Itsy Bitsy Spider..

Hello! I yawn as I begin this post. It's dark and rainy outside and not helping with my energy level.

Cara is currently playing with blocks, which are meant for Sammy when she gets a little older, and is having a lot of fun with them. These blocks, designed for 6+ months, have kept Cara's attention better than any toy I've given her in the last year. Cara has never been a fan of "her" toys. Although, she has found a lot of fun in the game Memory. It's a little old for her, but playing it will definetly in my opinion help with a LOT of things we are trying to work on. She has to learn to take turns, be patient and of course it helps with her memory. Also worth mentioning, Cara went potty on the big girl potty yesterday. She has sat on it a number of times and just jumps up saying I'm done, but we are really starting the potty training and sitting on the potty around every diaper change, and yesterday she went! She was so proud of her number 1 (not sure how I'm gonna deal with anything but number 1's, lol), and we were so proud of her too! Next week we are going to go to the store and pick out big girl panties so she can get excited about wearing them. She's getting so big!

Samantha is having a little bout with egzema (sp?) and poor thing, it's right on her face! I am wondering if it itches and is creating some of this added fussiness lately. We are treating it with a non steroid cream for now, but if that doesn't work, we will have to use a steroid cream. I'm hoping we can knock it out without it. Her and Cara both struggle with egzema and I have no clue where they get it from. I use sensitive EVERYTHING! They are just my fragile little babies!

Tonight, both girls are traveling to Gigi and Perry's house for a spend the night. Cara is SO excited and even told me that she was going to go by herself. I said, "no, you are gonna take Sammy and be her big sister" and she responded with, "no, I go by myself". Looks like someone enjoys being the center of attention, lol! Wonder where she gets that?

Here's a few pics of Sammy from a random photo shoot with Daddy..enjoy!

3 Months and Counting...

2010, so far so good! Samantha is 3 months old today. Some days it seems to go by fast, some days..not so much. Up until 2 months, if you asked me, Sammy was a quiet baby. Then something happened. We don't know what that something is..but she is a little more on the fussy side now. We are ruling out milk allergies, trying different formulas, and aren't having much luck. The fussing has subsided a bit though..so we may be on to something. It's definitely a gas issue though. We can see it all over her face when she has the fits.

Here are the stats though from our last check up, which was 1/7/10:
Height: 24 inches - 82 percentile
Weight: 12.5 lbs. - 61 percentile
Head Circumference: 16 inches - 75 percentile

I wanted to compare with Cara's but we took Sammy a little late since she got real sick around her 2 mos. appointment. But they appear to be VERY similar in size..we'll see at the 4 mos. check up. Her numbers look good though and I must say, I seem to do an excellent job with height production. Maybe all my defective growth particles are filtering out via my children.

Cara is currently away in Cincinnati..her first real trip without Mommy. It's such a good feeling for me to have the family and friends I have who love my daughter and allow her to be apart of so many different things! She seems to be enjoying herself up north, especially since she's been able to play in some of the leftover snow they had.

Here's a picture of Cara that Meg took today, to document her first big girl trip. And one of Sammy, cause she's just so stinkin cute!