I feel like I get worse at updating this blog with each child that we have. I know it's normal. More kids=less time or maybe it's just because life has been crazy. Maybe I'll write a separate post about it, sometime, but it's mainly been crazy because we moved! We're in North Carolina. I live on the east coast. That still seems so weird and even though I'm over here, it's still hard to believe. So far, we have met a lot of people that I can see us being great friends with and I can already tell this will be a good experience. For however long it lasts, we will enjoy it. Jon enjoys his job, I enjoy the weather and surrounding activities, we live in a nice quiet neighborhood, the beach is an hour and a half away, the craziness of 2017 is over and there is new craziness to look forward to this year. Life is good.
So, back to Sammy. :) Our little piece of heaven on earth. Seriously, I think with each kid I relax more and understand more how precious a little baby is. They are as pure and as close to heaven as we can get. And seeing Sammy smile and laugh and discover this new world is, honestly, one of the greatest joys in my life right now. As well as all of my family. But I seriously think we are blessed with these pure little spirits to remind us of how heaven felt. I'm obsessed with her and obsessed with her little spirit. Our little Sammers is such a happy baby and I feel grateful everyday that she is. She smiles easily, she laughs easily, she loves to cuddle, she gets wiggly and wants to crawl soo badly but she also has the times of just being still.
Sammy has found the joy of blowing bubbles with her mouth and blowing raspberries(is that even what it's called???). She is constantly talking and babbling and makes the dadadad, mamama, bababa sounds. When she's happy she says dadadada and when she's wanting things she says mamamama. Typical.:)
Stats from her doctor's appointment15:
17" head circumference(76.69%)
15lbs 11oz.(41.74%)
27.75"(98.04%)
She's tall and skinny. I feel like she's grown so much in the last month, physically and mentally. She reaches out for us now, she's started picking up little cereal and putting it into her mouth on her own, she's tried peaches, bananas, rice cereal, potatoes(hated those), and sucked and lemons, oranges and limes(loooved them). She is super aware of her surroundings and she's my only child that will still stay content on her playmat or in her jumperoo for any length of time. She has a long attention span so it's cute to see her study all of the little toys.
She is still our worst eater. I don't even know if she's going to want 3 ounces every 6 hours or 8 ounces every 4 hours or sometimes she randomly gets hungry every 2. I'm trying to create a schedule. I really am. But she's my child that is bound to prove that she will have no schedule. She mostly sleeps through the night but on days she doesn't eat very well, she wakes up in the middle of the night and will drink 12 ounces. I would think she'd be moodier with all of her ups and downs in eating but she seems completely content so that area baffles me.
Anyway, we love her so much that it hurts. I honestly have missed her when she sleeps longer at nap time. Her brothers love her. She has her daddy wrapped around her little finger. I'm not even exaggerating. I already can't imagine a life without her.
