Thank You Grandma

Tuseday, August 18, 2009

Grandma Borton sent me the CUTEST dress a few weeks ago and here I will model it for you…

With my little bunny that I love to slober on...

Samantha was not in the smiling mood for our photo shoot but trust me, she LOVES her new dress :)
Isn’t she just adorable! I had great intentions of making an oversized bow to match, but of course I have yet to do so. We'll have a photo shoot devoted to only hair bows next time... when dad is not around.

Grandma also sent me this fun sleeper suit… it has ruffles on the bum, my favorite part!

Now I'm smiling (because I have ruffles on my bum)

Thank you Grandma, I love you!!

A Little Cold?

Wednesday August 12, 2009

Samantha has gotten so much tummy time that now she loves it. Last week she learned to roll from her back to her tummy and we have a great video but Blogger won’t let me upload it…Sorry. Today she was playing on the brown fuzzy blanket that we keep on our couch and Dusty caught her looking like this…

All wrapped up and snuggled, maybe she was cold?

She did it all on her own. She started on her back then grabbed the blanket with her hands and rolled to her tummy, wrapping herself up like a little snuggle bug. She kept doing it over an over so maybe she was trying to tell us something, today definitely wasn't a cold day, we actually hit 90!

This girl is so much fun, we LOVE her!!!

Today she just started grabbing things with her hands and bringing them to her mouth. She stole the TV remote from Dusty and smacked herself in the face trying to eat it! Poor girl, but it was soo cute!

Zippy Bay Camping

Monday August 3, 2009

We did it… we took Samantha on her first camping trip. The rugged and woodsy Zipple Bay State Park!! She did great, not a single complaint. She LOVED being outside, although I think it was alittle confusing to her when we woke up the next morning and were still outside.

Samantha is shocked... clearly.

It was an awesome trip, a little chilly, sweat shirts were an essential all weekend, but are you surprised…. Not in the least. Lots of mosquitoes, and all I’m gonna say is Samantha is one lucky girl to be wearing diapers because the toilet situation was not too pleasant. Anna is NOT a fan of pit toilets. I prefer the camping with brightly lit restrooms and running water.

Zippy Bay Lake (yes that’s right, it’s a Bay AND a Lake) boarders Canada and was enormous. Too cold to swim but that didn’t stop Dusty. When Dusty decides to pack a swim suit you better believe he’s gonna wear it.

Samantha did some sunbathing on the beach.

Cutest girl EVER!

Of course I can't forget the puppies, Mira and Lynus thought it would be fun to hide in the bushes.

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!