Sam (full name Samuel Michael Izmaylov) was born on Sunday, May 18th, at 12:38pm. He waited until about 12 days past his due date to appear (I guess he was very comfy in there :) ). Sam waited until I was done with all my exams and until my (Elena's) parents arrived to Philadelphia from Russia on the evening of May 17th. I went into labor around 6 pm on the 17th (just as my parents were landing at JFK), and Sam arrived about 18 hours later.
Sam is 8 lbs 4 oz (3.750 kg), and is 21 inches tall (53.5 cm).
We stayed at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia for 2 days and then moved to Jersey City, NJ (across the river from New York City) right away. Pretty crazy, but it worked for us! Now we are largely unpacked, and my parents and Vic are a huge help with the baby, changing him and soothing him to sleep and helping with the night feeds.
4 comments:
Ah! Congratulations! I am so happy to hear of this great news. You have chosen a beautiful name as well. He is going to be wonderful like his parents. Felicitations encore! May God bless your son with a long, healthy and successful life.
Ousmane
Lena and Vic, congratulations! Sam is awesome! He looks so strong an pretty. Wish you all patience and health, enjoy these precious moments.
How was the delivery?
Anastasia
Elena & Vic!
Congratulations, Sammy looks really handsome :)
Waiting for more pics!!
Enjoy,
Sheetal.
Elena and Viktor, many felicitations.
Sam looks cute(and I bet he'll be really handsome too and make many a teen-age girl cry).
Speaking of names, what are going to do about his Russian name? Would he be Samuel Viktorovich?
If you are able to tolerate guests, I would like to see you all in person.
Lyudmila
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