Baby Samuel

Here's a couple of cute pictures that were taken by a friend of mine.  She does such an awesome job!  Samuel is doing SO well- he's sleeping around 5-6 hours at night and then goes right back down till around 8am.  That makes his mommy VERY happy :) 

It's been HOW long?

Ok- I'm ashamed to say it's actually been an entire month since I've blogged or even posted pictures!  I can't believe that Samuel turned 1 month old yesterday.  I feel like it was last Friday that we brought him home :) Man time flies when you're sleep deprived.

Here's some quick updates-

Michael:  

-Is an AMAZING big brother, I honestly can't believe how much he adores his little brother. He brings his binky when he cries, every time Samuel wakes up Mikey kisses him and tells him "Good Morning", he's already blaming Samuel for tooting (no kidding).  

-One night I had put Mikey to bed, he kissed Samuel (who was asleep in his swing) and went to bed. The next morning he ran into our room and in a half crying/half talking voice asked- "where's Baby Samuel? He's not in his swing". I had to show him that Samuel was soundly asleep in his crib.  

-He's turned into quite the helper- in fact just today he filled his cup with water and half a can of formula.  He brought it to me and said, "here mommy it's milk for baby Samuel"... thanks Mikey- there goes $13 bucks!  Oh well- he had good intentions.

-He's learned how to pedal his tricycle, he's very proud of himself for learning how to "push the pedals". 

- Yesterday he was building blocks and had his tractors on the table, I asked him what he was building and he said, "A Rite Aid mommy".  There's a Rite Aid going in down the street from us.

Samuel:

-I feel like we're just starting to figure each other out.  The first month was a little rough, he's very particular (for those of you who are wondering, he gets this from his father :) 

-He's a good sleeper at night - PRAISE the LORD.  The 1st week he was doing the up every 2 hours thing and I really thought I was gonna loose my mind. Then he started a 4 hour and 3 hour stretch.  Much better!

- He's very alert- he loves to lay on his back and look around, for hours at a time. He'll stay awake for as long as 2 hours during the day.  I think he's trying to figure out what toy Mikey's layed next to his head. One day it's McQueen, one day it's Thomas or Percy.

-He has two of the cutest dimples I've ever seen.

- I think he's going to be a little quieter than Michael, just as active, not as chatty.  Praise the Lord for this too :)

That's it in a nut shell, I'll try and post more pictures soon.  Be waiting for the birth announcements- that's my project for next week!