Those Were The Days

Samantha was feeling reminiscent of the old days when she saw this swing. It is the same swing she used to have when she was a wee little one. She was grabbing at the fish and then climbed right in. I think she would've stayed in there for awhile if we let her. How cute is she? And there's Elmo looking on from behind. Elmo is one of Samanthas new favorites. When she first got TMX Elmo for Christmas she was scared of him but now she loves him. She's an Elmo (I mean Melmo) girl. She has TMX, Hokey Pokey, Spanish Elmos. She has a phone, books, and probably other toys I can't remember. She just woke up from her nap and wants me to hold her. I'm going to go see if I can get her to play with her toys. But she is just too cute, she's hear listening to music and saying la la la, while swaying back and forth. Oh yeah, she's also throwing everything from my desk on the floor, that's not so cute. Gotta go, more later...

Late Resolutions

Okay, so I did make some sort of resolutions this year. I don't totally believe in resolutions, because any time of year you can choose some things to work on, the ones that have to do with me as a person are: be more organized, keep careful track of budgeting, keep to my cleaning schedule, read more, and of course exercise, or at least eat well. Some of those most people probably say, then I have some regarding Samantha.

- Make an effort to always tell Samantha what things are to help her learn more words. She's doing great so far. When she points and makes a grunting noise, stop her and teach her the word that she wants to say.
- Make more of an effort to read with her. We read every night, but sometimes it's 1 book sometimes 4. I want to give her time to play with her board books, let her get used to looking at pictures in books and turning the pages and not be in a hurry. Also I want to read with her in the morning and for at least 15 minutes before bed.
- Get rid of the pacifier. I've mentioned this before. I'm now keeping one in the car, but only giving it to Sam if she desperately needs it. The rest are staying in the crib. If we lose them that's it we're going cold turkey. I'm not buying anymore!
- Be conscious every day of making sure she is getting a balanced diet (I'm pretty good with this but I just want to keep it up as she gets older).
- Of course, work on walking as always. Congratulate her whenever she does it so she continues.
- Limit TV time. I always said no TV but she loves Elmo so much that I just bought her a Elmo DVD. I figure it's better to have that to watch every so often then to turn on the TV and just watch whatever show is on. So now she's allowed to watch Elmo, I guess. She calls him Melmo. It's really cute, I couldn't resist getting it for her.

Sam and her kitty

One of Samantha's favorite words is kitty. She yells it over and over again whenever she sees a cat or anything that resembles a cat. Since she loves the cat so much one day we decided to let her watch the cat eating. First she watched and repeated kitty over and over again. Then she picked up the food and tried to feed the cat. Oh, look how cute that is, we said. Although the cat was not amused, leave me alone and let me eat, she was thinking. The cat is great with her, she can do anything, sleep on her, pet her, and the cat loves the attention. However then she tried to eat the cat food too. That's where we drew the line, we told her no, but she kept trying, I guess she liked it. She doesn't get to watch the cat eating anymore...

Be prepared...

You are about to experience dangerous amounts of cuteness...

New carseat

New carseat, big girl. The old pic is her first day in her carseat coming home from the hospital.

Dec. 19th '05 and '06

Future Artist

My only new pictures

I know you want something different, but I have nothing else. I'll try to take new pics tomorrow. She's still a cutie...

Favorite Toy

Yes, we are still playing with the chick costume. It is so funny, how could you not love it? Samantha wears it, I wear it and she laughs. We'll be playing with this thing for the next 5 years. Apparently my $18.50 purchase was my best buy of the year. And Tim thinks Samantha gets spoiled...no way.

Taking Her Job Seriously

Here's Samantha helping to decorate the tree.

This Time Last Year...

.. I was anxiously waiting for Samantha's arrival. I was pretty miserable at this point, hoping every day would be "IT". It wasn't... not yet anyway. I wasn't working anymore due to high blood pressure and I was walking 2 hours a day in the hope that it would help Samantha to make her entrance... it didn't. Oh yeah, and for those of you who remember I wasn't answering phone calls because I didn't want to hear the question, "Are you having the baby yet?"

Sleepless Baby

Sam has woken up at 5 today for the 3rd day in a row. This does not make me happy. This has to stop happenning. Please help...
I'm leaving you with pics from last year the week she was born. My how she has grown!

New pics

Pumpkin picking

We havae lots more pics of pumpkin picking. Sam had a great time. Will post more later...

Sam on the Move

My Daughter Being A Doggy

Sam ready to use the subway