Wednesday, December 26, 2007

With Auntie Caz


With Auntie Caz
Originally uploaded by sammi's mom

Steve's sister, Caroline, came out here from LA for the week over Christmas. This was the first time she got to meet Samantha, and, after two days of Sammi studying Caroline verrrrry carefully, she finally warmed up (she's suddenly developed stranger anxiety in the last few weeks). Here's a photo of the two of them in the Puma store in Georgetown, checking out a Christmas present for Steve, and Sammi's next pair of sneaks for the spring.
Samantha thoroughly enjoyed Christmas this year, tearing the wrapping paper and reaching for the gifts inside. Soooo different from last year, when she really could not have cared less about what was going on around her!

Oh, very exciting news--one of her molars is finally through! It's about time! I think the others should be following soon, but they're definitely taking their time.

Monday, December 10, 2007

Get Me Outta Here!


Get Me Outta Here!
Originally uploaded by sammi's mom
Hehehe. We took a nap-less Samantha to the DSANV holiday party on Saturday for 3 hours. She actually did very, very well, and didn't start to melt down until close to the end. I wonder if there are special classes for Santas to take on how to deal with smelly/cranky/active/snotty/aggressive/overly-inquisitive little kids. They have this amazing ability to handle just about anything, and don't seem to have any qualms about it. I think this guy was someone's dad from the organization, but ordinarily I'd imagine that the store/mall/town center Santas are just guys who need a job. Scary that we let our kids sit on their laps! I haven't heard of any Santa horror stories yet, though. And to the two people who actually read this, have you ever heard of any?

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Smile!



Originally uploaded by sammi's mom
We got Sammi all bundled up today to go to a free children's Christmas concert at Wolftrap. It would have been outside and we were going to meet up with Michelle, Brian, Matthew & Nate, but right before we left we noticed that it was raining Sitting in wet grass, even on a blanket, for two hours with a baby that totally missed a nap and was bordering on very cranky, did not sound like such a good idea. We decided to take a short visit over to the mall just to get out of the house for a while.

Yesterday afternoon, also after having missed the better part of her afternoon nap, I took Samantha to Pia's housewarming party. Pia is a friend who had a baby boy, Grayson, 5 months ago and just bought a new house. Nicole was there with Ryan, and there were several other moms and babies I know from Pia's "Spaghetti Sisters" lunches (lunch gatherings of preggo/newly birthed moms that have been put on hold since everyone who was pregnant has now had their children and presumably are discovering that it is waaaaaay harder to leave the house with a child than they'd ever anticipated). Samantha, social butterfly that she is, had a ball. She was waving to everyone, and was particularly enthralled by the other babies. She patted their hair gently (finally, she's not pulling anymore!) and was so sweet! However, her recent explorations into her future as a softball pitcher gave a nice little red mark to the face of one baby when she threw the book she was reading. No permanent harm done. Whew!

Next weekend is the DSANV holiday party. I'll be sure to post again then, and I'll certainly try to make it more interesting reading. Not too much to say today, except that Samantha is the coolest little kid on the planet.