the challenge
Well it's July again. My favorite month of the year. I have two challenges set up for July and can't wait to start! Challenge one is to take a (good) picture of Samantha every day of July. We have bunch from June that Adam is still working on uploading but it's probably been our least picture taking month so far of the little miss. I thought up the idea over the weekend when I was overhauling Samantha's closet and moving out all winter clothes and putting in summer clothes and new outfits that are finally starting to fit her. She's got a ridiculous amount of summer clothes and blessed that we are, many of them are gifts from family and friends. I want our family&friends see the clothes put to good use and want to make sure we start getting picture crazy again.
Challenge two is a personal challenge. I'm starting the 30 day shred tonight! I'm pretty sure I'll do it every other day but at least it's something! I weighed myself today and am at an all time low since college but can't say I'm very toned. I'm excited to get started.
strike
I think I should go on blog strike until someone..cough cough Adam cough cough...puts up the rest of April and the May pictures we have. I know he likes to read the blog I wonder if that would hurry this up.
Samantha has taken to making rounds of the first floor. She starts in the living room and takes off for the kitchen, coming through the other side back to the living room where she started. And she is Fast. I need to get it on video.
remember when
First I thought the following was freaky. As I've thought more I suppose there was always a chance of this happening but didn't think it would, so now I think it's just plain ole' cool. Kristin had the same nurse (Kim) and the same dr (Wright) deliver Grace that delivered Samantha, and Grace was sunny side up. Just like Samantha. How fun will that story be to tell the girls some day? And if they don't appreciate it I suppose it will always be something that Kristin and I will think is fun.
I spent a lot of time reminiscing yesterday about Samantha's birthday as we would get updates or lack there of while Kristin was in labor. I got teary looking at the pictures of Samantha right after she was born, all cone head being cleaned and weighed. I cried when Paul sent a text saying Kristin was pushing because I got it as I was nursing Samantha and I looked at her and remembered how I felt when I was ready to start pushing, the pure excitement and anxiety that I'd be able to do it and she'd be healthy. I didn't want to mention it yesterday because yesterday wasn't about me. I can't believe just (almost) 8 short months ago Adam and I were in Kristin and Paul's shoes welcoming our daughter and instantly our whole world got better. I'm amazed every day that she is ours. And in disbelief how fast time is going. Yesterday we were playing and Samantha toppled over and started crying. Instead of sitting there crying she started crawling towards me as I stretched out for her and she curled up in my lap and cried for a minute. She's so big already and she's not even a year old! Such is life, but man is life moving fast.
gyming it
I am Samantha's human jungle gym. She loves to crawl over me, on top of me, up me, down my legs, etc. Most of the time it includes her trying to eat me as well but it is fun. Now if I only had a gym in this house. And a personal trainer. And a nutritionist. Then, we'd be set.
In all honesty I'm moving a bit more again now that Samantha's crawling. I probably walked 5 miles a day back when Samantha needed to be walked to sleep for all naps and bedtime. Then we did Ferber and all the 'exercise' stopped. I won't lie, I really think it made a difference in me. At least that what the scale says. Now that she's crawling I have to get up and down more often. Put her down, sit with her, play with her, watch and comment as she crawls to the kitchen, get up once she's inches away from Brody's food, bring her back to the middle of the living room, repeat.
She really is a good girl. I took her to Target today for diapers and new pacis and we used the cart cover for the first time. I think she liked it. She's smiling from ear to ear in the picture I took of her. Yes I took a picture of it. But I didn't have the casio so it's on my phone! I'm not sure how to get that online if I even can.
the vid
Here's the link for the new video, I love it and can't stop watching it.
And a picture just because. (I took some awesome ones this morning but not sure how to copy them over, need to have hubs show me how)
