Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Pumpkin Patch
On Samantha's birthday we(Great Grandma, Grandma, Aunt Lisa and Noah) took her to the pumpkin patch to pick out her pumpkin. It was her first time to go to one. She totally loved it. The kids ran around, played in the corn bin, sliding down a big slide(over and over again), riding on some rides. We didn't get to do everything that was available. But it was awesome to see everyone have such a great time.
Samantha's 1st Birthday Party
We had Samantha's birthday party on Saturday, October 9th. It was incredible!! We couldn't of asked for a more beautiful day. Not one cloud in the sky and very hot to boot. I know, Iowa+October+Hot=Never happens! lol. But it did happen and it was all for Samantha.
We had it at the City Park in Iowa City. There was about 25-30 guests that showed up. Which was wonderful! I was expecting to be disappointed in the turn out. But, everyone that said they were coming, did. And the best guest of all was, PePa! My dad came all the way from Pittsburg to attend to her party. The last time he saw her, she was about 3 months old. It was great to see Samantha and my father together again.
We started the party off by eating, of course. The food was wonderful! Thanks to Seth's mom!!!! :)
Then Samantha got to dig into her cake. She LOVED it. She dug right in. It was so adorable to watch. She even gave me a little taste of it. :) The cakes turned out good. Her little cake was white and it was suppose to be chocolate. But oh well. She loved it anyway.
Everyone just hung out, chit chatted and played. It was a blast!
Samantha is so blessed to have so many people in her life that love her unconditionally. I hope she enjoyed her day!!
We had it at the City Park in Iowa City. There was about 25-30 guests that showed up. Which was wonderful! I was expecting to be disappointed in the turn out. But, everyone that said they were coming, did. And the best guest of all was, PePa! My dad came all the way from Pittsburg to attend to her party. The last time he saw her, she was about 3 months old. It was great to see Samantha and my father together again.
We started the party off by eating, of course. The food was wonderful! Thanks to Seth's mom!!!! :)
Then Samantha got to dig into her cake. She LOVED it. She dug right in. It was so adorable to watch. She even gave me a little taste of it. :) The cakes turned out good. Her little cake was white and it was suppose to be chocolate. But oh well. She loved it anyway.
Everyone just hung out, chit chatted and played. It was a blast!
Samantha is so blessed to have so many people in her life that love her unconditionally. I hope she enjoyed her day!!
Sunday, October 10, 2010
To Our Birthday Girl
Teddy bears and seas of blue
Smiling in honor of you
An infant, not long ago
Now, one candle is aglow
You are growing up so fast
How quickly a year has passed
You are special, sweet, and wise
A present before our eyes.
For a year, I’ve watched you shine
An angel I can call mine
Sent from Heaven, just for me
Filled with hope and dignity
A blessing, now and always
You brighten all of my days
Precious child, I love you so
More than anyone could know.
Baby’s breath and sun-filled skies
Ladybugs and lullabies
Starry nights and bright moonbeams
Tender hearts and lasting dreams
Each, a gift within your view
During this time, made for you
May only good things come your way
On this, your very first birthday.
With all our love
Mommy & Daddy
Friday, October 1, 2010
Busy...Busy...Busy
Tomorrow will be the start of a VERY busy couple of weeks.
Tomorrow we'll be doing our family photos and Samantha's 1 year photos with http://www.identity-photography.com/! This woman took pictures of Samantha about a month ago and I loved every single picture. She does wonderful work. I'm soooo excited to see how these pictures will turn out. I can't wait!
I have to work a couple days next week.
Amanda(Seth's cousin) is coming to town for Samantha's birthday party on Thursday. We can't wait to see her.
We pick up my dad(Pepa) at the airport Friday evening. We are completely ecstatic about that!! We all cannot wait to see him!!
Then Saturday is Samantha's big day! Her 1st birthday party! We're not sure how many people will be there but we're excited to see everyone who decides to come and join us on this very special day! I'm curious to see how her cake will turn out. I'm putting all my trust on hy-vee's shoulders. For food we'll be serving shredded bbq beef sandwiches, chips and we'll have punch. The theme of her party is just flowers, butterflies and bright colors. I wasn't too thrilled of any of my 1st birthday theme selections. I thought this was the best of them all. It's going to be a long but wonderful day!
Next week...
Samantha's birthday is on Monday the 11th at 8:56AM! I'm not sure what we will do on her actual birthday. Maybe we'll go to the pumpkin patch or the zoo, or we'll just stay home and hang out.
Samantha's 1 year check up is on Tuesday. I'm afraid she will be getting quite a few shots that day. :o( Hopefully we'll get the doctors okay to start her on cows milk. I'm excited to not pay $20 for formula anymore. I think $3 sounds so much better!
Then Saturday another round of pictures. We're doing more family pictures and more 1 year photos. I know...Call me crazy for having so many pictures done. But I'm obsessed about getting pictures taken of Samantha. I just love to see how they turn out and how gorgeous they always look.
Tomorrow we'll be doing our family photos and Samantha's 1 year photos with http://www.identity-photography.com/! This woman took pictures of Samantha about a month ago and I loved every single picture. She does wonderful work. I'm soooo excited to see how these pictures will turn out. I can't wait!
I have to work a couple days next week.
Amanda(Seth's cousin) is coming to town for Samantha's birthday party on Thursday. We can't wait to see her.
We pick up my dad(Pepa) at the airport Friday evening. We are completely ecstatic about that!! We all cannot wait to see him!!
Then Saturday is Samantha's big day! Her 1st birthday party! We're not sure how many people will be there but we're excited to see everyone who decides to come and join us on this very special day! I'm curious to see how her cake will turn out. I'm putting all my trust on hy-vee's shoulders. For food we'll be serving shredded bbq beef sandwiches, chips and we'll have punch. The theme of her party is just flowers, butterflies and bright colors. I wasn't too thrilled of any of my 1st birthday theme selections. I thought this was the best of them all. It's going to be a long but wonderful day!
Next week...
Samantha's birthday is on Monday the 11th at 8:56AM! I'm not sure what we will do on her actual birthday. Maybe we'll go to the pumpkin patch or the zoo, or we'll just stay home and hang out.
Samantha's 1 year check up is on Tuesday. I'm afraid she will be getting quite a few shots that day. :o( Hopefully we'll get the doctors okay to start her on cows milk. I'm excited to not pay $20 for formula anymore. I think $3 sounds so much better!
Then Saturday another round of pictures. We're doing more family pictures and more 1 year photos. I know...Call me crazy for having so many pictures done. But I'm obsessed about getting pictures taken of Samantha. I just love to see how they turn out and how gorgeous they always look.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
I'm not ready
Even though I'm so proud of my beautiful daughter. I'm not ready to have a 1 year old running around here. I just can't believe Samantha will be 1 in a couple of weeks!
I remember this ...like it was yesterday!
I miss having a itty bitty baby. Even though I'll admit it, I said I couldn't wait until she was old enough to play with and chase after. I miss the baby cuddles and the cute little first smiles and laughs. But the little baby has grown into an all-over-the-place toddler. Did I just say toddler?? Wow! I never thought I'd be saying that my baby is a toddler.
I seriously can't stress how amazing this little girl is. She's just so intelligent, funny, sweet, generous, beautiful, pure and did I mention AMAZING?!? She has filled 1 year with so much laughter, silliness, loads of smiles, some tears but mainly over-loaded it with so much love!
I remember this ...like it was yesterday!
I miss having a itty bitty baby. Even though I'll admit it, I said I couldn't wait until she was old enough to play with and chase after. I miss the baby cuddles and the cute little first smiles and laughs. But the little baby has grown into an all-over-the-place toddler. Did I just say toddler?? Wow! I never thought I'd be saying that my baby is a toddler.
I seriously can't stress how amazing this little girl is. She's just so intelligent, funny, sweet, generous, beautiful, pure and did I mention AMAZING?!? She has filled 1 year with so much laughter, silliness, loads of smiles, some tears but mainly over-loaded it with so much love!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Ear Infection
Samantha was going to stay with her Grandma last night but Grandma told me she wasn't feeling too well and that she was burning up with a slight fever. So we went to go pick her up and bring her home so Grandma and Grandpa wouldn't have to deal with her.
This morning she woke up with a 101.9 temp. So I took her to the urgent care center to see a doctor. Her temp was only 99.4 while we were there. Which is good that it dropped. but the doctor said she did have an ear infection but it wasn't bad at all. He says we caught it pretty early. Which is good.
Right now she's doing okay. She still has a low grade fever. Last time I checked it was at 100.7. She's very cranky and tired. I gave her, her bath at 8 and she was in bed by 8:45. Which is very early for her. But unfortunately I'm going to have to wake her up at 11 and give her, her medicine.
I just pray she gets over this quickly! I hate seeing her so sick.
This morning she woke up with a 101.9 temp. So I took her to the urgent care center to see a doctor. Her temp was only 99.4 while we were there. Which is good that it dropped. but the doctor said she did have an ear infection but it wasn't bad at all. He says we caught it pretty early. Which is good.
Right now she's doing okay. She still has a low grade fever. Last time I checked it was at 100.7. She's very cranky and tired. I gave her, her bath at 8 and she was in bed by 8:45. Which is very early for her. But unfortunately I'm going to have to wake her up at 11 and give her, her medicine.
I just pray she gets over this quickly! I hate seeing her so sick.
Friday, September 10, 2010
No More Bottles+Updates
Samantha has been bottle-free for a week now!!!! YAY!! She's doing so awesome. I never thought it would have been this easy. I mean, she was in love with her bottles. Where ever she was, her bottle was right there next to her.
We had to do some searching around for a sippy that she liked. We have found that she really only likes this one http://www.munchkin.com/products/detail.html?section=prodCategories&ID=10021&pID=1098. She doesn't really get the concept of tilting her head back for the "regular" sippys. Which is fine with me. If she likes it, she likes it.
As of right now she still drinks formula. We won't start cows milk until the doctor okays it at her 12 month appointment. She also drinks water....And alot of it. She's not a big juice drinker. Her doctor says that it's great that she isn't. She might have some apple juice every now and then but she's not a big fan of it or any other juices. She eats great. There's not much that she won't eat. She's a walking pro now. She has actually been trying to run! She loves being chased. She's totally in love with her Daddy. She waves bye, blows kisses, plays patty-cake with Grandma, says a few words...she actually talks a lot but, we just don't know what she's saying...lol. There's an end-less list of things.
Gosh...12 month appointment....Really??? Already?!? Seriously?!? That's coming up next month. Oh man...My baby girl is going to be one in ONE month! I already know I'm going to be an emotional wreck on her birthday...especially her birthday party. I got warned by my boss that the tears will be flying at her birthday party while everyone sings her "happy birthday". I can already feel the tears coming.
It has been a wonderful journey thus far. But we still have many more adventures to seek together. She has grown into such a beautiful, intelligent, funny little girl. Now I know what love really is and she has made me want to be a better person/friend/wife/mother. She really knows how to change a persons life. I love every inch of her. Life without her, is no life at all!
We had to do some searching around for a sippy that she liked. We have found that she really only likes this one http://www.munchkin.com/products/detail.html?section=prodCategories&ID=10021&pID=1098. She doesn't really get the concept of tilting her head back for the "regular" sippys. Which is fine with me. If she likes it, she likes it.
As of right now she still drinks formula. We won't start cows milk until the doctor okays it at her 12 month appointment. She also drinks water....And alot of it. She's not a big juice drinker. Her doctor says that it's great that she isn't. She might have some apple juice every now and then but she's not a big fan of it or any other juices. She eats great. There's not much that she won't eat. She's a walking pro now. She has actually been trying to run! She loves being chased. She's totally in love with her Daddy. She waves bye, blows kisses, plays patty-cake with Grandma, says a few words...she actually talks a lot but, we just don't know what she's saying...lol. There's an end-less list of things.
Gosh...12 month appointment....Really??? Already?!? Seriously?!? That's coming up next month. Oh man...My baby girl is going to be one in ONE month! I already know I'm going to be an emotional wreck on her birthday...especially her birthday party. I got warned by my boss that the tears will be flying at her birthday party while everyone sings her "happy birthday". I can already feel the tears coming.
It has been a wonderful journey thus far. But we still have many more adventures to seek together. She has grown into such a beautiful, intelligent, funny little girl. Now I know what love really is and she has made me want to be a better person/friend/wife/mother. She really knows how to change a persons life. I love every inch of her. Life without her, is no life at all!
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