She crawls!

Deprived Child

Poor Samantha, will someone buy her a toy already? She has nothing to play with...

Weekend

Well we have been so busy. Last night we had dinner at the beach with Sams friends from playgroup. Sam was the only girl, she was there with Otto, Owen, Yves, and Leiland. We had a good time but Sam was a little crabby because she has the worlds worst diaper rash (I know you wanted to know that). Today we're going to Emma Kate's 2nd birthday party!!! Samantha is so excited because Cinderella will be there! Tomorrow we will be hanging out in Long Island and Monday we're going to the doctor in Brooklyn. So we'll be back Monday night. We promise to update then...

My cute family

Katie & Mike Engagement Pics Part One

busy busy...

well we have been so busy. We had my sisters Engagement Party and then we went to the Cape. We have lots of pictures to show you but I'm having some computer problems so it's taking some time to get them up and running. We also have lots of parties in the next few weeks and lots to do. My to do list is:
1 - Print all my pictures and put in album
2 - Find a job
3 - Buy bday gifts for Ava and Emma Kate
4 - Plan Baptism for Samantha
5 - Get Samanthas ears pierced
6 - Start my house search

I know, a lot to do, right?

Cape - Part One

One more...

We also saw Sams cousins Ryan and Nicholas this weekend. They love playing with her, Nick especially loves showing Sam how to play with her toys. We'll see you guys soon!

Sams dress

Pictures

Our Weekend - Part Tres

We went to the Kaers on Sunday to see Aunt Denise, Uncle Kevin, Sara, and Madison. Sam played with her cousins and Madison even fed her for me so I got a break! Sam started whining a little, then someone said, do you think she's tired, I said probably, then looked down and she was asleep in about a second! It was so funny. And she really looked like a sweet innocent little angel. But we all know that's not really true...

Yummy

I'm finally getting used to Sam eating cookies and I'm not totally nervous. I still check her mouth a lot to make sure she doesn't have a lot in there. But what everyone told me is true, it really does dissolve. She really does love them...

My kid is cuter than yours...

sorry but it's so true, don't you agree? The evidence is all right here on this blog.


Samantha has just starting really playing with toys, she gets so excited with toys she likes, she kicks, and makes funny noises. It is so cute...

Weekend Part Deux

On Friday Sam and I drove to Campbell Hall NY to visit our friend Ellen. Ellen has goats, sheep, chickens, and roosters. It was so neat. Sam had a great time with the animals and she even pet the goat! Samantha was the entertainment of the party. The best part of bringing Sam along to places when other kids are not there is that she really is the entertainment and everyone wants to hold and play with her, so it kind of gives me a break. The hardest part is bedtime in a strange place, she always seems to have trouble going to sleep when we're out, I guess that's understandable. It's a lot more noisy than she's used to and she's sleeping in a different bed. Well we had a great time, and can't wait to go back!

We have a lot of exciting things coming up this summer, Katie's engagement party, a trip to Cape Cod, Emma's birthday party, Ava's birthday party, and a wedding! We have something every weekend, I think Sam needs some new clothes for all the occasions!

This Weekend Part One

One of the many things we did this weekend was go to my friend Lisa's shower. How cute does she look? She looks great and is due in only 6 weeks. It is so exciting. Sam will have a little new friend to play with. We went and helped out at Lisa's baby shower and Sam was so well behaved. She sat on the floor and played and smiled at everyone and practiced her crawling. She was just so good I almost couldn't believe it. And, she napped! Can you believe that? I know, it's amazing. She napped on her own for over an hour and during mealtime which was a real bonus. I actually got to eat a full meal without interruptions. More on the weekend to come...

CIO

Doesn't this little girl look so sweet and innocent? Well after talking with someone this weekend whose son rolls over and goes to sleep completely on his own and decided Samantha needs to do the same thing. I have been rocking her to sleep for too long. So tonight I put her in and she was practically asleep. Well she woke up and starting crying...and crying...and crying. She cried for 1 hour! Can you believe it? She finally fell asleep after crying for so long. Every 15 minutes I went in and rubbed her back and told her it was okay. When I was in there she was quiet but as soon as I left she would cry like crazy. Well we got through the first night, which I hear is the worst. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I am detemined to have a perfect little angel who goes to sleep by herself in a week or so. Wish us luck...

Confession

So I have a confession to make, I have not lost all my baby weight. I pretend that I have but in reality I have not. So by telling all of you this secret I figure you can ask me how I'm doing so that hopefully I'll be motivated to lose the weight. I didn't care all that much, it's about 7 pounds. Then when our anniversary past a few days ago I was looking at honeymoon pictures and realized how I looked so much thinner. So here's a picture of me on my honeymoon, and here's one of me last year on our anniversary, obviously pregnant. Today I did great. I exercised, ate well, and feel good about my day. I'm keeping a food and exercise log in the hope that when you write things down it will motivate you to do well. Wish me luck, I think I'll lose it in no time.

Happy Weekends~

Sam and I have a busy weekend. We are off to Campbell Hall, NY for a party tomorrow, but first we have playgroup in the morning. Then we have a baby shower in Garden City on Saturday and we'll be home on Sunday. We'll take lots of pics! Today we made some corn and after taking it off the cob Sam was going crazy trying to eat it. How cute is this? Have a good weekend everyone!

Learning Every Day

Samantha is getting so big it's hard to believe. She is "creeping", also known as "kind of sort of crawling". I think any day now she'll be really crawling. She is holding her bottle like a pro. Lately when she's tired she has been scratching herself in the same spot. This was really bothering me because she would always have some sort of scratch there. I would put my hand under hers so that she couldn't scratch it. Finally I started putting a blankie in her hand. That seems to be working. Instead of scratching herself she is holding the blankie and rubbing it on her face. Much better, and now Sam doesn't wind up looking like she got in a fight with the cat. I wish I was kidding but seriously sometimes it would look really bad. If I cut her nails, they're sharp and she scratches herself, if they're not freshly cut she still scratches herself. It doesn't matter! And I know, they make those mittens but she's too big for them, she doesn't like them, and neither do I! We'll update you later but I think for now we have the problem solved.

Happy Anniversary!

Happy 3rd Anniversary Mom & Dad! You look so happy in this picture of you on your honeymoon, it's hard to believe in only 3 short years you are so much happier with me in your lives! I love you!
Love, Sam