Samantha's first blog

pamelamyers | November 27, 2009

Sam is smiling and talking so much now — it is just hard to capture on film or video because her smiles are so quick that they are gone before you know it.  Today she was in her bouncer chair talking and cooing up a storm.  I have decided that right now, her favorite thing to say is, “aahhoooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!”   Whatever that means : )  But she very definitely says it a lot.  Here are a few pics of her smiles.  She can smile a lot bigger and her whole face lights up and her eyes crinkle, but I wasn’t able to get that on film today.  But she is adorable, nonetheless.

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pamelamyers | November 27, 2009

Sam celebrated her first Thanksgiving yesterday.  Wow.  Do we ever have things to be thankful for this year!  Mark and I can’t believe how different this holiday was.  We always enjoy getting together with our families for the big meal, but there was just something different about this year.  Having Sam, and Maddox, and everyone we love around us made this year so special.  I was sitting at the table holding her in my arms, and never felt so happy in all my life.  I will always be so incredibly grateful for what I have been given, even if it took forever for me to receive it.  Mark always says that in life, he always seems to get what he wants, eventually.  It just is a long, hard road there. I know exactly what he means. It took forever it seems for me to find Mark, and forever for us to have Samantha, but everything we have is so wonderful.  An incredible, supportive, loving family, a beautiful home, good friends, good jobs, you name it.  We are the luckiest people in the world.

Here are some pictures from the big day.  Here are Sam and Maddox, posing for a formal picture.  Sam’s dress is courtesy of my good friend Debbi, who brought it to her recently when she came to meet Sam.  Krista’s husband, Adam, thought with the green dress and red hair she looked very Irish — and he approved heartily!  The little ones were actually holding hands while sitting there, which you would be able to see if Maddox wasn’t kicking his foot.  So, so cute : )

Here are Mark and I with our little one out front in our yard.

The proud grandmas……

And the proud grandpas….

Dinner was delicious!  Everyone chipped in and brought one thing, as usual.  We all stuffed our faces until we were ready to pop!  Well, Sam didn’t…but Maddox had sweet potatoes!

Here are some other pics from the day.  I hope everyone had as wonderful a Thanksgiving as we did!

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pamelamyers | November 24, 2009

Yesterday, Mark and I took Samantha to the Springfield Mall for her first visit with Santa.  We had a talk before we left the house and I told Sam that she didn’t have to smile, because that would be asking a lot, but all I ask is that she try to look at the camera and, please, don’t cry.  She listened, which is not surprising, since she is sitting on Santa’s lap — that’s no time to be bad!  She’s no fool!  I can’t wait for Christmas this year.  Last year was not a great one for me and Mark…we had just found out Muffin was sick (although, thankfully, and surprisingly, he is still with us!), and we were so depressed about still not having a child.  What a difference from last year!  I don’t think Sam will really appreciate what Christmas is this year, she is really too small, but we certainly will appreciate how things have changed in our lives, and how lucky we are to have her.  I think her favorite part of Christmas will be all the lights, since she is attracted to light whether it is on her toys or just a bright, sunny day out the window. I plan on hanging a million!

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pamelamyers | November 22, 2009

On Thursday, November 19, Sam went to the doctor for her 2 month visit.  Everything was going as usual — she was happy until I undressed her and laid her on the table, but she quickly calmed down.  I am happy to report that my little munchkin is now 9 pounds, 13 ounces and is 22.5 inches!  It is hard to believe she is almost 10 pounds since she is still such a tiny little baby.  The doctor said she is growing perfectly : )  Then came the awful part….the beginning of her vaccines.  She had to get 3 shots and some drops.  The doctor gave her the drops first which she actually seemed to love and even the first shot she didn’t even flinch.  The doctor told me that the next one would be worse because they don’t even seem to register the first shot, but by the second one they do.  Boy did she register that shot!  I never, ever heard Sam scream like she did then.  It was so horrible!!  She was crying so loud that she couldn’t even breathe and her face was turning purple : (  I felt so bad for her.  All I could do is stroke her head while she was getting her shots and then wrap her in a soft blanket and hug her when it was over.  Even the doctor said that Sam’s cry is probably the biggest one she will hear all day.  Thankfully, she stopped crying pretty quickly after I started hugging her.  She did pretty well at home.  She was a little fussy, but she ate and went to sleep ok that night.  I thought it might be a long night with her waking up every few hours, but she slept really well.  I think the Tylenol helped a lot (she also seems to really like Tylenol — a new flavor (cherry) must be exciting after eating nothing but formula). For the last few days she has been really stuffy and snotty, which I hope is just a reaction to all the shots.  Poor baby is sneezing like crazy.  If she is not better, or starts showing any other symptoms, I guess I am calling the doctor on Monday…..

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pamelamyers | November 18, 2009

A few days ago we were hanging out at home and a rather large box arrived addressed to Samantha.  We couldn’t imagine what it could be, or who it was from.  The return address was completely unfamiliar, but of course we opened it anyway!  It was a beautiful, personalized rocking chair, Sam sized, with a nice note, “Welcome Home Samantha” from Anapol Schwartz!  Mark and I were so surprised — it was such a sweet gesture.  Mark quickly attached the seat to the rockers and I sat Sam in it so that she could try it out.  She looks like she likes it to me!  She actually surprised me when she sat up so nicely….

Thanks again to a wonderful group of people.  I am really so lucky to work at such a terrific place with people who are so nice, not only to me, but to my family : )

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