HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMUEL!!!

I'm gonna get you mommy!

Yeah! I know I'm cute!

King of the daycare!! (At least he thinks so!)

OMG!! I can hardly believe he's a year old already! This past year has just been amazing. He can walk, talk, and show attitude. Who would have ever thought? At this time last year we were driving all night to meet this little guy. We were so nervous at the thought of not being able to call him ours. By the grace of God we have been allowed to proudly call him our son!! It's been an awesome first year. We can't wait to see what he has in store for us over this next year!

Two steps......

towards mommy! We've been trying to get him to take a step or two. Tonight I stood him in front of me and held out my hands and there he goes! I just can't believe how grown he's getting. He is growing up WAY too fast!! We'll be celebrating the big 1st birthday soon. WOW!

Celebrating Adoption Photo Session...........

at VSU last weekend. The photographer has posted a few to her blog from our session. My favorite is the one where we are holding Samuel's hands and he is in the middle. He looks so grown up!!! You can click here to view the one's she has posted so far.

Little Pumpkin.......

This guy kinda looks like me!

It's a little dark since it was early this morning.

He was more interested in pulling at the straw.

A few recent pics......

We put out pine straw this weekend and Samuel got a little pumpkin.

Can you tell he loves the bath?

Handsome little man?

He's growing up! Sniff sniff!

Kid of the Day........

Thanks to Meagan for saving the screenshots for us!

Kid of the Day....

Samuel was chosen as kid of the day today on parents.com/americanbaby.com. You can view his picture by going to www.americanbaby.com and scrolling down to almost the bottom. If you missed it on this day you can check the archives because it's supposed to be posted there for two years. We always knew he was handsome enough to be a star!!

The picture was taken on finalization day at the park and he was 6 months old in the picture. There wasn't a more appropriate picture! Thanks to Meagan who took the picture!

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You can't get a better smile than this!!

I'm in a good mood this morning!

A few more pics......

Only family pic we got at the beach.

I'm going to get you mommy!

First Trip to the Beach......

in middle of hurricane Gustav. It was actually a good trip even with a hurricane. The weather didn't get bad until the day we left. There was still no rain but the waves were huge and the wind was bad. Overall we had a great trip! Samuel enjoyed tasting the Panama City Beach sand for the first time and hearing mommy say you can't put your head under the water (about a million times).