Sammers...

I cannot believe that in one week my Sammy baby is going to be a big one year old... I know I should technically wait till his birthday next Saturday to write a sappy post and put up this picture from the day he was born (and the day I almost died), but I can't wait...

 

One of my most vivid memories from the first month or so of Sam's life was that he had some serious lungs aka he was L.O.U.D.  Literally the second he came out, I made a comment to the Dr. that he sounded much louder than Henry did.  It was like he was always screaming "FEED ME!"  My memories in the hospital with Henry were that he slept a lot and barely whimpered when he was hungry.  With Sam, he screamed, often, and it made my insides want to come out... we had a rough first couple of days together, me and Sam.  But I loved him and of course, he continued to steal my heart...

I also have vivid memories of him screaming during Henry's nap time during those first few months home... while I frantically told him to please be quiet and found many ways to try to calm him down.  And how can I forget that the kid slept in his car seat for the first 5 1/2 months of his life?  And how can I forget that my phone doubled as a white noise machine for the first 6 months?

He is still loud, and probably always will be. :)  I love his emerging personality... he is quite rambunctious, but I knew he would be from day 1.

Hopefully I'll get more chances to reminisce this week.