Great Visit to Great Grandma, Great Aunt Denise and Great Uncle Paul

Samantha and I finally got to make a special visit to Buffalo. Snow storms and sickness kept getting in our way. It felt so good to finally be there and to have this time with Samantha, like I did with Addie when she was around the same age.

 Great Grandma Maitre and Samantha at 15 months

Great Grandma was delighted to see us and Samantha had a blast being pushed around in Grandma's wheel chair. Samantha was a celebrity at the nursing home, with the residents so full of joy to see a baby, especially the surprise of seeing her instead of an older friend in on wheels :-)

We had super yummy pizza and wings and enjoyed a nice evening with Grandma and the whole Gilden family except missing cousing Jason. Sam had a blast playing with Uncle Paul and Aunt Denise. She was a bit afraid of doggie Kramer, so we'll have to save those snuggles for our next visit. Sam is still cautious about things she is not familiar with or that seem unpredictable to her but she warmed up very quickly to Aunt Denise and Uncle Paul and gave nice kisses to Great Grandma.

Sam's language started exploding when we were on this trip. I think it  was partially the novelty and excitement of everything.
Jess