A Weekend Drive

Monday, July 27, 2009



Last weekend Dustifer and I took a drive to Lake Itasca. It was a perfect day: bright, sunny.... chilly, horrifically windy…. Wait are we talking about March?? No, not in North Dakota, it’s the middle of JULY!

Lets just say Samantha spent the whole time wrapped in several blankets, under an umbrella to block the wind. This is how she enjoyed the lake….

But the drive was pretty :)

I NEED SOME TEXAS SUNSHINE AND HEAT!!!!!!

A VERY Belated Birthday to America

Friday, July 24, 2009

Things have been quite busy here at the Butler home and of course I'm just now getting to our 4th of July post. But have no fear, we had a GREAT day! It started out with some manual labor on Dusty's part. He helped a friend roof their house. Then we went to the park for some good ol’ grilling and homemade ice cream delight. Did I mention that Dusty has become a professional ice cream maker? I might even say his ice cream is better than Blue Bell... that's right I said it.

The day really got fun when our good friends the Pierson's let us go for a ride in their plane. It's an RV7 Acrobatic plane that they built themselves, quite snazzy! It can do flips and rolls, Dusty even did a few himself. And now, as expected, Dusty has been conspiring ways for us to buy our own acrobatic plane, maybe one day honey.

That's right, I made her bow, and pretty darn proud of it!
Of course, the 4th of July wouldn't be complete without some fireworks.....

Samantha's first experience watching fireworks

I think she was alittle surprised, but two minutes after this picture she passed out. She had such an exhausting day the next morning she slept in until 9!!!

Samantha's first incounter with a boy... hold his hand.....

Now pull his hair, boys are yuckie.

Roll Over, Roll Over

I finally caught her! I told Anna that she rolled over five times the other day and when Anna came home she wouldn't do it. She did it for Megan Roylance (our wonderful friend/sitter) but not for Anna. Well today she was at it again. She did it twice before i could get the camera turned on. Here is our big baby girl.

Here are some other pictures that Anna took yesterday while I was at school. Sam loves to be outside.

I love her little pointy toes. Anna says she will be a dancer but i say she will be a soccer player.

Change is Hard

Monday, July 6, 2009

Our poor little puppies, since Samantha came Dusty and I haven't paid much attention to Mira and Lynus. They're no longer the babies of the house, now they're just dogs. And Lynus was feeling alittle left out this evening. I sat down to fold some laundary and turned around to find this....

Lynus curled up in Samantha's Boppy like a little dog bed.
And again five minutes later...

I still think Lynus is the cutest puppy ever!

Our little Crawler

Monday, July 6, 2009

It has taken about 4 weeks but we finally caught our little girl in the act. We have given her lots of tummy time with the aid of Anna's Boppy and she seems to like it. About 3 weeks ago Anna put her on her tummy and walked out of the room, came back and found Sam about 3 feet on the other side of the boppy. I didnt believe her but when I saw it I have tried to get it on video. Here it is. She is growing up way to fast. (keep in mind she started this about 4 weeks ago and we just now got it on video)

I found out today that she can now roll over. I put her on her tummy, walked away and when I came back she was on her back. I left her there and came back a few seconds later and she had flipped back on to her tummy again. She is getting so big so fast. She rolled over several times in a row, but as soon as Anna came home she stopped performing. Guess she likes her Dad best!

A Special Blessing

Friday, May 29, 2009

Little Miss Samantha has been a busy girl in her first 6 weeks of life. She’s already been on her first road trip to Texas where she met Grandma and Grandpa Borton and Grandma and Grandpa Butler and all our Aunts and Uncles. Samantha also got a very special blessing from her Dad. Yay!!

We decided to take it slow this time and took two days to drive down. She did great in the car, much better than I expected. She slept the whole time we were driving but then was awake all night, you can’t have it both ways right. We had so much fun seeing our family and friends, I just wish we could have stayed longer to soak up more of that Texas heat (only with the air conditioner on next time, Mom :) Us North Dakotans are NOT used to the Texas summer and humidity. Here in Grand Forks its only 65 degrees! But I did LOVE all the southern cooking, BBQs and brisket, and yummy Mexican food… mmm mmm! Samantha loved it too, except she has developed an allergy to cows milk. Which means I can't have any food that contains milk, milk products, cheese, or butter. What food doesn't have any of those three things??? Basically nothing! Including all cakes, ice cream, cookies, pizza, chocolate and all other essential food items. Good thing Dusty isn't on this diet, he would crack after 1 day.

Here are some photos from Samantha's Blessing day:

All the girls

My Mom and Samantha

All the Grand kids from my family

Samantha was not happy about taking this photo

This one is my favorite, she looks so peaceful

Six Weeks Old!

Friday, May 29, 209

We are so excited, Samantha is already 6 weeks old!! Time has flown by and she is getting SOO big! :( I wish she would stay tiny forever, but I’m happy she’s growing big and strong. As of today, she now weighs 9 pounds 1 ounce, which is awesome because she struggled to gain weight after we left the hospital. Now she is gaining more than ½ an ounce a day! Mostly because she eats like a lion. Honestly, do not let this girl go hungry for more than 2 minutes or she will vocalize her complaints in a loud screaming manor. The longest she has slept is 6 hours, the best 6 hours sleep of my life. However, we have only done that twice because Samantha does not like to skip her midnight snacks.

I can’t complain, we have been blessed with a very sweet, happy baby. She definitely prefers to be held every minute she is awake and would rather sleep in Mom and Dad's bed over her own, but that's fine with me because I love holding and snuggling her. And the best part is, she gives us plenty of smiles all the time I just wish I could catch one on camera.

Here are some pictures of our sweet Samantha:

1 week old

2 weeks old

Our first Sunday, 3 weeks old