Road Trip!

Just today I got some very exciting news. Tomorrow morning Mommy and Grandma are taking me on a road trip down to Florida. I am going to be seeing my Great Grandparents and there is a rumor we are going to be taking my cousin to Disney World. I am very excited about all this time with so many people's attention. I am going to miss my Daddy, but he seemed surprisingly amicable to Mommy taking me away for a week.
I'm sure I will have lots of adventures to talk about from there and pictures to go with them. Speaking of which, I think Daddy has finally figured out how to upload pictures and is going to show me how.

Love,
Sammy

breakthrough

This weekend was a very important one. Friday night we spent time vising with Mommy and Daddy's friends, which means I get held and cooed over all night (big fan of that). Saturday we spent time with Uncle Dan and Aunt Courtney and my Cousins Josh and Grace at her birthday party. Once again, I was the center of attention and got to eat and be held all day. Because of all this excitement, I slept through the night both nights. This was a bit of an upsetting fact for Mommy since Daddy was in charge of watching me at night, and he got away scott free. But I made it up to Mommy; Sunday night I slept through the night again.

They are very excited by me sleeping through the night. It's amazing how they now consider 5 or 6 hours of sleep a blessing; talk about lowering the bar.

My favorite time of day is the morning. Right after I wake up from my long slumber, I like to play with my parents. I lay back and laugh at the silly faces and noises they make. All I need to do is giggle, and they act like children. I have some toys I'm starting to get interested in, swing and trying to grab them, or watching them move around. I laugh a lot when things move around in circles.

All this talk about sleep is making me hungry, so I will sign off for now and write more later.

Love,
Sammy

Goodmorning sunshine

Mornings are my favorite time of day. I wake up all rested and happy and Mommy and Daddy are both there. We talk and play for awhile until Daddy has to go off to work. I'm starting to talk more and more and we have some very insightful conversations. Next week I get another checkup with my Doctor, and we get to find out how much I have grown.

There has been some feedback asking for more pictures, and I promise I will try and post some. I'm just having a little trouble.

I also have a new email address samueldrasin@gmail.com (yahoo.com doesn't allow less then 2 year olds to have addresses and requires a credit card to prove age). Guess I need to ask Mommy and Daddy for one of those credit card things.

Also, for those wishing I would post more; there is a direct correlation between the amount that I sleep and the number of posts.

Love,
Sammy

It was a dark and quiet night

We spent Saturday night with my uncle Dan and Aunt Courtney and my cousins Josh and Grace. I had a lot of fun playing with them and being passed around by the neighbors; I love being the center of attention. I was so tired by the end of the night I slept for almost 6 hours at home. Then when I woke up Daddy took me on a long drive for a few hours while Mommy slept.

I laugh a lot now, when people make funny faces, or open their mouths wide. They make all these silly noises, I can't understand anything that are saying. I'm starting to talk more to them, but they still only understand a couple phrases I use, like 'I am dirty' and 'I am hungry'. I am also starting to play with more of my toys, grabbing them, watching them, laughing when they make noise.

I hear Mommy coming to my bed, she thinks I've been sleeping. Time to hide the laptop.

Love,
Sammy

Something new

Last night I grabbed something for the first time! It was a portable mobile that some friends of my grandfather gave me. Over the last few days I have been starting to swing at things when they move in front of me, and each day my aim was getting better. Today I actually hit it, grabbed it, and of course, pulled it. For some reason my parents find this to be the most fascinating thing in the world :)

I am still growing very fast, unofficially 13lbs now. Mommy and Daddy think I might be ready for another growth spurt since I've been eating like crazy the last few days and hardly sleeping. I don't know if they really think I'm going to have a spurt, or they are just praying. They seem very tired. I really don't understand why, I mean, I only need 45 minutes of sleep and I'm ready to go again.

I need to go now. It's a weekend, and that means going out on the town and them trying to be 'normal'.

Love,
Sammy

What are these things attached to me

Just recently I have noticed these strange things next to me, and not only that, I seem to be able to move them. I can punch Mommy and Daddy by 'accident' and even grab things. Seeing things move grabs my attention, and I make these big smiles. It's funny to see how a little grin makes them act like complete fools for the next 5 minutes.
I'm starting to sleep a bit better, not letting myself get so overtired. How ironic, the more tired I am, the harder it is for me to sleep.
Every day Mommy and Daddy learn a new technique to keep me calm, and every next day they become obsolete and a new set of tricks are needed.
I am starting to get a lot of gifts in the mail with new clothes and toys. I'm starting to even play with some a bit.
On Saturday uncle Dan came over to watch me and give my parents a needed break. They were able to take a nap and go out to dinner without me; they said it felt very very strange.
Well, I need to stop writing. I've been very tough on Mommy today and I better shape up before Daddy gets home and I get a stern talking to.

Love,
Sammy