Samuel: One Month Old

Kolby was home for three of the four weeks of Samuel’s first month of life (he took two weeks off, plus Thanksgiving break) so we had a ton of time as a new family of four and enjoyed it so much!  I love having a tiny baby around again.  I firmly believe there is no better human experience than holding a sleeping baby on your chest and I’m so thankful to be living that for hours every day.

Samuel looks a lot like Beckett at times but they are so different in just about all other ways!  First and foremost he is SLEEEEEEEEEPY.  He sleeps so much I can hardly believe it.  It’s normal, but Beckett was awake so much that the difference seems shocking.  Samuel eats really fast, also in stark contrast to Beckett.  Well, either he eats fast or just can’t stay awake long enough to eat for more than a few minutes.  I was so happy to hear at his one month checkup that he’s been gaining weight like a champ because of how little he seemed to want to eat.  So far it seems that Samuel loves a pacifier, something Beckett rarely took to at this age (or any age, really).  And Samuel’s cry sounds like a little piglet.  Oh, and he's super tan.  But I think that's mostly the jaundice ;)

Samuel loves loves loves to sleep on our chests with his legs pulled up like a little frog.  I’ve enjoyed this to no end and am already dreading the day he grows out of liking it so much.  I feel like a picture of him on my chest sweetly sleeping soundly pretty much sums up his first month of life.

Above all else about Samuel, its most worth noting that he is super easy.  He’s sleeping great (waking up twice in the night to eat but then easily going back to sleep) and eating great, and although he does not love awake time when he’s not eating, he’s not awake much so that fussiness is always short lived.  He’s happy in his car seat and we’ve been able to go on several outings (including out to a nice dinner for Kolby’s mom’s birthday when Samuel was only a week old) and he’s just snoozed in his car seat the whole time.

I’m looking forward to him being awake more so we can get to know him better, but he sure has made this first month of transitioning to a family of four easy on us by being so content!

Some pictures from Samuel’s first month!

First car ride... home from the hospital!

 We have this insanely soft blanket and Samuel can't stay awake if he's in it.  We call it the miracle blanket and you'll notice it in most of our pictures of him :)

Family resemblance much?

Beckett on the left, Samuel on the right.

 I love this picture so much.  Newborns are seriously the best.

 Meeting Gran and Daddy Monk

 Catching some rays to help beat his jaundice.  He's actually still jaundice a little bit but the doctor said it'll resolve by about 6 weeks old.

 Here's the image I'll always have of him as a newborn.  So sweet I can barely stand it.

My little nap buddy

 Sam Frog

 It's tiring being this handsome

 So tiny and sleepy....

 First family outing to church.
(Sporting my post-baby bump with pride here.  That belly has served me (and these two precious boys) well!)

 Bed buddy

 Sleepy

Almost ready for Christmas!

 Happy one month birthday, little one!