11 Weeks Old

This week was another week of firsts. It was during this week that she went to the "babysitter" for the first time. We thank our dear friends Dale, Abbe, Anna and Aaron for watching her while Mom helped Dad with a project. We are so thankful for friends who first of all offer to watch her and then that we feel totally comfortable leaving her with. Our biggest fear was that she would be on her worst behavior and unless they are tellling a fib, she did pretty good. A HUGE thank you to the Esteps!

The other first was game night with the Magboos and Walters at the Magboo's house (Thanks Scott and Christy for the yummy food!). Her Dad loves the game Settlers of Catan and Samantha got her first taste of it. I'm sure it will not be her last game of Settlers but instead only the first of many late nights with mom and dad's friends.

And last, a BIG congratulations to Paul, Jenney and Ellie on the birth of their little boy, Dane who was born on June 25th. We can honestly say we can relate to the excitement that is happening and how fun it is!

10 Weeks Old

We realized how much Samantha has grown when we went and visited our friends Tom and Deanna and their new little boy, Preston. Preston weighed the same as Samantha when she was born and we were amazed at how small he looked. Because we are around her all the time it's easy not notice how much she's actually grown.

We found out today exactly how much she has grown - she had her 2 month appointment today. I was amazed to learn that she weighs 11 lbs, 13 oz and is 23 inches long!!! No wonder she has started to get heavy to carry! She is in the 75% in both her height and weight so although she is a large baby for her age she is proporational.

While there we received 4 shots. Ugh. She started to cry just when they started to prep her leg so she was screaming by the time it was all over. I was close to tears myself but we survived. I'm not sure her Dad would have, he has a soft heart for her.

9 Weeks Old

What a trooper our little girl is! We were gone from home for over 12 hours on Sabbath. We spent the the majority of the day at Cloudland Canyon with our Sabbath School group. We left directly from there to meet Travis' friend Lee whom he met while in school in Kansas. Lee has finished his PhD in Marine Biology and is moving to Corpus Cristi with his family to teach at Texas A & M. When we got home we were all ready for a bath and bed!

Samantha got her first bath in the "big" bathtub with her Dad. She continues to love the water and relaxes when she gets into it. This week she has also discovered her mobile and enjoys listening to it and watching it. In fact, we went to pick her up the other day and she cried so we put her right down again under her mobile and she was fine.

She has really mellowed out (or maybe her mom has) and is pure joy to spend time with. I love it that I can finally tell when she's tired or hungry. It makes mothering a lot easier!

8 Weeks Old

Here are some pictures we think are great from this week: