Family
Posted By pamelamyers on December 30, 2010
Mark pointed out to me that we are at post #300! I can’t believe it. It has been almost two years since we started Sam’s Blog. So much has happened to us in these last two years and thanks to Sam almost every second of it has been wonderful. My entire pregnancy, the birth of our beautiful, healthy baby girl, watching her grow up, it has been truly amazing. I thought that 2009 was special, but 2010 was even more so.
It is fantastic having a little baby, and I cherished each minute of that first year, but I never expected the absolute joy of having a toddler. Before I was ever pregnant, Mark always told me that the part of parenthood he looked forward to most was when his child was an an age where he could really interact with him or her. That babies were great an all, but he wanted a child. I can see what he means so clearly now. Actually having a little person with her own thoughts, ideas, and personality, living with you, and watching that all develop is nothing short of a miracle. I feel so lucky to be able to witness that and to help form the happy little girl that Sam is. I know that a large part of who Sam is stems from the fact that she knows how loved she is, and she knows how extraordinary Mark and I think she is. The other day Sam was playing with us and laughing uncontrollably. Mark commented how it is kind of sad that she will never remember this time. I agree, but I think the most important thing is that all these playful times, the joy Sam experiences, helps to form her overall feeling of contentment, security, and happiness that will mold her personality. She feels happy and loved. She may not know why, but she will feel it. Thank you, Mark, for giving me our unique and remarkable girl. I don’t say that enough.
In the mornings, Sam loves to be brought up into the “big bed” with her Mommy and Daddy. She scampers from one end to the next and seems so elated to be there. Mark has wanted to try to capture that so he set up his camera in preparation of morning to try to get these pictures. In celebration of our 300th post, and to commemorate our amazing year, here is simply, our family. This is what I imagine when I think of us, and I hope what Sam remembers in her heart as she grows. We love you, Samantha.
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Love the picture where Mark is holding upside down!!