Los Angeles

We were just in LA for 6 days, visiting Samantha's grandparents. She was in HEAVEN being spoiled by her grandma and grandpa. We went to the zoo, library for storytime, and parks. She got to stay up late, eat ice cream almost every night, and was carried everywhere she wanted. Lucky girl!

A Little Brother!

Samantha's having a little brother! We haven't told her yet...I think it's too abstract for her to understand right now, since he won't be arriving until November. That's not very long to us, but for her it is. Of course, I think our family is changing for the better, but I'm a little scared for her. She has been the center of our universe since she joined our family, and now she will have to share the attention with her brother. I hope she will always feel special because she is. She is the most amazing thing that has happened to us.

On to the bad news...there's always that, isn't there? I have placenta previa again. That in itself isn't bad, I had one with Samantha too. It was partial and resolved itself by 28 weeks. But with a previous c-section scar on the uterus, there is a chance that the placenta will grow into the scar tissue and get stuck. If that happens and it cannot disconnect during birth, the uterus will have to be removed! Yikes! Right now I just have to be careful and watch for bleeding. Any bleeding will be a bad, bad thing and I will have to take myself to the ER right away. We are leaving on a six-week vacation to Los Angeles and Hawaii on Saturday. The doctor didn't seem worried about LA at all, he said that there were plenty of hospitals there, but if I happen to bleed in Hawaii, I would not be allowed to fly back and I would have to stay there until the baby is born. Oh well, at least it's Hawaii! And we have family there that can help care for Samantha if anything happens. Which it won't. Gotta think positive!

So yay! A boy! Blues, yellows, and greens, here we come!

Stalling...

Samantha has become quite the expert at stalling when it is time for bed.
Me: Samantha, it's time for bed.
Samantha: (running to the refrigerator) Eat!
Me: No, all done eating. It's time for bed.
Samantha: (grabbing her bubbles) I blowing bubbles!
Me: Say good night to the bubbles. It's time for bed.
Samantha: (taking books off her bookshelf) book!
Me: Okay, one book. (I read to her, then put the book back on the shelf.) All done! Time for bed.
Samantha: (starts to cry) More book!

She is so cute. Love her.

Too much fun!

Hanging with this little 19-month old is just too much fun!
She is so funny! She says "hi" to everything she sees, followed by a "what are you doing?"
She "feeds" her stuffed animals and gives them hugs and kisses.
She likes her stuffed animals to "read" to her.
She sings "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," "The Alphabet Song," "Frere Jacques," "Row, Row, Row your boat," and many others I can't think of right now.
She can count to 10.
She wakes up every morning with a smile and keeps us laughing until she goes to bed at night.
We love you, little one.

Riding the carousel (hanging on for dear life, but also wanted to wave to Mama):
Splashing at the splash park:

Parachute fun at a local children's play space.

We are loving summer!

We have already gone to the zoo,

the amusement park,

and explored a new playground.

And there's so much more to do!

Merry Go Around!

Her favorite part of the park...she stayed here for an hour and a half! She rode on each character several times, but her favorite was the "turtle chair" (5th picture). I'm planning to take her to some real merry-go-arounds this summer. I think she'll love them!

Trip to the ER

We were at the ER last night. Samantha was running around in music class and tripped on her own feet. For the next two hours, she couldn't put weight down on her left foot and cried so much from the pain that she threw up. Poor girl! We took her to the ER where the doctor said that nothing was broken and to just give her Motrin for pain. They gave her a dose at the hospital. She loved it! Kept sucking on the dropper and saying, "mmmm!" And it helped her feel better. We didn't get to bed until midnight. She's doing better today. Still has a funny walk...hopefully she will be back to normal by Saturday.

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