The best part of the day!

Meet Sami.

Sami has the entire family wrapped around her little finger!

I'm pretty positive that we all feel the same way. She is just the most gregarious, happy child that one can imagine. At 22 months, she has facial expressions and personality that often comes only with those that are 3 or older.

She is just learning to talk. Sissy is horse. ooster is rooster. side is outside. baba is grandpa. didi is tiffany. And so on.

When anyone comes in the door, she will smile her big smile and say... 'hello'. Not hi or anything simpler, she simply says, 'hello'. She will come running to just about anyone and give them a big hug. If you ask for kisses, she will give you a big kiss.

She loves strawberry milk and grandmas jack in the box. Every time it pops up, she responds with surprise. Her favorite person is grandpa, though. And she loves to sit on his lap and eat Sunday dinner, or put his pen in his mouth so he can spit it back out. She especially loves helping grandpa in his office; balancing the checkbook is her specialty.

Sami isn't always sweet, however. She has a temper and she is tricky. :) She knows that grandmas computer is off limits. Well, it was pretty quiet in the kitchen the other day, and so grandma went to check things out. Sami was getting ready to push as many buttons as she could, before grandma found her. Grandma just smiled and said 'uh, oh Sami.' Sami very demurely smiled back and looked at grandma, as she wagged her finger at her. Then, with a huge grin, proceeded to push buttons on the computrer.

Sami, it seems, will wiggle her way into every heart that comes her way.