Sawyer Dancing

This video is of Sawyer at 17 months old, but it just cracks me up so I had to post it! :)

Sawyer's Surgery

We woke up early on Monday morning--5:30am to be exact--and got ready and put Sawyer in the car in her pjs. She wasn't allowed to eat before the surgery and we knew they were going to take her clothes off anyway, so why switch out of pjs and get her all awake when she would just be hungry?! We got to the hospital at 6am and checked in. They gave us a pager so that we would get minute by minute recaps of the surgery. Apparently they do this for parents of young children and while I really wasn't nervous about this little procedure I was still glad to have the pager! :) They took us back and had us change Sawyer into an adorable little Loony Tunes hospital gown. She looked so cute, I had to take a picture!! At about 6:55 they took her away from us and she didn't even make a peep about it. Such a good baby! The nurses, doctor, and anesthesiologist had already come to visit her a bizillion times so she was pretty use to them by that time. So Casey & I went into the waiting room and got a little page at 7:04 that the surgery had started. I kid you not at 7:14 we got a little page that the surgery was complete! 10 minutes was all it took. At about 7:20 the doctor came out and told us it went well, that she had fluid behind her ears that he removed, and that she would be waking up soon and they would come get us. At about 7:25 the nurse called us back and as we were walking back I could hear her screaming her little head off. She was not herself! The gas was still wearing off and she was acting like an insane person…screaming, wild look in her eyes, throwing her head back, arching her back, etc. Not my precious little baby. It kind of freaked me out but Casey kept saying "that's what it feels like to come out of it." I was thinking "what?! I have never behaved this way when I've come out from being put under gas." Granted I've only been put under when I got my wisdom teeth out, but it was the same kind of gas. I did not act like that. I don't know what Casey is thinking. Haha. But anyway, I know she is a baby and that she was scared so we just held her and dressed her and stayed for about 10 minutes and then headed home. She did not calm down much in the car. It helped with the back-arching and head-throwing, but not the screaming. Poor child. The goal was to drive around a little and get her to go to sleep because she was obviously super exhausted and we had already tried feeding her and she wouldn't eat. Eventually she started throwing up mucous in her car seat though (because of all the drainage that she was causing due to the crying…) so we quickly drove home! We got her home, changed her, and I rocked her for maybe 5 minutes before she was out. We put her in her bed and she slept for 3 hours! When she woke up she was like our old baby - sweet and happy, but hoarse (from all the screaming). She is still hoarse today…it's funny because even her laugh is a lot deeper. Kinda cute. She is on tylenol and some ear drops for the next few days, but hopefully after that no more ear-infected baby!! And I'm definitely hoping she's good and healthy for her 1st birthday!! I have been in planning mode for that lately and I can't wait! It's going to be a lot of fun (for me at least!) ;)

Here are some cutie pictures of her at the hospital. 

They turned Sponge Bob on for her, but Casey seemed more interested in it than Sawyer. :)

 

She's like…"Please no, it might hurt!"

 

 

Some Instagram pics!

 

 

To prove she felt better quickly, here is a video I took after her 3 hour nap of her pulling up and trying to say "thank you" (the newest word we're working on).

What a sweetie! :)

Too Cute!

This was just too cute not to post. Sawyer eating Lil Crunchies and then saying "bye bye" today during lunch (don't worry, she didn't just have a snack--first she had pears!). She is 9 1/2 months old and getting so big. I love it. :)

Ps. Yep, she is still in her pjs at lunch. We had a nice relaxing rainy morning and neither of us left our pjs until around 1pm. :)

Video Diaries: Sawyer Grace 3 months-8 months

I haven't been very good at staying up to date with posting videos of Sawyer. I have posted a few here and there and then posted several of her first 3 months here. If you ever want to take a look at my videos you can do so at youtube--my username is AggieMrs. Most of the ones on youtube are just from my phone though as we haven't yet figured out a fast way to upload short clips from the video camera. I need to do that soon though because I am so afraid they are going to get erased somehow!! 

Anyway, the videos start with Sawyer at 3 months old and continue to the present (8 months old). I cannot believe the difference! So much growth in 5 months! What a crazy little miracle babies are. Actually blows my mind. 

I don't expect you all to watch all of these videos - I like to have them on my blog for me, but you are sure welcome to them as well! :) The last 3 are the best for sure (since she is big enough to actually do something at 8 months old)! If you only watch 1, watch the second to last one of her in the bathtub! She LOVES splashing and playing with her toys! So fun! (And yes, I know you people think I am crazy for still bathing her in the baby bathtub, but I think it is so much easier than warming up the big bathtub, plus my back doesn't hurt from leaning over for so long!! I like to let her play a while and I don't want to kneel on the hard tile and lean over, hurting both my knees and my back, so for now, the pink baby bathtub it is! Don't judge me :)

Isn't she a cutie? I love her to death!

Sawyer the Great!

My sweet Sawyer is on the move--sideways that is! She rolled over once when she was 15 days old and then not again until yesterday! She rolled over THREE times yesterday, and I caught the last one on tape! WAHOO! :) Casey was out of town on mission trip so I'm so glad I videoed one so that he had a little surprise when he came home :) Yay Sawyer, you're awesome! :)

Check it out!

A Birthday Day

A couple of weekends ago we had two birthday parties to attend! The first one was our nephew Caleb! He turned 5 years old and had a superhero party! We got him a couple of superhero posters and a fish for their salt water tank! He named him Batman :)

 One of the favorite toys…I think the men loved it more than Caleb ;)

 Sawyer's first birthday party to attend!

Sawyer with the birthday boy!

Later that night Sawyer stayed with Mimi & Poppy and Casey and I went to dinner and Top Golf for Jeremiah's 29th birthday! We went to Genki Sushi for dinner! It was my first time to eat sushi and I loved it! :) Casey on the other hand…did not. Haha! I doubt anyone is surprised since he is so picky.

Look at those chopsticks skillz! ;)

While waiting for our spot at Top Golf we played several massive games of Jenga!! It was fun! 

Casey and the birthday boy!

 

Jerry & Lexi

Playing golf! It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to go back and use the rest of our game card!

The winners of our first round!

I have my own pink, left-handed clubs ;)

 

Team Coats

 Team Meadows

My hubby, the golfer 

 

Here are some videos of me - proving that I can actually hit the ball! ;)

Video Diaries: Sawyer Grace

I have been trying to upload videos of Sawyer onto youtube so I thought I'd post some on the blog! You can always go look at my videos on www.youtube.com. My username is AggieMrs. Here are some videos of my sweet Sawyer.

The first video is when Sawyer was 13 days old

I hope to continue adding video of Sawyer to the blog! Check back often :)

Mavericks: We are the Champions!

I love the Mavericks. I have loved them since I was a little girl. In elementary school I went to the Dallas Maverick basketball camp and met Derek Harper and he signed my Maverick basketball and picture of himself. Later, I became a huge fan of Dirk when I was in high school and saved Dirk paraphernalia such as magazines with him on the cover and a Dirk marionette doll that hung on my dresser mirror for years.

On June 20, 2006, I was at the hospital waiting on my nephew Caleb to be born. Minutes before we got to see baby Caleb the Mavs lost to the Heat in the final game.

This year I watched every playoff game on pins and needles hoping that we could manage to make it to the finals again. I LOVED watching them sweep the Lakers. Those were still my favorite games. It was like when the Rangers beat the Yankees, but better. When we played the first few games against the Heat I knew that it was going to be tough, but I never lost hope (like Casey did!). I really thought we were going to pull it out! On Sunday I said over and over that we were going to win game 6. Sure enough, we did, and it was awesome! Scott and Erin were in town and staying with us. When the clock ran out Casey, Scott, & I ran around the back yard banging wooden spoons on pots and pans. It was fun. Scott fell down and that made it even more fun. :)

I talked Casey into going to the airport with me on Monday to greet the Mavericks. We waited an hour or so in the blistering heat until they landed! We cheered them home and it was a lot of fun. Casey and I were even interviewed and shown on channel 4 news.

 Mavs man and Champ

 Champ getting us to cheer

 It was funny…this van was in our way and we all started chanting together "move that van! move that van!" over and over and finally this guy came out and moved it! We were like an angry mob. :)

The trophy!! In the excitement of it all I didn't get very good pictures of anything...

 MAVS man!

 The trophy again

 

 Casey getting interviewed - I thought to take a picture of him, but he didn't take one of me :(

Here we are on the news!! :)

My 1st Mother's Day & Sawyer's Baby Dedication

My first Mother's Day was extremely special. I had a gorgeous 3 week old baby in my arms and it was baby dedication at our church! It was a wonderful celebration of the beautiful gift that God gave me! All of our family came to church to see Sawyer's big debut - both of our parents, Chris & Stephanie and their 3 kiddos, Casey's grandmother, Momma Sheila (my grandma), and my Uncle Russell! We also had lots of church friends their including Jenna and Charlie and Ginni who all took pictures for me :)

Before the dedication Paul McDill asked all the mothers to stand so they could pray for us. It was so weird to stand up with all the mothers including my mom, grandma, Casey's mom, sister, and grandmother.

At the end of the service we went up on the stage with 2 other families to dedicate our babies. Sawyer was the youngest at 3 weeks. She wore the dress that Casey's mom gave her before she was born. It was still big, but it was definitely cute on her! I will always remember my first Mother's Day as the day that we dedicated our first baby, Sawyer Grace, to the Lord. We hope to raise her to love and accept Jesus at a young age. 

 

 

my beautiful little baby :)

Casey was so creative and made me the sweetest video for Mother's Day. It documents my pregnancy and Sawyer's first 3 weeks of life. I absolutely love it and will treasure it forever!!

Isn't is just wonderful? I thought it was so incredibly sweet. Love my husband and my baby girl!

PS. There is a very unflattering picture of me in the slideshow (one of me giving Sawyer a bath) that Casey put in there as a joke. He thinks it's the funniest picture ever. Weirdo.