Happy Halloween!

Samantha loves her Mummy!

Happy Birthday Samantha! 4 weeks old!

Samantha is a month old today! Yeah! Luckily she is young enough not to remember the Michigan football season this year :)

She is doing well. She finally got back up to birth weight this week! A little behind, but we are getting her more food now. It's a long story, but the bottom line is that we will have to supplement with formula for the time being. My milk supply just isn't producing enough. So we can't rely on breastfeeding alone. There's more to it and I will post the whole story some other time. But she's getting back on track with her weight and we couldn't be happier.

We have had a ton of visitors - Grandma and Grandpa Fischer, Uncle Patrick, and Grandma and Grandpa Cassady. We can't thank them enough for their help. We also want to thank all the people who have come over to visit and helped out with dinners! The meals really helped us out!

We posted some more pictures at this link - Samantha - Week 2 -3.

Enjoy!

Samantha went for her first walk on Wednesday.

Patrick was here too.

Samantha Week 2

It's been a great week! Samantha is changing every day...she is so beautiful. This week we got more visitors. Grandma and Grandpa Fischer flew down to Houston from Grand Rapids, Michigan to see little Sam. She is having a great time with them. I think they are smitten with her too. Uncle Patrick just got here today to visit before he heads to Australia for two years!

We have had a bit of an ordeal learning to breastfeed. Both Sam and I are learning together. My milk supply came in late and it caused us to supplement with formula. Sam still hasn't gained enough weight - she still hasn't gotten back up to her birth weight. So we are working on it with feedings every 2 hours. I am very tired!

We will post some pictures tomorrow. I need to go to bed right now.

But for my Aunt Sandy - here's a pic of Grandma Fischer and Samantha!

Samantha's first week

We have posted a bunch of pictures from her first week. We came home from the hospital on Tuesday afternoon and have been getting used to feeding around the clock. I will say that learning to breastfeed has not been easy. We have had our first pediatrician appointment - she is doing great. We head back next week for her 2 week appointment. I can't believe it's been a week! She has grown and changed so much in a short time! She's great and makes the cutest faces! Anyway, we'll keep trying to posting. Here's a link to the pictures - Samantha.