Samantha's first blog

pamelamyers | April 21, 2010

Poor Sam has had such a week!  She is teething really badly.  Since this weekend, she has seemed so uncomfortable.  She hasn’t been napping, she doesn’t want to eat, and she is waking up at night again. The worst part is that when she wakes up at night, she wakes up crying, which just breaks my heart.  She has never been a crier, but she has been crying a lot lately and it is so sad. 

Mark is away this week (home tomorrow, thank God!) and after taking him to the airport on Sunday, Sam finally fell asleep in the car.  It was the first she had slept all day and it was late in the afternoon, and she was exhausted.  She had only been asleep for about 20 minutes when I was approaching home.  I decided I couldn’t go home and wake her up, because as much as she needed to sleep, I needed her to sleep for my sanity!  So I drove around and around and around my neighborhood for over 20 minutes so she could keep sleeping.  I felt like a lunatic.  There were people outside doing yard work and I swear I passed some of them so many times that I think they probably thought I was casing their house!  My mom says anyone with kids would totally understand.  I am sure she is right.

I started giving her a lot of Tylenol, letting her chew non-stop on the frozen teething rings, and my mom got some baby Orajel, and all those things seem to be helping.  She only woke up once last night, and I honestly don’t think she was hurting, or even hungry, I think she just had to burp! She went back to sleep really fast, and then was a happy, smiley baby this morning when I went in to get her. She is so sweet.  Despite all her woes, she still tries so hard to be happy. She was giggling up a storm a few times in the last couple of days.

Speaking of giggling, I think it’s really funny that lately she has just started cracking herself up.  She starts laughing really loud at what seems to be nothing. I mean, there must be something she finds funny, but who knows what it is. She can just be sitting on your lap and then all the sudden she starts hysterically laughing and won’t stop. It is the cutest thing ever.  I love her giggles, especially when they are unprompted.  She laughs so freely, and so often and unexpectedly.  We are so lucky to have such a happy baby.  I just hope her teeth pop soon so she can go back to being happy all the time!

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pamelamyers | April 21, 2010

Mark and I were in a local toy store recently (which Sam LOVED – she was so happy to be in there, she kept laughing and smiling) and Mark decided that Sam needed a ball, since she doesn’t have one.  He has been playing with her rolling the ball to her to see if she can understand the concept of rolling it, or even kicking or pushing it, back to him.  So far, she doesn’t quite get it, but she seems to like it all the same.  Here are some pics of her playing with it the other day.

In the second picture she is so obviously watching Zephyr.  It is funny how just recently she has become so aware of the cats in her life, Zephyr of course, and also my mom’s two cats, Blackie and Bella.  When they come into the room, she actually sort of squeals in delight.  She does that now with anything that she is especially pleased with.  She used to just smile at things, but now she actually makes the cutest noises.  It’s like she can’t contain herself.  Sam seems to like animals of all kinds (which Mark and I are thrilled with!).  She gets excited by not only the cats, but the birds and squirrels that are all over the yard.  My mom has bird houses hanging on her porch awning and Sam gets so excited to see the birds flying in and out.  We have so many bunnies in our yard, but I don’t think she has noticed them yet.

One of the cutest things is how Bella has finally taken to Sam.  Blackie always sort of hung out near her, but Bella, who is more skittish, used to basically run away.  Now she is used to Sam, and I think kind of likes her.  Just this week, Bella was on the bed, and I brought Sam to see her.  We take Sam’s hands all the time and help her pet the kitties.  She is very gentle and the cats don’t seem to mind.  Well, Bella this time not only let herself be petted, but she rolled her belly into the air, and even rubbed her head on Sam’s hand!  Any cat owner knows that is a very big deal, and a big sign of acceptance and trust from a cat. I was so happy to see it, since Sam spends so much time at my mom’s house.  I knew Sam would be a cat lover (how could she not be?) but I am glad the cats like her too.

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