One month, two month, old pics, new pics

It has been quite awhile since I last posted pictures and updates about Samuel. Since I last posted he has had both his one month and two month "birthdays". When Ben was a baby we started a tradition of taking a photo of baby on each month birthday for the first year in the same spot and with a special stuffed animal. At the end of the first year, we had a wonderful look at how baby has changed and grown. We plan to continue this with Samuel and have started with his first and second months. Below are pictures of Sam at one month...








and at two months.







He is growing and changing almost daily. I never grow tired of seeing how much babies change and learn during this first year. Sam is a fairly content baby, still sleeping quite a lot (most days)and even sleeping fairly well at night (usually!). However, he does NOT like riding in the car and if he doesn't fall asleep, he invariably screams for the entire car ride. It is really sad to hear him and nothing works to calm him except getting where we're going, taking him out of the carseat, and holding him. Sam has started to smile and "talk" quite a lot in the last couple of weeks. He has a really sweet smile and especially lights up for Madeline. He also has found his hands in the past week and now chews and sucks on them often. We went in for his two month check-up this past Wednesday (the 6th) and found that he is now 13 pounds, 10 ounces and is 23 3/4 inches long - a big boy!

Happy two month birthday Sam!