Well I guess it is time agian to start blogging :) I just got really busy with life, work, and lauren that the blog took the back seat. Now that I am a stay at home mom again I think we will try this one more time! Just a quick catch up, we had our Sawyer Faye Oct 17 at 7:12 pm. She was 8 lbs. 12 oz. and 20 inches long. She wasn't an easy one to convince into coming to this world I will tell ya! I started having mild contractions about 4:30 am on the 17th and they were coming about 7-8 min. apart. I was nervous because w/ Lauren I was already at the hospital so this time it was up to me to make the call of when to get to the hospital. I laid in bed for about an hour timing my conctractions, then I got up and started to some things around the house because I could clearly not sleep.. i was a little anxious! at about 6:30 I woke up Erik and told him I was having contractions about 7 minutes apart and he went right back to sleep... So I just walked around the house and tried to keep myself busy. About 7:30 everyone was up and Erik was getting ready and then I started to get nervous thinking that we would get to the hospital and they would just send me home. We slowly got on our way and after dropping Lauren off with aunt Lila and chatting with her we got to the hospitla about 11:00 am. The nurse checked me and I was only 3 cm dialated and so she wanted me to walk around for an hour.. I walked and walked, got checked again and walked some more.. I took a bath and then finally was officially checked into the hospital at about 2:30 and the doc was on his way to check on me. My doctor was on vacation hunting, so I had the on call doc, Dr. Christiansen who I really ended up liking. Dr. C got there and broke my water and they called the anethesiologist and thank goodness they did, because 10 minutes later I was dialated to a 9 and was having the urge to push. They gave me the Spinal block because I was to late for an epidural and to my dismay the pain did NOT go away. Our little Sawyer was face up, and for some reason that makes things a lot more painful, I now understand what "back labor" is. Ok so this was not anything like I remember with Lauren, because after I got the Spinal Block the pain was gone and it was painless from then on, I had felt nothing and now I am feeling everything but my legs. The nurse suggested some pain releif that ment giving me 4 more shots in my back - yes please! It took the edge off put sadly the pain was still there and when I pushed it was there x10. It hurt so bad when I would try to push and I tried to convince the doctor that I was a wimp, but they said I was doing great (yeah right) another 4 shots in my back to help with the pain, an hour later and still no Sawyer. They had me try a new position, and with numb legs that isn't easy. After that didn't work I asked if I could lay on my side, and in my mind I was thinking this baby might not come out on it's own and I could see the doctor pacing back and forth and I knew he was thinking about a C-Section. Turns out that laying on my side turned Sawyer enough to make her way out a little smoother (for me anyways) and I built up some strength (from out of nowhere) and after a few pushes she was here! When the nurses were talking about "all that hair" as she was coming out I knew it was probably a girl because that is my recipe for little girls! I had thought this baby was going to be a boy because my pregnancy was so different but she fooled me! When I first saw Sawyer my first thought was that she looked exactly like Lauren did! I don't remember her crying to much, I just remember her laying on my chest and the nurses scrubbing her clean, and scrubbing and scrubbing! Erik looked at me and said what are you going to name her (because we didn't have anything picked out officially) then he continued to say "I named the first one, so you can name this one" I was a tad bit shocked but I didn't let the offer go! I said my picks are Brooklyn or Sawyer, and he said I don't like Brooklyn, and Sawyer she became! After a while we had our first visitors and then eating my first meal of the day at 11 pm I was in need for some sleep!
The next day was my favorite part because Lauren came to see baby Sawyer! I was just getting out of the shower so I heard her come in and she was saying "this is my baby sister, baby Sawyer" and she was so happy to hold her baby sister (keep in mind Lauren has a little lisp so it makes it even cuter)! I was alittle worried as to how Lauren might react to her baby sister, but she didn't have any problem with it at all! Lauren got to hang out with us for a while and I had some special presents for her, but I think that she felt special enough with having a baby sister!
Now that we have been home for 4 weeks and getting the hang of our baby Sawyer we are learning that she is a pretty good baby! I don't want to say too much, because if I brag then she might flip a switch on me! As for now she sleeps most of the time but is awake in the mornings around 8 or 9 am for an hour or two and awake in the evenings around 7-8 for an hour or two. She sleeps good at night waking up about 2 to eat and then again at around 5 (so grateful for my sleep!) She isn't too fussy, she mostly grunts when she wants something and takes her a while to work the grunts up to a cry. She had a hematoma (don't know the spelling, but it means she had a bump on her head from the way she was positioned at birth) on the left side of her head, and the doctors thought it would take a few months to go down, but it has already gone down and we are thankful for that! 
Lauren loves to hold her baby sister and always informs me if she is crying. I know Sawyer will be well taken care of when her big sister is around! Lauren likes to tell everyone we see that "this is my baby sister" and then on an off day she will tell people "no, you can't see my baby sister" haha!! Life with Lauren is never dull :) Lauren also likes to tell people that she helps pull the straps off the babies diaper, it is so interesting the things she remembers and shares with others! After Sawyer was born I felt like Lauren matured over night and she wasn't a baby anymore. She is talking in full sentances, and making excuses to get out of church, using words like ridiculous, and coming up with phrases that Erik or I use. She is like a sponge and absorbs everything that passes her by, and I don't know if I can even keep up with her. When I read her a book she can look through the book when I am done and read parts fo the book back to me, and she comes close to saying all the words on the page. She isn't potty trained yet, but we are working on it. She goes poop in the potty, but still is carless about peeing in the potty. If I am prepared and ask her every 30 min. she does a good job, but I am not always on track! Lauren is definitely in the terrible 2 stage, and has been testing my patients as far as is it will go. I sometimes think I just tell her no all day long, but at the end of the day she still wants me to lay with her while she goes to sleep so she must still love me! 
Glad our Sawyer is finally here!
Glad our Sawyer is finally here! 
