Apr

Sami made her first two-word utterance tonight!!! I can’t believe how quickly her language skills are developing! I was heading out for a “girls’ night” with my friend Kim, and Craig was giving Sami a bath. I went in to give them both “sugar” (kisses) and tell them “bye-bye”. As I was turning to walk out of the bathroom, Sami stood up and and said (very clearly) – “Me go!” . I wanted to take her with me then just because I was so proud! %-)

By the way, another pathetic note on being old…Kim and I had planned on having dinner and then going to hear a band. But when we got there, the band seemed too loud and we both got tired pretty early…

  

Apr

Sami isn’t in daycare anymore! Now she has a “nanny” – or at least that’s what Caroline (the nanny) calls herself. Somehow the word “nanny” seems kind of pretentious to me, plus I always thought a nanny lived with the employer, and that is not the case for us. Anyway, now Sami goes each morning to Caroline’s house instead of to Playschool. Caroline has a daughter, Isabella, who is almost exactly two months younger than Sami, and they seem to get along really well. This is only our second day, but so far so good. I like it that she’s getting more individual attention, and has a friend to play with one-on-one.

The only thing Sami doesn’t like about this new setup is the cat. I took her over on Sunday morning for a couple of hours, so that she could get used to being there while I was there. She liked it – generally, she likes exploring new places. But she completely *freaked* when she saw the cat. I’ve *never* seen her react that way to anything before! She let out a really high-pitched wail and started climbing up my leg to get away from it. This happened each time she even saw the cat; finally, Caroline exiled the cat outside. I’m not a cat person myself, but Sami’s response was so extreme! I don’t know what it was that spooked her so bad. She seems to be acclimating, though – today, when I picked her up, she didn’t yell or cry when she saw the cat. Instead, she walked right up to it, leaned over so she was right in its face, and said “NO!”. It was hilarious. Caroline says she does that every time she sees it now.

Sami, true to her amazingly pleasant disposition, has settled right in to her new routine. When she started daycare in July, she was miserable the whole first week, crying every day (I wrote about this in my blogs back then). So, I was worried it would take her a while to adjust to this, too. But, no problems at all! Then it was a little different, since she had been home with us constantly for her first 5 months. Now she knows we will always come back, plus she really seems to like having a playmate. And Caroline is very nurturing, so Sami took to her right away. Craig, naturally, said he had no fears whatsoever, and knew everything would work out fine. He’s such a guy! %-)

Of course, our other big news is that we found out on Friday whether we’re having a boy or girl…it’s a ____! Sorry – I can’t say yet, since a couple of people have said they want to vote in the poll and just haven’t gotten to it yet. I’ve been telling people individually, but we’re not going to announce it officially on the site for a few more days.

Okay, time to put Sami down for the night, and grab some grub…