Ain't he cute?

Here, the kids are wearing outfits from Mammie and Papa. There's another picture of them wearing shirts from Cioci and Uncle Shannon. I can't seem to find it right now. You see, I just grab whatever picture taking device is closest (as of late). That could be 1 of 3 cameras or 1 of 2 cell phones....

The Things They Say....

Usually, The Things They Say is dedicated to the silly and embarrassing things that my children say. However, this first one is from a total stranger...

Phone ring...

Me: Hello
Lady: May I speak with Sawyer?
Me: Um....this is Sawyer's mom?
Lady: Well, I need to speak directly with Sawyer.
Me: (after much hesitation)...Well, I don't think he'll say much. He's only 7 weeks old.

Needless to say, she was embarrassed. It was the clinic calling to confirm Sawyer Dr. Appt and then to confirm our contact info. Crazy!

Ella: (to her friend) My dad is older but my mom acts more like a grown up.


Ella: Mom, I'm going to be a pop star when I grown up.
McKenna: Mom will never let you do that.

A Visit from Grandpa Higgins

Grandpa Higgins came to meet baby Sawyer. We aren't sure if he'll ever come again because we really put him to work. He moved boxes from our attic to our basement (2 flights of stairs) for around 6 hours straight. He also took all of the trash stuff out to the curb, shoveled and ice scraped the driveway, squeegeed the garage floor, cooked a meal and babysat briefly! He was busy. I am so thankful that I have parents, grandparents and inlaws who help out so much! It's truly a blessing.

Holding Sawyer

I try to take pictures of the different people holding Sawyer. I did this with McKenna and with Ella. Not sure why, just something I do. You may see a few of these pictures again because some of them are from Christmas. Also, I haven't loaded all of my pictures onto the computer-so a few are missing. (Like the one of my dad holding Sawyer in the Bjorn.)

Mrs. Kendra (2 days old)

 Miss Katie (3 days old)

 Ella

 McKenna

 Mommy-using the Baby Bjorn from Nana Z (back when McKenna was born)

 Daddy (Sawyer is 2 weeks)

 Nanny (Sawyer is 3 weeks)

 Shari (Sawyer is 4 weeks)

 Mammy (Sawyer is 5 weeks)

Big Sisters

2 weeks

3 weeks

McKenna's 8th Birthday

For McKenna's 8th birthday we kept it pretty simple. She invited a couple of friends to Chuck E Cheese for some pizza and fun!

McKenna, Ella, Gabe, Selma and Lauren. Lily didn't want to put icing on her nose.

 Lauren-whacking sharks!



Merry Christmas

With a 2 week old baby in my arms I left the picture taking up to Arthur. Here are a few snap shots he took to document the holiday.

Ella is pretending to eat an ornament that looks like a cookie!

McKenna and Rapunzel! Ella and Jessie (from Toy Story).

 Me and Sawyer-before we head over to celebrate with extended family.

 Daddy and Sawyer.

 Papa and Sawyer

 Mammie and Sawyer.

 Our baby boy!



Sawyer @ Eight Days

Blizzard Baby

I'm working a on a few posts. Mostly more info about our time at the hospital and the first weeks at home. They'll be posted soon, I hope.

In the meantime, I encourage you to checkout this link: Melissa Miroslavich Photography for some super sweet eye candy! Isn't he sdorable? Aren't the pictures fabulous?

Snapshots from the hospital

It was interesting to see how McKenna and Ella responded to everything. Even before we got to hospital Ella was holding back tears. She was afraid and didn't know what to expect. She was concerned about me and my well being. She is so sweet and compassionate.

McKenna was so curious as to what they were doing to me. She was also a little grossed out (all she really saw was the IV go into my hand). She kept asking if it hurt me and why wasn't I embarrassed to have doctors and nurses looking at my body so much. She was excited and had a hard time keeping quiet and calm.

Sawyer was born at 11:27pm. We were all asleep at about 2am. I wish to goodness that I had a picture of the girls camping out on the floor of our room.

Sawyer weighed 8lbs 3oz

Daddy likes to check everything out

Ella's a big sister now!

You'll notice that the girls are in their pj's. That's because they had just woke up. Remember, no one could get them so they cam to the hospital with us! Their grandparents took them the next day.

just a few minutes old...

Big Sister shirts!



Mom and son



Man, they really bundle those babies up!

leaving the hospital