Many faces of Sam

2 weeks

Dear Sam,
My sweet little man you have blessed our lives in ways you will never know. I can not believe that it will be two weeks tomorrow since we held you in the NICU.
Two weeks since I held you and cried tears of joy that you were alive and breathing. Two weeks ago that you blessed our lives. Two weeks ago I became your Mommy. To say the least I am head over heels in love with you. Sam we waited a very long time for you and we thank you for allowing us to be your parents.
You are asleep right now in your cradle and tears of happiness flow from my eyes this morning. I am just so in love with you! Your little cheeks are getting chunkier, your belly is round and your nails are getting long. Your umbilical cord fell off this morning. You are eating 2 oz every two hours and hate your diaper to be wet. You are Mommy's Boy and Daddy's little man. And today, we will celebrate your birth two weeks ago and thank your birth mom for allowing us to raise you. We are so honored, Sam.
You are waking up so I will go feed you, my little love.
I love you today and forever,
Mommy

Photos

Here are a few photos of Sam. :) We are happily back in Utah after catching the last flight out of Long Beach. We are happily exhausted, completly in love, and utterly blessed. I will post our week later this weekend but for now enjoy our new little budle of joy... our son... Sam!

Sam

We love you, Sam!

Private

We have made the decision to go private with this blog with the recent addition of Sam to our family. Please email me or comment and I will send you an invite for your viewing pleasure! :)

All our love,
Nicole, James, Cole, Cate and Sam

5 Months ago

Dear Cate,
My dear little girl today you have been gone for five long months. Five months since I loved on you. I miss you everyday... actually every minute. I am so thankful to you. You made me a better person and I pray I will make you proud of me.
I am sure by now you have met Mr Russo as he passed away today at 5:15 pm. Cate, please listen to his stories and jokes. He will make you laugh and smile. He will tell you about me, your uncle, your Grandma and Grandpa. He is one of my heroes. Kiss him for me. We were not able to tell him good bye as we are here in California... too far away at this sad time. Please tell him about Sam. Tell him how you sent Sam down to Mommy and Daddy.
You are a great big sister to Sam. Please continue to watch over him. Kiss Cole for me.
I love you today and forever,
Mommy

We are so in love!

Dear Sam,
Have I told you how much I love you? Have I told you have blessed I am to have you in my life? Have I told you you have changed my life?  Have I told you I love being your Mommy? Have I told you how much you make me smile?  Have I told you how you rock my world?   I am telling you now and will continue to tell you until the end of my day.
I love you Son,
Mommy

September 9, 2009

Dear Cole and Cate,
Today your little brother, Samuel Alexander, was officially our son. The TPR was signed at 11:55 am.  Today, Cole and Cate, I want to thank you for sending him to us. Thank your watching over Mommy, Daddy, baby Sam, and Sam' birthmom, R.
We are so in love with Sam. I held him today for the first time and told him about you both.  It seems just like yesterday I was saying hello and good bye to you at the same time.  I told him Cole, that you have Daddy's legs and my chin. I told him that I knew you were a boy before the ultrasound tech told me. I told him that his big brother had a lot of teach him and that he would watch over you.
I talked about you, Cate, and how excited I was for a little girl and how I was going to teach you how to make cupcakes.  I told Sam how you hated your ultrasound checks and would fight the nurse every morning.  I told him you fought hard to say and how you held on for an extra two weeks.  And how much I loved those extra weeks with you.   I will continue to teach him about you both.  I love and miss you, Cole and Cate.
Please keep watch  your little brother as he has to stay in the NICU for a little while.   I am going back to the NICU to be with him with you both on my mind.
All my love,
Mommy

We need prayers!

We have been contacted by a birth mother! Please pray for her, for us, for the baby. Pray for strength, hope, and peace. Please pray that all will go as planned. Pray for us. Pray that Cole and Cate will be a big brother and sister.
Love to you all,
Nicole and James

Saturday

This Saturday was suppose to our due date. I am not sure how I am feeling about it.
That is all I have for the day.