Samantha's Baptism and Mother's Day

My first Mother's Day was WONDERFUL!! Sunday morning I got up and headed over to mom and dad's to give my mom her present. I gave her some frames and a scrapbook of pictures of Samantha. Mom and dad gave me a bracelet to wear yesterday on my first Mother's Day and the day of Samantha's baptism and also on Samantha's wedding day. It is gorgeous. They also gave Samantha a cross necklace to wear that day and on her wedding day. They are both very special. Then I headed home to get ready for church. While I was home Samantha gave me a sweet teddy bear and a card signed by her! (I know...she's advanced!)

In church we had Samantha baptized by Pastor Crabb. It was very special because I have known Pastor Crabb for over ten years now, and he then married Peter and I almost 3 years ago. He is very special to our whole family, so it was so amazing for him to be able to baptize Samantha. It was also amazing because we had so many friends and family there. Maddison came home from school, Colby drove in from Orlando,and Will and Kristen (Peter's brother and fiancee) came from Raleigh. The award for farthest traveled goes to Rachel who came all the way from Arizona! It was great meeting her and we can't wait to see her at the beach! We had many other friends and family there, and thank and love you all for making it such a special day!

After church the whole gang (about 40 of us), headed to Lake Julian for a picnic. You can't go wrong with Bojangles chicken and biscuits, and all of mama and Aunt Judy's fixins! It was GREAT. A tad windy, but a great time of fellowship for all of us. I do have to say that Samantha slept through almost her entire party. I couldn't believe it because she NEVER sleeps that much.

I can't put into words what a special day it was for me, and want to thank my mom for everything she did to make it SO special. SHE IS THE BEST! I will never forget my first Mother's Day! I hope all of you other mama's out there had a great day as well!

Samantha's 2nd Month and her first Easter

I know I'm REALLY behind on these, but I'll try to do better. So...in Samantha's second month we went to the doctor and she weighed 11 pounds 3 ounces (50th percentile) and was almost 24 inches long (75th percentile). She did great at the doctor until she had to have her shots, even though I think it was more traumatic for me than it was for her. Everyone told me she would sleep and sleep after her shots, well not my child!! I think she was awake more than usual. It was a LONG 24 hours. Also in her second month we traveled to Orlando with my mom and dad to see Uncle Colby. He caddied for Sam Saunders in the Bay Hill Invitational Golf Tournament. Samantha did great!! The ride down was almost flawless and then everyday she made it through at least 9 holes of golf. I would then feed her and then we'd head back out on the course to watch Sam and Colby. The weather was BEAUTIFUL and it was great to be in Orlando again. I do have to say that it was the first time in a long time that I was there and didn't go to Disney.

She also met Annie and Winters during the month. They were in town for a bachelorette party and stopped by to see us. It was great to see them, and I wish we could get together more often!!

Easter was a great day!! Between the 3 of us we had 5 Easter baskets. My mom gave her her Easter outfit. It was this precious little outfit with Peter Rabbit scenes on it and a cute yellow bow. We went to church and had brunch then headed outside for the balloon launch with all of the kids. After church we went to 131 Main (yum!) for lunch with mom and dad. It was a great day!

Peter, Samantha, Ty, Anna, and I headed to Hilton Head one weekend, and had a great time. We didn't spend too much time on the beach because it was super windy, but spent time by the pool. We couldn't have asked for better weather. While we were there Samantha got a stomach virus, so we had to cut our trip a little short so we could head home to see the doc. It was just a 24 hour bug, but had me nervous! 3 days later I got it. FUN FUN!

Samantha's personality really started to come out during this month. She is a ham, and loves to smile and tell sad stories. She is very expressive with her eyebrows and she just talks and talks! She is definitely a morning person, and is still not sleeping a whole heck of a lot! She'll have little naps during the day, but I think she is afraid she is going to miss something. At night it really depends. Some nights she'll sleep all night and then other nights she is up 5 times. I'm just waiting for the sleeping all night to kick in sometime soon!

I'm sure I have forgotten something, but I will try to be better!