And so it begins!

The other day my Mom was talking to Marc and she said "Some day when you have a girlfriend....". Marc's response was "I already do." She asked him who it was and he said, with a shy look on his face and an awe-struck tone of voice, "Kylie". Kylie is a friend from his preschool class. During speing break she invited us to her house to go swimming, play, and have lunch.
This was Marc's first "play date". He had a great time and I enjoyed watching him with his "girlfriend". :)

Growing Girl!

Samantha has been getting "people food" off and on for awhile now. We discovered the other day that she is now refusing to eat baby food. I tried to give her some and she stuck her tongue out and let it all fall off. We were just going to use up what was in the cupboard and then bot buy anymore. Now I have to see if I can find someone I can give our left-overs to. If we are eating something she can eat, we cut it up small enough for her. If we are eating something that she can't have (like tacos or something) we have been giving her Little Graduates Pasta Pick-up ravioli. We sometimes give her some cut-up fruit and cheese for dinner. Her birthday dinner consisted of watermelon and cheese. She loved it! :)
On her birthday we gave her her first taste of real cow's milk. It took a little time, but she began drinking her milk from a straw cup.
We have changed her schedule around now that she is eating differently. For breakfast she gets a fruit bar (baby Nutri-grain) and a bottle with formula. For lunch and dinner she gets table food and milk. And for her bed-time snack she gets a bottle. We will continue with bottles until we are out of formula and then she will be strictly on cow's milk (as long as the doctor approves).
So much is changing so fast.......and Mommy is getting weepy. ;)

It's the Easter Bunny!

While at the mall on Monday I decided to take the kids to see the Easter Bunny.The Easter Bunny even gave Marc his own set of bunny ears.

Family Pictures

We got pictures taken this past weekend for Samantha's first birthday. Here is one of the family....
and one of Marc......
and one of Samantha.
The studio suggested we bring in a piece of birthday cake and we cold strip Samantha down to her diaper and let her go at it and snap some pictures of it. They all turned out so cute that we got a collage of them all.
You can look at all of our pictures on our picture website. pictures.stoufer.com