Sickness, Easter, and Rolling Over

A lot has happened in my young boy's life over the past couple of weeks. On Sunday night, March 16th, I noticed a little goopy stuff coming out of Sam's eye. I had my suspicions but was unsure and decided to take the wait and see approach with whatever it was. On Monday morning, Sam woke up screaming at 6:30 AM with his right eye completely glued shut with this nasty yellow gunk. It was horrifying and I knew that my suspicions of possible pink eye were probably true. I took him to the doctor and sure enough, he had pink eye, a cold AND an ear infection! Aside from the screaming at 6:30 AM, he was in great spirits and never even let on that he didn't feel well. Poor guy. I immediately called Granna to watch him while Josh and I were at work. Unfortunately, she couldn't make it until Wednesday afternoon. Meanwhile, Josh's grandparents, Papa and Grandma Judy, watched Sam with delight. I think they enjoyed the one on one time with him and I know Sam did, too. Sam recovered quickly from his ailments with all of the attention-- especially from Granna! I think she was actually looking for an excuse to come down for Easter.

For Easter, we spent the afternoon at Brenda's. Brenda, Misty, Mom and I enjoyed eating and talking about babies, strawberry jam/jelly, and church. Sam must have either been bored or overstimulated by all the excitement because he slept most of the afternoon. When we got home, the Easter Bunny had visited and left a HUGE basket full of goodies: hand sanitizer, diaper rash cream, new clothes, an oversized bunny, a small chick, jelly beans and my personal favorite, eggs full of rolled pennies. Only Granna, I mean, the Easter Bunny, could have put together a basket like his. Next to it was a small, very small, sad looking little basket with side walk chalk in it-- to be used later. Sam, your mom isn't very good at putting together appropriate baskets for you-- yet! Thank goodness for Granna's visit, though! Thanks, Easter Bunny!

After Granna left on Monday, Josh and I finally had a little time to sit and stare at Sam all by ourselves. We put him on his belly and talked about how he looked like he was trying to roll over. About that time, he kicked himself over onto his back with a look of shock, surprise, awe and a little touch of "I know what I'm doing, I think". We rolled him back over and sure enough, he did it again. It must have been hard work because by the third time, he was tired and just wanted to put his head down and rest. He's been working very hard at rolling over from his belly the past couple of nights, too.

Along with his rolling over, he's laughing at flirting with us all the time. The ladies at school comment on how much he laughs and smiles with them. He's a talker and a real people person. I'm glad we've got him! ;)
Oh, I'll share this picture with you, too. One afternoon I put him in his bed to play and he was just talking and having a big ol' time. It got unusually quiet for a couple of minutes so I went to check on him. He must have worn himself out playing.
I'm trying to do better at posting. There's just a lot going on!! Can you believe, though, that I've posted twice in 2 days??? Must be a record... Anyway, keep encouraging me by leaving comments. I love to hear from everyone! Love you all!!!

Can You Guess the Name of this Post???

Hmmm, I wonder what the name of this post should be...





Some of Sam's future babysitters: Sarah N., Libby N., Erin W., and Amber W.! Sam loves his older girlfriends! :)

The First Day of School?

The weather over the weekend was absolutely beautiful. I can't wait for it to warm up for good around here. We decided to take Sam out for a walk-- probably the longest stretch of outside time he's ever had. He really enjoyed riding with his shades on.

While on our walk, we talked about "school" and how important it is for a young man to obtain as much education as he can. Basically what it boiled down to was this: Sam, you're going to daycare with Mom. I work at Hampton Cove Christian Academy as an Administrative Assistant. We enroll babies from 6 weeks and go through 2nd grade, so we call it "school". In celebration of Sam going to "school", we had his height recorded...at Target. There was a height chart in the babies' section, so we stood him up on his feet to see how tall he was. It looked like about 23 inches, which is about what the Pediatrician said at his 2 month appt. earlier that week.

Finally, here is Sam's picture for his "First Day of School". My favorite part is the onesie from his Aunt Rolo. The other kids were happy to see Sam and his teachers loved having him in class!

On this day, too, we were sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast together when I looked over at Sam and he was staring so intently at these things on the ends of his arms. He had discovered his hands and was mesmerized at them. It was the sweetest moment to watch him move them and try to figure them out. His little self is still just so amazing to me, as well!