1 Month Check-Up

1 month picture

Another great report card today from the pediatrician!

Weight: 9 lbs 4 oz   25-50%

Height: 21.3 in   50%

Head: 14.8 in   50%

Development: A+

A new accomplishment this week is that Sam has begun sleeping in his own room.  Of course, we are sleeping in the guest room right across the hall with the baby monitor :)  He has also been sleeping one, sometimes two, 4 to 5 hour stretches at night between feedings.  We are trying to establish a bedtime routine of eating, being rocked for a bit, and then going to bed.  I found some fun bedtime music by "Rockabye Baby! Elvis."  They are all Elvis songs but played like a lullaby.

We have definitely entered a new phase in our lives.  This should last us about a month:

Here are some more pictures from the past couple weeks...

My Dad got to feed me a bottle for the first time!

My Grammy came to visit me!  She rocked me to sleep every night and stayed up with me until 3 AM, sometimes 4 AM! Mommy got to sleep  :)  It was pretty awesome!

These pictures are for my Gramps :)  I hope to be a baseball player when I grow up.

I love laying on my Dad's chest!

I am starting to smile and laugh, even though I don't know that's what I am doing yet :)

I can lift my head!

1 month

My new best friend, Buoy.

Singin' and Dancin'

Sam and I did some singing and dancing to my iPod this morning which put him to sleep. I am so glad I didn't have a video of that!

I put him in his swing and about ten minutes later I could hear him singing and dancing on his own :)

The first video is from today and the second video is when he was 2 weeks old.  It's amazing how much he is growing and changing!

Pictures!

One of my wonderful student's parents came and did some professional photos of Sam.  Sam was screaming crying before they got to the house, so I had just set myself up for pictures of my crying baby.  However, once we got started Sam was in the best mood!  I think he loved the camera and all the attention.  Here are some of the pics:

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Two Week Check-Up

We can not believe it has already been two weeks since Sam was born.  It is amazing how time flies when you're having fun (and even while watching the clock in 2 - 3 hour increments for feedings)!

Sam had his two week check-up today at the pediatrician's office.  Everything was great!  Here's his report card:

• Weight: 8.0 lbs., 50th percentile
• Height: 20.5 in., 50th percentile
• Head: 14.3 in., 25-50th percentile
• Physical Exam: Normal
• Development: A+

I'm a healthy boy!

Sam meets his future wife Stella!

Kristen and Mark, our good friends from Austin came to visit this weekend with their 7 week old daughter (and Sam's new best friend), Stella!  We know they will be as good of friends as we are!

1 Week Old

Here is Sam at 1 week old (well, 1 week and 4 days).  I hope to take these once a month to show his growth.  I just hope I remember to do it!

...and then I got to play a little with my dad in my crib!

Some fun surprises...

This is what my parents bought to hang outside our hospital room.  It kind of looks like Sam :)

My friend Kristen had a daughter, Stella, at the end of November.  We have already decided that her and Sam will be best friends!  Stella sent Sam flowers when we got home from the hospital.

Aunt Terri sent this super soft blanket for Sam!  Clint said he had one just like it when he was little.  It's neat that Sam will now have that same special memory as his Dad.  Thanks, TARA!