Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! We had a great one here. As you can see, we were successful with the Easter Bunny this year and got a great shot of the little bear in her Easter outfit. It took us forever to get through the line because everyone kept commenting on her attire! What can I say... we LOVE playing dress up with that little girl :) :)Samantha got an Easter basket FULL of delicious Stage 1 baby food and a dvd... very exciting stuff. But, she seems impressed and that is all that matters. We spent the day relaxing and finished cleaning the house in preparating for Wednesday (I'll get to that in a minute) .
As most of you know, Samantha turned 7 months on the 7th of this month and she is starting to hit some milestones... she is starting to sit up all on her own for good periods of time; she's starting to roll from back to side and then back again; and she's starting to figure out the whole crawling thing... but not there yet. She's discovered her voice and is babbling away! I think she has said "da-da" a couple of times, but Gregg is in denial as she is "too young" to be forming words. I think he is in denial as he doesn't want her growning up at all! HA
Miss Samantha is starting to get the hang of the whole rice cereal "adventure." And I have to say, she is definately one of those that gets all into her food. Apparently, I can't get the spoonful of food into her mouth quick enough and she needs to help out with her mouth AND hands!!! Needless to say, there is always a bath at the end of each meal :)
Now for the big news that I alluded to earlier. This coming Wednesday, Samantha is having ear tubes put in. Gregg took her to see the top ENT last Tuesday and he said she needed to have the tubes ASAP as her ears were pretty bad. According to the Dr, it was imperrative that Sam have the tubes since she was a preemie because the ear infections might not just be bothering her ears, but also her tummy - as her tummy is not fully developed yet from being so young still. He told Gregg that when she cries, it might not be the pain in her ears, but the pain in her tummy... poor thing!!!
I know that having the tubes is the best thing possible for Samantha, but the thought of having to take her back into a hospital is killing me. I know that the surgery is only going to take an hour tops from the time she leaves us until she is back in our arms... but I can't stand the thought of going back in to a hospital and leaving her side for a second. She's already had to go through so much in such a short span of time... I just wish there was another way to solve the problem. But, I know that as long as I have Gregg by my side Wednesday morning I will find the strength to put on a brave face and not shed a tear and be the "strong momma" that I can be - just like I was when she was in the NICU.
Sorry for rambling... and just for putting up with me tonight - I will leave you with one more picture of Samantha in her Easter attire.
Love and miss you all -
Emily
