Thursday, September 11, 2014

Sam Hardy | One Month

My big boy turned one month old on Monday. First month is gone already. It makes me sad to think how fast this first year will go…but I'm excited for his new milestones. 

Sam is a champ at eating. He eats every 2 hours…if not more. Day or night…2 hours and this boy is looking for milk. I asked his Dr if that was "normal", which it is of course. But IV didn't seem to eat this much…or maybe he did, I'll have to look in my notes. 

Regardless, Sam is gaining weight and growing like crazy. His official one month stats are:

Weight: 12lbs 13.4oz
Height: 23"
Head 41cm

He's in the 97th and 98th percentile for height and weight. His head, of course, is off the charts…much like big bros was. 




Sam is such a lover. He loves to be held and if he could, he'd sleep on me every chance I got. He's currently in a wake, eat, play, sleep schedule and I love it. His longest nap is 2 hours and that starts around 1:00…which just so happens to be IV's nap time. I'm not complaining…at all. 

Ginormous is the word the Dr used to describe him…and he is. But he's also so strong. At 2 weeks, Sam rolled over. He has since gone belly to back and back to belly. Crazy is the only word to describe it. I don't feel like I have a newborn baby. He's well into 3-6 month clothes and quickly moving into a size 2 diaper. 

I just love this sweet sack of sugar and I cannot wait to see him continue to grow. 
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Saturday, September 6, 2014

IV's 1st Day of School - Pre-K-3


Big things happened this past week. IV started school. I can't believe I'm even typing those words…but the day has come. For the first time in almost three and half years - I would leave IV during the day.

But - he was ready. We didn't make a big deal about starting school, just because we had enough going on this Summer with the arrival of Sam. I knew if I really talked a lot about school, IV would get anxious and not want to go.

So when the day arrived, I treated it like any other day…but today, we were going to school.

I wasn't sure how the morning would go, but I knew I wanted to leave Sam at home. I felt that it'd be best to just start the day with Stew, IV and myself. We'd go to school and hopefully everyone holds back the tears. So my Mom took the morning off to stay with Sam while we headed to school.

We made a quick stop for a coffee and we were there. IV was so excited that he was practically running into school. I couldn't believe it. I had nightmares of him in tears…asking to go home. But there was my big 3 year old - walking into his first day of school. 



Stew and I couldn't be more proud of him. He loved his first day of school, all the new kids and his teachers. We now will go every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the school year. I look forward to his excitement when I pick him up. I look forward to him excelling and making new friends. I cannot wait to watch him grow this year. 
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