Happy Birthday, Sam!

Happy 16th Birthday, Sam!

Sam came into the world 16 years ago today weighing 10.1 pounds, 23 inches long, smoking a cigarette and said, “Why hello, Mother.”

Needless to say, Sam was a bit on the larger side of the average baby. I imagine new moms and dads and families, looking into the nursery and saying, “Oh, look at the baby.” Then look over at Sam laying in there and saying, “OH! LOOK AT THE BABY!”

Before Sam was born, I had bought all these super cute 0-3 month clothes for our new baby boy! Needless to say, again, they did NOT fit him. We had to do some emergency shopping and our new baby went right into 9-12 month clothing!

Here’s Sam’s baby photo they use to take at the hospital. Nothing like the professional photos that are taken now days.  I loved this little onesie and Sam was going to wear it for his new baby picture (a little postpartum coming out!) I had to force it to snap together as you can tell by the lines from the neck to the snaps and his little diaper hanging out!

At two years old, it is said that you can double your kiddos height and that is how tall they will be when they grow up. A doctor told me that Sam would be 7’2″.  AGHAST!! WHAT?

Thank goodness that doctor was wrong and not our regular doctor! But, he did mention that Sam would probably have big feet. He got that one right!

The blue shoes are Sam’s first baby shoes! He was wearing those at 4 months!! The other ones are his current favorite sneakers.

Not only is Sam turning 16 today, but it’s his Golden Birthday! He is turning 16 years old on the 16th!

“What is the one thing you would like to do on your Golden Birthday?”  I asked him.

He looked at me a bit strange. Uh oh, this should be good. Hold my breath. “Get my driver’s license,” he said.

Me….stunned.  I hadn’t even thought of that! Hadn’t even crossed my mind!! Totally spaced off that he could get his license!

Now that is hard core mom denial that Sam is getting older!

I must say, even when Sam was the “biggest baby on the block” and is now 6’4″, 200+ pounds, he will always be my little blue eyed boy.

Happy Birthday Sam!
Love you  to the moon and back!