Sorry for the delay in updates - we've naturally been very busy and wiped out. Samuel didn't want to nurse too well at first and slept quite a bit so he lost several ounces. We had to wait a while to schedule his circumcision so we didn't get home until 7:20 pm Monday. He's gotten into a pretty good nursing routine (too good if you ask Merrie), but he seems to have his days and nights mixed up as he sleeps most during the day now.

Samuel is a mover, likely due to all that exercise he got in the womb. At 5 days he already pushes himself with his legs and has done a half roll in his sleep, shattering Sydney's record of 3 months. I'm thinking we'll be needing to keep him on a short leash. He almost looks to be sporting a grin in this picture.


He didn't enjoy his first stroller ride last night, but then we discovered the pads hadn't been put back into his carseat. I got him all fixed up today with extra padding even, and he seemed fairly content with it. He weighed 5’14” at the doctor’s today so he has gained back all he lost plus an ounce to grow on. He did not care for getting his heel stuck again but was a real trooper, and I calmed him down with an airplane ride in his carseat on the way out to the car. His next appointment will be for shots at 2 months.

Merrie's mom has been spoiling us rotten this week. She left work early Friday to be here with the boys and has done all the laundry and cooking this week. We could get very used to this! She took the boys to the state fair today and tomorrow so we could have alone time with Samuel. I was mortified to discover that she hasn't managed to be in any of my pictures yet so I must correct that when they return. She'll be here another week.

Stephan had his high school orientation yesterday afternoon. He has a couple friends in some classes, but I'm sure the first week will be very stressful as the school is so large and he's not great with directions. I'm rather nervous about picking him up, too, since they didn't cover anything like that and I couldn't find an official to talk to once I was free to do so.

We went over to Sydney's school last night to see who was in his class and there were many familiar names. We're going to have to warn his teacher to rule with an iron fist. :) Sydney is not a shy child and that tends to get him in trouble at times.