Sawyer's Arrival

 Josh and I right before Sawyer's birth.

 Here he is!! After 11 hours of labor he arrived and 8:53 am on Tuesday, May the 8th. 7lbs 6 oz.

 Lauren, our nurse gave Sawyer a nice hairstyle for his visitors.  Can you believe all of that hair?!?

 So in love with this little man!

 A sweet couple from church came to visit.

 Adam and Bentley w/ their first nephew!

 My dad and Sawyer.  The only picture I have of just my dad with Sawyer, and I'm so thankful Josh snapped this one off at the hospital. Dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer just a few weeks after Sawyer's birth, and passed away on the 19th of June.  I'm just so thankful that the Lord timed Sawyer's birth when he did so that dad could meet his first grandson.  Sawyer loved every minute he got to spend with my dad.

 Some more sweet visitors from our small group

 Clara drove all the way up from Montgomery to visit right before we went home from the hospital. She's a sweetie, and always a fun visitor!

Getting ready for our first drive in the car!


I'm so sorry it has taken me almost 7 weeks to write about the birth of our little boy Sawyer Lane.  Life has been very hectic ever since this sweet boy was born, so this is really the first time I've had a chance to sit down and blog.
Sawyer was born on May 8th at 8:53am.  My water broke the night before at about 10:15 or so, and right away my contractions were at 2 minutes apart, with about 30 seconds of rest time in between. I had intended on going in to this labor with the vision of an all-natural birth.  You know; no patocin, no epidural, just me and those ever so wonderful contractions.  Well, after about 6 hours of intense contractions and not being able to move from a laying down position and no progression, I opted out for the epidural.  Once the epidural was in effect, it seemed like no time and the little guy was here!  He is absolutely perfect, even more wonderful than we ever imagined he could be!  Josh and I are so in love with this boy, and our love for him grows more every single day.

Baby Bump

Here is the progress so far on the baby bump. I started taking weekly pictures at 14 weeks and I'm up to 28 weeks now. I was going to wait and post this once I was full term, but some people couldn't wait that long to see pictures....
I will continue adding to the collection though and make a final post of weeks 14-40ish at the end!

Sawyer's Nursery

Josh and I have been working on Sawyer's nursery quite a bit in the past few weeks trying to get some things finished up before his grand arrival. I know that he's not scheduled to be here in +/- 16 weeks or so, but if you know me you know that I like to be prepared waaay ahead of time.

For the bedding I give full credit to my sister, Bentley. She came down to visit over the holidays and put her mad sewing skills to work by making all of the bedding you see on the crib, she also recovered the rocker that you see in the picture. Crazy I know, but she puts the "Pioneer Woman" to shame when it comes down to it.

Most of the furniture in the room we found either on Craigslist, or it was some extra stuff we had around the house that we painted white to match suit. All of the painting that was done is fully credited to Josh. He wouldn't allow me to "breath in the fumes" and needless to say, I didn't argue with him. :)

There are still a few things that I'd like to add over the coming weeks, but over all I'm very happy with how it's turned out!

As a side note, you may have noticed the "BOB" stroller in the corner? Yeah that was a must have for me since I refuse to give up running even if it means I have to push a stroller along with me. This is just another sign of my over preparation, but I already love it and can't wait to put it to use!