Not again!

On Sunday night we got back from our little mini-vacation trip to Victoria, BC...I was so excited to post pictures...However, when I started looking for my camera last night, I couldn't find it. Now, if you follow my blog at all you will remember a couple months back I lost our new digital camera (Or someone stole it) and got a new one on Thanksgiving weekend. Well, it seems that the universe just doesn't want me to own a digital camera, because IT'S GONE AGAIN!!!!

I don't know what my problem is but I'm going a little nuts! I'm not really angry at myself this time though. I'm angry that I have to pack around so much stuff that a camera could just slip off and go missing without me even realizing it! I need one of those car locater devices for my camera these days, oh, along with my keys, purse, cell phone, wallet, make-up bag, and laptop...my life is a little busy, i.e., a little crazy.

I am still hoping against hope that my camera will turn up in the lost and found of the Ferry we rode from Victoria, or the diner we stopped at in some little town in Washington. It doesn't look good though people...Hey, at least a lost the camera instead of the baby!

My Lovebug...9 months!

Is it just me, or isn't she just a doll?!...So precious!

Me Rambling

So, I haven't written in awhile. I just haven't felt inspired I guess. Christmas in only weeks away and I'm still not quite in the holiday mood...
This is the first Christmas for Samantha. I think I am a little preoccupied with trying to make it the perfect 1st Christmas for her. In doing that, I'm forgetting the true meaning and reason for Christmas which is the birth of our Savior, JESUS CHRIST.

Just saying that (well, writing that) makes me feel better. It is so good to know that He is always here for us, for me, for Samantha, for everyone! So what if we don't make it to the mall for Christmas pictures with Santa. So what if all of our decorations aren't up and are stocking aren't hung with that much care. Jesus is the only reason there is a Christmas in the first place. Sure, I guess in this day and age we will always have the ever-popular "Holiday Season" but Christmas is the true celebration of God's only son. Merry Christmas

Hmmm...

STILL NO CAMERA

...enough said :(

Camera Search 2008

MISSING:
I'm having some bad luck with cameras. About 2 months ago our digital camera broke. Just stopped working one day. If you're a mom you know that one just can't live without a camera to keep memories of their little one(s). So, we broke down and bought a new one.



IT'S MISSING!!!



I can't find it ANYWHERE! I don't know if I left it somewhere when we were out, or if just buried under the stacks of random stuff and clutter around my house. All I know is that my daughter is getting bigger every day and I am missing some really fantastic photo ops.



If you've seen it...give me a ring! ;)

Daddy's Shoes

This evening we were hanging out in the living room and decided that Samantha is going to be (is a) little daredevil. She crawls 90mph (well, that might be a tad exaggerated), she already loves to jump on the bed, she uses our dog Satchel as a stepping stool to get onto the couch, and she loves being thrown in the air, turned upside down, and all that other crazy stuff...keep in mind, she's still an INFANT!

I don't know, maybe that's normal. Anyhow, this evening when we were in the living room I would put Sam on the couch and she would just kind of jump off (into my arms). So, Ben and I decided that she would make a really awesome snowboarder. We also decided that she would be a professional snowboarder and once she starts getting sponsors we can quit our jobs and live off of our totally kick-butt snowboarder daughter. She does have red hair, now it's not quite as orange as Shaun White's (aka: The Flying Tomato) but it's definitely auburn so we think it works. She's gold-medal bound. Can we say, Winter Olympics 2018!

Now, daddy is the snowboarder in the family, I just kind of go along for the ride. It's funny, of course we don't expect Sam to be a pro snowboarder or anything, but she's just so amazing that I know she'll do something great with her life and whatever it is will be the most amazing fit. But for now, we'll let her fill daddy's shoes and let her be a mini-pro-boarder in our minds ;)

ps. Doesn't 'Sam Russell' just sound like a snowboarder name?..I'm just sayin'...

6 months...already?

How on earth could my sweet little baby girl already be a half a year old? Time has flown by so so so fast, and I literally can not believe it! Today, Samantha was not in the best of moods. But, I decided to take her to get her 6 month pictures taken anyway... Even though she wasn't all that cheery, they still turned out so cute. Here's a look: