Our First Easter as a Family.....

Man that sun was bright!

His Easter outfit!

I got an Easter basket!

Enough already!

was great! Samuel even had a visit from the Easter bunny. We attended church with my Grammy which she really enjoyed. She ran around showing her great grandson off to everyone. We spent lunch with my mom and Dinner with Chad's parents. We really have to watch cousin Ethan. He just can't understand why he can't tackle and headbutt Samuel yet! It was a good but tiring day!!

3 months and 3 days......

March 1st - It was soo nice outside we went

for a walk through the neighborhood!

He was content when we returned so
we sat outside and played!

This is his 'Mommy don't you have enough pictures already' look!

old today! We had our check-up and got 5 shots last week. Poor thing! He done so good! He didn't cry until the 4rth shot and by then he was just like ok that's enough already. He weighed in at 14lbs 8oz and was 23 1/2 inches long. I still can't get over how fast he's growing!

11 weeks.......

(Taken by Meg Caton Photography)

old today! Where does time go? He's just growing so fast. His new thing lately is laughing out loud. We will pick him up from daycare in the afternoon and once we get home the laughing begins. I LOVE IT! He's such a good little guy and has the best personality. He weighed in last week at 13lbs 6oz. I was talking with another little boy's mom that's in the room with Samuel and he's two months older than him. She was telling me he weighed 13lbs 12oz. I thought that was nothing compared to our little guy who's two months younger and only 6oz behind him.

We would like to say THANK YOU.......

to everyone who has been with us on our journey to Samuel!! Without all the love, support, and kindness of each of you our journey would have been a struggle. People who didn't even know us stepped up to the plate to pray for us and make donations. Our co-workers and friends all stepped up to throw us a babyshower that provided us with tons of stuff for Samuel. We are grateful to ALL of those people as well! Last year proved to be a challenge and a blessing all in one. God has blessed us with wonderful family members, friends, and an awesome son! Hellelujah!

Happy Valentine's Day

Samuel says Happy Valentine's Day!! Thanks to Tonya he had the perfect outfit for the occassion. You can't even tell he's been sick all week. Poor guy has been sick since Saturday with RSV. We are doing the breathing treatments to help loosen up things and tylenol for the fever. I'm soo ready for him to get better. He's such a trooper and doesn't fuss much. You know he has to be feeling terrible. We sure hope this daycare thing gets better. These first two weeks have been no fun. I got the stomach virus the first week and now he has RSV. Maybe once we are over this hump we will be good for a while. We hope everyone has a wonderful Friday and an awesome weekend!

Happy Birthday to Chad!

Today is also Chad's birthday! He's a BIG 31 now! Poor thing had a sad birthday this year. Attached are a few pics. I couldn't resist adding those of just Samuel!

Back to work......

When we left this morning!

When we returned this afternoon after a long day of play!

and first day of daycare! Today was a sad day but not as bad as I thought it would be. Samuel had an awesome night last night only getting up for one bottle during the night. Our day began at 5:30 this morning. We got to daycare around 7:30 and I was doing good......until it came time to take him from his carseat. I knew that would result in handing him over to his daycare teacher Ms. Dee. I really like her so far and Samuel seems to care for her as well. I went by to see him on my lunch break and he just smiled and talked to me. He made me feel so good! This afternoon when I picked him up he gave me another great big smile. Ok I'm off to get ready for day number 2!

Do I have to go back to work?

We know everyone is wondering where we are in the process. We have had our first post placement visit. This is where a social worker comes out to our home to meet Samuel, ask questions about his doctor visits, and to see how he's growing, etc. Speaking of him growing we had to take him back in to the doctor last Friday. He weighed in at 11 pounds and 9 ounces BUT he was fully dressed so we are saying about 11 pounds. This is my last week home with him and I miss him already. I can't believe he's already 7 weeks old! Monday it's back to work for Mommy and to daycare for Samuel. I have a feeling Samuel is going to do much better than Mommy! I'm not looking forward to this at all!

He's growing like a weed!

Samuel had his one month check-up on Friday. He weighed in at 10lbs 8oz and was 22 1/2 inches long! I just can't hardly believe how fast things are going! Before we know it he will be turning 10 years old. This past month has been awesome! Some of our questions have been:

• Is he still breathing? (I bet I've asked this a million times already)
• Will you please go to sleep? (Chad's asked this one the most)
• Should he really smell and sound like that? (Sometimes he sounds like a bomb!)
• Is that normal? (This could relate to many topics!)
• Why does he have to grow so fast?
• Why doesn't anyone believe that he's said Mama already? (This one is mine of course!)

Last week I was sick with my allergies and felt terrible. I believe Samuel could sense this. I got up from a nap (Thank you Chad!) and took him. I was sitting on the couch with him and I was talking to him and making faces. He just starts laughing out loud and smiling at me! He knew just how to make me feel good. I think his Daddy was a little jealous! He's still trying to get him to laugh but it hasn't happened yet. Samuel hasn't done it since. He most definately has his own personality and temperment. We are the luckiest parents in the world! We have the best baby we could have ever asked for and then some. We also happen to think he's the most handsome :-)! God couldn't have blessed us any better and we will be forever grateful for him and his birthmom!

The first month in pictures.....

Samuel's growing fast! Tomorrow he will be a month old. WHAT? Where has the past month gone? It seems like we just brought him home from the hospital. Last week he weighed in at 9lbs and 10oz. I couldn't hardly believe my ears! I guess it's time to pack up those newborn clothes. Above you will see pictures from the past month. Enjoy the slide show!