Caution: Cousins At Play

On Friday, We were finally able to get Noah and Samantha together for a play date. My Mother In-Law and I took them to the park. I think it would have been more fun for Noah if Samantha was a little older. Since she can't do too much...But I think/hope they had fun together.
I also think Grandma loved having 2 out of the 3 grandkids together! :o)

Pulling Up

Samantha has been trying to pull up for about a month now. But she FINALLY did it on April 21st. I got a video of her doing it on Saturday, May 1st.
ENJOY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlP7WpmTlr8

Updates

Just writing to give you all updates on Samantha and Seth. Not much to say about me. lol.
Seth (poor guy) has had a very tough, long month. He has been sick since beginning of March. It's kinda a long story. But he found out that he has pneumonia. We went for a check up last week and they took a chest x-ray to see how the pneumonia is. He finds out that it hasn't gotten any better and that it has actually gotten a little worse. But the doctors aren't giving him anything for it. They told him to wait 2-3 weeks and if he still isn't feeling well to go back to the doctor. Well... I am NOT going along with that. I called another doctor to get a second opinion. I can't stand seeing my husband like this. I hope he gets back to his normal wonderful self soon!!!!!
As for Samantha. Oh man! She's just growing so dang fast! And she's just too smart for her own good!
She has started doing just regular crawling, finally. She normally just does an army crawl. But she has figured out how to use her arms and legs together.
She's sitting like a pro. Totally unassisted.
She can go from crawling to the sitting position and then go from the sitting position to the crawling position.
She just started pulling herself up. She can help herself stand up too.
Samantha has about 2 naps a day. Usually around 9-10am she starts getting sleepy and she sleeps until 12-1pm, then around 4ish or so and sleeps until I wake her up at 5. I give her a bath around 8-9 o'clock. Then she usually passes right out afterward. Which is around 9-10. She's sleeping through the night and wakes up around 7-8 in the morning. We are VERY lucky and VERY thankful!
She stays at her Grandma and Grandpa's house 1-2 times a week. Which she loves! And Grandma and Grandpa love it too. And I'll admit it, I do too. It's nice to have an evening with just me and my husband and it's very awesome to get to sleep in. But I do miss her when she's not here at home. It's actually kinda boring(don't tell Seth, lol)! I always feel like I need to be doing something for her! But I know Grandma has got it covered!!
This little girl is just so wonderful! I remember before she was born I was always cranky in the morning, I never wanted to get up. Now, I get up and go to her room and tell her good morning, beautiful and she smiles and waves her arms with excitement. It just warms my heart and starts my day off right.
We have been TTC #2 for a couple of months now. No sign of this happening anytime soon. Although we have pretty much skipped this month because of Seth being ill. We're still giving a shot though. Seth and I discussed that if we can't get pregnant on our own by August, I'll be getting on clomid again. Samantha will be 8 then. We'll see how it goes. Wish us luck!
I will leave you with some adorable pictures of Samantha. Couple of them are of her pulling up and the other is her with Daddy's hat on.

6 Month Pictures

Today we got Samantha's pictures taken(since we do every 3 months or so). Every time we(Grandma and I) go, I always get nervous. She doesn't do too well with strangers so I get scared that all she would do is cry. But I love the photographer there she's very patient with Samantha, thank goodness! lol. And she does very good work. Samantha did a fabulous job. She just had to warm up to the lady a little bit. :o)
Here are some of my favorites!
Enjoy!

Day at the park

Today I took Samantha to the park since it was so gorgeous out! We went straight for the swing. She just absolutely LOVES swinging! After swinging for a little while we just sat in the grass with our bare feet and soaked up the sun! It was funny to see Samantha's reaction to the grass. But she didn't mind it at all. She plucking the grass and almost ate some. lol. Then we did some sliding and went back to the swing. Then we went for a short walk. I had a wonderful time with my little girl. I always love seeing her have a good time! :o)

6 Month Check Up

Samantha had her 6 month check up yesterday. She's doing beautifully! She weighs 16 1/4 lbs(50 percentile) and 26 1/2 inches long(80 percentile) She's getting so big! I remember when this little girl was 7lbs and in newborn clothes. And look at her now! She's 16lbs and in 3-6 to 9 months clothes. Uggghh... But it has been wonderful just watching her grow and learn.
Anyway...about the appointment (well not too much to say, really)
Her doctor said she's doing wonderful. He didn't say anything about stopping anything but He did say to explore more foods with her. Which is a *thumps up*! Can't wait to see her reactions to some different foods.
She had to get 2 more shots. :o( She did very well though. She cried for a minute and I picked her up and she stopped crying. I actually didn't ball my eyes out though. I had tears wellin up but I didn't cry.
Her next appointment is in 3 months. She'll be 9 months then. But I think she gets a break from shots at that appointment, thank goodness!
Next week we're getting her 6 month pictures taken! I CANNOT WAIT!!! I think we're going to do a spring theme and maybe the bath tub theme. But we'll see. I'm just so excited to get these done! I hope she cooperates!

6 Months Old Today

So it's been six months since I went through the life changing experience of becoming a new mommy. I can't believe it! Six months? It's amazing how fast time flies. I look back at videos and pictures I've taken of Samantha in the past 6 months and I am in awe in how much she has grown, changed, and developed. I feel so blessed to be able to witness everything with her this far. Sure, it was rough in the beginning. From nursing obstacles, hormonal changes, becoming a new Mom that has never changed a diaper in her life, to figuring out how to balance my relationship with Seth as parents. Roller coaster of emotions, indeed. But like with everything in life, it has it's ups and downs. Definitely more ups though.

As parents, I don't think anyone is ever an "expert" at it. I think you learn new things everyday whether your child is 6 months, 6 years, or 16 years old. And as being new parents we are trying our hardest to be as great of parents as my father was to me and as Seth's parents were to him. Sure, we'll make mistakes and we'll learn from them. Samantha deserves the best so she'll get it!

She has a wonderful daddy, grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins that love her to death! She's so blessed to have all of these people in her life! And we are all blessed to have her in ours!

A little poem

The Day You Were Born



The day you were born
our worlds changed,
we were all on that train
but our destinations weren't the same.
Immediately as you arrived
you set about to change our lives,
so much joy the room couldn't hold
when God made you, he broke the mold.
Babe with beauty that is so true
we knew there'd never be another you.
The angels sent you from up above
so many people here... to give you love.
There will be many firsts for you
we know that you have much to do.
Still we marvel at the way
you came into our lives that day.
To make a new mommy and daddy be
a happy couple for all to see,
then of course the grandparents too
they couldn't wait to get their hands on you.
So thank you baby, for the joy you give
but especially for making... better people live!