8 Weeks Old Already!

Time is going by so fast...too fast. Sami will be 8 weeks old this Friday (12/21). She weighed 8 lbs. 14 oz. at her 4 week check-up, so I'm anxious to see how much she weighs next week when we go in for shots...yuck! She is changing so much. Last night she slept ALL NIGHT! After several nights of staying up until 4am and 5am, I was extremely excited. She woke up this morning smiling and cooing for over an hour. She loves her sister...Claire now changes diapers, sings to Sami, and rocks Sami to sleep. Sami just seems so peaceful when Claire is holding her. I've been getting out of the house a lot lately to do quick Christmas shopping. Tom and Claire stay home with Sami while I deal with the Christmas crowds...fun. Mom came in over the weekend to make Christmas cookies with Kerri and me. Mom was exhausted by the time the weekend was over...I wasn't much help with the cookies due to lack of sleep, but Kerri helped out a lot while I helped taste test all of the cookies. We are headed to Oakland Saturday to visit the Beachy's and then off to Morgantown for Christmas.

Sami smiling at her Grandma Candy when she arrived to make cookies.

Sami in her new swing where she spends a lot of her day sleeping

Sami with remote...Tom staged this same picture of Claire around the same age...Sami & Claire look exactly alike.