Samantha is 6 months old!

Wow I can't believe my little girl is a half a year old already! Where has the time gone? When you are pregnant everyone tells you how fast it goes, and your like "yea, sure..." well it does. Six months ago we were struggling with breastfeeding, lack of sleep, swaddling and just trying to survive...now Samantha has such a little personality...she is a little chatterbox (just like her mommy was )

Dear Samantha Grace,
Words can and will never express how much I love you. You are my world, my sun and my stars.Everyday I get to see you grow and learn new things and I am so blessed to be able to stay home with you and see your just blossom each and every day. These past six month have been such a joy to share with you and I look forward to the next six! As each day goes by, you seem to be learning more and more. Here are some of the things you have been up to...

- You are now sitting up! once in a while you will tip over but its okay you are learning!
- You LOVE LOVE all your foods! Your favorite is sweet potatoes. Mommy is making all your food and she loves knowing you are getting the best nutrition you can get right now.
- Mommy love the way you smile and laugh at daddy when he gets home from work. you light up both our worlds with that "gummy" smile!
- You are now sleeping in your own crib! I think it was harder on mommy then on you to make the move, but you are doing great!
- Your moving like crazy! You are now rolling and "scooting" around...soon you will be on all fours ready to crawl all over!
- You have been to your first baseball game,first amusement park, and we even went apple/pumpkin picking!

Here are some pictures from the last month or so....

Sammies 3.5 mths appointment!

Samantha had her almost 4 month appointment this morning...my little lady did great! She is 14lb 14oz and 24inches long! Such a big girl..that's 50% for weight and 25th for height! She did get a shot thought my poor baby girl...she just looking at me like "why mommy why?"

On another note lets talk about breastfeeding...I am very proud of myself and my boobs...we had a VERY hard time in the beginning with breastfeeding, but after a few weeks we got the hang of it and have not looked back. When I was younger and working at a day care center I never understood thy these mothers were so set about nursing their babies for as long as they could.Now I do..its so good for the her and I love nursing her...its the time that I can only get with her, no one can say "oh let me help you" Its my thing with my daughter and I love that it gives her the closeness and comfort she needs.....well time to go get the little one after her nap...

3 months old!

Wow I cant believe my little baby is 3 months old ( well 2 days ago lol) She is just the joy and sunshine of my life...I am so blessed and so thankful to my husband who goes to work each day, and while we are struggling with money, being able to stay home with Samantha to watch her grow, hit each milestone, nurse her and comfort her is priceless and would not change that for any amount of money...She is growing so much! At her last appointment which was almost 3 weeks ago she was almost 13lbs so I'm sure she is 13lbs now if not more...she loves to eat...

She is very close to rolling over...she still hates the swing though :(

Here are some new pics!

WOW its been a long time!

Wow its been a long time since I posted last! I will try to keep up with this more often... so here goes...

Samantha is almost 3 months old! I know its going so fast its crazy!! Breastfeeding at first was so hard, she would not latch on at all. My heart was breaking, Why can't I feed my daughter I was supposed to have all that she needed and now I cant feed her...well I went and got a nipple shield and from there we moved on, at about 5 weeks she knocked off the shield and latched on and we have been all good from then! I love nursing her its such a bond knowing she is growing from the milk I am producing for her, I love when she looks deep in my eyes while I feed her. My tiny baby that was born at 6lb 10oz is more then double her birth weight! here is the Sammie update

-she weighs 13lbs

-she LOVES her tummy, so tummy time is not an issue in this house

-she has been sleeping through the night since about 6 weeks, she goes to sleep around 10 and wakes up at 530 then she eats and goes back to sleep till about 9am!

-she is a little chatter box! she loves to coo and laugh and talk to us all the time

-she is such a little snuggler, she loves to lay with me and Frankie and just relax

- she holds her head up great! and loves to be sitting up and looking around

Samantha is here!

Hello ladies! Samantha is so amazing and we are so in love. BF is hard but we are trying to push through with it.. we have been topping her off with formula because my milk is not in yet, hopefully it doesn't take much longer, but today she is latching much better.

here is my birth story.... I went to the Dr. on Monday I was 2-3cm dilated and 80% effaced, she was LOW...at 1130 at night I started "leaking" but wasn't sure what it was and I was having 15 min apart"cramps" I wasn't sure if they were contractions...I called Dr. said keep and eye on the leaking and go to sleep.. I woke up at 420am with 5-7 min apart contractions and some more leaking...called again he said come in due to the leaking to see if my water broke...Went into the hospital my water with rupture but not fully broken ... I was 3cm and 90%effaced... when I got in the room I was 4cm with strong contractions so they gave me my epi....by 12 I was still 4cm so they started pitocin to move me along....I was just relaxing,watching TV when he came in at 4pm to check me... "Oh you 9.5 we are pushing in 15 min" I was shocked and after 20 min of pushing our little princess was here!

She weighed 6lbs 10 oz and 19 3/4 inches, she is amazing.... She sleeps alot but we wont jinx it for now, we are just so in love with her! here are some pics

down to the wire...

well today was supposed to be my last day of work...but on Tuesday when I went to the doctor I was pretty swollen and uncomfortable. I made it my last day of work and have been enjoying life at home since. The house is now been taken over by Samantha's stuff and now we just wait. The doctor did an internal and I'm not dilated, but her head is VERY low and my cervix is very soft and thin, it can be any day now. Frank and I are so so anxious we want to meet Sammie already. Poor Frank is not sleeping well he is nervous, so he has been keeping me up all night so my best sleep is when he leaves for work. Its lonely home all day but I sleep till like 10-11 and he is home at 3 so its not so bad. Thank goodness for " A Baby Story"

**How far along? 37weeks 3 days! Only 3 more weeks to go
**Total weight gain/loss: up 30 pounds...not bad I think
**How Big is Baby?: about the size of a watermelon!

**Maternity clothes? Yes
**Stretch marks? still no ....
**Sleep: sucks sucks sucks and just getting worse when your hubby is snoring and tossing all night
**Best moment this week: last day of work
**Movement: like crazy..she is running out of room
**Food cravings: Still Cereal
**Gender:My sweet baby girl!
**Labor Signs: no, but getting alot more BH that are more painful and she is VERY LOW!
**Belly Button in or out? out but kinda flat
**What I am looking forward to: holding our little girl!
**Weekly Wisdom: enjoy the time with your hubby now!
**Milestones:Full term!

well here we are....

FULL TERM! I am 37 weeks today and what can I say... Frank and I can not wait to meet Samantha Grace our little princess who we prayed for! I have a doctors appointment tomorrow night as we shall see if I have any progress, I'm really hoping for something!

Dear Samantha,

Wow, I cant believe after almost 10 months in my belly I will get to hold you in less then 3 weeks (hopefully). This has truly been an amazing amazing journey and I would not trade it for the world! Your room is all set up, all your clothes are waiting, mommy and daddy are getting antsy. Friday is mommy's last day of work so after that please feel free to join us in the outside world. You have so many people who are waiting for you out here, you are so loved already!

Its bittersweet because I love feeling you move in my belly, jumping and rolling but yet I cant wait to hold you and hug you and just enjoy every moment we have together while your little because I know its going to go so fast! As we are at the end of our "internal" time together just know how much you are already loved baby and we cant wait to meet you. You daddy is calling me selfish telling me I'm holding on to you for too long already! He just wants to meet his little girl and spoil you!

So the time has come my sweet baby for you to enter our world, its not the best but its what we got and I'm sure you will love it! I hope and pray that when you do make your big debut it goes off without a hitch as all opening nights should. We love you and cant wait to see you our sweet little girl!

Love you,
Your mommy!