Sawyers blessing

On Sunday, July 1st, we blessed our sweet little Sawyer. Most of my family was in town and Tylers all came. We are happy that a few friends could make it too! It was a great blessing, I married an awesome man who takes these things to heart. Sawyer did great! It was our first Sunday at church, and once again I was nervous about how he would act. He pretty much slept through the whole thing. Including the blessing which was most important lol. I didnt take any pictures, other then one on my phone, however Lexi came over that night and we took a ton on her nice camera so we will post those later. Thank you to everyone who came and helped make it such a special event!

oh and dont mind the huge scratch on his face... not sure how that happened, but it was just in time for the blessing :)

Table Time

Seriously, if I could capture all his faces, you would laugh for hours. I took this because I feel like he is outgrowing the changing table! This can't happen. I love the table. I had people tell me before hand that I wouldn't need or want one. I didn't plan on even getting one, but some neighbors of ours were moving and had an extra so we took it. Good thing because we use it ALL the time!!! It is also great for storing a ton of his stuff. amyways I just thought this picture was funny!

These are a few of his favorite things....

 Sleeping

 more sleeping

 as of today, bath time

 Parades

Sleeping in the boppy

We've got this kid sleeping a ton and it's fabulous! He has moved out of the bassinet and into his crib as of 2 nights ago. I miss him, but we have slept tons better so it's a win. He also loves eating, I tried to load a pic of Tyler feeding him a bottle, but it didn't work :( He has had a few serious spit ups after eating recently, we both get soaked, but he seems oddly content after so he must not mind as much as I do. I saw a friends FB pic of her bathing her little girl and noticed she had an amazing tub with a newborn sling, we went right out and bought one! Today, after we both were covered in everything he ate, we decided to give the new tub a whirl. He loves it. The sling looks like a hammock and seems to be awfully comfortable. I felt bad taking him out. I didn't have the camera with me, but I will next bath time. I was even able to bathe him by myself!

I have been spending alot of time on pinterest these last few days, I love it! I made an awesome baby shower gift, I can't show it till after the shower though. Maybe I'll just do a post showing what I have made so far.

Back to Sawyer... His hair is receding, or more acurately, his head is growing! I love his head of hair so heres to hoping he keeps some!

His little body is also growing, he has outgrown alot of his newborn clothes and is moving up into 0-3. Sleepers are tough to wear because he is too long for NB but not long enough for 0-3 so they are super baggy. As I sorted through his clothes I realized we only had white onsies in NB, how did that happen?

He is loving being swaddled still. We have a blanket our neighbors made us and we are trying to make it his favorite, I'm sure that will backfire, but we can hope.

On the 3rd we went to the Riverton parade with friends. I was nervous I would have an upset kid on my hands, but he did great! I had to change his diaper a couple of times in a camping chair.. thats tricky business. None of the loud sounds seem to really bother him. The most we got was a surprised jerk but that was it. He was more upset that we kept trying to cover his ears. Later that night we went back to their house and did fireworks, Sawyer, after throwing up on me and forcing me to change outfits, went to sleep. He paid no attention to those fireworks exploding.

We (Sawyer and I) were hoping to spend some time at Cassies house this week while Ty works, but she has left us for Canada, Sawyer is pretty bummed.

My family just left town on monday after being here a week. This little guy was so spoiled, someone was always holding him and loving him. we will miss them, but get to see them again in Sept.

One Month

Sawyer is one month old!  And obviously the happiest baby ever!
Right now we have him finally convinced it is ok to sleep in his bassinet. It's a wonderful thing! I can't believe it's really been a month. We were trying to decide if he is one month today the 25th of June (since he was born May 25th) or last Friday since technically that was exactly 4 weeks from the day he was born. What do you think?
This month has been a blur and I should have kept better record of it all! Here are some things I'm sure you're dying to know about Sawyer...
He isn't a fan of the baths, I imagine it's because he has zero control of his body so it seems like we are manhandling him each bath.
He also doesn't like wipes, but would you like something cold and wet on your bum?
He LOVES laying on his tummy. I'm constantly having an internal moral debate about whether or not to let him nap on him tummy. He just loves it.
He enjoy sucking on his green hospital binky.
He's still small, but growing fast!
He eats like a champ
He poops like a champ, and has had a couple of blow outs this last week.
We have been able to let him live it up a bit by taking of the gloves that were basically part of him for the first few weeks, he has really enjoyed grabbing things... and scratching me :)
The car seat was an ok place, now it's like placing him in a sauna, every time I take him out he is a sweaty mess.
He has discovered his lungs and isn't afraid to use them.
He's overall a great kid and we are loving him! It's amazing how his cute face makes up for him waking me up at all hours of the night.
I'm still recovering, but it's going well. My mom is here this week to spoil us. She's grocery shopping as I type. I have also gotten a ton of help from neighbors, family and friends. I spend at least one day a week at Cassies house. We really appreciate all the help we have received! 
On Friday we went to dinner with friends, it was our first attempt at a date night with Sawyer, he did ok... I held him most of the time. I am getting real good and one handed things.
We are blessing him this Sunday. I'm excited for Tyler to get to do this for his son! We got him the most darling impractical blessing outfit today. I'm also excited for that!
We are crossing our fingers that, as we try to put this kiddo on a schedule, it will stick and we can eventually sleep at night! Wish us luck!!

Hospital

We spent 3 days in the hospital after little Sawyer. I loved it! I enjoyed having nurses who took care of me and my baby. I definitely needed the time to recover, and we loved all the visitors we got. Tyler was about done by day 3 but only because he had to sleep on that awful couch. He was such an awesome husband the whole time. Because I couldn't stand the first 2 days Tyler had to change all the diapers. He got really good really fast. 

 Proud daddy

We had lots of great visitors while we were at the hospital. We loved it. A few people got some food for Tyler. We got some beautiful flowers.  It was nice to be able to share our precious baby with people. We should have taken more pictures though.

Baby Sawyer

 38.2 weeks!

 Our first family photo

Well, in my defense I did say that my next post would be me holding my newborn in my arms.... Baby Sawyer is here! And has been for 3 weeks haha. We are absolutely loving it. I am now officially a stay at home (mostly in my room) mom. It's great! I guess I will start at the beginning... well at 36 weeks, that's when things got going. I had a beautiful pregnancy. I can count on one hand the number of times I threw up, and half of those times I was brushing my teeth. I worked up until 37 wks without much complaint. I was very content being pregnant, there was no real rush to be done other then I wanted to see the little guy. We had even taken a Hypnobirthing course and were excited to use the techniques we had learned. At my 36 wk appt I was dilated to a 1 and baby was in position... At 37 wks I was dilated to a 2 and found out that what we thought was a head was actually feet and, oh ya I had high blood pressure, and that's when everything perfect came to a screeching halt. Dr. O did a quick ultrasound to confirm and yep my baby boy was breech. We sat in the dr's office listening to him explain all my options (all 2 of them). Basically we could schedule a day to try and flip him, or schedule a day for a c-section.... I opted for my own option of wait and see. He agreed to let me wait till the following week. Well, of course nothing changed the next week (it was now tues). We talked more and decided to schedule the c-section for Friday, also went over to the hospital to do a non stress test just to be safe. Well, now I was anxious!! I wanted that baby asap lol. On Fri morning at 5:15 AM we arrived at the hospital. I was admitted into a hospital for the first time in my whole life. I put on the awful gown, got an IV which wasn't as bad as the nurse made me think it would be. Then sat around while I was pumped full of fluids. Dr. O came in and did a final ultrasound to verify Sawyers position, which was still breech. They had me walk to the OR room and sit on a bed where I awaited the spinal block. I had a wonderful nurse who held my shoulders while they did the numbing, which also wasn't as bad as I was prepared for. By this point though my whole upper half (it's all I can feel now) is shaking like crazy, guess I was nervous. They laid me down, scrubbed me up, and called in Tyler and the doc. I love my doctor and he quickly started chatting with me to put me at ease. Tyler sat at my head the whole time talking me through it all, he is wonderful. It was the strangest sensation I have ever experienced. I could feel pressure, but no pain (thankfully). It was quick and easy and soon enough I had a beautiful baby boy! Once he was out I was a lot calmer. Tyler left with Sawyer and we all chatted while I was sewn back together. I spent and hour in recovery then on to my room where I finally got to hold him. I have pics of me holding him, but I don't remember it haha. Here are some pics from the hospital.

Baby

We are so excited to FINALLY be telling everyone that we are having a baby. We found out over General Conference weekend in October and have had a hard time keeping the secret. We spilled the beans a few times, but now we can officially tell everyone! My due date is June 6th. It seems so far away, but the last 3 months have flown by so I'm sure the rest will too. So far we have seen the baby at 8 weeks and yesterday heard it's heartbeat. At the end of this month our wonderful Dr will peek and see if we can tell a gender.
What has this done to our lives? Well you will notice I'm getting bigger and my poor husband is getting smaller! I love to eat, but HATE to cook. If I cook it, I wont be able to eat it. We are so thankful for wonderful friends who have kept us fed well. My cravings have been random at best. I usually crave one thing and need it that second then I will move on the next. A few things we have been through are sticky rice, juice, top ramen, pepperoni pizza, wingers... the list goes on and on, but like I said I crave it, I eat it, and I move on. I haven't been very sick. I can count on both hands the number of really sick days I have had in the last 3 months. My boss says I'm meant to have 10 kids.... (I think he is insane). I am pretty tired though. I could spend the entire day on the couch taking naps on and off. It's terrible.
We feel pretty prepared for this pregnancy part of things. My good friend Cassie is also pregnant and she keeps me updated on what to expext. I think my Dr might wonder why I never ask him many questions.
Cass isn't my only pregnant friend, there are actually quite a few and I'm loving that!
Everyone has been wonderful to me. We told a few close friends that we do a weekly FHE with (becuase they were bound to notice my grumpiness) and one of the husbands says I am now allowed to do and say whatever I want. I knew I liked my friends. I try not to be too much of a brat, but people really do make it easy! haha I am truly grateful for everyones kindness.
Now I am just slowly growing and moving forward. I really feel like I need a makeover, my hair is too long and I have forgotten how to do my make up. I look pretty crazy most days!

well, I stink at this blogging stuff so the next post may just be a real picture of the baby!! Wish us luck!