Growing Up

Because we moved Samantha has been sleeping in our room in her bassinet a little longer than I had originally planned. This past week, I finally got her room somewhat ready for her furniture. Then, daddy put her crib together, and we got in all nice and snuggly for her first night in it. I got out the baby monitors and placed one in her room and one in ours. When she fell asleep that night, I slowly crept into her bedroom and put her down in her crib. I watched for a couple minutes to make sure she didn't wake, then tip-toed out of there and shut the door behind me. A couple hours later that night when I got ready to go to bed, I walked into our bedroom and saw that empty bassinet...


I expected that she would've woken up at least once before I went to bed, so I made Ben go in her room...just to check on her and make sure the monitors worked. They did. So I layed down in bed and waited for the house to get quite and then waited for Samantha to wake up and cry so that I could go rescue her from the Big Bad Crib...wasn't she supposed to be upset that she was in that big room, all by herself?

She wasn't. I didn't hear a peep out of her or the monitor for a good 30 minutes. It was safe to go to sleep...I hoped. It was. At about 6:30am the next morning, I turned over in bed to look at her bassinet, of course it was empty. But I could hear her through the monitor. She wasn't crying, she was cooing...happily. I went into her room and there she was...







She is showing me day after day that she is getting bigger. She is such a healthy, active, happy, outgoing little wonder...And I was afraid to let her sleep in her own room! Someday I'll learn.

Trogdor...The Burninator

Samantha just wanted to give her Auntie Lizzy a shout-out and say "Thanks" for this awesome shirt! If the little dragon on her shirt doesn't mean anything to you, you obviously haven't ever visited Homestarrunner.com. If you like stupid, nonsense humor, you'll love it...

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Happy Birthday...to me!

Wow...looks like I haven't updated this thing for well over a month. My bad. As most of you know, Samantha is doing wonderfully since her little stint in the hospital. She had an appointment with the cardiologist over at Doernbecher's a few weeks ago and they said that as long as she keeps up with the meds, she should be just fine....whew!!!

Thursday was my 27th Birthday and my mom came to watch Samantha so that Ben and I could go out. Let me remind you all that this was my first time leaving Sam for more than a few minutes in her 3 and a half months of life. Needless to say, I was a little paranoid and anxious. My mom did a wonderful job of keeping my sisters and I out of harms way, alive and healthy all these years. I knew that Samantha would be just fine with her Grandma, but I didn't know if I would be okay without my baby girl.

Turns out, I was just fine. Big surprise, huh. Nanny did a great job with her and Sam was happy the whole time. I only called six or seven times and I didn't hear any screaming and crying out of my little one. I can't believe that I have turned into one of "those" parents. The mom who is so overprotective and calls the babysitter every five minutes....oh my!