Videos of Samantha: 14-15 months

There's only one thing more time consuming than sorting through the thousands of pictures we have of Samantha. And that one thing is sorting through the hundreds of video snippets we have shot of her in the past couple months. If I were to wait until I had them all sorted to post the best ones, our next blog post would probably be some time in 2013. So here are a couple that hopefully highlight what she's like right now. If you want to see some of the other historical favorites, you'll have to come to the video Show-And-Tell scheduled for some day in 2013! :)

Samantha is walking!
August 5, 2009

While in Portland, our friend (Teresa) and her two boys (Brayden and Noah) came over to visit. Brayden is 4 and was running circles around Samantha. After about 30 minutes of not being able to get to the toys fast enough, Samantha decided to quit crawling everywhere and just up and decided to start walking. (Up to this point, she had taken steps to go between mommy and daddy, but never voluntarily walked anywhere). Here is video of some of her walking from that first day... we were so excited!

Walking to Momma
August 19, 2009

This video is a little bit more recent and shows Samantha's increasing walking skills.

Samantha's chores
August 27, 2009

Samantha is getting better and better at walking. Since she pretty much waited until she was ready to walk before giving it a try, she has gotten stable very fast. Because of this, we have decided to put her to work. Her first chore is emptying her diaper pail since it's just too stinky of a job for us! :)

Samantha has something to say!
August 29, 2009

We don't know how it happened, but it turns out Samantha likes to talk. Imagine that! Although we have some other video clips that show her talking a bit more, this is the most recent one I could find. Just a couple seconds of her "talking", but I still think it's adorable. The other day, she blabbed on and on to me after I wouldn't let her crawl in the dishwasher. It's so funny to know that she is saying something... we just don't quite know what it is yet!

Still Swimming!
August 29, 2009

We just started up swimming lessons again (at a new swim school that is far away, but has a great technique for teaching both kids and parents). We still have a long way to go before she is an actual swimmer, but it is a lot of fun to see her have so much fun. Here are a couple of videos that show what a little fish she is!