Sam’s first bed

| July 22, 2009

A while ago I promised pictures of the bassinet that Sam will be sleeping in for a little while.  As you may recall from my earlier post, Mark’s maternal grandfather, Flavion, built a bassinet for Mark to sleep in when he was born.  Flavion built a lot of beautiful things, and we have a few of those pieces in our home (including the record cabinet that houses all of the records in Sam’s Soundtrack), but we think this is one of the most special.  Not only did Mark sleep there, but so did Maria and Krista.  Now a whole new generation of Myers munchkin will get to sleep there too : ) 

I was never able to meet Flavion, as he passed away quite a long time ago, but Mark talks about him frequently so sometimes I feel like I know him.  And now Sam will, in this way, know her great-grandpop too.  All of the music that Mark plays for Sam is in large part due to his grandfather as well, as he shared Mark’s love of music and I think helped to foster this appreciation in Mark.

Here are some photos of the bassinet. Mark and I can’t believe how great it looks after over 35 years.

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And here are some photos of Mark in the bassinet.  Wasn’t he a little cutie?

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First peek at the nursery

| July 11, 2009

Here is a small peek of the nursery. You can see one of the wall colors we chose. The quality inspector came by to inspect the rocking chair restoration we did to Pam’s grandmother’s rocker chair. We had to strip off all the years of smoky grunge, re-glued up the joints, and then painted it a nice baby blue. The quality inspector gave us a pass.

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Cousin Maddox

| July 4, 2009

Here are some more photos of Sam’s cousin Maddox, click the pic for more!

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Sam’s cousin Maddox has arrived!

| June 27, 2009

On June 26, 2009 at 8:55 a.m. Maddox Ray Burke arrived in the world and he is absolutely adorable!  Congratulations Krista and Adam on a beautiful baby boy!  Sam is going to love playing with her cousin and I sincerely hope they are the best of friends.  Seeing all of you last night and how incredibly happy you were makes me wish that I could see Sam right now : )  But I know she will be here before I know it, so I am content to wait until it is her time.  Both of our babies are so lucky to be welcomed into such loving families who want them so much.  We are all truly blessed.  We love you, Maddox!

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Thank God for friends…..

| June 2, 2009

I am currently sitting at my desk at work and just got scolded by my dear friend, Amber, for not drinking the (unopened) bottle of water that has been sitting on my desk all morning. She said if it wasn’t for her, poor Sam would be *walking* around in my uterus instead of *swimming* around like other babies!  So, she stood here and watched until I drank at least half, which I reluctantly did (blech – I really don’t like water).

Amber is always bugging me to drink more water, and she always has, even before I was pregnant with the little one.  It is always kind of funny.  But it made me think about how lucky I am to have my friends with me every day at work — Amber, Sue, and Nerine are the best!  They have been with me through so much and have always been supportive in my seemingly never-ending quest to be a mom.  They let me lean on them and cry when I was frustrated at my lack of motherhood, and again let me lean on them some more when I finally got my wish and found out I was having a child, only to be so afraid of anything and everything that could go wrong that I almost couldn’t enjoy it.

My pals have always been able to make me laugh when I want to cry, and to talk me down off the proverbial ledge when I feel like I am losing my mind.  It’s been an amazing 6 years with you guys, and I truly appreciate how amazing each of you are.

And I can’t forget my other friends who are not with me all day at work anymore, but are still the most supportive and wonderful bunch that I could ask for — Debbi, Theresa, Dara, and Karen. Thanks to everyone for being so wonderful : )  I couldn’t do it without you.