22 months old

Where has the time gone? My sweet baby is growing up to be such a special little girl. She is more beautiful than I ever could have imagined when I became pregnant. Every day I see her and am in amazement that Patrick and I are her parents, that we created her! She is so sweet and smart, and amazing, and no, I’m not partial at all. lol.

This month was full of visits and trips to visit others. We met another nestie from my message board, and got together with 2 other wonderful friends. Sam really seemed to enjoy playing with all three of their little girls, and they were all so sweet! We had more play dates than any other month, which is really saying something, and Sam has really grown attached to some of her friends even asking for them by name when we aren’t with them. We made a small trip to the doctor this month, but it turned out to be a little cold with a mild sinus infection. Thankfully this round of antibiotics (not penicillin related) did not cause any negative reaction other than a diaper rash and a bit of thrush.She was all better in about a week, and I was just thankful for no hives. The best part of the doctors visit was that Sam did not cry one bit, she sat and colored and let her doctor look her over without a single whimper. I was one proud momma!

Patrick had to travel to Seattle again for work this month, and for the longest stretch so far, 9 whole days. Sam and I did ok, but are really hoping that he doesn’t have to be gone for that long again any time soon. Sam used face time to talk to him while he was away, but the lasting impression of the trip still hasn’t faded. Every night when she goes to sleep, and every night when she wakes up she calls for mama, but as soon as she sees me, she says “dada home?”. It breaks my heart. Most nights and mornings he is there so he can come in and reassure her that he is still there. I’m glad she asks for him, and I’m glad he is here, but he will have to travel some more this year, and I’m not looking forward to that. We will take the bad with the good, and be thankful that he has a wonderful job that provides for our family, and that he loves. Thank you honey for being our provider, for taking care of our family and for making it possible for me to stay at home and raise our daughter. I cannot thank you enough for how blessed I feel to be married to you and for being such a wonderful father. I love you! Now that all of that mushiness is out of the way, only 2 more months until our little bitty is 2! Stay tuned!

 

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Dear God,

Thank you for everything that you do for us! Thank you for this special little girl that we love so much! Thank you for letting her stay happy and healthy and watching over us during the craziness of life. Please continue to let our little girl grow and know that we are always here for here, as are you. Thank you for everything you do for us.

AMEN

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One year ago…

Blog from one year ago

One year ago today, I could have lost my mother. It was like any other day, I woke up, got Sam up, told Patrick bye as he left for work, started feeding Sam breakfast and then I got a call from my dad that my mom had been in a car accident. One year ago today my mother broke her back and was in the hospital, and the doctors weren’t sure how severe it was, if she would ever be able to stand up and hold her grandchildren again. One year ago today was one of the worst days of my life.

But today, just one short year later. My mother is healthy, happy, alive. She can do everything she could do before the accident, and only has mild lingering pain from her injuries. Today, I woke up played with my daughter and my nephews since we had Christmas together on the same day this year, and realized how incredibly blessed I am. I am so thankful to have my family, and so glad that my mom is here able to spend time with Sam. I love you momma! 

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Dear God,

Thank you for everything you do for us. Thank you so much for watching over my family, especially my mother this past year, and keeping us safe. Thank you for answering our prayers with a resounding “yes” when we asked you to heal her. Thank you for letting my daughter have the same chance to play with her Granna as her cousins have gotten to have. Thank you for showing us just how fast we could lose someone, and how we should be thankful for each and every day we have with each other. Thank you for everything you do for us.

AMEN

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Christmas Card 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we were very blessed to spend Thanksgiving with our families as we always do. We spent Thanksgiving day at Patrick’s Grandparent’s houses, and the following Sunday at my parents farm. We had a wonderful time together, and were reminded of the many reasons we have to be thankful.

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Dear God,

Thank you so much for everything that you do for us. Thank you for our wonderful families! Thank you for giving us a precious, healthy, smart little girl that makes our lives so happy and full. Thank you for letting us be with our families during this holiday and for letting everyone be healthy! Thank you for everything that you do.

AMEN

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21 months old!

Wow, just wow! My little angel has gotten to be such a big girl! This month has flown by. We did lots of fall activities another pumpkin patch, some more football games where we heard her cousin Brady in the band, got to go to Boo at the zoo with some of our closest friends, had her first Halloween party, had our first real trick or treating experience where Sam got to eat some candy, went to her first concert, and had several play dates. Her favorite foods are strawberries, black olives, fruit snacks, blueberry waffles, yogurt, home made spaghetti, and crackers. She is still adding so many new words, I can’t keep up. She says thank you, but we are still working on please. She will call out for something and I am surprised because I didn’t even realize she knew the name for it. One of her favorite phrases is “where’d it go?”. She can understand me so much better, even though she doesn’t always follow instructions. One of our funniest instances this month was at naptime last week. I laid her down after a couple of cuddles and songs, but she wanted to get “up up”. I told her that I had some things to do, but that I would leave the door open and check on her in a few minutes, she didn’t have to nap, but needed to rest. I heard her kicking the wall and came in and told her that she didn’t need to do that, it was time for nap. She said “ok, night night” and rolled over. I left and a few minutes later heard her kicking the wall again. I started walking toward her room, and said “I know that my sweet girl is sleeping and not kicking momma’s wall again”. By the time I got in the room, Sam had covered her face with her blanket and was pretending to snore. I was glad her face was covered because I couldn’t keep the smile off of my face, and had to leave before I started laughing. She was asleep shortly after that. I get so tickled with all of things she comes up with, and knows. She jumps when I walk in on her doing something she shouldn’t, she hugs when she knows I’m aggravated with her, she just knows. She has decided that the changing table is too high and that she doesn’t like it anymore, so we have taken to changing her in the floor on the changing pad. She is really good about it most times and just sits down when she needs changed, so that has helped with our struggle with diapers. My new favorite thing Sam does is sing. I sing to her every night, and every nap. When she gets fussy in the car we sing, when she is having a meltdown at the store we sing. A couple of weeks ago she started saying “Jesus” during Jesus loves me, and the “so” at the end. Shortly after that she started humming Twinkle Twinkle and sings the “Staw aka Star”. This is what makes me see her as a big girl now instead of just my baby. I am so happy to see her grow up but so sad at the same time. I’m just glad she still loves snuggles and kisses and hugs as much as I do!

My child is amazing. She is kind, and generous, and stubborn, and clumsy, she is perfect and a mess. I love her so much more than I could have ever imagined and hope that she will some day realize how much she means to me… everything!

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Dear God,

Thank you for everything you do for us. Thank you for our precious, healthy, happy daughter. Thank you for letting her grow so much each and every month both physically and mentally. Thank you for letting her show me how much fun every little thing can be, and for the patience you give me on the rough days that still end in smiles and hugs. Thank you for watching over us and blessing our family. Thank you for everything you do for us.

AMEN

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