Dear Samuel,
You are eight weeks old now, time has gone by so quickly, it feels
like only yesterday that I was holding you in my arms for the first
time and welcoming you to the world but that was almost two months
ago. Today we saw the child health nurse and she is very happy with
your progress. You are measuring perfect on the 50th percentile for
weight but a bit under average at the 25th percentile for length. Your
hearing and everything else is perfect and she commented on how strong
you are.

Today has been a good day, we slept until 10.30am and then had a feed
and a play and you even went to sleep in your bassinet for an hour and
a half, something you never want to do during the day. You were happy
for most of the day too but got a really sooky tonight, I think that
you are just a little overtired which always makes it harder for you
to get to sleep.

Two days ago we had a huge scare, we were walking to the shops to go
and see a movie when a car came speeding down the road did burnouts
and almost hit us. If we had of been ten seconds earlier on that
road... The thought that I came so close to losing you terrifies me, I
can't imagine my world without you in it and I know I don't want to
live in a world without you in it. It makes me afraid to leave the
house with you, terrified that it will happen again and that next time
we will be that ten extra seconds down the road. I would do anything
to protect you my baby boy even if it meant I had to give my life for
yours. Please gorgeous boy don't turn into one of those hoons on the
road. It may seem like fun to speed and do burnouts but it is so
dangerous not only for you but for the innocent people going about
there day. I hope that as you grow up we are able to teach you to
respect other people and to think of the consequences of your actions
before you do something stupid.

Love always
Mummy