Sawyer Tait

We wanted to let everyone know we will be blessing Sawyer on October 18th. We would love to have family and friends come but understand that most live far away. We did however want you all to know!!!

A Month of Firsts

Maisie went to her first day of school September 8th at a brand new charter school. Nampa Classic Academy. We are very excited about the new school and its traditional methods of teaching. Maisie is very excited and ready to work hard this year!! As you can see she wears uniforms which I love... no more battles in the morning over outfits!! She looks so darn cute too!!!

Addie had her very first day of Joy School Preschool today as well! Joy School is a parent taught preschool done in our homes. She is only 3 as are the other 3 girls and it is mostly an introduction to letters, sounds and structure! She is beyond excited and keeps asking where her bus is and where her uniform is!!

Sawyer started smiling at 7 weeks and we are more in love with him each day. He is a very sweet baby. I have been blessed with another "angel" baby I think. He sleeps pretty well and he is sleeping longer all the time. He even went for 6 hours the other night!! He loves to be snuggled and loves his sisters all up in his face! He is a very patient boy. Everyone says he looks just like Brannon, and that its not just the hair line!!! He loves his binky. At 8 weeks he was 11 lb 2 oz and 25 inches long!! 90% for height! We can't figure out where that is coming from! I love the newborn phase, which is now over, and I really love little babies!! We look forward to lots of fun months ahead.

Weekend Escape

We knew some bad news was coming so we escaped to Salt Lake for our last weekend of summer. On Friday September 4th we received the call we have been dreading for over a year now. Brannon and the Idaho National Guard have been placed on notice to deploy next September. We really didn't want to be around when the information hit the news so we went on a little trip and had a wonderful weekend despite the bad news. We have learned in a military family we can't live or do things tomorrow or next year. Because next year or tomorrow may look very differently and we may not all be together. So we will have a year hopefully filled with fun, family time, and memories.

We went to the Mayan Restaurant for dinner our first night there. Wow what amazing divers!! The girls thought it was crazy scary!! A very neat place and worth the trip!

The best part about the weekend is we went to Temple Square. We spent hours looking and viewing everything. In the evening we went and watched the Joseph Smith video in the Joseph Smith Building. Sawyer and Addie slept threw it and sweet Maisie balled her eyes out during it. She was very concerned for the baby when Joseph was taken and tared and feathered, when he had his leg operated on and the worst was when he was martyred in Carthage Jail. As rough as it was on her it opened up many opportunities to talk about Joseph, the restoration of the gospel, our church and our testimonies. As a mother I find it hard sometimes to find opportunities in everyday life to begin discussions about gospel topics. This movie has provided us many opportunities for which I am grateful!! We had a wonderful talk sitting in front of the reflection pool by the Temple. If you look carefully you will see Maisie is still upset as we are talking. She couldn't wait to go to church again to tell them all she saw and learned. I love how excited it made her to see it all!! My favorite as we are walking away from temple was, "Mom I really felt the Spirit today!" A give back moment as my Mom calls them. As crappy as a parent as I have been the last year, moments like that help to make up the difference.

We also went to the Discovery Center at the Gate Way. The girls would have spent the entire day there if we would have let them. Sadly 4 hours was all we had before we headed home. We had a wonderful weekend as an entire family swimming and playing!

Canning

I have decided every post does not need a picture. To much work right now. Today has been a very long day. A day that reminds me why I decided not to do to much canning this year with a new baby. I canned 16 quarts of spaghetti sauce, 5 pints of spaghetti sauce, 7 pints of tomatoes with peppers, 9 pints of just plain tomatoes.... Dehydrated 1/4 bushel of peaches. Picked the raspberries... and nursed, changed, and snuggled when needed a baby. Fed 2 little girls who watched way to much TV today and started dinner. Days like today make me feel like a super hero for getting it all done, but exhausted because it takes so much out of me! Earlier this last week I canned 10 quarts of beans, and 12 pints of beans. I am so almost done with all this. And to think I didn't even do peaches and pears this year!! Also picked up Maisie's uniforms today to!! She looks so cute! Picture to follow!!

It has started!

I tried..... I didn't do a Dallas Nursery. Much to Brannons disappointment. But one month was all it took to have Sawyer in Dallas clothes!!! We have actually had this little outfit since we found out we were pregnant with Maisie. Being a girl she never wore it! But Sawyer is super cute in it and Brannon is very much in love with it!! I give up. I tell people I am a Dallas fan by marriage. And now that the season has started...... it will never end!

O No she didn't!

Well I guess it was bound to happen. Addie decided to cut her own hair a few days ago. She found some scissors in my bathroom and snip... bangs! She actually didn't do to bad of a job. Of course I was upset and told her her Daddy was going to be upset to. That put her into tears and she hid under the table for an hour. So clips and bobby pins here we come. Her hair was almost one length too!!!!

Welcome Sawyer Tait Williams!!!

After 10 days of inactive labor I was induced on July 16th at 7am. I was dilated to a 4 when we got there. I got my wonderful epidural and started pushing at 12. Sawyer was born at 12:39. Only 5 hours of labor for which I am very grateful. I jokingly asked my Dr if we needed to repeat the process a few times to get to 20 hours like my other labors!! I loved my Dr. She is a sweet soft spoken women who cracked me up when I was pushing because she was encouraging me in this super sweet voice and so calmly!!! Sawyer weighed 8 lbs 8 oz. 21 and a 1/4 inches long. 13 and 3/4 inch head. It took us until an hour before we left the hospital to decide on his name. Man that part stresses me out! We hope we got his name right. Poor Addie has a hard time remembering it because she thought we were going to do Makoy. The girls are great with him. Addie was a little hesitant at first. She told us she couldn't hold him because her hands were to small. Once we explained to her how to hold him she loves to now!!! Sawyer is a typical baby, who eats every 2 to 3 hours. Nights are rough like they are supposed to be right now. Learning to get us all out the door on time is coming along. He doesn't mind his car seat which is a good thing because of how long we have to travel. Addie and Maisie went to Montana with Nana and Papa for a week after they left here. They had a ball and miss them like crazy!! Mom and Dad where here and helped a ton like usual!! Dad painted stripes in Sawyers nursery and they cleaned the entire house. Mom helped me organize the studio, again. And then there is all the wonderful cooking from Dad! Cassie, Ricki, Justin, and Jessica came down as well. Very fun for the cousins to see each other. It was great to see Ricki and Cassie again. We sure miss everyone!!! Brannon's parents came for a few days this last week. Great to see them. The girls had a wonderful time with them. Over all we have been pleasantly busy and doing well. Sorry for taking so long to get pictures up. In no particular order here are some pictures of at the hospital, dr appointments, and cousins!