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Sam's Story: Week 100 December 25, 2005
Welcome to the Centennial Samantha Celebration. ...Or what would be if "centennial" meant "100 weeks" and not "100 years." It's hard to believe that I've been doing these weekly updates for 100 weeks --more if you include the pregnancy updates. To celebrate, I've put together a little retrospective on the 1st 100 weeks of Samantha Alyse Madigan. Go ahead and click on the image below to view it (NOTE: there is sound, so adjust your speakers). Go ahead, I'll wait here and you can come back when you're done.
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Done? Good! What did you think? She's changed a bit, no?
We hit another important milestone this week: Sam formed her first sentence, which was "Momma, up!" as in "Mommy, get up!" or possibly "Mommy, I want to get up!" Unfortunately this sentence was uttered at 4:30 in the morning from her crib at the foot of our bed in my parents' guest bedroom. So we didn't really do our best to reward her for such a linguistic somersault. In fact, we just lay very, very still and ignored her, hoping that she would go away if she thought we were dead. Fortunately, she did, or at least lay back down in her crib and went back to sleep.
Today is also Christmas, so merry Christmas, too! Sam got to rip open more packages from Nana, Pa-pa, Aunt Shawn, and Uncle Brent. She's really into opening presents now, to the point where she'll go after the Christmas decorations in stores, trying to shred them and reveal the fantastic Elmo dolls and Mega Blocks that have so far been found inside every single one.
We've been having a pretty good time here in Tulsa, at any rate. Sam is enjoying the extra attention from all the family, and has completely warmed up to everyone to the point where Ger and I have left her with them several times so far. She even started calling my dad "Pa-Pa," which is apparently easier than saying "Grandpa." And I've been taking a ton of pictures. Witness!
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Sam has been enjoying my parents' large back yard, which has given her ample room to practice her broom-fu, Bruce Lee imitation and all.
These are also the first batch of pictures I've taken with my new Cannon Rebel XT EOS Digital SLR camera. I love this thing, by the way. It doesn't magically make me a better photographer in terms of composing scenes or picking the right settings, but with the zero boot time and ability to take rapid-fire pictures and quickly write them to a 1-gigabyte memory card I'm missing a lot fewer of Sam's shenanigans and taking multiple shots so I can pick the best one. The thing really does just takes better looking pictures, too. I don't think I'd get shots like this or like this or like this with my old camera.
And now, by request, here are three pictures of Sam eating something --a banana, Cheerios, and Cream of Wheat, respectively. Enjoy, and here's to another 100 chapters of Sam's Story to come.
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Posted by Nina on December 25, 2005 5:32 PM:
That little video thingy with the music was terrific! The song was neat too! Sam is going to love that when she sees it. She probably already does but I just wish my parents did something like that for me of when I was little. Great Job!
Merry Christmas! I see that Sam got some great stuff this year I hope you all have a wonderful, healthy 2006!
Posted by Jamie on December 25, 2005 7:17 PM:
Thanks, Nina! Glad you enjoyed the slideshow.
Posted by David on December 26, 2005 10:02 PM:
You shouldn't knock your photography abilities. The only talent I seem to have is recognizing it in others and there are at least 10 really standout photos in the slideshow. I have to go back a second time to catch them again.
Merry Christmas.
Posted by hippiechic on December 31, 2005 7:19 AM:
Looking through these photos I realized Sam has more clothes than I do...and they're way cuter too! What a lucky little girl. :)
Posted by Ger on December 31, 2005 9:29 AM:
Thanks! Most of them are hand-me-downs from her cousin, we've hardly had to buy her anything! I agree, I often think I wish I could find the same thing in my size. : )
Posted by Joan on January 13, 2006 11:44 AM:
Enjoyed the 100 weeks slide show. Have watched it several times, and finally got G4eg to view it. It is really cute. Am wondering though, when Sammy might have a little brother or sister, so you can start week 1 again!