Snow Day!

Alright, I realize that every day for the past month has been a snow day, but we've finally come to our senses and taken Leah out to actually play in the snow, thanks to Lola for sending snow pants! (Actually, I stayed warm inside with the baby and watched from the window)

Check out the video. As you can tell, she "moon walked" in the snow boots at first, but progressively got used to them. She looks like she's having fun, doesn't she?

Brother and Sister

I tried to find a picture of both kids at about the same age so you could see how similar or different they look as babies. I think they look distinctively different, but distinctively like siblings (of course!)

(Samuel is the one sleeping on the striped shirt in case you couldn't tell the difference)

Pictures of Samuel

No Explanation Necessary...

The First Week

Samuel is 8 days old. Here are the highlights of the first week.

• Samuel has learned how to eat, sleep and poop. These activities occupy his entire day.
• He sleeps very well. When we're lucky, 4-5 1/2 hours at a time. He eats all day, so that's okay with me.
• Today he learned how to spit up. It was gross.
• Since he was born, we've done five or six loads of laundry.
• We've used approximately 100 diapers so far. When he's awake, we're lucky if a diaper lasts 30 minutes.
• Grandma is really good at changing diapers, and willing too.
• Leah is a very nurturing big sister and continues to be a generally happy little girl. She likes to "hold it" (the baby) and keeps asking mommy to feed her milk, too. She can tell she's not the center of attention anymore, but so far is handling it well.
• It took us all week to finally capture Samuel's adorable dimples, featured in the last picture--look closely. (click any picture to see it enlarged)