Is the weekend over already?

Well hello there, it's been a few days since my last post.
Samantha has made a 100% full recovery from her nose injury. Truth be told, she was fine before she even went to bed that night.
She's been a little crabbier than usual lately, which makes me wonder if we'll be seeing some new teeth soon. I know it isn't related to her nose, and I'm praying that this isn't going to be her permanent personality.
She's getting better and better at feeding herself. In the past, if I offered her a piece of finger food she used to just grab my wrist and pull my hand to her mouth. Now she will take the piece of food out of my hand and feed herself. She doesn't even seem to want me to feed it directly to her anymore. We're making progress!
She's also doing more cruising along the furniture and with her little 'walker' toys. They aren't the walkers that you sit her in, they are the kind that she can push. She has one at home and one at Great Grandma Shirley's, where she goes during the day. I'm not sure if my original prediction of her walking by Thanksgiving is going to happen, but we still have about a week and a half for it to happen. I'm thinking Christmas is going to be a safe bet. I'm not in a hurry for her to start walking, but she sure seems to be!
Oh, and please let us know if you need any pipe work work done. We'll send our highly recommended plumber over to you. She is going to kill me for posting pictures like this online when she's older.
On Saturday all of us girls (ladies? women? what do you call 20 something year old females without making them feel old? or like little kids?) from our small group threw a baby shower for Alicia (she's in the small group too). It was a smaller turn out than we had anticipated, but we had a great time. We played a few games, snacked on some food, and got to watch Alicia open some really fun baby gifts. I'm not going to post any pictures from the baby shower because I haven't asked any of the people in the pictures if it's okay to put them up. Sorry, you'll just have to satisfy your curiosity with a few pictures of the diaper cake and the food/gift table.
Now, back to Samantha, because I don't ever bother to ask her if I can post her pictures. :)Yikes! Another butt picture! My poor child...One final accomplishment worth mentioning, I cleaned and organized all my craft stuff in the office! I have had bags of fabric, scrap booking supplies, knitting needles, yarn, and countless other things all over the office for months. I've tried to clean it up, but have never really succeeded until Saturday. Now I even have a shelf for my sewing machines! Yes, I'm using garage shelving and diaper boxes to store everything, but it's organized and clean. I'm not the least bit worried about how fancy it is. I imagine that one day I'll have a craft room like my grandma does with cabinets and counter tops and a closet to store things in. For now I'm quite happy with my shelves.