Pathetic

Sometimes Sampson reminds us that he's not the only baby in town.

Baby Hercules

There are lots of exciting things going on in this post, most of which is only exciting to Alex's parents. First of all, we had our post partum appointment and Alex is doing great. He's now only 5 lbs even, but that is acceptable weight loss. We learned that he not only eats well, but he guzzles. Jess is doing well also. She's a bit uncomfortable, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Tummy Time is very important we've learned for a baby to develop their neck muscles. This is important to me because I become much less scared of a baby that can hold its head up. Turns out that Alex's neck was borrowed from superman. On day 2 I was able to put him on my chest and he can basically hold his head off my chest as long as he wants. Good job Alex. While this is a positive, it does make it harder to feed because he can turn his head away and hold it that way with pretty incredible strength.

Also because Alex only weighs 5 lbs, nothing we have fits him. Below is our first picture of Alex in an outfit. This is a very cute preemie outfit that his grandparents bought him. You'll notice that he still swims in it as his foot is sticking out where his leg is supposed to be.

Sampson Update: Sampson is getting so much better. He has gotten used to Alex and doesn't have to be all over him constantly. The only problem is that Sampson doesn't quite understand that he weighs 65 more pounds than Alex. He has always like to rest his chin on things like people and couches. In the picture below he decided to rest his head on Alex (all of him). Alex slept through the ordeal like a champ.

Thanksgiving visitors

My parents are up for Thanksgiving from Portland. Sampson is a traitor and no longer cares about his parents. We hope our baby doesn't abandon us so quickly.

Best Buddies

Jess's parents are up in the LFP (Lake Forest Park) for the weekend. This is especially exciting for Sampson as he gets to spend the entire weekend with his friend Ainsley who constantly tortures him. This is an old picture, but it pretty much represents what happens most of the time.

Hello and Welcome!

Hello everyone and welcome to the adventures of the Stern family. We put this blog together for three reasons.
1. So that our friends and family who don't get to see us much can keep updated with things that are going on.
2. To post cute pictures of Sampson and our soon to be baby so that our parents get their grandkid fix.
3. Peer pressure. Aaron and Shana not only blogged their pregnancy and their daily activities, but they even blogged the labor and delivery. Unfortunately, our parents have the expectation that we are nearly as tech savvy as Jess's brother who builds lasers.

I'll kick it off with this...
I think Jess is ready to have a baby. As a result, she's been torturing Sampson.

-Rob