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A post from Daddy. Dear baby Sawyer, What a blessing you are to your mommy and me! I couldn't sleep for days as I eagerly anticipated the special moment that you would be born.  I couldn't wait to see what you would look like, if you would have hair, if your lips would be swollen like Wesley's were, if you would open your eyes a[...]

10 Things about this boy right now. 1. When we don't respond to Mommy and Daddy, he's taken to calling us Ben and Ash. I try not to laugh when this happens. 2. Sometimes, I'll catch him staring at me from across the room with a smile on his face---and I wonder what his 3 year old little mind is thinking. 3. He has nea[...]

Summer pool days. Slip and sides in the greenbelt with our favorite neighbors. Impromptu backyard picnics. Beach days and visits to the roadside fruit stands. Sand castles and sandy toes. Watermelon, cherries and strawberries. Toddler tan lines and sunny kisses. Heat induced[...]

By our house there's a park--a rather cool park. And by this rather cool park is a fire station. And for months, Lil W and I would walk right past that fire station for an afternoon of fun at the "cool" park. No issues. No drama. Just a Mom and her boy, at the park. Did I mention this park has shade? But then, one day, somethin[...]

Sawyer Blakey Stock to be exact. Sawyer because it just feels right. Blakey, because it is a family name with special meaning to us. And in only 36 days, I get to give my baby boy a big Momma kiss. It hardly seems real--eeep, I'm excited![...]

DISCLAIMER: the theme of this post started in one direction, and then somehow it got lost and a bit confused along the way...until in ended in exactly what it is now---my chaotic thoughts. Thoughts of a Mom who is overwhelmed with happiness and excitement at the impeding arrival of her second baby, but who is also freaking out.  Bottom l[...]