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?