First Father's Day

Casey's first Father's Day was June 19th. Sawyer and I tried to make it extra special for him. :) We spent Friday, the 17th at my grandparents house where we fished in the morning and swam in the afternoon. Casey caught two fish, I caught one, my Momma Sheila caught SIX and my mom caught zero. Haha! Normally my mom catches the most fish, but not this time. Mom and Momma Sheila went inside early to play with Sawyer who was being kept by Pappa Donnie & my Uncle Russell. I gave Casey, Uncle Russell, and Pappa Donnie their Father's Day presents. Uncle Russell and Pappa Donnie each got a couple of Father's Day pictures from Sawyer's Father's Day shoot. I made a book on Shutterfly for Casey with pictures from her first month and the surprise Father's Day pictures. He loved his book and it will be fun to look back at in years to come.

When it was time to swim I put Sawyer in her adorable little swim suit (she has 3, haha!) and matching hat! I put sunglasses on her, too, but they are actually the sunglasses that match a different swimsuit! Anyway, we took her for a little dip in the pool, but she was crying before I even got her in so she didn't stay outside long. She needed a nap :) She looked adorable though and we got some cute pictures. :) 

 haha, and then she started crying so we took her back inside. She was probably outside for only 5 minutes or so. Haha! 

 Haha, the glasses were hard to stay on :)

 Hahaha...

 Father/Daughter Love <3

My mom made homemade icecream while my Momma Sheila made some hamburgers. Casey and I hung out in the pool eating strawberries until it was time to eat lunch! Casey did flips off of the diving board and we had some fun playing a bit of pool volleyball. 

The next day Casey and I did some shopping for his new suit! He ended up getting a fitted, dark gray suit with pin-stripes from Express along with two new dress shirts. It looks great on him! That purchase was part graduation/part Father's day:) I need to take some pictures of him in it, but until I do, here is the picture of the suit off of Express's website. Picture Casey in it with a light purple shirt (he got one purple and one white one). 

The next day, Sunday, we went to eat at Mi Cocina in Rockwall after church. I gave Casey his homemade card and a little Father/Daughter book that he saw when I was pregnant. I bought it way back then and saved it for Father's Day. He's already read the whole thing!

See Sawyer next to me? I forgot to get a picture of just her and Casey!! :(

 I would say he had a pretty good 1st Father's Day! :) 

I love you very much, Casey! I am blessed to have you as my husband, and Sawyer is super blessed to have you as her Daddy! You rock! :)

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 Two Month Old Sawyer Grace

I cannot believe it's already been two months! The summer is already starting to fly by and my little baby is growing quickly. She has changed so much in the last month! We had her 2 month appointment on her "birthday" and she had 6 vaccines given in the form of 3 shots and one oral liquid. She screamed and cried hard when they first stuck her, but then quieted down as soon as Casey was able to pick her up. I teared up, too, because I absolutely hated knowing that she was crying from pain and not just wanting to bed fed or changed. It was a totally different cry and I didn't like it. She was great the rest of the doctor's visit and slept for about 3 hours afterward. However, it was a totally different story when she woke up. She was screaming out in pain and could not get comfortable. The slightest repositioning hurt her tender little legs and she screamed and screamed. She didn't even look the same to me because she was crying so hard and her little face was completely red. It broke my heart. :( Eventually she settled down and the tylenol began to do it's thing. She got better throughout the day and was even better the next day (although I kept her on Tylenol like the doctor urged me to do). Next time I will know to give her Tylenol before the appointment so that she is a little numbed before getting all of those shots! Her skinny little legs just cannot take it! The nurse said it probably hurt her a little more since there isn't much fat on her. She had little knots in her legs where the shots were given. Poor baby.

AT TWO MONTHS…

• Sawyer started sleeping in her own bed in the nursery at 6 weeks old. Casey slept in his sleeping bag on the floor in her room for the first 2 nights to console her when she cried and also to settle my nerves as well. :) She cried pretty hard the first few nights and has done really well since! We have a video monitor so I check on her pretty often still, but she seems to really like it now!
• Sawyer has become a champ at holding her head up when being held in the upright position. It's a little bobble head-ish, but she can keep it!
• She has developed an adorable little smile! It ranges from an open-mouth Elmo-looking smile to a full out grin. I love it and can't get enough!!
• Sawyer has begun to talk and coo. She has many different "types" of coos ranging from a high-pitched excited sound to a more quiet and content sound. She usually coos at us when we are talking to her, when we touch her chin or squeeze her cheeks, or when she is put in bed under her mobile. 
• She loves her mobile and smiles and coos at it almost every time she is put in her crib whether it is bed time or nap time. 
• Sawyer laughed for the first time on her 2 month birthday! It was the cutest sound ever. :) I got up and ran to tell Casey as soon as it happened. I was playing with her while she was in her bouncer and she got all excited and laughed and smiled. So cute. :)

Sawyer's Weight Progression:

6 weeks old - 7 lbs 13 oz

7 weeks old - 8 lbs even

8 weeks old - 8 lbs 4 oz

2 months old (dr. appt.) - 8 lbs 12 oz

The growth charts show Sawyer in the 10% for weight, 50% for length, and 50% for head size. It looks like we have a tall, skinny baby right now, but I think she'll even out later. :) The doctor is pleased with her weight gain and said that her weight is "birth weight appropriate." Remember, she was born at 5 lbs 12 oz and at 2 months she is exactly 3 lbs heavier.

I love my sweet baby girl.

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.