Sam continues to develop head and neck control, and she's tracking objects visually much more obviously now. Yesterday I was moving the many-armed-rattling-toy that Alex and Leslie gave her around her head on the changing table, and she consistently turned her head to follow it, especially if it was making noise. She lost interest after a few minutes, but there was definitely something new in the way she honed in on the toy and kept it in sight for those few minutes.

Amy's mom has gone back to New Hampshire, so it's just the three of us again. Sam's been somewhat better late at night the past couple of days. She doesn't cry as much when she wakes up hungry; it still takes 45 minutes or more to get her to go back to sleep after she eats, and she tends to be fussy and squirm a lot during that time, but there's less crying. Less crying is good.

When I left her this morning she was sleeping on the bed in the crook of Amy's arm with Ella curled up at the foot of the bed. I wanted to take a picture of them but there wasn't really enough light, and I didn't want to turn on a light or open the shades for fear of disturbing them.

Amy has a dentist appointment on Thursday. She's going to drop Samantha off at work with me and I'm going to keep her here for a couple of hours. This should be interesting ...