Father's Day Weekend

Sam loves to take time to literally "smell the flowers." Everytime she walks by anything that slightly resembles flowers, she bends over and smells them. I think that it is so cute!

Attempting to smell the lamb's ears (thanks, Uncle Scott and Aunt Chris for them!)

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On Sunday, we started out the day by celebrating Father's Day with Steve. Sam loves to help open presents and cards, so I am sure that she was very excited about this event. It is hard to show how excited she really was though because she woke up with a high fever and wasn't feeling 100%. (Sidenote: I took her to the doctor today to find out why she is sick and they are still conducting a few tests to figure out the cause. They have ruled out ear infections and strep throat. We are working on the results to determine if it is possible a UTI. In the meantime, her temperature continues to be elevated and her appetite is minimal. You can just tell that my little girl is SICK).

Opening cards with Daddy


Attempting to try on Daddy's new Detroit Tigers sandals

In the afternoon, we celebrated Steve's sister's birthday at our house. We had a Mexican fiesta, complete with chicken and steak fajitas, mexican rice, mexican corn, fruit, and cake and ice cream. It was a wonderful chance to get together and the kids really enjoyed going down to the lake. Sam wasn't feeling too well, but tried to have SOME fun ...

Deb with Dennis and their family (Austin, Justin and Amberlee)

Grandpa and Grandma surprised Sam with her very own chair (a hippo!) for taking down to the beach. We did manage to catch one smile out of her yesterday and it was when she was sitting in her new chair! Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa!

A hippo chair!