The brother

Samuel takes good care of his sister.

Just wait until she wants to do your hair!

Robo-Abi

Abigail can be controlled by remote control by using the antenna on her head!

Pie = Crack

Thank you to my mom and to Nicole for dropping pies off "for Abigail". Pie is like crack for me. Andy.

A Short History of Samuel part 2

Samuel soon discovered his love for sporting only his hat and a smile.

He requires normal feedings, for a Visser boy. (which is about 19 times the amount the average boy can eat)

He was so excited the day his teeth appeared.

Samuel has developed a thirst for the classics.

He is eagerly awaiting his instruction in matters of fishing.

The Kinsmen

Aunt Liz doesn't particularly care for this at all as you can plainly see. We had to do some bit of persuasion to get her to pose like this.

Great grandpa: "well, she looks good enough to keep".

Birth plus 24 hrs.

Day 2 for little Abigail.

Dr. Samuel was paged to the room for a consult.

Her hospital picture was taken today and should be available on the hospital website (zch.org) by Friday. Just click on "list of newborns" and select Feb. 7 07' for date of birth.

Mom and Baby are both feeling well and are eager to come home.

A New Arrival

Here she is!! Thats right we have a daughter. Little Abigail Evelyn blessed our lives this afternoon at 12:20pm.

The Stats: Weighing in at 7#3oz. and 19" she is about one pound less and one inch shorter than her big brother.

Bottom of the 9th

Tomorrow is to be the first day of the last half of the last month of the in-utero phase of Herm's life. We see Dr. Taylor in the morning. It came to me today that there must be a line that gets crossed by a pregnant woman. On one side of the line she is cruising along through the experience of pregnancy nicely, and on the other side all of the sudden the subject occupying the pregnant womans midsection is no longer such a welcome guest. So that is about where we are today. Updates will be posted as they become available.
P.S. I am eating a sandwhich made with pickles I found in the back of the fridge. Not sure how to guess the date on pickles. They smell ok I guess. So this could be my last transmission. Andy.

Us

This is the clan as it exists today. Sarah, Andy, and Samuel. Not pictured here is the long expected one we have been calling Herm due to the fact that we are not sure if it will be a him or a her.

A Short History of Samuel

Here is a bit of the history of the life and times of Samuel James, or as Papa-papa Newhouse calls him Sammy-Jimmy!

This is day one for Samuel. September 16, 2004. This day takes a very close second place behind our wedding day. (third place is reserved for the day Oprah goes off the air)

You can see how absolutly thrilled he was immediately to see that the world consisted of more than the inside of Sarah's uterus.

It was decided that in order to retain the natural beauty of this photograph I would sit just outside of the frame due to the fact that I have a tendency to look like a stroke victim in some pictures.

More to come.