they are. I now have an even longer to do list this week though so I better get cracking!!! I'll keep you updated as things hopefully keep falling into place for us!

Yeah! I got the job!!!!!!!!!!!!

Few Pics from Houston

Ok, the post below talks about my trip to Houston here two pics I found...

This is Zoey and I at one of the soccer games.

Here is Zoey at the Basketball game. I found her little red basketball shorts that made her look like she should get out and play with the big girls! She had to have the bow though otherwise she looked like a boy! She is so cute!

Update, Update, Update

I know it's been much longer then I would like so I'm going to try and play catch up. I don't have my camera with me right now so I will have to post with pictures later but since the Tulsa trip here are just a few things that we have been up to.

Clay is now working for his brother at Maverick Color. He is enjoying it but working TONS of hours. He is also still working a few hours a week for Amy editing photos for her (she owns a photography studio and does weddings). So I don't get to see him much but that's ok, everyone has to put in there dues sometime right! We also moved in with the Sampson's (I guess we did that right before Labor day but I can't remember if I posted about it or not). Things are great with that right now. The Sampson parents are actually out of town for 10 days so the left me incharge of holding down the place, yes they're brave! We are hoping to be able to get back into our own place before Christmas and it looks like that will be happening!

I took a trip down to Houston a weeks or so ago just to spend time with my family after the Hurricane. Zoey and I had alot of fun! In the one week we were gone Zoey did 5 new things! Daddy missed seeing them all for the first time! I'll post pictures later but the 5 new things she did are...

1. She started to clap (Daddy had been trying and trying to teach her this for awhile!)
2. She crawl crawled not just army crawled. (It was only a few times and now she won't real crawl at all, but she did it, I have witnesses)
3. She learned how to go from crawling/laying to sitting, and then getting back down again.
4. She started to pull her self to standing (she only did this once or twice but now it seems like she's doing it all the time. I guess it's time to get a baby gate for the stairs!)
5. And last but not least...she got her first tooth!!!

Her second tooth should be showing within the next day or so you can already feel it coming up. I was very happy that she wasn't an extra fussy baby. She was a little fussy but not bad at all like I was expecting. I love my little girl.

The other fun thing I did in Houston was go with my Mom, Sarah (my sister), and Maribella and LeeAnna (my sister in laws) to the RS broadcast. It was so good. The things that were talked about were SOOOO good. I LOVED Elder Uchtdorf's talk, as did many people I know. I feel like I have alot of things to be grateful for and alot of things to work on after hearing him and also Elder Bednar (he spoke at our Stake Conference a few weeks before). So, other things I did in Houston beside just seeing family include,... going and eating at the grill my two little sisters Amy and Alison work. Going and watching my littlest sister Alison play basketball (she is SO good). Getting my eyebrows waxed for the first time ever by my sister Sarah (she just graduated from cosmetology school). Going to my nephew Daniels soccer game, then to watch my niece Jade cheerlead, and then back for my other nephew Cameron's soccer game! Hanging with my Aunt Melanie. Shopping, shopping, shopping. Eating, eating, eating. Oh, and watching TV!!!!

So, I'm trying to think if there is anything else I want to mention in this post to get me all caught up... oh, I had a job interview yesterday that went very well, hopefully it will all work out! As always my life revolves around Zoey. She is growing SO big. I am so happy that she is eating so well and loving her solids. She loves to eat puffs and she can pick them up with either hand!!! It'll be interesting to see if she ends up being left or right handed because right now she's both! Here are her stats from her latest Dr. appointment...

Height: 27 1/2 inches (95%)
Weight: 18 lbs 4 oz (90%)
Head Circ: 17 1/2 inches (90%)

Anyone who read this whole post through has my kudos because I know it was not very exciting, I just really wanted to get everything down so that I can start fresh and not feel like I'm so far behind on everything. I'm excited because tomorrow we're going to the Pumpkin Patch and I will defiantly have more fun pictures of Zoey. I will try and do better!

Love ya'll tons -

Beauty and the Beast

Yeah, I know...It's be awhile. Anyways,


So, my last post was about our trip to Tulsa during labor day. Well, one of the coolest things we did while we were there was take pictures of Zoey in "the beast". Now, there's a long story behind this beast, in short,...My father-in-law lived in Texas for like 14 years (that's when I knew them). Then just after Clay and I got married he and his wife with what family was still living at home moved to Tulsa, OK. My father-in-law feels like Oklahoma is his true home! They had bought a truck in Houston before they moved from my brother-in-laws lawn business, but a few months ago they had to sell the truck. My father-in-law was so sad and he told his wife that he wanted to get some sort of trailer that they can hook on the van so he can still haul stuff. Well, this is the trailer he found on Craigs list. It is the back half of an old truck. My father-in-law LOVES it! It is a fun topic among us kids! So when we were in OK we made a special effort to get some pictures of Zoey in "the beast." So, long overdue but here they are...



So you may be saying to yourself...man, Zoey is really good at standing on her own! Well, she's not (at least at that time she wasn't). This is how we had Zoey look over the side without hurting herself.....ME!!!!
Yes, I laid down in the dirty truck to hold Zoey up so that Clay could get some great pictures of "Beauty and the Beast."

These are priceless pictures that I will cherish forever! Enjoy

Labor Day Weekend in Tulsa

For Labor Day we decided to go and see Clay's parents and sister in Tulsa, OK. We also needed to put some stuff in storage in their attic so it really worked out great. We didn't do much while we were there just hung out and stuff. On Monday we went and walked the Boardwalk by the river (which has like NO water in it!) then we went to my favorite place in all of Tulsa, the Trading Post!!! It's a cool place that people rent booths in and then they fill it with antiques, crafts, anything they want to sale. It's fun to see what you can find. This time I found some of the Golden Books (with the gold spines) for Zoey. Mom was nice enough to get me a few for Zoey. It was Mom's birthday the week before we came up so we took birthday gifts from all of the kids here in Dallas to her. It was fun to watch her open them all! Well, it was a short trip but we had a great time. Look for my next post to show you the other fun thing we did!!!

Zoey with Dad, Mom, and Lanae
Zoey and Lanae
Zoey and Grandpa

Zoey and Grandma

I'm Back...Zoey's Pacifier(s)

Hello friends, after a few weeks of no posts I just wanted ya'll to know that I'm still alive! I've been getting our room organized and getting into a new routine here at the Sampson's house. I thought I'd take a moment and do a few posts so that ya'll don't forget about me! Check back again later as there will be more posts coming this next week!

So, alot has been going on,...we finally got all our stuff out of the apartment and got it all clean and turned in the keys! Then we left right after and went to Tulsa for Labor day (post to come later). Zoey and I have been spending alot of time playing together, she LOVES the game peak-a-boo and it's so cute to see her laugh and play! I've also spent alot of time at my friend Danielle's house out in McKinney, we have so much fun together and our kids enjoy playing! I'm glad things are finally getting back into a routine, I still have no idea what the future will hold for our family but right now, things are good.

Of course,... picture time...this was actually from today! Zoey loves her pacifier when she sleeps. I like that she's not totally attached to her pacifier all day, but she does need it when she sleeps! Well, I put her down for nap after play group with the only pacifier I could find at the time. Latter I went in to check on her and found her with not only the pacifier I put her down with but she was holding two more in her hand!!!! I just HAD to take a picture, I'm glad it didn't wake her up. Now I know where all the pacifiers are.


Again, check back later for more new posts.