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this will be a little easier to get to see this video. click here!!!

i'm not sure how to post video's on the blog thing but if you go to this blog spot and scroll down to the post titled THE BEST LOVE STORY I'VE EVER SEEN. watch the video. it's amazing and it may make you cry. it made me.

Hernia Update

on monday michael called the surgeon office and asked if they could get sawyer in earlier than thursday. they had a opening on tuesday and we took him. it was confirmed, yet again that it was a hernia and that he needed surgery. the doctor was going to be out of town for the week coming up so he said that he would get him into do that surgery the next week. we weren't to happy with that because we knew that he was in pain and wanted him to be seen sooner. that's when the begging happened. he had his nurse check his schedule and they were able to get him in for the surgery sooner that next week. he had the surgery on friday.

we are truly blessed. that's not where the blessings stop though. at the doctors office the nurse went over when to be at the hospital and things that i needed to do. one being that sawyer couldn't have anything to eat after midnight the night before. my heart sank. what was i suppose to do with a screaming baby for that long. he just said to hold him and to give him his pacifier. yeah right, i thought. my mom came up to help out and to stay with us for a couple of days so we were excited about that. yet another blessing.

the third came on thursday night. we gave him his bottle at 1130pm and he finished at 1150pm. he went to bed just fine but decided to wake up screaming at 100am. we didn't know what was wrong. after changing him he was still upset. he cried till 230am and during that whole time i thought is this going to be what the rest of the night is going to be like. around 230 he took his pacifier and was laying on my chest and decided to fall asleep. i rolled over to look at the clock at 441am and thought oh my goodness he's lasted this long and has been truly wonderful. my mom took him at 500am while i got ready and we packed up and headed to the hospital at 600am to be there for 630am. he was the first surgery with the doctor and it was super fast.

he did so well all the way till the nurse took him back to surgery. i was so impressed. he's such a good, strong baby. i got to be with him in recovery and he came out of the anesthesia very well. we spent the night in the hospital and while he was a little fussy he did really well. we are now back home and he is taking his bottles very well and back into a pretty good routine. we are blessed all around and just so thankful that he was able to have the surgery as soon as he did. thank you everyone for your prayer and encouragement. we really appreciate it and please continue to pray. i'm sure there will be more road bumps along the way but we are prepared to deal with them as they come with our warrior baby.

Hernia It Is...

...the doctor confirmed it is a hernia. he referred us to a pediatric surgeon and we see him on thursday. i'm actually going to call them on monday and let them know that if they have any cancellations to call me and we will be there. he's doing surprisingly well. the doctor said the if it turns black and blue and he's crying and can't be consoled then to get the the er. he's going to have to have surgery though so just keep praying. i hurt for him daily when he's upset or straining and crying. i can't imagine his pain. i feel so bad for him. he's such a tough baby though.

No More Please...

update.....sawyer did really well on shot day. he cried very little after the shots and there was no swelling or brusing in the days to follow. he was fussy 2 days later but who wouldn't.

now on to what's bothering me. we are going to the doctor again today because when i was giving him his bath last night i noticed a bump right above his penis and we think that it may be a hernia(sp?) please be in prayer for him. he's been through so very much and i just want to cry to think that he may have to be going through even more. i'll try to get back to the computer to post the outcome of the visit sometime this weekend. thanks everyone for your prayers and support.

New Pics

momma and baby

daddy and baby

my sweet boy

war eagle!

my hubby's cousin took these today. it was very hard for us to get baby boy to work with he. first he was fussy and wanted to eat and then he knocked out and we were able to get some pics but not without some pee-pee being sprayed on us.

6lbs

we don't have a confirmed 6lbs weight yet but last monday at his doctors apt he was 5lbs 14oz. he's been gaining an ounce a day and sometimes well over an ounce a day so that being said we believe that he weighs over 6lbs now.

please be praying for us on monday. he gets his 2 months shots on monday and i may loose it. hopefully not though. just pray for my little guy that he does okay and that i can hold it together for him. thanks everyone for you comments thoughts and prayers i love, love, love hearing from everyone. it looks like i may only get computer time once a week for a while but that's okay. i'm still here though so don't leave me. :)

Still Alive

it's been a long time since i've posted because we don't have a computer at home and if we did we wouldn't have internet access because it's an expense that we just can't have right now so that being said i don't get to get on the computer very much. but here i am. sawyer is doing really well. at his dr. apt on monday he weighed 5lbs 5oz. he's growing every day. my mom left on wednesday so it's just been me and him during the day. it's been great but i am tired. on thursday night he had his best night ever. he went 4 hours between feedings. i never thought i would see the day that i was happy to get 4 hours rest at a time. (well acutally it's less than that i guess but whatever)
we go back to the dr on monday for another weight check. he's still not nursing very well. the dr said that is will happen though just to keep working with him. he said that boys are just lazy. :)
not much else to report here. i'll try to post pics when i can just wanted to update about him. thanks for all the prayers. keep praying.

Lots of Pics

here's my sweet little guys sleeping

my silly sister took this picture and it's so funny. we just love it.

oh my he was not to happy about getting into his car seat for the ride home. luckily he calmed down pretty quick and decided that he likes car rides.

the cousins. lovely with the bbq on cousin jacobs face.

aubrey was not all to happy about being put down. her mom warned us though. she really does like sawyer. see picture above.

Home at Last

so thanks to everyone for their comments about him coming home. we are really excited and tired. we stayed thrusday night in the hospital to see what it was going to be like to bring him home. not that we were going to change our minds or anything. :)
anyways he was on a 4 hour sch. so we thought great we will keep him to that. well his first feeding was less than 4 hours so we fed him and then from then on we were off. there isn't really a sch that we are going by. he eats every 3 and a half to 4 hours sometimes less than that. he is however nursing and taking his bottle very well. it's not always hard to keep him awake for his feedings just sometimes hard. he really like to eat. m- has been really good helping out he really is a great dad. not that i had any doubts about it. i don't have any pics from his coming home day yet but i promise that when i get them i will get to posting them.
thanks you guys for you kind, encouraging words and prayers. we will defiantly need them in the next couple of days. love everyone.

Big News

well i just wanted to let everyone know that baby boy is coming home. we are going to stay in a room in the NICU tomorrow night that they have for parents to have a first night with their baby before they actually take them home. that way if we have any last minute questions we can ask them and if we need anything they are there to help, but for the most part we are on our own. so tomorrow night we do that and then on friday morning he comes home. we are so excited and maybe a little nervous too because he is so little still. last night he weighed 4lbs 9.6oz. thanks to everyone for your prayer and support we really appreciate it and ask that you continue to pray because the excitement and journey has just begun.