pamelamyers | December 28, 2009

Just a few hours ago, Sam achieved yet another big milestone — she rolled completely over!  She has been rolling onto her side a lot when she is in her crib or on her playmat, and she likes to sleep that way now so we have been trying to get her out of the habit of being swaddled to sleep at night.  She was lying on her playmat tonight just rolling around and I said to Mark, “she is going to go all the way over soon, she is almost there” and just like that, while we were watching, she flipped over from her back to her belly!  It was very exciting!  She seemed so shocked, then got upset when she couldn’t roll back.  I have a feeling that is going to be happening a lot now, so we’ll always have to be close to come to her rescue!

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pamelamyers | December 28, 2009

This Christmas was the most special one that Mark and I have ever had.  Sam made everything so wonderful.   It was so nice waking up on Christmas morning to Sam’s smiling face.  Here are some pictures from our Christmas Eve and Day.

First of all, here is a picture of her first Christmas tree. Every year, our tree is a little different.  Some years we use clear lights, some years multi-colored ones, some years ribbon, other years not, etc.  The very first Christmas tree Mark and I ever had together we decorated with purple and clear lights, with purple ribbon, so we decided to do the same for Samantha’s first tree.

This is our house at night.

On Christmas Eve, we took some family photos.  Our parents were here, so we got some nice pics of Sam with her grandparents.  They traditionally come over to our house every year on Christmas Eve so that they can visit with each other, since they don’t see each other on Christmas day.

Sam is wearing her very cute baby’s first Christmas jammies that our neighbors, Joe and Debbie, gave to her.  They have reindeer feet and a reindeer face on her butt 🙂

Here are the proud grandparents.

Before everyone arrived, we also took some pics with our other babies, Zephyr and Muffin.  Muffin is being his usual cooperative self…

Sam’s stocking (in the middle) was hung by the chimney with care…

then Mark read her The Night Before Christmas, as we had planned, before she was tucked into bed to wait for Santa.  It was really sweet.  She looked at the book so intently the whole time he was reading it.

Christmas morning, we opened gifts at home before starting our trek to both of our parents’ houses. As you can see, she is wearing her other new set of Christmas jammies.  She is one stylish little girl!

Sam gave her daddy some pancake molds so that he could make her shapes, and she gave him some photos we had taken while he was in Germany of her in an angel outfit.  Sam gave me a necklace with a bunny on it because I always call her my little bunny.

Sam got a lot of presents including this adorable puzzle that Mark brought back from Germany.

 

At Mark’s parents’ house, Mark took this picture of his parents with all their grandkids.

Poor Sam was so exhausted, she collapsed into her crib while the rest of us were opening presents and eating our raviolis!

Here is one last picture of Sam checking out one of her outfits at my parents house. The poor little tyke was so tired by the end of the day, we didn’t get a lot of pictures of her once we left our house.  But all in all I think she had a great first Christmas.  We all can’t wait for next year, when she is toddling all around and tearing off her own wrapping paper.  Every year will be better than the last and we can’t wait.

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markmyers | December 26, 2009

Samantha turned three months on Wednesday, December 23rd. I can’t believe she is three months already, it seems like we brought her home just yesterday. She has brought so much joy to our lives and we are incredibly grateful to have such a wonderful child. She smiles constantly and makes so many unique and wonderful expressions that Pam and I can just watch her for hours.

In celebration of her three month birthday, I wanted to take some special photographs of her. I have been experimenting lately with a home studio setup and recently upgraded my equipment to increase my versatility. I got myself some new studio lights (Alien Bees) for Christmas and my mom gave me a cool softbox for Christmas called a Softlighter. The upgrade is working out great so far; the lights have plenty of power for me to take multiple photos in rapid succession which is really great because Sam’s expressions change by the second. The softbox gave me fantastic light right from the start and it will be a lot of fun to further experiment with it.

Today was our first attempt at using the new equipment with Sam and I think the results look great! I couldn’t decide which photograph I liked the best so click on the photograph below to see a small gallery of her cutest poses. Once you are on the new page, you will see an index of prints.  You can click each print to see a larger photo and then return to the blog by clicking the link at the top of the photo page.  Enjoy!

Click the photograph for more!

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pamelamyers | December 24, 2009

I have been reading some books to Sam, but for the longest time it didn’t seem she was paying much attention. Recently though, she actually seems like she is paying attention so it is getting to be more fun.  The first book I read her (ever) was “If You Give A Cat A Cupcake” by Laura Numeroff.  I have also read her:

“I Am A Bunny” by Richard Scarry, which was one of my favorite books when I was little.  Richard Scarry was, and is, one of my favorite children’s authors. 

“Kitten’s Christmas” by Dick McCue

“Christmas Mice” also by Richard Scarry. 

As you can see, Christmas books are high on our list right now : )  We plan on reading her “The Night Before Christmas” tonight, and every Christmas Eve for as long as she will let us. I think it will be a nice tradition.  Anyway, here is a picture of me reading to her the newest book on her bookshelf, “That’s Not My Snowman” by Fiona Watt.  Since she has been showing some interest in the books, and reaching out for the pages, I wanted to get her a “Pat the Bunny” type of book.  The snowman book has textures on each page for her to touch.  I hope she loves to read as much as I do!

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pamelamyers | December 23, 2009

I can’t believe that my little Samantha is 3 months old already.  The time has flown by so fast.  Everyone always tells me to enjoy every minute because it will be over before you know it and she will be so grown up and they are right.  She seems so big compared to when she was born (even though she is still pretty little).  Sam has changed so much since she was born.  She is so much more aware now, she has such a personality, and every day it seems she learns or does something new.  Christmas is only 2 days away, and she is just the best present I could ever have hoped for.  I’m glad Santa delivered her early so I can enjoy her on Christmas day 🙂

This morning, we were in her room and she was smiling and talking to me, and the house was so quiet except for the two of us and I just marvelled at how perfect she is and how lucky I am.  Being a mom is the best job in the entire world.  Even the worst days are pretty darn good.  I am so grateful that I am able to have this experience.  In the three months I have gotten to know Samantha, I have learned a lot, about her, and about myself.  Therefore, I have created the following list:

Things Being Sam’s Mom Has Taught Me

1.  Time is fleeting, so enjoy each minute for what it is.  Find something good in every moment.

2.  Know what is important and don’t get caught up in the non-essentials.  It’s not worth it.

3.  A baby’s smile can make even the saddest person happy.

4.  Knowing how to instantly make my child stop crying makes me feel smarter and more competent than any task I could ever perform at work.

5.  A hug can fix anything.

6.  Being thin and having a flawless body are overrated.  My c-section scar and any leftover weight are things to be proud of.  This body nurtured and brought my child into the world.  It is amazing.

7.  The world can be pretty great and people can be kind.  You just have to let them.

8.  Never give up hope.  Miracles do happen when you least expect them.

9.  Family and friends are essential.  Lean on them, and appreciate anything they can do for you.

10. You can have it all.  Not necessarily at the same time, but you can have it all.  So enjoy what you have when you have it.

Thank you, Sam.  You have changed my life forever.

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