Two months old and counting...

On Wednesday Sammy hit the two month mark. I can't believe it! Time is just flying by. She's fussing on my lap as I type this so I'll make it brief. She was 10 lbs. 6oz and 22 3/4 inches long at her two month doctor's appointment on Thursday. She also got her first round of immunizations. She screamed through all three, understandably, but recovered pretty quickly and besides being a little tired that day doesn't seem to have had any ill effects, though she has been a little cranky this weekend. Thanks to Grandma Marian for going with us to the appointment. It made it so much easier to have a second set of hands.

Another milestone, for me and Sammy, is that she is now sleeping in her crib at night! We decided to take the plunge on Friday night and she has now successfully slept in her crib three nights in a row! The only problem is that she's back to sleeping 2-3 hours at a time but we're hoping to get her back to those blissful 6-hour nights soon.

That's all for now. I'll post pictures later this week.

Some Sammy Updates

So since she's sleeping (see pic to the left taken just moments ago) I've decided to update the blog. This pic and the pic below illustrate Sammy's latest achievement: grabbing her rings. She hate, hates, hates tummy time and screams the whole time I have her on the floor but I think she's learning something because starting on Friday she reachs out and grabs one of her colorful rings when I place them in front of her face. She can also hold her head up pretty well now so, like it or not, we will continue to put her down for tummy time and endure the screams.

Another big achievement for her this week was sleeping six hours in a row!!! This one is my particular favorite. Last night we went to a St. Patrick's Day dinner party at Lauren and Eric's house. We left around 9:15 so we figured she'd still get to bed at her regular time but the crowd must've worn her out because after getting her to finally fall asleep at 11:30 (yes, she's very nocturnal) she didn't wake up until 5:30 this morning. And after a quick change and feeding from daddy she went back to sleep for another 2.5 hours! I'm not expecting it to last but after a tough week of weird sleeping habits, thanks to the time change, it was nice to get some extended snooze time. And to think that before baby I would've considered six hours a bad night's sleeep...

In her new outfit at the St. Patty's Day party at Lauren and Eric's.

Lorelei looking cute in her jammies at the party.

Everyone wearin' the green after eating yummy corned beef and cabbage and Irish soda bread, all homemade by Lauren. So good!

Her favorite sleep spot.

A woman that I work with, Rowena, gave me a bumch of hats that her little girls had outgrown so Tracey and I made Samantha do a little hat fashion show for us. As you can tell from the pics, she was not happy by the end. But doesn't she look cute?

More Baby Pictures

Not much new to report but I wanted to put up some new pictures of little Sammy. She smiles more and more each day and I swear she's going to laugh any minute now. I keep tickling her tummy in hopes of getting that first giggle. She made her first trip to the zoo last Sunday and probably had no idea where she was but Bryan and I had fun. We've got another trip coming up on Tuesday with Whitney and Lorelei. I'm sure I'll have more pics then. In the meantime, here are some of the latest...

The family in front of the Polar Bear Plunge.

Post-bath, wrapped in her Elmo towel.

Winnie-the-Pooh outfit.

In her favorite new toy, her swing.

I love Grandma!

I love Grandpa!

Imparting cousin wisdom.

In her sling.

Ian and the missing front tooth.