The Monthly Sam: Issue 1

My little boy turned one month old last week and I can't believe how fast time has flown nor how much he has changed and grown in such a short span of time!

...annnnnnd he always looks annoyed in pictures. It's probably because he is actually annoyed because I take so many pictures of him. Sowwy kiddo. 

Anyways, my plan is to make a photo book after he is a year old and have a message about him with each month picture so I will just put those on here so I know where to find them :) Here goes round one...

We just love our sweet little boy so much! Sammy is such a wide-eyed curious little boy and so alert when he is awake. At this month's check-up he weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. He was a total show-off for the doctor! When the doctor placed him face down on the table Sammy propped himself up on his little arms, lifted his head up, turned his head to the left, then to the right, to look around, and then laid back down. The doctor said, "Whoa! Good job little guy!", and said he was doing great! At home Sammy is starting to show signs of his Daddy's stubbornness and his Mommy's impatience. When he is awake he loves to be on his tummy, either on Mommy or Daddy's chest, or on the floor. When he is being held he will grab onto shirts, hair, skin and try to lift himself up while locking his little legs. When on the floor he will kick and kick, almost as if he were swimming. He tries so hard to move, and will scream and cry the whole time because he gets so frustrated that his little body won't do what he wants. His head is always on the swivel, taking in everything within eyesight. His favorite things to stare at are faces and moving ceiling fans.

So, Sam started trying to move while having a scream fest pretty much as soon as we came home from the hospital. At first it really concerned me because he was born 3 weeks early, so I didn't want him to stress himself out because the doctor said he needs to rest so that his brain can continue developing the way it would have inside of the womb. No matter what I do though this kid will not stop trying to crawl, stand, and climb. I am glad to knew that he is such a determined little boy, but I just want him to calm down!