Well, here we are. Our last monthly photo shoot EVER!! Samantha at 12 months…

Maxwell at 12 months…

and Spencer at 12 months…

This baby is just a JOY. A happy, giggly, easy piece of pie!  except for maybe during the 5:00 to 6:00pm hour! 🙂

Showing off her 4 teeth!

She’s a talker and has clear words – MaMa, DaDa, No No (complete with head shake and wag of finger!), Nigh Nigh (for night night), and Bye Bye. She can also sign for “more” and almost has “please” down too. She can patty cake and blow kisses and click her tongue and charm anyone she wants!

She’s a great sleeper – still taking 2 naps a day – around 9am and 1pm. She goes to bed around 7pm and gets up around 6:30am. She’s still nursing 3 times a day but loves her food too! Butternut squash, apples, chicken salad, cheerios – she eats it up!

She’s not that interested in any of her toys – she much prefers to empty out the craft cabinet or pull things off the shelves of the pantry. She also loves to go poke around whatever her brothers are doing which produces many “Baby Noooo!” screams!

(I mean…that profile!)

She’s not walking yet but pulls up on everything and cruises all around the furniture. Nothing is slowing her down!

I love her. I love her so much. I know I keep saying this but I just can’t believe she’s real and she’s mine. We made it through the first year and I can’t wait to see what this little girl does in all the years to come!

So, now we say “See ya!” to the monthly photo shoots!

Yep, bye-bye!

We love you sweet Samantha!!

Happy 12 months!

All the monthly photo shoots of all 3 babies here!

Sweet Samantha is 1 month shy of a year! How can she already be 11 months old?!

Maxwell at 11 months…

Spencer at 11 months…

She’s a happy, happy baby. Just smiling and giggling lots. She’s a good talker – Mama, Dada, nigh nigh for night night. She’s got lots of tricks too – she can blow kisses, stick her tongue out, wave bye bye, patty cake. She loves to have her belly tickled and she loves it when I get right in her face and kiss on her nose!  🙂  Spencer and Maxwell can always make her laugh!

She loves her little sheep blanket in her bed and chews on the ear every day. She takes a paci at nap and night and always goes to sleep without a fuss. She wakes up between 6:30 and 7:00 and then takes 2 naps around 9:00 and 1:00. She goes to bed around 7pm.

She’s a crawling machine and can make her way to where she’s going FAST! She’s pulling up on all the furniture and is starting to cruise around things.

She’s still nursing 3 times a day and is eating all kinds of food. She’s really been a good eater (yay!) and has liked just about everything I’ve given her. I’d say “na-nas” are her favorite though!

I’m just having the MOST fun with a little girl. Several people have said she looks like Spencey. She definitely does – but I can see some Maxwell in her too.

I just love my baby girl and am so thankful she’s mine!!!

Happy 11 months Baby Mantha!

So, I know I said Thanksgiving recap was coming but you’ll have to wait a little longer because today we need to celebrate 10 months for Samantha!

She’s a JOY. Just a true treat. She’s such a happy little girl and is always so smiley and agreeable…well, except when she wants to be picked up. She does like to be held a lot but that’s quite alright with me!  🙂

Maxwell at 10 months…

Spencer at 10 months…

She’s taking 2 naps a day – 9:00 and 1:00 – and goes to bed around 6:45 at night. She sleeps like a champ and always wakes up happy and just plays in her bed until someone comes to get her.

She’s nursing 4 times a day and eating real food at lunch and dinner. She’s a GREAT eater and will gobble up anything I give her. She has 2 teeth on the bottom now but, believe me, she doesn’t need many teeth to get that food in her belly! Favorites are baked apples, bananas, butternut squash and muffins and waffles. Yum!

She crawls everywhere and gets there fast! She’s pulling up to standing to check everything out. She’s not cruising around furniture yet but I’m sure she will be soon.

She belly laughs at her brothers and giggles when you pat her belly while changing her diaper. She loves loves bath time and will even stick her face in the water to blow bubbles! She says Da Da and Bye Bye but says Ma Ma more than anything! Music to my ears!

She’s a happy, sweet little girl and I am so, so, SO glad she’s mine. We love you Baby Mantha!!!

You are our favorite little girl in the whole wide world!

9 months old already?! What?

I know…I can hardly believe it either. But, it’s true. My sweet, happy, kissable baby girl is 9 months old!

Spencer at 9 months (please go look at his eyelashes even then!)…

and Maxwell at 9 months…

It’s fun to go back and read the 9 month updates on the boys because things are so similar now. Samantha naps 2 times a day – 9:00 and 1:00. She goes to bed around 6:45pm and we get her up around 6:30 am. She has her pacis and her lovies and couldn’t be happier in her crib. We always say she’s having a party in her bed! She’s nursing 4 times a day and is starting to eat real food despite having no teeth yet! So far, bananas have been the biggest hit but she’s also gobbled up butternut squash, muffins and a variety of other things.

She’s a crawling machine. She can get on all 4s and will get across the room in no time. Her favorite thing to go get are her brothers’ stinky dirty shoes on the floor! eew!

She really is happy all the time. Well, except when someone besides me tries to hold her! 🙂 She’s definitely on a momma kick and I don’t mind one bit. She’s my best girl.

She’s developed the cutest little giggle and laughs the most at her silly brothers. Spencer can especially get her going. He loves it when I put her in his bed with him. He’ll get right in her face and always say “tap tap baby!” I have no idea what that means but it’s really cute. Both he and Maxwell just think she’s the best thing in the world. They’re very protective of her too and help me watch her to make sure she doesn’t get herself into trouble. I hear “no no baby!” a lot!

Hanging with Honey Bunny!

Her best trick right now? Waving bye-bye! She waves all day and it is precious! I think she even said bye-bye the other day while waving! for real!

Every day with this bundle of love is better than the last. We are so, so thankful to have Baby Mantha in our family!!

We love you sweet Samantha!

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