Samuel's 3rd Birthday

I cannot express how much all of your comments meant to Seth and I. We were so moved by what an impact our son's short life had on so many of you. We so appreciate hearing your memories of the day Samuel went to be with the Lord and your encouraging words. We are so thankful to have so many friends and family that love us and pray for us.

We had a nice day remembering our little Samuel. I just took the day off from cleaning and cooking and spent a lot of time playing with Landon and telling him about his older brother. When Seth got off work we picked up 4 balloons (3 to release and 1 for Landon). Then we went out to the cemetery. We were so moved to see that an amazing friend had left some balloons for Samuel, one saying "Happy Birthday Samuel, Love, Sophie." I can't express how much this meant to us. Having read Brooke's comment earlier that day of how she "promises Sophie will always know who Samuel is" meant so much to us and she demonstrated one way she was going to do that today.



It was raining as it has been each year on his birthday. We decided to start a tradition of letting off as many balloons as how old he would be each year. It was sweet to watch those balloons go and think that our little boy has been enjoying heaven for three years. Landon chased them saying, "uh oh, balloon, uh oh!" It was nice to be there as a family and talk to the Lord about His goodness and faithfulness. We look forward to the day we can see our little Samuel again.