Making room for baby

We had a good, quiet weekend at home. We did not do much, but are in the planning stages. Losing our office/guest room for the new nursery is requiring a multi-step change. We plan to make the room a nursery with an extra bed in it but the desk and large dresser must come out before the crib and baby's dresser can come in. So, first we are trying to sell the dressers then we are going to move the bookshelf out of our room to the garage and then we will move the desk out of the nursery into our room. What did we get done this weekend? We got the bookshelf cleaned off, the old TV sold (Craigslist) and one inquiry on the dresser...lots to do before we have room for baby but we still have about 9 weeks!

Samantha has been a sleeping queen this weekend. I don't know is she is fighting something but she slept 13 hours Saturday night and still took at 2 hour nap Sunday afternoon. She is enjoying a new book "Gigi, God's Little Princess, The Pink Ballerina" and she is requesting to play with Legos alot. We are looking forward to some time with the Algood family for Thanksgiving.

Everyday life

I don't feel like there is alot to report on in the life of Samantha. She is bringing alot of joy to her mommy and daddy right now. She likes to play puzzles and read books and she even jokes around with us. She has been reading in the car on the way to daycare every morning so my battles over music have died away for the time being (at least I don't have to listen to Elliston the Elephant 5 times a day). Samantha's hair is getting really long, but when I ask if she wants her hair cut she says no. I think I will take her to the salon and see how she reacts before having it cut. I don't want to tramatize her the first time. Maybe if she sees other kids getting their hair trimmed she will do it. We are looking forward to Thanksgiving next week and Samantha will get to attend her first little girl's tea party next week too. This weekend I think we plan to have a laid back time and maybe start to put the nursery together. Anybody want an armoire? or need a 27inch TV?

Happy to you, versary!

I was trying to teach Samantha to say Happy Anniversary on the way home last night and she kept saying, "Happy to you, versary". I think she thought that Anniversary was a person and it was their birthday.

Daddy, Mommy and Samantha went out for mexican last night to celebrate our 4th anniversary. Afterwards, Daddy got Samantha straightened out and she said "Happy Anniversary, Daddy". It was very cute.

Big Girl!

Well, last night Daddy set up Samantha's big girl bed. She seemed, ever so slightly, apprehesive about it but when we put her down for night-night, she whimpered for about 3 minutes and then she was quiet. Daddy was convinced we were going to go in and find her on the floor, but she was nice and snug in the bed.

She doesn't like the covers on her when we put her to bed, but we sneak in later and wrap her up. Daddy woke up about 3 times last night thinking he heard her crying. I woke up once and thought I heard her and then was even convinced (in my blindness and in the dark) that she was standing at the door staring at me. Unfortunately, I didn't fall back to sleep.

Conclusion: Some transitions are easier on kids than on the parents! It was very weird seeing our 'baby' in a big girl bed! (Daddy even said a little sad)

But obviously the crib won't be down for long. Next step setting up a nursery in the guest room! (don't worry common visitors, we are going to retain the guest bed in that room for awhile and our bed will be available when there are visitors, we will sleep with the baby...and Samantha's big bed is actually a bunk bed so we have another bed for visitors already set up (no ladder yet- we aren't that daring with a 2 year old!).

Another transition to Big Girl is happening right now too. Samantha has always been very cuddlely with mommy during evening prayers. She had her routine...blanket on mommy's left shoulder and head down. During the last prayer, she would hand the blanket to Daddy and then go to him for the conclusion of prayer and then he would take her to bed. The last couple evenings she has wanted to stand on her own during prayer and hold Elmo or Duppie as her baby. She even rocks them like I would rock her. This too is a difficult transition for Mommy, but probably good since my belly is making it harder to hold her for long periods of time.

Congratulations to Aunt Mindy (Daddy's sister) and Uncle Mike, Lydia and Mary Wren. They welcome the first boy of this generation (on the Algood side)...Nicholas Michael was born Nov. 6th around 9:30am. He was 8lbs. 4 oz. and 20 and 3/4 inches long. We look forward to meeting him in just 2 weeks! Aunt Mindy and Uncle Mike also just welcomed a new nephew (on the William's side) just one week ago...those boys are going to have some fun together!