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Whenever it is a family member’s birthday, we always try to sing “Happy Birthday” to that person. Samantha has grown to love this song and she sings it a good bit. Over the last 10 days, Aunt Lizzie and Uncle Daniel had birthdays. We’ve been singing “Happy Birthday” a lot. However, Samantha has not moved past Jackson. …
Read more →Samantha has done fairly well in her bed all week. Some days she takes a nap and some days she doesn’t. Last night, Brian and I were headed to bed and she comes waltzing out of her room! What on earth is she still doing up at 10PM?!?! I know she’s not getting nearly as much sleep as she used to, so hopefully, we can …
Read more →For dinner last week, we had Sloppy Joe’s (thanks, Brian!) random leftovers and slim-pickins Not much for cooking this week it seemed. But I did make Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies, which I thought would be divine, but only so-so. I didn’t add the frosting on top, but I don’t think it would have put them over the edge. …
Read more →Samantha has fewer things in her room these days. We used to have mostly books, but a few toys in there too. Because she can get into everything now, I have been removing unnecessary items from her room. Some things (like all the clothes in the top 2 drawers of her dresser) will have to stay, but we’ll have to work …
Read more →I guess I need to be prepared for a no afternoon nap week. Brian and I had debated about how to transition Sam into a big bed. My thought was set up the bed, let her see it, talk about it for a few days, then move her over. Maybe nighttime in the bed at first, but naps in the crib (for my own sake really). I had been …
Read more →I am so proud of Samantha. She is using the potty a lot. She still has tons of accidents, but I can tell it’s getting better. I attribute all the recent success to the random pack of panties that I bought at Target a few weekends ago. I had no idea that she would be so interested in them.
Read more →We are not weekend warrior type people. I don’t have the energy level for that. My ideal Saturday is spending the day in my pajamas. But who has time for that? This weekend, we picked up Samantha’s new bed, looked at another house, had lots of potty success, went to the symphony, filled out paperwork to list our house …
Read more →It’s 10:22PM on Sunday. We haven’t heard anything from Sam in 20 minutes. Maybe she finally fell asleep in her new big girl bed. More to come later…
Read more →For dinner this week, we’ve had Wild Rice Chicken Salad Pot Roast with veggies
Read more →We are making an offer on a house today. Keep your fingers crossed that ours will sell too.
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