Baby Shower for Sawyer

At 30 weeks, my friends and family got together to celebrate the upcoming arrival of Sawyer! My dear friends Allison, Kristen, and Julie threw me a shower! It was so beautiful! Friends from all over got together to share in this occasion with me. I had such a wonderful day! I feel so fortunate and blessed to have such great people in my life! Sawyer is so loved before he is even here, and for that I am so grateful! All three of my boys have so many people who love them! We believe it takes a village to raise a child, and what a wonderful village of people we have in our lives! We were showered with such special gifts! At the end of the shower, Daddy, Ricky, and Everett made a special appearance! The boys are so excited to meet Sawyer! They can't wait! After the shower, I put all the gifts in place and wrote out thank you cards! I want to be sure that everyone knows how much I appreciate everything!

Julie, Allison, Mommy, and Kristen

Lucinda and Mommy

Allison, Lynn, Mommy, Delyssa, and Vonda

Ladies of Louetta Lakes - the neighborhood where we started our family!

Elyssa, Becky, Mommy, and Emily

Neighbors in Louetta Lakes

Emmy and Ricky

Shelly, Kristen, Mommy, and Marianne

Friends from Mommy's Work

Mommy and Mindy

A friend that used to work with Mommy!

Ranika, Glenneth, Alison, Mommy, and Sara

Ladies of Shauna Lane - where we now live!

Nana and Mommy!

Mommy and Grandma!

Mommy getting ready to open gifts! We were showered with so many wonderful things! I wish I could picture them all here - they were all so special!

Allison, Kristen, and Julie bought me a beautiful, monogrammed diaper bag with a bottle bag, burp cloths, bibs, and a blanket!

Sawyer's Godmother, my dear friend Jessica, sent this beautiful diaper bag made by her company Ritzy Rugrats!

Sweet Mindy made these letters for Sawyer's Wall! They match perfectly! I have so many talented friends! They can make up for where Mommy lacks!

My yummy icecream cake from Rao's Bakery!

Lucinda brought gifts for big brothers Ricky and Everett!

Here are the boys with Lulu! They are sporting shirts made by Ritzy Rugrats, my friend Jessica's company!

Lucinda with her Godson Ricky and Allison with her Godson Everett! I can't wait to have Jess in the picture with Sawyer! Three of my very best friends being such an important part of my boys' lives!

I LOVE this one! Too funny!

Mommy with her three boys!

Mommy surrounded by love from all the boys in her life! I am one lucky girl!

Daddy and Mommy! We can't wait to meet Sawyer!

Easter 2010

We had a fantastic Easter weekend! The boys were so excited about Easter and talked about the true meaning behind Easter. We left out a carrot for the Easter Bunny that night. The boys woke up early to see if the Easter Bunny came! That afternoon, Nana, Pappy, and Grandma came over to help us celebrate! They brought more goodies, ate dinner with us, and we all took a long walk to the park. It was as the boys said "...the best Easter ever!"


Instead of checking out his Easter basket first, Everett ran right for the carrot and started to eat it! I think he thought that was his treat - he was so excited!

Ricky scoped out the goods! He loved the candy, but he was very excited about all the outdoor toys!

Everett realized it only got better after the carrot!

Everett was saying "The Easter Bunny is the best Easter Bunny ever!" Apparently, "the best ever" is their new saying because I happen to be "The Best Mommy Ever!" I hope they always think that!

Ricky is deciding which tattoo he wants first!

They are ready for their Easter Egg hunt! They were so cute! Instead of being competitive like they can be, they decided to go in as a team! They found all their eggs together and took turns putting them in each other's baskets!!

Everett showing us two they found - one for him and one for Ricky!

Ricky is so proud!

They found the "Golden Egg" together, so they both got a dollar!

Nana and Pappy brought over goodies too! They got outfits from the movie "How to Raise a Dragon"! They went the day before with Daddy and Pappy to see the movie, and of course "It was the best movie ever!" So they were excited to put on their new clothes!

Here are the boys with Pappy and Nana!

Grandma, Pappy, Everett, Ricky, and Nana

All of us! We never get a picture of us all together!

The boys eating their cotton candy!

Everett took a small bite, but he was not crazy about the texture! He said it was like bugs!

Ricky on the other hand ate it by the fistfull!

Wrestling with Pappy!

Tickling Nana!

Good Friday - 2010

On Good Friday, we had the Alford's and the Belcher's over for a cookout and colored Easter eggs! All the kids were so well behaved! Good friends, great kids, yummy food - we had a wonderful time!

All the kids coloring eggs

Everett showing off his handiwork!

Ricky doing double duty!

Movie and popcorn time!

Mommy and Everett

Mommy and Ricky

The Belcher family and the boys!

Bluebonnets 2010

We took our annual bluebonnet pics with the Alford's.


Our Family - getting the perfect shot was impossible! But we got some good ones!


Daddy and the boys

Momma and the boys

I love this picture of Ricky and Everett! They are such beautiful boys!

Ricky - 4 years old

Everett - 2 1/2

Ricky taking a stroll.

Everett loves crocodiles!

Sweet boy!

Mommy and Everett

Mommy and Daddy - 29 weeks pregnant with Sawyer!

Ricky and Brooklyn - best of friends since birth!

This one is priceless! I LOVE it!

Sawyer - 28 Weeks

We had our 28 week appointment today and everything went well! We had a 3D/4D ultrasound and he looks very healthy! We think Sawyer looks a lot like his brother Everett! They said it looks like he weighs 2 pounds and 8 ounces and is in the 43rd percentile. I am not sure how much faith I have in these measurements though - they never predicted Everett would be so big! Ricky weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces and Everett weighed 9 pounds 3 ounces. We are wondering where Sawyer will weigh in! I have only put on 1 pound in the last 2 months bringing me to a total of 12 pounds so far. But my tummy is definitely growing! It is funny, in one day I will hear both how tiny I am and how huge I am! I don't think I am very small, but fortunately it seems like it's all going to my belly! Here are some pictures from our ultrasound. He wasn't very cooperative! He kept his hands and feet in his face the whole time!


We think this picture looks a lot like Everett!


Oh brother - not another picture!


Look at these little feet!

A very clear picture of his hand!

A picture of his heart - it was beating 140 bpm.

A black and white shot of his feet!

His perfect little spine!