Celebrating Samuel's Parents

Samuel had quite an eventful day today.  Today was his most responsive day so far.  He kept us on our toes all day after keeping his eyes open for about five minutes this morning.  While, we have seen him take a peek everyday off and on since his birth, it has only ever been for a second.  The odds of getting those beautiful baby blues on film was just about as good as winning the lottery.  However, Samuel surprised us all today!  Once he opened his eyes and we could tell he was going to keep them open, the rest of immediate family came running in to the room to check out his new trick. I'm sure the other people in the hospital thought that there was something wrong.  It was the best five minutes we have had so far.  Many pictures were taken as well as some video.  After some very long days at the hospital, Samuel gave us just the push we needed to keep going.

As you can tell from the pictures, Samuel is looking very handsome in his new clothes.  After going so long without being able to wear anything except a diaper, it is nice to see him wear some of the outfits he received from so many people who love him.  He was even able to wear the shoes that his parents bought to help create the photo that announced his existence to the world. 

Many visitors stopped by for their first, second, or third look at our Super Sam.  By the third day of visitors, we finally got smart and started taking pictures of all the people who have made a special trip to the hospital just to see Samuel.  Unfortunately, I know there are some people that we might have missed.  For that, I apologize.  Melissa and Jeremy have been amazed at all of the people who have come to see Sam and they truly appreciate your visits. 

We had a joint Mother's Day and Father's Day celebration today.  Melissa and Jeremy are two amazing parents who have put their child first throughout this entire process.  Samuel is very lucky to have both of them as parents and we wanted to help Samuel celebrate them today.  After all of the visitors had left, the immediate family came together to celebrate their special day with gifts and dinner from Swensons. 

Even though we were celebrating Samuel's parents today, we were still able to squeeze in the resurrection eggs for Easter.  This was something that Melissa, Jeremy, and Reese did this year and were really looking forward to doing next year with Samuel.  I'm so glad they were able to do it today.  We also celebrated Samuel's Pop Pop's favorite holiday, Groundhog Day, by reading a story about a groundhog that has some trouble sleeping.  Samuel did not seem to be experiencing that same problem and slept throughout the story. 

Tomorrow will just be a Samuel day, our favorite kind of day.  While celebrating holidays is fun, any day that we can be with our Samuel is a great one!