These are the days…
pamelamyers | July 18, 2011
…to remember….or however that song goes. Well, I may not remember the song that well, but I certainly will remember these days with Sam. I know I keep saying it, but she is growing up so fast. Just yesterday she finally figured out how to stand on my feet and let me walk with her. I have been trying to show her but she never really got it. We must have walked and walked a million times yesterday and today while she looked up at me, holding my hands, giggling. And just yesterday we spied her lying on the floor on her belly, legs up in the air, coloring. It was such a “big girl” pose that it almost broke my heart. I feel like the days of her babyhood are long behind me now, and the toddler years are going to fly by too. Soon Sam will be so grown up I can’t even stand it.
We had so much fun today. It was the kind of day that makes me so glad that I am lucky enough to not have to work full time now. We started out the day at PetSmart, which is like the zoo to Sam she has so much fun. She looks at the fish for endless amounts of time, then she is off to the cats that are up for adoption, then onto the hamsters and the birds and the other assorted small animals. Then comes the bonanza — the doggie day care. There are 2 rooms full of dogs, one for big dogs and one for little dogs, and the wall facing into the store is one huge floor to ceiling pane of glass. Sam stands there just mesmerized by the literally 12-15 dogs in each window running around like lunatics. So many of them naturally come right over to the window to see her and she gets so excited. But honestly, she seems just as excited by the fish, and I have no idea why. Fish are just not all that exciting, but Sam loves them.
After her nap I took her to the pool with my mom. Sam had so much fun! It was the most relaxed she has ever been. We spent pretty much all of our time in the baby pool, of course, which Sam loves. Usually, she just stands there, plays with her watering can and her bucket and that’s about it. Today she was actually sitting in the pool with the water just about up to her neck, she was squirting me with her squirty toys, and she let me bounce her up and down splashing into the water over and over again. We were in there for over 2 hours. She had so much fun.
I wish Mark could have been there with us, but he was working, of course. I come home from a day with her and he always asks me if it was fun and frankly sometimes I feel like lying and saying not really. Because although I know he wants Sam and me to have fun, I think it is somewhat sad for him that he misses it. I can’t wait until our beach vacation. Last year, Mark and Sam had so much fun together. I think they both could use the Daddy-Daughter time. I can’t even imagine what it will be like on the beach this year with Sam!
The best part of days like these though is after all the fun is over. Every time I have a day like today, Sam spontaneously runs over to me so many times and just throws her whole little body against my legs and hugs so tight. It’s like she’s trying to say thank you, Mommy, I had the BEST day. Sam, if that is what you are trying to say, thank YOU. Because I had the best day. And someday, when you are bigger, you won’t even remember these days, but I definitely will.