Thursday, December 21, 2006

Growing Fast!


Sam is five weeks old today and he had his one month check up yesterday. He now weighs 11 pounds, 14 ounces and is 23 inches long. The doc said that puts him in the 95th percentile! Whoa! That kid must be drinking straight cream! We can only assume that his growth will level off at some point soon, but we are definately glad to see that he's healthy and growing. :-)

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Newton Grandparents and Uncle Pete

We FINALLY have pictures to share from Thanksgiving week with the Newtons!

They arrived the day after the Hamer grandparents left, and spent Samuel's 1-week birthday with us. They were anxious to meet their second grandchild (first grandson). Sam joins one Newton cousin, Anna.


On Thanksgiving Day we drove up to Ben's grandparents' home in Limerick (1 hr. from here). Sam is their second great-grandchild...





















Four generations of Newton men:









We all then had a beautiful dinner over at Aunt Jackie's house (with Uncle Terry and cousins David, Dustin, Leena and her husband Dan). Aunt Janice even came from Toronto! This was a special time for the Newton great-grandparents to have three of their four kids together.




















Anna has already dubbed mom and dad Newton as "Mum" (the English version of "mom") and "Pops", so we're calling them that too.
Sam enjoyed lots of cuddling from each of them!







Uncle Pete was a little hesitant to hold such a little guy, but he got the hang of it and did a great job!







Mum and Mama out for a walk on a sunny November day...







FYI- the adorable pumpkin hat is a gift to Samuel from mama's friend Gretta. (Thanks, Gretta, we love it!)

Monday, December 11, 2006

Daddy Lovin'

Ben loves to snuggle with Sam... I love it when he comes home for burp duty, diaper duty, and bath duty. It gives me a break!
(Disclaimer: I absolutely love spending time with Sam, but I get to do it all day.)
Even right now he's holding Sam so that I can write this blog!
Below is a bit of a chronicle of their time together since birth...

Sam's second day, Papa came in from roofing our house to cash out with his boy.

Sam's third day: Sunday afternoon nap.


As you see in the next two pictures, snuggle time turns in to sleep time for Ben sooner than it does for Sam. We know who's getting the most sleep in this relationship!


Two days ago: Saturday morning quiet time

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Please vote

Let us know which picture you think we should use for our official Christmas cards (which usually come out in February...)