CELEBRATION time......come on

This year Samuel had a week long birthday celebration.

It was not planned this way.

It just happened.......

A birthday banner made for Sam by Amanda Call

First, we had a birthday celebration at Sam's School.

Sam wanted cake.  So, we made a Halloween Confetti cake and bought it in for his class
 snack time.

 Happy Birthday to you

 Happy Birthday to you!!

 Happy Birthday dear Samuel!

 Happy Birthday to you!!!!!

It was very quiet in the classroom for a short period of time!!

Sam asked to have Chick-fil-A for lunch.

Sam also loves balloons, so he bought star shaped balloons for his classmates.

On Sam's actual birthday, 29th October, Soccer was cancelled because of the rain.

Sam had been asking ALL week to go to the Aquarium, so that is what we did!

Samuel isn't a kid who stands around......so, the photos are what they are! 

The things that you see....yes, that is a man dressed as a pink fairy

 

COME ON!!!  Mum, Dad and Jessica!

CHEESE!

 

One of Sam's favorite things to do is put coins in the wishing well.....







The weather cleared up nicely, so Sam got to

SPLASH

HAH!!!  You missed me!

Sam worked up quite an appetite

 THEN...........

on Sunday, Aunt Michelle came over and we had

CUPCAKES!

We also sang......

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SAMUEL!

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

 And let's not forget

HALLOWEEN

Sally-Ann

P.S more birthday celebration to come!!!!

Waiting, waiting, waiting........

About this time 6 years ago, I was laying in a hospital bed patiently 

waiting, waiting, waiting.......

Bed rest for a high risk pregnancy does not help you develop patience.

You have a lot of time on your hands.

A lot of time to worry...

A lot of time to stress.....

A lot of time to dwell on nightmares from the past.....

All the things that the bed rest, in the hospital, were supposed to help aleviate.

HAH!!!  I say. 

The doctors didn't know me as well as they thought they did!!

What is one of my biggest fears in life???

Needles.......

More precisely, needles sticking into me.

Yet, every Monday for 3 weeks I endured a amnio.

They are not for the faint hearted.

I am most definetely not the poster child for this procedure.

But, for my children, I would do anything....

are you reading children?????

I have read in the scriptures about people praying continuously for nights and days.

I often thought......how could they do that??

Every day the nurses would come in to monitor Samuel's heart beat.

Every day I would hold my breath and wait.

Nearly every day they couldn't find it.

Nearly every day I would go down to have an ultra sound.

There I would hear that reasurring thump, thump, thump.

Then, then I could breath again.

I now know and understand how someone can pray continuously.....unceasingly.

I would do anything for this little boy.

At times I still feel that I am praying for him continuously......unceasingly.

Sally-Ann