Sleep? Who needs sleep?

...apparently not Samantha. Here it is 10 minutes after midnight and she is still going strong. She has been in her room having conversations with herself/her stuffed animals for 2 hours. It's pretty funny to listen to on the monitor when you don't let yourself think about your 3 year old who is having a party at midnight. For the first little bit tonight she just kept saying things like "It's almost Christmas" "Christmas is going to be here soon" and then she was fussing at her Cookie Monster - "Don't sit on my tummy." Then we heard "I'm sleepy" followed by "It's okay baby, just go to sleep." That was over an hour ago though.

She's been complaining of her ear hurting all evening, so I gave her motrin before bed, but obviously it hasn't done anything to calm her down. Anyway, I figured since I'm still up, I might as well share a few random pictures from the last couple of weeks.

One day we got home from school/work and the puppies were just extra excited to see Samantha. She sat down on the stairs and they immediately sat next to and behind her to give her kisses and get pets. Of course they moved by the time I grabbed the camera, but I went ahead and snapped a few shots anyway.

This is how Samantha wanted to pose...I can't decided if I should be scared or not...

We were home earlier this week with another fever/cold that turned into pink eye. This was the day of the fever, but by afternoon the fever was gone and sassy girl was ready for the camera. I tried to get a few pictures by the window to get some natural light.

Check out the hair! The second one is her "grumpy face"

"Angry face" and showing off her new winking skill

Smirking like her daddy and her "happy face"