Samantha's first blog

pamelamyers | May 13, 2011

Yesterday was Mark’s 39th birthday and although we both had to work we tried to make the evening fun and festive.  After a nice pasta dinner at home, Mark opened presents and we had cake.  

The gift opening had to be interrupted because Sam wanted her daddy to look at her favorite word book with her. 

Sam was surprisingly not that interested in opening presents, but she was all about the cake!  She always likes birthday cakes.  I think the combination of the candles and the singing are appealing to her.

Sam was kind enough to feed her daddy some cake.  Apparently, he was not eating fast enough!  She has actually started doing that a lot lately — feeding us.  I find the role reversal cute.  We are so used to feeding her, and now she is returning the favor.

Sam has never liked chocolate, but we keep trying.  Our little girl has to like chocolate (it is in her genes).  She was really grabby with the birthday candles and we finally gave her a few after Mark blew them out.  She licked the frosting right off!  We were happy that after a very tentative bite…she ate her cake!

Sam’s obsession with jewelry is not limited to mommy’s jewels, obviously.  I love the look on her face like she is saying, “Daaaaddy….you love me, right?  You wouldn’t mind if I took that, right?”

And one last picture, last but certainly not least, of Mark with his other little girl, Zephyr.

Happy, happy birthday, Mark!  I feel so lucky that I was able to spend your last year with you and I can’t wait to see what the next has in store.  You are such a great dad and Sam and Zephyr know it.  And I definitely know it.  Raising our little girl with you has been wonderful and every year will only be better and better.  We love you!

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pamelamyers | May 11, 2011

Mark and I were talking about Sam today after she went to bed.  I was telling him some of the cute things she did today and we commented to each other that she has such a big personality.  It is so much fun watching it develop, learning who she is, and watching Sam learn  about the world.  It is truly amazing to see the evolution from baby to little girl.  

Sam did not want to get out of her crib this morning, and like always, I had next to no time to get her up and dressed and out the door.  I am always rushing around with no time to spare so that I can get her to my mom’s house so I don’t miss my train.  It isn’t fun for Sam, or for me.  She really is a morning person, and she wakes up so happy and smiling and all she wants to do is play in her crib, be silly, and welcome her day.  And what do I do?  I grab her out of her crib and rush her to get dressed then throw her in the car in the space of less than 10 minutes.  It makes me feel so bad every day, but I try not to dwell on it because I don’t really have any choice but to go to work.

So, this morning, Sam was fighting getting out of her crib (when I go to pick her up she scurries to one side of the crib, lays down, and curls up into a tight little ball so I can’t lift her).  When she was standing, she was grabbing at my pearl necklace.  She wanted to see it so badly because I never let her touch it for fear she will break it accidentally, so…yes, I bribed my daughter.  I told her that if she came out of the crib she could see my necklace.  As soon as I said it, her little arms came up for me to lift her out. I gave her my pearls to hold while I changed her but then when I tried to take them back, she had a fit. I gave her one of the necklaces we let her wear in trade, and she was happy, but she lifted her arm up, saw her lack of bracelets, and make a confused “hmmmm” sort of sound like, “this is just not right!”  When we got to my mom’s house, I swear she was there less than 5 minutes and she pulled out her little purse that holds her jewelry and put on every necklace and bracelet she had.  Obviously, she must accessorize in the mornings now or she can’t go out!

One other cute thing she did today that my mom told me about — she had a sippy cup full of milk and she dripped some on the floor.  Sam gets really upset when things spill and she always wants it cleaned up immediately.  I asked my mom if Sam insisted she clean it and she said, no, actually Sam ran to get a tissue and wiped up the floor herself!  She really loves to be helpful.  What can I teach her next?  Maybe cleaning the bathroom…

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pamelamyers | May 10, 2011

I forgot to post about this before, but I remembered it today and had to mention it.  As I have posted before, Sam loves her bath. So much so that it is really difficult to get her to come out.  I pull the plug to let the water empty out and she actually grabs it from me and puts it back in.  Many, many times.  She is too funny.  Mark and I have talked about how much fun she is going to be at the pool this year since she loves the water so much.  Anyway, a few nights ago, I was giving her a bath.  There was a lot of water in the tub since she never lets me turn the faucets off.  She likes to hold the cup I use to rinse her hair under the faucet and fill it and dump it and fill it and dump it….you get the idea.  So, she was sitting in the tub playing and splashing and she leaned over a little too far and her face went into the water.  It was totally by accident on her part, but it freaked me out really bad.  Did Sam care?  That would be a big “No”.  In fact, she thought it was hysterical.  So she did it again.  And again.  Three times she lowered her face r-e-a-l-l-y slowly into the water and then came up laughing with water dripping all down her face.  She didn’t mind it at all.  I was so glad.  Mark and I want her to learn to swim (he can swim, I can’t, and we both find this a problem).  I know one of the biggest obstacles for a lot of kids (and adults) in learning to swim is the whole concept of getting their faces wet.  Well, for Sam this is not an issue.  My little girl may be a big fish yet!  Now maybe when she learns to swim, she can teach Mommy…..

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pamelamyers | May 9, 2011

Mother’s Day was pretty great this year.  I got wonderful presents, spent the day with my fantastic mother-in-law and my amazing mom.  And best of all, I spent the entire day with my husband and my beautiful daughter.  I am so thankful for everything and everyone, not just on this Mother’s Day, but every day.

Many, many thanks to my incredible husband for being so supportive and for helping me to be the best mom that I can be.  Without you, I would not be able to spend so much time with our little girl and I would not be able to have the time  to enjoy being a parent as much as I do.  Without your help, I wouldn’t be able to be the mom that I am.

Thank you to my mother and father in law for raising a son who is such an amazing dad.  I know he learned how to be such a loving, involved parent from watching you.  Children learn by example, and he certainly learned from you.

Thank you to my own mom and dad for all the support you give me every day.  For always being there when I need help and for helping to raise my daughter while I have to work and otherwise take care of things in my life.  I have tried to tell you many times, but I will say it again — you are great parents and I am very lucky to have you.

And most of all, thank you to my astonishingly wonderful little girl, Samantha.  Sam, being your mom is the best job in the entire world.  There is no job more important to me than this one.  I hope you know that the time I spend away from you is in no way as fulfilling as the moments with you.  I knew I wanted to be a parent, but having you has exceeded every expectation I had about what that experience would actually be like.  You are amazing — beautiful, smart, funny, and fun.  I can’t wait for every day to unfold so that I can see what you will do next.  If babies choose their parents, I am so thankful that you chose me.  Every day I strive to be the best mom I can be because you deserve the very best.  I love you so much.

Here is how my day unfolded.  Breakfast with mommy….

Presents!

Brunch at the Myers house….

Dinner with my folks…Joe managed to evade all photos…hmmm……

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pamelamyers | May 9, 2011

Sam started doing the funniest thing yesterday.  She came up with this funny little laugh, more of a chuckle, that sounds vaguely….evil.  Like she is up to something.  It is so hard to explain, but the best way I can describe it is that it reminds me a little bit of how the Count on Sesame Street would laugh after he counts – ha! ha! ha!  She is such a crazy girl.  She keeps doing it, but I think it is mostly because she knows we think it is funny.  I just don’t know where she got it from because although she does see Sesame Street sometimes, she has never seen the Count.  Hmmm……

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