Breakfast with Santa

On December 4, the morning before we brought Sam home from the hospital, Whit and I enjoyed a little mother-son time at Village Tavern eating Breakfast with Santa! We met up with Amy and Blake and enjoyed the breakfast buffet. Whit kept an eye on St. Nick the whole time we were there and wanted to repeatedly sit on his lap. Last year he was afraid of Santa, but this year he just couldn't get enough of him! We're definitely starting this as a new Christmas tradition with my close friends, Amy, Lori, and Izzy. Between the 4 of us we've got 6 boys, and no girls (yet!). I can't wait until they can all join us next year!

Oh Christmas Tree!

One of Whit's favorite things about this Christmas has been noticing all of the decorations! He loves to pick out wreaths, trees, lights, inflatables, and any other decoration you can imagine. You can bet that if there's a Christmas decoration to be found anywhere we go, he'll find it. 

It's so much fun to see Christmas and the wonder of this holiday through his eyes. We've gone into several public places that has a tree on display that I probably would have subconsciously noticed, whereas Whit RUNS up to the tree and looks up at the ornaments in utter amazement. He is continuously in awe of how many people and places have Christmas trees!

As we decorated our tree this year, Whit had "creative liberties" with the lower half of the tree, being able to place the ornaments he made at school and other non-breakables. As he was decorating of course all of these ended up in one big clump! 

It has been so much fun to watch him at Christmas this year and see just how vastly different his comprehension is of the holiday from last December to now.

What's in a Name?

On December 2, 2010 our sweet baby Sam was born! Looking much like his older brother, he was 10 days early, where his older brother was 8 days later than his due date and weighed 3 lbs more than Sam at birth. Whit's "mini-me" has completely captivated us and changed our lives and family more than we could have ever imagined! 

At some point I want to document our adoption testimony on here, but honestly just need the time to sit down and write - it will take a while to get my thoughts in order. It's something I've been praying about and feeling that God is laying on my heart to write about - hopefully it will help someone else going through a similar situation to ours.

Sam is named after his Great Uncle Sam (who is in a tie with my Uncle Willie as my favorite uncle), who passed away at the end of November 2009. Uncle Sam's death was a shock to our family and one of the hardest things we've ever experienced. Until his death no one close to me had ever died (except for my Papa Vogler and he was much older and had lived a full live). Uncle Sam was only 50 years old and one day was here with us and the next was gone without warning.

Sam's middle name is Lee, after Kevin's deceased paternal grandmother, Laura Lee Robertson, and his favorite Uncle, Dan.

Samuel Lee Robertson certainly has been a blessing to us and one that we had never imagined! In all honesty we figured we would simply be a family of 3, and were content with that. But God, in all of His greatness, figuratively "dropped" this baby into our laps without us having to do a thing - except pray and surrender our family to Him. I love how awesomely and amazingly God works!

 Here is Sam with his Great Aunt Jackie and big brother, Whit. Aunt Jackie is my Uncle Sam's wife.

A Thankful Heart

"Enter His gates with thanksgiving, And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him; bless His name."
Psalm 100:4

 We have so many things to be thankful for this year and are thanking God for the many blessings He's bestowed upon our family in 2010. For us it's not just a holiday about parades, stuffing and turkeys. It's about slowing down and taking time to spend with family and to take inventory of all of the blessings given to us by God. This past Thanksgiving was especially exciting because we were looking forward to the arrival of our baby boy - what a blessing indeed! We had a great time with family and enjoyed our time together. We are so grateful for the people in our lives and we are also grateful to God for them.

I only remembered to take pictures with Kevin's side of the family, so here are memories from our Robertson Thanksgiving celebration at Aunt Laura Jo's...

Nana and Pop and their three grandchildren

Cousins!

After lunch we went to a Christmas Tree farm to help Laura Jo pick out a tree for her and Gary. Little did we know it was a "cut your own Christmas tree down" farm! Ha! After much work, the tree finally came down and we hauled it on the back of the truck off to the Hatley's.

Whit loves the tire swing at Aunt Laura Jo's house. She lives on a farm so there's always so much fun to be had during our visits there. I can't wait until Whit is old enough to go spend a week with her in the summers like Morgan and J.T. do.

 

"In everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:18

From Playroom to Nursery

Just a few weeks ago we turned Whit's playroom (our 3rd bedroom) into a nursery for Baby Sam! We moved all of his toys out to the den behind our couch and started to paint the room to get it ready. Whit loved putting his hand prints all along the walls before we painted. He told us he was "giving Baby Sam a high-five"!

A Favorite Playmate

On the days that I work, Whit stays with our good friends, the Meachams. Heather takes Whit to and from preschool, feeds him lunch, and finds countless ways to entertain him and their 3 year old, Hannah. Whit LOVES to stay over there and LOVES to play with Hannah. When he leaves in the afternoon, he must first give Hannah a hug and kiss on the cheek and tell her that he loves her. It's too sweet! Here are some pictures of the fun times they've had this fall!

Sheriff Woody

Ok, so I'm W-A-Y behind on blogging, but in an attempt to catch up, we'll continue where we were...

We had such a fun-filled Halloween this year! We started it off by going to Jeremy, Suzanne, Sanna and Nicola's annual Halloween bash where we dressed up, rode on hayrides, and roasted hotdogs and marshmallows. The food was (as always) delicious and the company was even better!

Here's Suzanne, a.k.a. Snooki (from Jersey Shore) and her offspring!

Whit and Sanna, a.k.a. Woody and the horse!

On Halloween Eve we carved a pumpkin. Whit loved scooping out the seeds with a spoon!

On Halloween night we met up with my childhood best friend, Beth, and took our boys trick-or-treating in the neighborhood we grew up in. My grandparents still live there and Whit loved getting candy from Grandmother and Papa!

Here are Whit, Asher, and Alex waiting patiently for Grandmother to come to the door and hand out the goods!

After trick-or-treating around the old 'hood, we headed over to Morgan and JT's house to see their costumes!

JT was an army man and Morgan was a Davie Crazy!

We then headed over to Hidden Creek neighborhood to see G and Papa and their neighbors!

By the end of the evening Whit had one massive sugar high and was totally sold out to Halloween!