Travelers

Snow and Saylor decided to go and visit his parents in Eagar. Actually it went a little more like this:

Snow: I think I might go hunting with Alma (his brother) in Eagar for a week.

Summer : Sounds fun! (trying to be excited for him because he needs a break even though it will make me a single mom of two for an entire week)

Snow: I think I will take Saylor so she can visit my parents

Summer Sounds fun! (this time genuinely excited)

Saylor of course thought this plan was fantastic. They headed out Last Thursday and Saylor was so excited I barely even got a kiss goodbye. Snow said when the airplane took of she was full on cheering arms in the air like she was on a roller coaster or something. Per daily phone updates they are both having a wonderful time and Sawyer and I have enjoyed having the house to ourselves. Can't wait for my mighty travelers to return!!

Cute kid

Congrats to Shi and Mike

My sister just got married in the Salt Lake temple. It was so fun to be a part of watching her become Mrs. Hancock. Here are a few pics from the day.

Swimming lessons

Snow taught swimming lessons and coached a community swim team during his high school days. He decided it was time to start teaching Saylor to swim, and here are some cute pics Grandma Slade took of Snow's efforts.

What it is like to have two kids

The rest of our Summer

I can't believe how I have been slacking on my posting. I promised myself I would update the blog once a week and you can see how that went. Oh well, chalk it up to being a new mom of two. We spent a pretty quiet Fourth of July at home. Snow got some fireworks to do with Saylor and surprisingly, she wasn't afraid of the sparklers. We also made some s'mores using our grill. This is how my precious two-week-old little boy looked.

I got brave enough to bring Sawyer to church (covered in his car seat with a take-a-peek-if-you-dare look on my face) and this is a family pic of us.

This big bow on my shirt came in handy since my milk leaked through my nursing pads and left two huge spots. Here is one of the men in my life. The verdict is still out on who is cuter.

That was a little tummy-time and I want to cry because my little man has totally outgrown that sleeper. How is he getting so big so fast?! Saylor loves being a big sister. I don't think she has played with a toy in Sawyer's 10 weeks of life. Who wants a doll when you have the real thing?

I can tell he is going to be a genius because he is already pondering life's mysteries. Here he is post-bath.

I don't really know if he looks like me, but I am willing to take credit. Thanks to Dora and Naomi for this adorable onesie.

Snow gave him an amazing blessing at 8 weeks. We were lucky enough to have about 35 family members present. Thanks to all of you for making the day so special! Jan and I were cheap enough to give $2 Tuesdays at Thanksgiving Point a try. NEVER AGAIN! but at least Saylor and Gabby had fun!

Here is a picture of Sawyer at his 2 month check-up. This, of course, is before his immunizations. We learned that he is in the 95% for length and 85% for weight. Apparently this go round I am producing whole milk instead of skim!

Saylor's second year of soccer has started. She convinced the other 7 kids on her team to go with the name sharks again. She is much improved in fact she scored a goal at their first game and yes I had tears in my eyes.

Here is a picture of Saylor and I that we took just because.

This is Saylor holding Sawyer this last weekend. I know what you are thinking and yes I do believe he is about as big as her.

It has been pretty crazy so far but I am loving being a mom of two!

Our Very Happy Father's Day

Well, no one can say our son doesn't know how to make an entrance! Snow's sister was in town so we decided to go barbecue with them at her in-laws house. On the way there Snow was like my stomach hurts--probably because he ate 3 hot dogs after church. I thought, you know, my stomach kind of hurts to. While we were sitting there visiting with family I realized that my stomach and back were hurting every 3-5 minutes--could this be labor? Luckily one of the other family members attending the barbecue is a labor and delivery nurse and encouraged us to go to the hospital to get checked out. I really wouldn't have gone otherwise because I didn't think it was real. I hadn't had any contractions earlier and I didn't want to be one of those people who keeps getting turned away from the hospital for false alarms. When I got there and got checked at around 7:30pm the nurse was like "umm you are a 7 --you are definitely in labor!" Of course I would go into labor when my house is a disaster and my meticulously packed hospital bag was sitting at home by my bed! I will spare you all the gory details but David Sawyer was born at 11pm on June 21st. He was 8lbs 5 oz, and 20 inches long. My delivery was short and, with an excellent epidural, I would even call it sweet. The only bad part was that I am Strep B positive and because he came so fast they didn't have enough time to get me all the penicillin we needed so we had to stay in the hospital almost 3 full days, but he is healthy as can be and eats like it is going out of style! We couldn't be more grateful to have him here safe and sound! I thought you would all want to see how cute he is!
and in an effort to antagonize all of the Ute fans at the University of Utah Hospital, we couldn't resist this: