Two Days of the Doctor

Mom, it doesn't get much better than this!

The last two days have been so busy! We spent about half the day Wednesday at the pediatrician. It was his well baby checkup. Samuel's weight continues to fluctuate. He was down, then up, then down again. We spent quite a bit of time with the Dr. and the nutritionist. The nutritionist was extremely helpful, giving us a number of techniques to get his calorie intake up, while continuing to give him the breast milk, which is so much better for him. We already think he looks better today, but keep him in your prayers on that.

Today, Thursday, May 8th we took little britches to Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth. He had his circumcision performed there. He has slept almost the whole day and evening. He'll probably wake up VERY unhappy sometime tonight! So far today, he has only woken to eat. After the better part of two days with doctors, we are all pretty worn out. Mom and Dad are both going on about two hours sleep today.

Samuel continues to impress us with his strength. Since the day he was born, he has shown a lot of strength in his arms, legs, and neck. He will pick himself up off of the bed, it is kind of wild and wobbly, but still impressive for his age. He is going to be a strong little toot! He remains a pooping and tooting machine! Man can that kid fill a diaper! He still HATES having his diaper touched! You can change his clothes, hold him, feed him, all with scarcely a whimper. Touch that diaper, he'll make your ears pay! I have got to get a video of this and post it. It is hilarious! It is not so funny at four o'clock in the morning, but it is funny! I'm no prophet, but I foresee some well earned adjustments to his hind quarters when he is older! :-)

We want to thank all of you for your emails, posts on the blog, prayers, and support. We appreciate all of you. It has been a wonderful journey so far, unexpected, but wonderful! We are glad you all are going on it with us! Keep the posts and email coming!

Mom, lets take a break and get some zzzzz's ok?

Dad, can you make me look any smaller???
(amazing how small he looks, believe it or not, this was how big I was when I was born!)

Can you guess who dressed me today??
(for the picture above too!)