Samarah - Day 5 and 6

By Abbas -

We had our first outing yesterday, and it went really smoothly. Kaniz had a couple of follow-up appointments in the morning at Women's College and then we had Samarah's first doctor's appointment in the afternoon. Samarah's pediatrician's office is right next to her grandparents' condo, and Kaniz's mom was nice enough to make us lunch. Everything checked out at the pediatrician's office - after losing a couple of ounces of weight after birth, Samarah is on the upswing and should start gaining weight this week, which is pretty exciting.

All in all, we left the house at 9am and got back around 4pm, but the day definitely felt much longer! In the evening, Khalil, Rifat & Safiya brought over dinner and then it was time for Samarah's first bath at home. Judging from her reaction, I'm guessing that newborns aren't big bath fans.. but it helped her sleep much better overnight, which meant (believe it or not) that Kaniz and I got plenty of rest.

Also, big news on the crib front - it finally arrived! It's currently sitting in Nestings warehouse and I'm going to go pick it up on Monday.

Anyway, here are some more pictures from the last couple of days.

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