Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Samuel Keith

August 25, 2008
One year ago today, my life was forever changed. At 6:35 p.m. I was doing some of the hardest physical work I've ever done, and through the blur of pain, a sea of medical staff, and near-mental shut down I heard Mike say with a broken voice, "He's out Steph, he's out!". In that surreal moment I looked to my left and saw my son. Oh, my heart.

Before my mind could really register much besides "SAM!!!", I heard all of the nurses (I think there were approximately 237 of them) start saying "Woah he's HUGE!", and "Wow, look how BIG". All I could think was that he was perfect. They put him on the scales and sure enough, he was a whopping 10 lbs 5 oz. My big Sam boy.

I'd say that's a pretty accurate overall description of him. He's a big boy physically, but also in personality. He's loud, he's fast, he's active, he's strong, and boy is he ever cute. I think as a Mom you always feel like you come up about 1,000 times short of expressing how you feel about your child, but suffice it to say that I think he's the greatest thing on the planet and it feels like my heart is physically outside of my body. He just rocks.

Happy first Birthday, my sweet Sam! I'm forever grateful and proud to be your Mom and you'll never, ever know how much I love you.

10 comments:

  1. Steph, you write so beautifully. Thank you for bringing "little, giant baby" Sam into our lives. Happy Birthday, Sam!

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  2. Happy Birthday Sam!!!!!! We love you!

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  3. Happy First Birthday, our precious little giant baby. We love you so! Can hardly wait to see you again!
    Grandmomma

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  4. Happy 1st Birthday big boy :)
    What a joy you are!!!

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  5. I love that he has a little bit of drool on his shirt.

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  6. This blog made me cry and cry... but in a good way. Then Ben made me laugh with his drool comment. Ah, siblings. :) Anyways, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SAM!! We love you!!!

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  7. Steph! This made me cry. you are so good at expressing your feelings! Wow, kids really are the greatest gift from God....well next to salvation. : )
    Keira

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  8. awwww yeah! happy birthday sam!!!! I know I am late :)

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  9. This was so beautifully written! Thank you for sharing. (and happy belated birthday to Sam!)

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  10. Sam is so adorable Steph! I can't believe he is already 1!

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