Family Photo Shoot

photography by Emily Hart-Roberts

Daddy's Girl

Todd brought Samantha home new shoes today. Every 10 1/2 month old should have a good pair of clogs, right?

Quick Trip to Riverside

We made a quick trip down to Riverside over the weekend. My sister and her family were in town from Colorado. Samantha with her cousin's Dylan and Lauren

Samantha's first introduction to video games

Visiting my brothers kids, Alyssa and Adrianna. Samantha was not in the mood for pictures :)

While we were there my dad decided he would demonstrate the proper way to do a headstand for the kids. He proceeded to do the headstand, fell over and then became unresponsive. We thought he was having a heart attack but could not tell if he was joking or not. When we realized it was not a joke, 911 was called. Minutes later my dad began to regain consciousness and was laughing. The emergency crews arrived and his vitals checked out okay. It was determined that the position he got himself into put pressure on his carotid artery causing him to faint.

The dialogue in the room between everyone went sort of like this:

Fireman: "So Mr. Robinson, can you tell me what exactly you were doing?"

Mr. Robinson: "I was doing a headstand"

Fireman: "Was it freestyle or were you leaning up against a wall"

Mr. Robinson: "Oh I did it freestyle"

Fireman: "Interesting. Well everything checks out okay. Try and leave the breakdancing to the kids. If you would like, we can take the kids for a ride around the neighborhood in the firetruck"

Kids: "YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The 3 Amigas Are Growing Up!

They all have way more hair and it seems their posture has improved :)

March 2008:

October 2008:

Making Progress

It is all starting to come together and we feel like we see a light at the end of the tunnel. Insulation has been completed and Drywall started on Monday.

Here are some photos that I took today:

KitchenTodd pretending to cookTodd simulating how he will be able to sit at the counter and order dinner from me......(ha! ha!)
Me acting like I am cooking in my new kitchen (yes we have all gone a bit crazy during the remodel)


Master Bedroom
Master Bedroom Walk-in Closet....oh wait, that will be in my next home :)
Samantha's beautiful well lit room


Dining Room
Family Room Samantha showing us the new side gate
Cool "knee brace" detail we added to the bay window on the outside

Thank you Daddy for all your hard work

Fall Fashion

Last Christmas Samantha received these adorable boots from dear friends of ours.

At the time, Samantha was only about 4 weeks old. I remember thinking how big they looked next to her tiny little feet but could not wait until the day they fit her. Honestly, I was thinking she probably would not fit in them until she was a couple years old but since our little girl has not so little feet, at 10 months old, the boots have come out of the box just in time for fall.

We had her test them out last night:

Socialization Overload

They say that it is good for babies to socialize and Samantha definitely gets her fill of it each week. On Tuesday afternoons we attend Infant Times and on Thursday afternoons we are back at Yellow Bird Music. And in between those two activities we usually have a couple play dates with other babies too. Lot's of fun for both Samantha and I.

Here are some pictures of Infant Times:

Samantha being "shy" during the puppet show

Front and Center for Story Time
Reese and Samantha think this story is very interestingA real page turner!
Notice that every other kid is sitting with their Mom......
Baby Chaos!
Bubbles
Some kid trying to take a bite out of Samantha

Out of my way!

And here are some video's of Yellow Bird:

Shaking it at Yellow Bird

Future Drummer??