Sam's Life

I'm a work at home Mom which lets me be a stay at home Mom to my dd Julianna. I'm super into soaps especially my GH. I mourn for OLTL and AMC. I love True Blood, Twilight and Hunger Games. For me it's TV, books, my family and I'll share all that with you here :)

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No Child Should Go Through This!

No Child Should Go Through This!

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Video would help.....

Video would help…..

I guess it would help if the video had uploaded properly for her cheerleading in my last post…..

I think I fixed it and it should be there now…… I hope lol……

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This is what my girl does :)

This is a video from Juju’s latest show!!! 

It’s her cheerleading routine that she and the rest of her special needs team perform.

Here they were performing in a fundraiser show that helps Wiaih. An amazing organization that does so much for special needs families…..

They are an amazing group and they are amazing in what they do ☺️☺️!!!

Enjoy!!!

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Snuggle time ☺️

Hubby is out tonight with work, so I get to relax with Juju to help her fall asleep :).

We are making a bit of progress with working on getting her to sleep in her bed :).

One of us still has to stay with her until she falls asleep, but at least we are getting her to fall asleep in her bed / so that is a huge step!!!

It’s going to take many steps to get her to sleep in her room in her bed on her…

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My little Elsa ❄️

This girl of mine is totally Frozen bonkers lol.

She has the whole wardrobe right down to the underwear and the hair clips. She even has a long Elsa braid that she can put in her hair with a clip :)

She also has a cap with an Anna braid coming out the hole in the back lol.

Yep, she is completely and totally into Frozen.

She has the dvd, which she is watching, using her Frozen headphones while…

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She's definitely a girly girl :)

She’s definitely a girly girl :)

I haven’t been feeling my usual self the last few days, but at least Juju has been in school so I didnt have to worry about her.

Now the weekend is here and my hubby is in TO for work and Juju is here with me.

I spent most of the morning resting in bed. Juju relaxed with me and was being the sweetheart she is trying to help me feel better ❤️

She decided to do her nails with new nail polish I just…

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Girls time :)!

I’ve been feeling a bit crappy for the past couple days :(.

I really hope that it goes away fast because I want to be in tip top shape for Juju while her dad is working in TO…

It’s just Juju and I for the next few days and I want to make the easiest for her that I can :)

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This is great for sick kids - especially autistic ones....

This is great for sick kids – especially autistic ones….

I love Amazon.ca! I can always find just what I need there whenever I need it :).

I always have a really hard time taking Juju’s temperature, and the only way she’ll let us test it is on her forehead.

I was looking on Amazon for a new ear thermometer and found one even better ☺️☺️☺️

I’m so excited as now taking her temp when I need to will be so easy and comfortable for her :) :)!!!!

The screen…

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Going to have a tired one tomorrow....

Going to have a tired one tomorrow….

I’m going to have a very tired little one tomorrow :(.

Her dad is away in TO for work and she misses him, so of course, she can’t fall asleep.

We’ve been trying to get her to fall asleep since 7:45pm and only about 10:13pm did she finally fall asleep.

She is going to be one tired sweetheart tomorrow, and that is going to make for a very long day….

I really hope she will be ok in the morning…..

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Good morning!! Good morning from Juju ☀️☺️!!!!! She wishes everyone a wonderful Thursday!!!!!

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Going to be a day and a half.....

Going to be a day and a half…..

Usually right now I’m preparing myself my first cup of coffee.

I’ve brought Juju to school, come home and cleaned up a bit and now getting ready to get some steps in while I enjoy my coffee….

This morning however, I am now actually starting my second cup of coffee… I think it’s going to be one of those days….. Oh boy……

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Tutti Fruity!!

I feel like I’m one lucky parent :). I listen to a lot of moms around talk about things that they have a really hard time getting their kids to eat. Most of what I hear is fruits and vegetables.

When I tell them that Juju adores her fruits and veggies and that she will usually prefer them over many other things, people usual look stunned lol…

But yep, my girl asks for apples and oranges everyday.…

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PedDays really don't help:(

PedDays really don’t help:(

Getting Juju off to school this morning was really, really hard😦. 

The day off on Friday put her in even more of a “I’m afraid to go” mode this morning…

I woke up with a migraine and that really didn’t help either. I rested a bit to get my migraine somewhat under control and then I worked on prying her out the door.

When I got back from driving her though, my migraine was worse than it was when I…

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Let's see what tomorrow morning brings....

Let’s see what tomorrow morning brings….

It’s Monday morning tomorrow and that means back to school for Juju. And going to school on a normal morning is already hard enough…. Now I’ll be trying to get her in after this being a 3 day weekend…..

She told me earlier that she wanted to try and see if she can take the bus in the morning to school. I told her it’s always good to try, and if she can’t tomorrow then we try again the next day.

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Relaxing together on Sunday morning :) I'm not feeling so good today. I'm relaxing in bed and Juju comes up and snuggles with me to try and help me feel better 💞. She is such a sweetheart and an amazing little girl 😘. I love you Juju!!!!

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Taking a cat nap :)...

Taking a cat nap :)…

She had a pretty good day today ☺️!!

Seldom does she do so much in the day that she passes out on the couch 😴😴😴

She had a great day with her dad today! It was a father&daughter day. Spent the morning together and he made her breakfast I bed.

After wards it was a trip to Funtropolous! She loves it there. It’s like a McDonalds play place only about 20+ times the size lol 😋

And if that wasn’t…

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Two opposites in one day...

Two opposites in one day…

Juju has a lot if sensory issues and they are strong higher up in her body, especially her head.

She is very particular in what hairstyle I can do for her. I can make tight ponytails, but they have to be almost at her neck. I have to make it as “down” as I can. She can’t handle it if there are even two finger spaces under it.

And trust me I have learned how to do the perfect one through many…

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