So Very Thankful

We have so much to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving day. We are so blessed by the Lord for His gifts to us. We have a healthy, beautiful, peaceful baby boy. He is more than we could have imagined. We have family and friends who have lavished us with love & care. We have 2 "big boys" who bring us such delight. Our cup overflows.
I wanted to show a few snapshots of our day today. I promise to post about Sawyer's birth very soon! We have been spending the week adjusting to having a newborn and becoming a family of 5. I am slowly recovering from the c-section. I will post more as I can. :)

Here is my sweet Daddy holding his newest Grandson. . .


















My little sister could not get over Sawyer. She wanted to hold him or at least be near to him at all times.


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Baby Sawyer is here!

Baby Sawyer arrived this morning at 7:47 a.m. He weighs 6 lbs. 11 oz. and is 19 1/2 inches long. He is adorable, of course, with LOTS of long dark hair like his mom. While Sara is "busy", I (her mom) am writing up her blog for her. The boys are very excited about their new brother...especially Avery!

He's very healthy...he's eating, kicking, making dirty diapers and has good vocal cords.

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TOMORROW

So I'm having a baby tomorrow. No big deal. I'm going to bed now because I have to get up at 4:30 a.m. I'm excited, and nervous, and anxious, and just feel plain weird. Like the night before the first day of school times 100. My c-section is scheduled for 7:30 am. I would love your prayers!

We'll try to keep you updated as soon as we can! :)

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Fun Things

Last Saturday we were able to attend a fundraising gala for Avery's school. It was a really fun date before the baby comes (in 2 1/2 days by the by). It was fun to dress up even though I was considerably more uncomfortable than I would normally be in my sassy boots. They had a silent auction. There were a lot of great items up for bid...most of which we could not afford. However, Avery had been telling me about this canvas they made in Art class and he really wanted me to get. I just told him, "we'll see" because I wasn't sure how much it would cost and if it would be something we'd have a place for. He said it had handprints of all the students in his art class, but I didn't imagine that it would look this cool. I love it! When I saw it, I really wanted it. I love the saying (from an Audio Adrenaline song) that his teacher painted on it. That pretty much sold it for me. :) You can't see it in the picture, but each handprint has the student's name written in small black letters. Avery's is the red hand right under "be your." The next morning when I showed Avery what we got, he started jumping up and down & screaming. He was so excited. That made it even more worth it. It was neat to talk about what the words on it meant. I pray that these words will sink into his little heart and take root.
2nd fun thing . . . I made this blanket last night for our 3rd sweet boy. I decided I needed a nice warm fleece blanket to put over the car seat or stroller. I wanted one to match his coming home from the hospital outfit....because that's just the way I am. I had made a couple of these before for baby gifts. It's a super easy, no sew blanket and I think it turned out pretty cute. I wanted to do a little embellishing so there was little bit of hand sewing, but altogether a really simple project.
I am getting antsy pantsy for this little one to arrive. I am counting down the hours practically. I am really trying not to wish the days away but it's hard. I am trying to just enjoy quality time with my 2 big boys and make memories. I know our life will forever be changed on Friday and will also get significantly more difficult. It's just a strange feeling knowing that I will hold that sweet boy so soon. It's really hard to think of anything else. This week is passing slowly! I appreciate any prayers you want to send my way! Pin It

nursery for a sweet boy

The nursery is all ready and waiting for a little sweetie pie to move in! The nursery has a lot of chocolate brown with muted shades of red, blue, green & mustard yellow. Chocolate brown and barn red is my absolute favorite combination. In fact, I bought some fleece in those colors today to make a blanket for said baby. :)
I love the polka dots on this sheet. . .

Avery's teacher paints custom canvases and she is so talented! I had her paint this for the room. Do you love it? I do. Check out her website.





I just have to get one more curtain for the room and then the room will feel complete. Okay, I take that back, my friend Emily is making a name plaque for the room that will have his name, birth stats and verse. But, mostly done anyhow. I am getting so excited to actually use them room instead of just staring at it!

So, we have 4 days to go...okay actually 3 1/2...okay, I'm a little excited! Pin It

a momma and her boys

So.....I feel a little weird posting a bunch of pictures of myself...but I want to document this stage of our lives and my pregnancy. I am 9 months pregnant and counting down til my scheduled c-section in 13 days!!! We went out to take some pictures today of the boys and I. We also tried to take a few of our whole family. But, by then we were all getting cold and just took a few shots, none of which I'm thrilled about. I mostly wanted to get some pics of the boys and I. So I count it a successful picture taking experience. I have pictures of me pregnant with each of the older boys, so I wanted to get some with this sweet one as well. I'm really happy with how they turned out. Our new camera really makes it easy. Also, AJ has a good eye for taking photos.

Me and my 3 boys . . .









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Pumpkin Carving

Last week we carved our pumpkin. Avery had been really excited about putting a face on our pumpkin ever since they read The Pumpkin Patch Parable at school. First, I cut the top off the pumpkin and then the boys and I (well, mostly Avery and I) pulled all the insides out. I love the way the inside of a pumpkin smells. I also love the way all the gunk inside feels on my hands. I really enjoy pulling out all that slimy mess of seeds. Avery really enjoyed it as well. Finley wasn't so sure about getting his hands yucky. He is not a fan of his hands getting wet, let alone gunky.
Which pumpkin is bigger??
Avery had a very specefic idea of how he wanted the pumpkin's face to look. He drew a picture so AJ would know just how to cut it. :)


Avery was enthralled with the process....
Look at Avery's little hand on AJ's. So sweet.
The finished product. The boys couldn't wait for it to get dark so they could see it glow.
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Baby Shower

Last weekend my sweet friends, Erin, Angela, Melody and Emily hosted a baby shower for me. It was so nice and such a blessing! It was at Emily's new, beautiful home. The food was fabulous. It was so nice to sit around with girlfriends, talking, drinking yummy coffee, and eating brunch. My idea of a good time. They spoiled me with super cute gifts for our new little boy coming soon!


My friend, Karen, made this cute diaper cake...it's definitely the cutest one I've ever seen. She put encouraging notes and chocolate inside. :)
How sweet are these little pumpkins? They each had a tag that read, "pray for Sara's little pumpkin. " They were a favor for each person to take home.

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A Knight and a Dragon

The boys have been looking forward to the "fall festival" for a month. Yesterday it finally came. The boys and I stayed home all day. It was a long day for them, waiting for it to be time for the fall festival, but we did some fun activities like roasting pumpkin seeds and making pumpkin muffins. When it was finally time to dress up, they were thrilled! It seems like we have been talking about these costumes forever. If you know me, you know I would love to have the whole family dress up with a theme, but the boys have ideas of their own these days. Actually this year it randomly worked out for them. Avery wanted to be a knight and Finley wanted to be a dragon. It was really mom and dad who didn't fit into the theme. Oh well! AJ's work has a costume contest. Just for the sake of winning a monetary prize, he went along with it. He wanted an easy costume. He came up with the idea of Clark Kent and he actually won 2nd prize...woo hoo! I guess I have lost my mind completely these days. I decided to dress up as well. My doctor has randomly been telling me the past few appointments that I should paint my belly for halloween. I just laughed and said, "that's not really me." And it's not. But, again, pregnancy has taken over my brain and inhibitions. It was a really last minute idea and I'm sure my family will be appalled! :)

So here is my sweet little dragon....

A knight and dragon hug. so sweet. :)
Clark Kent...so silly.
Our friends, the Kennedy's came by so the kids could show each other their costumes and take pictures...
Roar!!
Our brave knight!

Carrying my own basketball...

The boys were SO excited to carve the pumpkin we got at the pumpkin patch. Hopefully I'll post pictures of our carving excitement soon. We've been talking about how we are like a pumpkin and God puts a light in us to shine in the darkness.
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