Moments after the birth, my dad, mom, brother, and sister-to-be entered the room with tears in their eyes. Ashley snapped an amazing first picture of Sam and many others. The next day, she surprised us by decorating our hospital room with framed shots she had taken. Now, all three photos have a special place in our bedroom where we see them every day. Uncle Ben & Aunt Ashley were full of surprises throughout the week! When we pulled into our driveway, they had painted a welcome home poster for Sam on our window and put an "It's a boy!" sign with balloons in our front yard. That week, they also cooked us an amazing meal of pork tenderloins, double stuffed potatoes, salad, and homemade fudge pie. I don't know what we would do without them!
The nurses, doctors, and huge meals were wonderful at the hospital...but we were so happy to take Sam home! While we stayed, we had so many of our family and friends come visit us, which made the time fly by including Dad, Mom, Ashley , Ben, Sarah, Abby, Adam, Renae, Michael, Kerry, Erin, Tiffany, Ashley, and Brandee! Not to mention, people were so generous to send flowers and balloons that cheered up our room!! We received them from Ashley & Ben (in the delivery room!), Mom & Dad, Pam & Chip, Tiffany & Pete, Aleks & Fede, and our friendly banker, Jim Miller! Ashley & Amy even brought a bag of snacks and magazines for us! We were both very overwhelmed by every one's generosity and excitement to meet Baby Sam. Our friend’s and family’s kindness continued once we arrived home. Our friend Erin organized dinners for us for an entire month. There is no question, God has blessed us with an incredibly loving family and fabulous friends. We love them all!!
On the way out of the hospital, it finally hit me that we entered the hospital as husband and wife and we were leaving as a family of three. It was the first time since Sammy was born that I cried tears of joy! Putting him in the car seat for the first time took about 10 minutes, but once he was snapped in Sam looked so cute and tiny. I rode in the back seat with him and Seth drove home at record low speeds!
As soon as we got home, Seth took so many pictures of Sam! For starters, he placed him in his beautiful white bassinet from my parents and measured his head and length. We also started the tradition of taking pictures of him in one of Seth’s football jerseys. We think it will be neat to do it on every birthday to come! Nobody ever expected Sam to be so small when he was born! Even in the delivery room, the baby nurse guessed that Sam would be at least 8 pounds by the way he felt in my tummy. However, he only weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces when we left the hospital (which is only in the 5th percentile for baby boys). So, for weeks, we rolled up all of the arms of his shirts. One time when he was sleeping, he even wiggled out of the neck of his gown. Bobby called in some favors and found some preemie clothes for Sam which fit him much better! Of course, I thought Sam looked absolutely precious in his giant sized clothing! With him weighing next to nothing for so many weeks, I carried him around in one arm like a football!
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