The Week According to Sam- Week One

Dec 5, 2011 by cafebebemama

Indulge a new, 2nd-time mother. I’m going to do a weekly feature, sort of like Project 365, where I feature the week according to Sam: one picture from each day of the week. I’ve used this blog as a record of our life as the Cafe Bebe family and Ella has featured as the subject of the blog for 3 1/2 years. Sam needs a bit of “glory time” now as well! So bear with me as I share with you the week according to Sam- Week One (and a bit).

Approximately 2 hours after Sam’s birth, armed with a rapidly depleting battery, I got this photo on my BlackBerry whilst in recovery. We hadn’t packed a hat for Sam (shock, horror) and the recovery ward was a bit chilly. Our Asian midwife constructed this number for Sam to keep him warm and told us he could dress like an Arab! Rather amusing! We did get a lovely, donated, knitted hat shortly after this.

Ella meets her brother, “Baby Sam”, for the very first time. She’s smitten straight away. What were we worrying about?

Daddy FINALLY gets some proper cuddles with Sam when we arrive back at home. What a lovely moment!

A very proud big sister “holding” Baby Sam. We have to do this at least 2-3 times a day. Daddy gets more twitchy about this than Mummy for some reason.

Sam gets his first go in the bouncy chair that his big sister so enjoyed. Ah, memories!

I love this photo because, unbeknownst to them, Ella and Sam are mirroring each other perfectly. ADORABLE!

A favourite position for Sam…on Mummy’s chest is where the best naps come from. Especially at NIGHT!

This was our first outing since arriving home from hospital. We went shopping at Kiddicare and then had a pub lunch near our house where loads of OAP’s oohed and aahed over Sam. Cheers!

My favourite picture to date. This was taken on the day that Sam was scheduled to arrive in our lives. Instead, at 8 days old, he’s being cuddled and loved by his big sister Ella. Melted my heart, this one.

Look at that face! What a face! And how much he’s changed in only 9 days. Bliss…

Another outing but this time for big sister Ella to have some energy release at a local play place. Sam is snuggled up in his Snugglebundl which is IDEAL for car seats on chilly days. Sam quite enjoys it as you can see.

Here we are on day eleven and everyone is still managing pretty well. I’ll be updating our birth story next and my c-section recovery after that. Hopefully you’re not too sick of bebe business yet as I predict there will be more to come. But while I have your attention, thank you so much to all of the readers and commenters these last two weeks, who have taken the time to care and share with us. It certainly made my hospital stay much more bearable and has been lovely to turn to the blog and “feel the love”. I give you all a big hug xx