New Tricks

Wow! Has it really been 2 weeks since I updated everyone?So much has happened.

Samantha is adjusting to being in the 2-year old classroom. It was not an easy transition for her and she went through a period of testing the waters at home because of it. She has also had some pretty strong separation anxiety lately. We have found it difficult to watch her go through these transitions.

She is learning her ABCs, and can almost count to 10. She knows some colors, but she seems to like warm tones better (yellow, red). She still doesn't do as well with blue or green.

She is learning how to undress and dress herself- she thinks its funny to be naked (we are hoping this stays in the house). In the picture to the left, Samantha's diaper fell off...literally!

We are getting ready to transition her to a big girl bed and I think she is ready too, but we have to find the time to actually go shopping for the mattresses and bed...oh, time.

We were really blessed to have the Hartman's visit this weekend. We headed to the Nashville Zoo for Harvest Days. Samantha really enjoyed playing with Matt, Amy and Luke. She liked Luke's toy Octopus and Luke really liked her push car.

Baby A. J. (thats Algood Junior)

David would probably prefer I prefaced this title with a note to say that I am calling the baby A.J. (short for Algood Junior). He doesn't want to call the baby by any name or nickname until he knows whether we are having a girl or boy and well, he is going to have to wait about 4 more months to find that out.

We had the ultrasound today and A.J. appears to be right on schedule. There were no abnormalities found and the baby's activity level is good (I could have told them that). Here are a few pictures of Samantha's sibling.

Work of Art

We always thought Samantha was a work of art, really a work of God's hand. Now we literally have a work of art capturing Samantha at the beach. Samantha's Grandmommy painted a portrait of Samantha at Gulf Shores, AL. Its fantastic. Now we are trying to figure out where it looks best in the house. Samantha recognized herself in the oil painting- so its true to life.

Grandmommy and Granddaddy spent the weekend with us. We really enjoyed having them. We visited with Samantha's Great-Great Uncle Rueben and Great-Great Aunt Alice! We also enjoyed a stop in dinner with Samantha's Great Aunt Sally, 2nd Cousin Teddy and Lottie (Great-Grandmommy).