Manipulation

Sam quickly mastered the manipulative cry. She's got crocodile tears down. Here's an example - it's not a great example but it shows a bit of her skills:

New Favorite Chore

Sam likes to help Kirk with all kinds of chores. The latest favorite is sweeping the floor.

Trip to Atlanta

This weekend we took a trip to Atlanta to spend some time with Grandpa Hughes in the hospital. He was in a motorcycle accident in September and has been laid-up since then. He's rapidly improving at a facility in Atlanta and Sam can finally visit so we headed to Atlanta to lift his spirits. We bought Grandma Hughes a ticket down to Atlanta for her birthday so we could all spend a weekend together at Christy's house. While Kirk and I were at the hospital, Grandma and Christy took Sam to the park and took these adorable pictures.

Back at Christy's house, they decided to have a disco dance party. I'm sure she'll love me for posting these pictures but here's Grandma having fun with Sam.

Sam's First Graduation

For the last 6 weeks, we've been taking Sam to a Baby Sign Language class. It finished up the other night and they had graduation. Here's a picture of Sam with Beebo the Baby Signs Bear.

Sam is really picking up on the sign language too. She knows probably 10-15 signs and uses them to communicate with us. It's so fun to finally get some insight into what's going on in that brain of hers! And to know that she understands us (though now we also know that she chooses to ignore us quite often - already).