Samantha is 9 months old. Time has really gone by fast. She recently cut her first tooth. This has been a painful process and one that has made her pretty fussy for about a month. She is still army crawling and is on the verge of really crawling. She gets on her hands and knees and just rocks back and forth. Every time we think she is going to crawl, she just gets back down on her tummy and goes. We think she will figure it out sometime soon. She loves to imitate the sounds you make. If you do a squeel, she will make the same noise back to you. She then waits for you to repeat it to her. It is her favorite game. She also does this with many other sounds including a razz, whoo, and dadadada. Her new thing is clicking her tongue and having you repeat it. She loves to say dada and does it constantly. I try to have her say mama, but she just gives me this look and says dada (even though I am the one she cries for). When she is upset and wants me, she calls me nunun. It is her version of mama. Sammi has also learned how to do peek-a-boo. When she is bundled in her car seat with her blanket, she will cover her face until you say peek-a-boo. Then she will put it down and just smile. She loves to do it over and over.
Sammi is such a busy body and hates to sit still. She is constantly on the go trying to find new things to search and explore. She has been such a light to our lives and definitly keeps things hopping.

This is Samantha in her Christmas dress. She wore it to church the Sunday before Christmas. The first picture is Sammi doing the "cheese". It is her cheesy smile and she will do it when we say "cheese". It is so funny.