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