Ever-changing Samantha

Well, Samantha doesn't listen very well. ;) I have told her to stop growing and changing so much so quickly. She is beginning to try to crawl. While she is laying on her belly, she has begun to pull her legs up under her. We can prop her up on her hands and knees and she will rock back and forth and stay up for about a minute or two before her arms slide out from underneath her.We brought down some of Marc's old "sitting-up" toys for her to play with. She really loves the stacking rings, the nesting cups, and the beads that she can push along a track.She is still trying lots of new flavors of food. She tried bananas with mixed fruit......
and mango.
While I was feeding her green beans one day, I got some on her nose and I thought it was really cute, so I had to take a picture.

Helpful Marc

Marc has been in a phase of wanting to do things by himself. The last few weeks he has been wanting to help us do everything we do. Unfortunately, he doesn't understand that he can't help with everything we do. When we can, we try to find something for him to do to help us. He got to help Daddy shovel the driveway over the weekend. I braved the cold (with no jacket on) to go take a few pictures. This is the cutest.We started baking some Holiday goodies, which he is excited about. I am not sure if he is more excited about baking them or eating them. ;) He likes to call himself "Little Chef" while he is cooking.