Sagen and Slayde's blog

2012-01-20T05:10:00.001-08:00

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Field Day

2011-05-20T09:33:00.000-07:00

Taking a much needed popsicle break!

Rusty demonstrating his wonderful hulla hooping skills!

Spinning it on her neck!

She won first in the long jump

Sagen and her buddy Riley!

Thursday was the annual "Field Day" at Dawson. All of the elementary students have a track meet where the compete in various events and win ribbons. Sagen won first place in the hulla hooping contest and first place in the long jump. She also won third in the 100m run. I must say...she gets her athletic ability from her momma lol.

A Wonderful Surprise

2011-05-20T09:09:00.000-07:00

Chutes and Ladders

My mom and aunt

Aunt Debbie and Slayde

The whole group at the game!

Uncle Tony helping out at third!

This Thursday we had a wonderful surprise! My Aunt and Uncle from Georgia flew down and surprised all of us by coming to Sagen's T-Ball game. Originally I wasn't going to go to the T-Ball game because of the FFA banquet but when I found out they were flying down to see us and to see Sagen play T-ball I knew I had to miss the banquet and visit with my family. The only people that knew they were coming was a family friend, and when my mom saw them walk up at the ball park she was beyone shocked! Sagen was very surprised when her uncle Tony walked up to third base and asked her if he could help her catch the ball. She ran off the base to give him a big hug! After the game we went back to my house and ordered pizzas and visited. My sister and her family came down (I had to tell her the surprise to convince her to come to Lamesa) and the kids had a blast playing. They had to go back this morning, which made me sad, but we will see them again in 14 days when we go to Georgia. Uncle Tony has a tradition of giving all the kids Chutes and Ladders when they turn 5. He writes them a sweet note about lifes "ups and downs" and how if they are ever down they can depend on their Uncle Tony! Enjoy the pics!

Happy Easter!

2011-04-26T13:26:00.001-07:00

Sisters!

My grandparents and all their greats!

Aren't they the cutests couple!

I promised we did not plan this! We got their and my dad and his brother had on the same shirt and it was the same shade as Casen's and Slayde matched too!

85 and still hunting eggs!

Sagen and all her cousins!

The only good picture

Can you tell what kind of day we are going to have by Slayde's face?

Sagen in her princess dress! Thanks Nana

Slayde seeing what the Easter Bunny left him

Sagen got a stuffed dog....she is easy to please!

Our family in Stanton

Slayde with his great granddad, Big Daddy

Slayde, Jett, and Macy hunting eggs

Jessica and Bailey helped Slayde hunt eggs

Slayde was playing catch with Jack

All the cousins getting ready to hunt!

Sagen's class with their Easter baskets!

This was after her class's Easter egg hunt. They had cookies and a party!

Easter is an awesome holiday that is sometimes over commercialized with the Easter bunny and Easter eggs...but this year we tried to really talk with Sagen about the true meaning of Easter, our Lord's death and resurrection. I am so glad that we worship a living, loving God. We went to a "service of silence" which is like a funeral for Jesus at our church Friday night. It was so powerful and you left there with all these emotions on your shoulders for what you had just witnessed. We had someone playing the role of Jesus and the Roman soldier beating him as he carried the cross. Wow! Saturday we went to Stanton where Sagen and Slayde hunted eggs with all of their cousins on Rusty's side. Saturday night was not fun! We were up around 9 or 10 times with Slayde constantly crying...unconsolably! Sunday we went to church and left a little early to spend the day with my family. My grandparents, aunt and uncle, and cousins from Idalou were there. It just so happened to be my grandmother's 85th birthday which we celebrated too. She looks AMAZING for her age! I can only hope I look half as good and get around as good as she did. Slayde was moody all day and ran fever and just couldn't be happy. We took him to the pediatrician Monday morning where his ears were so badly infected he got a shot and an antibiotic! Hopefully he will feel better soon! (We took him Friday in Lamesa and told he was just "teething"...yeah right!)

Slayde's 1 Year Photo Shoot

2011-04-12T09:23:00.000-07:00

Ok, I know its been longer than one year (14 months to be exact), but I finally got around to taking Slayde's 1 year pictures. I was putting it off thinking he would finally start walking...but he still isn't! I guess he is just going to take his time. Hope you like them!

Happy Birthday Sagen!

2011-01-11T10:05:00.000-08:00

Mom and Kimberly at the party!

Slayde and Papaw would have to step outside because it was so hot in the pool area!

Rusty and I got her an American Girl cheerleader. She was really excited!

Slayde, oblivious to the situation, got his sister "Hi Ho Cheerio!" She was pumped!

Here is a picture of here with her icecream cone cupcake. They turned out really cute and quite yummy!

We finally talked Keatyn into getting in!

Blowing out the candles on the Hello Kitty cake!

All the kids at the party!

Well its hard to believe my little girls is 5! I got a little sad on her birthday...to me 5 seems so much older than 4! On her actual birthday I took ice cream cone cupcakes to her class and we let her open her presents from us that night. We had her birthday party on Sunday at BodyWorks in Lubbock. They have an indoor swimming center called "Splash Zone" with huge slides and lots of fun things for the kids to play with. They all had a blast! There were about 15 little kids there and it was so much fun watching them play. Sagen picked out Hello Kitty for her theme and Aunt Debbie did a great job on the cake!

Stock Show Time

2011-01-11T09:58:00.000-08:00

Slayde showing off his trophy from the pig show

Rusty holding Slayde and Tac. I joked with him that if we had twins this is what it would have been like.

Slayde got so tickled watching the pigs run around!

future stockshowers!

All of us after ths pig show

Jack helped Sagen show a lamb. She said she likes lambs better than pigs...we will see in years to come!

This past weekend we had the local stockshow here in Welch. It went really well and it was fun to see the "future" stockshowers! Rusty's program has been down in numbers, but when we see the kids that are coming up we see nothing but good things! This next weekend we have the county show in Lamesa. Keep us in your prayers! Stockshow time is a hard time on our family with Rusty being so busy, the kids miss their daddy!

2011....Year of Happiness

2011-01-04T12:37:00.000-08:00

Well we were pretty much party poopers when it came to New Year's Eve. We stayed up until.....10:30! You can tell your getting older when you could care less about seeing the ball drop in Time's Square. I decided that 2011 was going to be a great year! I am not one for making "new year's resolutions" because I can't keep them very well. This year I am going to try hard to:
Work out as much as possible (to lose my "Slayde" weight!)
Try to see the positive in things
Not be so hard on myself and my body...this is what God gave me...I think I'm stuck with it!
To not get upset so much over little things (I think its still hormones lol!)
Enjoy every minute with my kids...its those small times that are the best
Just be happy!

Christmas Part 3...santa

2011-01-04T12:20:00.000-08:00

Many of you probably could have predicted this...

The hat all lit up! lol

That night he literally fell asleep on his rollercoaster. We were cooking supper and he as riding it and he really fell asleep!

He thought his roller coaster was pretty fun!

Sagen trying out her new bicycle. Her biddy twin had to go for a ride too!

Slayde loved his tent!

Slayde got Sagen some peace sign house shoes!

Sagen giving her dad a present. He got a light up camo hat. She was proud!

Slayde checking out what santa left in his stocking! Tractors and goldfish!

Santa left Sagen lots of silly bands and bling bracelets in her stocking!

Don't think santa realized how big sagen's tent was!

Sagen checking out what santa left!

Santa was extremely good this year at our house. He left the kids a lot of toys. Sagen got a bicycle, an easel, a tent, buzz lightyear, and some clothes. Slayde got a rollercoaster, tent, and dancing mickey mouse. The kids loved all their stuff. I took Sagen to wal mart and let her pick out something special to give her brother and dad just from her. I think its important for her to know what it feels like to give gifts and not just receive them. She wanted to get her dad a "calico" hat. I said what?! She said for when he goes hunting...oh I see...camo! She found one that has a button on the bill that actually lights up. She was so excited to give it to her dad! He was a good sport and wore it all day long...even to grandmas! Slayde got her some house shoes with peace signs on them. After we had lunch (Nana and Opey came over because Kimberly didn't have her big kids and she was picking up family at the airport) and then went to Rusty's grandma's in Stanton. We had a great day!

Christmas Part 2 at Mamaws

2011-01-04T11:51:00.000-08:00

We left santa some cookies and a healthy apple...lol...

This is the only family picture I got of us at Christmas. If anyone got a better one please send it to me!

This was an old stroller for one of the kids baby dolls. We put Slayde in it and he started sucking on the baby bottle. It was pretty funny!

Brittney and Slayde watching Mamaw's figures sing

Slayde was happy eating the wrapping!

Sagen got all of the princess barbies...Thanks Aunt Jana and Uncle Joel!

Slayde loves his bouncing penguin

Mamaw and Papaw with their grandkids

All of the "grandboys" Slayde LOVES Jack!

All of the "grandgirls"

We went to Mamaw and Papaw's house on Christmas Eve and had a good time. We went for lunch and then spent the afternoon hanging out. The kids opened up their presents a little after lunch and then we snacked the rest of the day. Sagen and Slayde both got so many toys...its hard to believe they still have santa in the morning. We left mamaw's house about 7:30 and on the way home Sagen was convinced that the flashing red light (off the tower thing) was Rudolph's nose. When we got home we were quickly baking cookies for santa (last minute...ha!) when Sagen heard a car door across the street shut. She went running through the house saying Santa is on the roof! We have to go to bed NOW! I had told her if she got up when Santa was here that the toys he had would disappear. I know...sounds evil now but it was the only way to keep her in bed while santa was putting out toys!

Christmas Part 1 at Nanas

2011-01-04T11:39:00.000-08:00

Nana and Opey with all their grandkids. My dad can't take a serious picture! lol

After presents they all got their baths and put on the Christmas PJ's

One of these days he will kill me for the Ho Ho Ho on his hiney...

Slayde loved his barn shape sorter from Aunt Kimmie and Uncle Brucie

Walking Puppies!!!!

All of the big kids got matching robes. Last year it was snuggies...this year robes....next year??lol

Slayde opening his first present

Aunt Kimmie and Sagen

Its hard getting a good picture of 5 kids...i think this one turned out cute

If you know Sagen you know she has an obsession with socks...she got some little miss mismatch socks and loves them!

This year we had Christmas at my mom and dad's on the 23rd. We were a little late getting there because Sagen had been throwing up the night before. We thought we were good to go but she threw up again at lunch that day so we held off to make sure she was ok. She never got sick again and no one else got it so maybe it was something she ate. We had supper at mom's house and then the kids all opened their presents from everyone. Sagen had been wanting a walking puppy from wal mart and when her and Keatyn started opening them they started barking. Sagen's face was priceless! Mom had to keep them out in the shed because the whole time they were wrapped they would bark when you walked by them. After presents all the kids got baths and then played with their toys before we headed home. We all had a great time...makes me sad we can't see them all on Christmas day.

Christmas Program

2011-01-04T11:35:00.000-08:00

Sagen's teacher brought them all sugar cookies and their own tubs of icing and sprinkles. They got to decorate them any way they wanted. Yum!

Sagen in the front row doing the motions to one of their songs

On the last day of school our elementary had an adorable Christmas program called "A Bugz Christmas" Props to the teachers for all the hard work they did trying to get 4, 5, 6, and 7 year olds to sing songs and learn their lines. Sagen was a lady bug and was really cute. Here are a few pictures of her during the program and at the Christmas party afterward. The night before we stayed up making chocolate covered pretzel sticks and Christmas ornaments for her classmates. They all turned out super cute!

Happy Birthday Jordan!

2010-12-16T12:59:00.001-08:00

This weekend after Monroe's 90th birthday we had Jordan's 15th birthday at Main Event (bowling and games). We ate a wonderful hamburger at fudruckers before we went to Main Event. The kids had a blast and Sagen was excited she won a kitty. Slayde and Jackson really bonded the few days they stayed with Jana. Jackson is great with him! They are going to be big buds one day!

Happy 90th Monroe!

2010-12-16T12:47:00.000-08:00

An I-Pad can entertain for hours...

I LOVE this picture! Slayde is named after my granddad. Slayde Elijah and Elijah Monroe (my dad is Ronald Elijah). My grandmother told me that it was my grandfather's grandfather's name (that makes it Slaydes great great great grandfather's name) which goes back almost 150 years!

My granddad in the middle with all of his grandkids, and great grandkids. We joked with him and said..."look at what you started!"

These are all of my first cousins. Its been a long time since we have all gotten together!

My dad, uncle, and grandparents.

Slayde showing off his chompers!

My grandparents! Aren't they the cutest couple...

This past weekend was my grandfather's 90th birthday. I can't imagine living that long. He is in incredible health and gets around as good as I do! We had a party in Idalou at their church and about 100 people attended. We even had family from the Houston area drive down just for his birthday. Most of my family had never seen Slayde so they all ate him up!

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

2010-12-16T12:35:00.000-08:00

Sagen's tree in her room...can you say girly??

Slayde's cowboy tree in his room

Sagen's handprint from when she was a baby

My Christmas plates my grandmother gave me along with "Elfie" peeking from behind

My all time favorite Christmas decoration. A man in Alabama made these santa's for all of us. The neclace and pin on his bag were my grandmother and great grandmother's jewelery. The white underlay under his coat was from one of my grandmother's aprons. The jacket is made from one of my grandmother's jackets.

Our "charley brown tree" sagen can hang whatever she wants on this tree!

My Christmas village

Sagen's "additions" to our village

Well Christmas is definately my favorite time of the year! I love getting the house decorated. I decorate almost every room which drives Rusty crazy. He asked me exactly how many trees I thought our house needed (Hey we only have 4!) Sagen was such a big help this year. When we put out our Christmas village she thought she needed to accessorize it with her little people barn animals. It was pretty funny. Christmas would be perfect if I could see all my family in Georgia...can't wait for summer!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-12-06T12:08:00.000-08:00

Grandma and Big Daddy with Maryetta, Rusty, and the kids. Four generations!

Opey with all his grandkids. on Thanksgiving Wish mom was here!

Well it has been a while since I was able to post last. We had a great Thanksgiving and I hope everyone else did too! It was a sad Thanksgiving because it was the first one I have ever spent without my mom. She went to Georgia to spend Thanksgiving with my grandmother (which is where she needed to be), but it wasn't the same without her. We had Thanksgiving at my house and my sister and I cooked the Thanksgiving lunch. We didn't do the traditional turkey and dressing, but it was still really good. We had ham, rice dressing, corn, hashbrown casserole, macaroni pie, and lots of sweets and desserts. After that we went to Rusty's grandparents house to spend Thanksgiving evening with his family. That night I was really bummed because I didn't think I was going to get to go black Friday shopping since my shopping buddy was 1200 miles away....but....

I had this wonderful idea to call "aunt" Debbie to see if she wanted to embark on the Black Friday madness with me. It is a family tradition that we shop on black Friday...and I do mean shop! Its usually me, my mom, sister, friend Kassadie, and Debbie. Debbie was game to go shopping with me and we got an early start! I actually started on Thursday night about 10 oclock. I went to Wal Mart and got a game plan then went back at midnight to snag the toy deals that started at 12:01. Then I went home (about 1:30 due to the crowd) and headed back out at 4 am to Brownfield Wal Mart with Debbie and my dad. After we hit up the electronic sales we headed to Lubbock to go to Toys R Us and the Mall. We had a great time and I got almost all of my shopping done! Keep in mind that I have to shop for Christmas and birthday! (Sagen's birthday is 10 days after Christmas!)

Rusty had a young lady qualify for state FFA creed speaking which takes place in Huntsville, TX (about 10 hours away). He had to take a female sponsor so I volunteered to go along. We were planning on just hauling the kids with us, but Aunt Jana stepped up and offered to keep them! (Thanks Aunt Jana!) We kidded her that her house would be like the Brady Bunch with 3 girls and 3 boys. Sagen and Slayde had so much fun over there. They said that Slayde never cried and slept all night in Jett's baby bed (he doesn't use it!) and Sagen and Jack really bonded. Jessica told me that she was watching them one afternoon and they were playing football. Jack had taken off his shirt (that's the cool thing...) so of course Sagen thought...why not, I'll take mine off too. Jessica said they were both playing football without their shirts on. Haha! Just wait until she gets older....she would die! When we got home from Huntsville we were so glad to see both kids. Slayde was attached to me like a magnet. He wouldn't go to ANYONE else and even cried when Rusty took him from me. He's definitely a momma's boy, but I love it! Well I know this has been a LONG post. Here are a few pictures!

Move that Bus...

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you can see sagen and slayde's names in the bottom corner

Sagen signing their names on the banner

You can see Emma Roberts in the white shirt, Leanne in pink

Ty running out.. this was the part where he yells we have the keys and they started loading furniture in the house.

A picture of the whole house.

Well this weekend we had fun at the Extreme Home Makeover site in Wellman, TX. They are making over the house of Jeanne and Johnny Mac Brown after they lost their daughter, Alex due to texting and driving. We were suppose to work on the house on Tuesday, but we had UIL so we went this weekend as spectators. We got to go to the VIP tent (thanks nana and opey!) where Sagen got to sign the banner that will be given to the family. On the bus ride back we talked to one of the designers and they asked us to come back last night and we could help hang blinds and curtains because they were short handed...but of course we couldn't find a sitter. shocker huh... It made me sad that we didn't get to help out...since it was a once and a lifetime opportunity, but thats the story of our life lol...We got to see Ty Pennington, Michael Moloney, LeAnne Touey, Emma Roberts, and Paige from a distance. It was really cool. I talked to the builders wife while we were in the tent...she was really nice. Check out our pictures. At the end Michael Moloney yelled out "is it always this windy???" and we all said yes! Then he said "God bless you people!"

Getting in the spirit...

2010-11-09T08:49:00.000-08:00

Slayde's first time with santa. He didn't even cry! Wasn't quite sure about the beard...but was happy!

Santa was great letting me take a ton of pictures until I got one with them both looking!

Sagen and Santa...she chickened out last year!

The three of us by one of the pretty trees!

OK, I know its a bit early but Christmas is coming up soon! And what better way to get in the mood than seeing Santa? My mom use to take me and my sister to see Santa opening weekend at Holland Gardens every year...and I am going to try to continue that tradition with my kids. They couldn't believe all of the gorgeous Christmas trees! Sagen loved the pink barbie one. They both got to see Santa by themselves and then together. There really wasn't a long line...and I must say...their Santa really looked real (as opposed to the one in the mall!) We had a great day in Lubbock shopping and hanging out with Nana and aunt deb. Hope these pictures get you in the mood!

Halloween 2010

2010-11-02T07:07:00.001-07:00

I must say...they are going to kill us when they are older! Tripp Roberts, Noah Phipps, and Slayde at the fall carnival.

Sagen bobbing for apples, she finally just used her hands!

Sagen wore her "flapper" dress to school for halloween. She told people she was a "flipper" haha

Didn't she make a beautiful Belle from Beauty and the Beast!

My little Giraffe! Check out those teeth!

Ready to go trick or treating! Even Marlee was in the middle of it!

Well we had a busy Halloween week! On Saturday we had the Fall Fling at our school. The kids had a ton of fun playing games and winning prizes. Sagen's Jessie pumpkin brought home a blue ribbon! Then on Wednesday we had our Fall Festival at our church. The kids had a blast bobbing for apples and running in the sack race! Slayde's other baby friends were there...they were all so cute! On Sunday we went trick or treating in Welch and then let Sagen hand out candy. She enjoyed that as much as getting candy! She didn't want to go to bed because she was certain there would be more trick or treaters...at 9:00 I convinced her that the trick or treaters had all gone to bed too!

Strippin' Cotton!

2010-11-02T07:04:00.001-07:00

You can see Sagen on the ledge watching papaw strip cotton!

This was her standing beside one of the modules!

Papaw, Sagen, and Rusty

Rusty and Sagen went out to help Papaw with the harvest. Sagen loved riding the tractor and wants to go back to help "strip cotton" Can you believe how big the module is?!

Go Dragons!

2010-11-02T07:00:00.000-07:00

It runs in the family...go dragons!

Watching Jessica, copying her every move!

Nana held Slayde at the pep rally so he could watch his big sis!

Last Friday we had "little cheer camp" at Dawson. Of course Sagen was all into that! She learned several cute cheers and a dance and performed at the pep rally and at half time of the New Home football game.

Happy Birthday Dad!

2010-10-21T07:22:00.000-07:00

Well Today is Rusty's 34th birthday. I asked him this morning if he felt older...he told me that Slayde makes him feel like hes 50! We joke that Slayde is going to put us in an early grave if he doesn't start sleeping at night. His top two teeth are almost in, you can see them under the gums! For Rusty's birthday I took the kids to different places in Lamesa and took pictures with them holding the letters "D" "A" "D" and then framed them together for Rusty. Jessica and Jordan came and helped me pose the kids and get them to smile. The pictures turned out great and I had a hard time deciding! Here are a few:

Kambree's Birthday

2010-10-19T09:12:00.000-07:00

One of the pumpkins at pumpkin hollow...texas tech. They were amazing!

Sagen and Kambree in the cow train!

All of the kids before they entered the maze. You can see a picture of the maze on the billboard.

I teased Rusty that I was going to photo shop slayde into the pig opening and use this for our Christmas card. I told him I would send it to all of his "ag teacher" buddies. He told me I better not!

Sagen and Kambree at the petting zoo. Aren't they adorable!

This Friday my friend's daughter, Kambree, had her 6th birthday at the corn maze. It was so much fun! The kids got to go on a cow-train ride, go through the corn maze, go on a hay ride to pumpkin hollow where they saw some awesome pumpkins, and have a campfire with s'mores! Sagen managed to slice her hand during the corn maze and had to be led out for medical assistance. It was slightly embarassing, and they told me no one had hurt themselves in the maze until Sagen! She sliced her finger pretty deep on the corn stalk and it was bleeding bad! She was tough and didn't even cry! We all had a great time! Good place to have a birthday!

pumpkin contest

2010-10-19T06:32:00.000-07:00

If youve seen Toy Story 2 or 3 then you know what Jessie looks like. Sagen decorated her pumpkin for the pumpkin decorating contest like Jessie. (Thanks for the idea Aunt Jana!) Nana made the pants and arms and I painted the pumpkin. Rusty helped me cut the hair. I think it turned out pretty cute. I told Rusty you know your a mom when you stay up past midnight painting a pumpkin...

Homecoming Game!

2010-09-29T08:23:00.000-07:00

Slayde realizing he had on a garter...about to eat it!

With their mum/garter on

They are really starting to favor, don't you think?

This picture actually made me teary eyed! She looks so grown up!

So big with his name on the back!

I love this picture because you can see his two snaggle teeth on the bottom!

Well Friday night we had our homecoming at Dawson. We played the Wellman Wildcats and lost in a very exciting game. The guys played great considering several were sick. My niece, Jessica, was in the homecoming court and looked absolutely gorgeous! I didn't get a picture of her all dressed up because I was video taping for Jana. It makes me sad to think this is her last homecoming :( Sagen and Slayde wore their Dawson gear! I ordered Slayde a jersey and Sagen has a cheerleading uniform. A mother of one of my students made their mum and garter. They turned out really cute! (Thanks Denise!) Here are a few pictures

Spirit Days!

2010-09-23T09:00:00.000-07:00

My two red raiders! Slayde had on his Texas Tech caps! I can't imagine what tuition will be like when they get there....

Go Texas Tech! Guns up!

This was her camo outfit. Nana put a DD in camo and put camo trip around the skirt. Debbie accessorized her with a matching bow for shirt and hair!

Here are a few pics from spirit week. I didn't get a picture of her dressed up for pajama day or fashion disaster :(

Homecoming week

2010-09-23T08:40:00.000-07:00

Sagen, Jett, and Skylar playing on an empty trailer during the bonfire.

She wouldn't smile...she was way hyper!

Sniff...sniff Jessica's last bonfire and parade!

Sagen with some of her classmates

This weeks is homecoming week. We have a "theme" each day. On Monday we had "pajama" day, Tuesday was "fashion disaster," Wednesday was "favorite team," Thursday was "camo" day, and Friday is Purple and White day. Sagen had fun dressing up each day (Thank you nana and Deb for helping us find outfits and sewing her the cutest camo outfit!) On Tuesday we had our parade and bonfire. Sagen's class rode on a western float. The theme was "rope the wildcats" and all the kids dressed like cowboys and wore bandannas. I think it turned out really cute!

happy birthday Keat!

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Casen's a little out numbered, he was a good sport!

Girls just want to have fun!

Opey and Slayde!

Getting all dolled up!

A few weekends ago we had Keatyn's third birthday. I can't believe she is three years old! She has an awesome birthday party at the La Bebe cottage. They got to dress up, had their makeup done, painted a craft, then had a real tea party! They all loved it!

Tylenol...orajel...teething tabs...and 2 teeth later!

2010-09-07T06:26:00.001-07:00

MMM...feels good on my gums!

It melts my heart...she will sit in the floor and play with him for a long time! Such a good big sister.

My new face ooooooo

Go Dragons! Sagen and Jett at Meet the Dragons.

I can predict lots of boys hearts getting broke! Sagen and Skylar at Meet the Dragons

Well it has been a LONG and tiring week. Sagen was sick last week with an ear infection and Slayde was getting fussy so I knew he was getting sick too. We took him to the doctor on Thursday and all that was wrong was he was teething. Friday night we were up solid until 5:30 am! It was torture! Saturday night wasn't much better...probably until about 3 in the morning. Nothing helped! We tried Tylenol, orajel, teething tablets...nothing comforted him. Finally Saturday morning I noticed one tooth popped through! Also, yesterday the one beside it peeped through. So I guess that was why he was so fussy...double teething! Here are a few pictures from football games and his new face. It cracks me up!

Slayde's 6 month checkup

2010-08-25T11:41:00.000-07:00

Well today Slayde had his 6 month doctor checkup and all was good. She wasn't concerned that my lazy boy isn't sitting or showing any interest whatsoever in becoming mobile! Here are his stats:
Weight: 16lb 12 oz (40th percentile)
Height: 26.5 inches (60th percentile)
Head: 17.4 inches (75th percentile)
I know, I was shocked that he is only in the 40th percentile in the weight department. I felt sure that he must be off the charts! He has my thunder thighs! haha. Dr. G also recommended that all the adults around him get the Pertusis Vaccine. Even though he is vaccinated she said he can still get whooping cough, just not as bad as a baby that isn't vaccinated. So that will be what Rusty and I are doing on Monday...he just doesn't know yet!

So far Sagen LOVES school! She has learned to not throw rocks down the slide haha. She told me tomorrow she feels certain she will learn to read! She is so cute and pops up every morning putting on her clothes ready to go to school. I'm sure in about 10 or so years I will be having to threaten her to get ready for school...when do they lose that eagerness?! ha! I'll post some pictures from meet the Dragons later! hope every body is well!

First Day of School!

2010-08-23T09:18:00.000-07:00

It makes me both excited and sad to say that my baby has grown up. This morning was her first day of pre-k. Anyone that has talked to her in the past few days knows how excited she has been! She has been counting down all week long. She didn't cry or anything when we left her. I am looking forward to an awesome year!

A little whip cream anyone?

2010-08-23T08:23:00.000-07:00

The other day at lunch Slayde was getting fussy while we were trying to eat lunch so I gave him a spoonfull of whip cream. He went to town on it for about 10 minutes! He was covered from head to toe in whip cream so I had to get some pictures! After that it was straight in the bath for him!

Fun at Nanas

2010-07-06T13:15:00.000-07:00

We all went to visit Nanas because it has been so long since we have all seen each other. The kids had a picnic at Nanas and then we made peach cobbler for dessert. We leave Sunday to go to Corpus Christi for the state FFA convention. Sagen can't wait to go to the beach!

4th of July

2010-07-06T13:10:00.001-07:00

Well the 4th of July here was a wet one. Over the two day weekend we got around 10 inches of rain! They canceled the firework show in Lamesa, so we settled on going to the drive in movie to see Karate Kid. Saturday we went to Rusty's family's house and cooked out. It was a fun weekend!

Fathers Day

2010-07-06T13:04:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful Father's Day. We went to Rusty's family's house on Saturday and ate a wonderful dinner. The kids got Rusty an air compressor so he was pretty excited. On Sunday we went to church then went to my family's house for lunch. Bruce cooked out steaks and they were wonderful! It was a great day.

Saddle Ridge Ranch

2010-07-06T12:50:00.000-07:00

Slayde and his buddy, Tripp Roberts. Tripp is two months older.

Sagen singing the Saddle Ridge Ranch song. (love the dress! thanks aunts!)

Well, after we got back from Georgia we were in full gear again! Busy busy busy. Our church had VBS (saddle ridge ranch) The kids had a ton of fun! I was the leader for the pre-k and am beginning to think I must have lost my mind. I won't be doing it again next year lol! We had around 24 little 4 year olds. Thank goodness I had Robbie to help me out! The night of family night they needed someone to come sing the theme song and Sagen did it all by herself. She used the microphone and everything! I don't know where she gets her braveness from! I would have been way too shy! While we were decorating for VBS to start, Rusty and Levi babysat the kids. Rusty took a really cute picture of Slayde with Tripp. I can predict trouble in years to come! lol

4 month checkup and Cereal!

2010-06-12T13:42:00.000-07:00

hmmm....maybe I don't like it!

Ignore the pink bumbo chair...I bought it at a garage sale and got a heck of a deal! Slayde will just be a sensitive boy...

Hey mom this isn't so bad!

Slayde had his four month doctor appointment on Thursday. He weighed 14 lbs 10 oz and was 25 inches long. Percentile wise here is how he lands: weight 50th percentils (I know thats a shock!), length 75th percentile, and head 60th percentile. So he is about average on everything! He got two shots :( Also, they told me I could start giving him cereal. Here are a few pics of the first try!

Cowboys!

2010-06-12T12:56:00.001-07:00

Maryetta and Burt bought Jett a cowboy hat, but it didn't fit him so they gave it to Slayde. We tried it on him the other night and it fit perfect! Thought it was TOO cute!

Fun in GA!!

2010-06-12T11:43:00.000-07:00

Slayde with Memama, his great grandmother

I thought this was a sweet picture!

Fun in the pool!

Nothing more fun than playing in the pool with your cousins!

My sister, mom, and me with Memama

This was the night of the slumber party!
Our whole family. This is the tradition picture, we take it every year!

Memama with all her great grands!

Had to try on the sun hat!

Me with my two aunts!

Memama thought she couldn't hold Slayde...I proved her wrong!

My cousin Mindy with Slayde. She is expecting on Thanksgiving! Can't wait to meet Mason next year!

Does this look like trouble? haha!

My great aunt holding Slayde!

Aunt Kimmie loves him!

Well we have had a pretty busy Summer so far. The day after school was out we packed up and headed to the airport. We flew into Atlanta to see all of my family. I must say that I had a lot of apprehensions about flying with two small children...but we managed just fine. Besides having to open up all 8 of Slayde's bottles (breast milk) in the airport for them to be screened to make sure I didn't hide explosives in his milk, everything went good. I even mastered pumping in the airport restrooms...not a fun task! After a long day we landed in Atlanta where my two aunts picked us up at the airport. Slayde screamed in the car for the majority of the hour ride to Macon, which was funny since my aunt that was driving was not use to a screaming baby. She kept telling me to just "take him out of that stupid carseat" lol. While in Georgia we bonded with family. It was their first time to see Slayde and they all loved him to peices! It rained almost everyday but we did manage to catch some rays at my aunt's pool. We enjoyed lots of good food (Krystal, newway hotdogs, pollys, and zaxbys) almost daily! Everyone enjoyed Sagen and had so much fun playing with her. My sister also went with her three kids and they had a slumber party one night at my aunt and uncle's house. They were so tired from swimming all day they didn't even fight going to bed! Rusty and Sagen went to their pond and went fishing one afternoon. Sagen caught 14 fish! She was very proud of herself! It was so hard to say goodbye after only a week...I love them all so much! Can't wait to see yall again!

sweet sister

2010-05-21T08:30:00.000-07:00

Had to post this pic! The other day I was getting ready for one of the many banquets we had here at Dawson. Slayde was screaming and then all of a sudden stopped. I came running in the den to see what was wrong and found this. Sagen had somehow got in Slayde's play gym with him and they were both playing with the fish that were hanging down. it was too funny to not catch on camera!

Last t-ball game

2010-05-17T07:18:00.000-07:00

Showing off her prize from her last t-ball game

Slayde watching his siter playing t-ball

Casen's 6th birthday party...they had tons of fun!

Don't you just want to kiss those chubby cheeks!

Well this past week was pretty uneventful. We had our last tball game saturday morning. Sagen had Kamryn spend the night Friday night and they had a little slumber party. On Saturday Kamryn went to the game to watch Sagen and then they both went back with Nana and Opey. Kamryn went to Lubbock while Sagen stayed at my parents house. My parent's neighbor was having a garage sale and my dad kept giving Sagen quarters so she could go over and "shop." She came home with two large bags of stuffed animals. Just what we needed! Sunday after church we had Casen's 6th birthday party. It was lots of fun and the kids had a blast playing in Casen's tree house. Only 9 more school days left! Count down continues...

2010-05-10T06:36:00.000-07:00

This was us on Mother's Day after church. It isn't very often that I get a picture with the kids~I'm usually the one taking the pics!

She was being silly showing me her new dress.

Well I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day! We did. It was a very busy and stressful weekend. Rusty and I are the junior class sponsors and we had prom on Saturday night. We decorated all day on Friday (about 11 hours) and then went to prom Saturday night. I came home about midnight and Rusty came in about 3am. (He had to help clean up after prom). Sunday we slept in a little (missed Sunday school) but made it to big church. We were so tired we didn't get to see either of our mother's. Rusty had to be back at the school at 2 to help take down prom decorations. I napped with the kids. It was a nice day!

kittens!

2010-05-06T06:05:00.000-07:00

Look at our new additions...like we didn't have enough goign on!

2 month check up

2010-05-03T07:16:00.001-07:00

On Friday Slayde had his two month check up. (Even though he will be 3 months on the 9th) Here are his stats:
Weight: 12 lbs 5 oz (50th percentile)
Length 23.5 inches (65th percentile)
Head: don't remember, but it was 65th percentile
Slayde had to get three shots which made him cranky ALL weekend long! Also we mentioned to the doctor that we have been exclusively pumping and giving it to him in a bottle because it was so painful to nurse. She looked under his tongue and decided that that little thing that connects your tongue to the bottom of your mouth was too tight. She said she could clip it right there in the office. I was really hesitant but she said it could cause speech problems when he gets bigger. I had to go to the car but Rusty stayed while they performed the procedure. They held him down, lifted his tongue, and cut it with some little scissors. They didn't even numb it! Blood ran down his mouth but she said he would feel better real quick. Last night i looked under his tongue for the first time and it looked like he had a big ulcer under his tongue. I am sure that has added to his crabbiness. Besides the tongue problem he is doing great and thriving!

First t-ball game and 11 weeks old!

2010-04-26T07:51:00.000-07:00

Jessica ans Sagen making their famous pose at Jessica's birthday party.

This weekend Sagen had her first T-ball game and she loved it. She hit the ball really far and scored for her team. She gets a little bit bored in the outfield. That is no surprise because her attention span is about 5 minutes at the most. She didn't lay down and pick flowers which was a good thing since she did that during practice. School has been going really good. I can't believe that this is my third week back! Slayde is doing great at the babysitter. She says that he is a really good baby. We take him Friday for his two month check up and for shots. I don't have much time to blog but here are a few pictures

sweetest smile

2010-04-12T07:17:00.000-07:00

Well today is officially my first day back at work. I did really good this morning and didn't even cry when I left Slayde at the sitter. He was smiling at her and they were both really happy. Sagen was pumped to go to mimi's house too. She was talking 100 miles per hour! I'm sure you can imagine. This weekend I was so sick! I started throwing up Saturday night and through up all night long. It was awful. Rusty and the kids went to his parents house Saturday night so they wouldn't get sick. I was up all night sick but I feel better today, just really weak. Check out the picture of his sweet gummy smile!

Hoppy Easter!!

2010-04-04T16:35:00.000-07:00

Isn't he getting big!

She is so grown up!

I loved this picture of Sagen and Keatyn in their matching dresses!

Sagen feeding the horse at Aunt Leatrice and Uncle Michael's house

Our family after church

Sagen and Slayde colored Easter eggs

Slayde in his Easter outfit. He even had a bunny tail!

Sagen climbed inside a big tractor tire and I thought it made a cute picture!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter break! We had a great holiday and are so thankful for the real reason we celebrate Easter. Don't we have a wonderful Lord and Savior! Saturday we went to an Easter egg hunt at our preacher's house and then that afternoon we went to Stanton where we hunted eggs and Sagen got to play with all her cousins on Rusty's side.. She had SO much fun! She cried when we had to leave. She got to play with horses and ride 4-wheelers so of course shd didn't want to leave. Sunday we went to church in Lamesa and then came to my mom's for lunch. The kids had a blast hunting eggs.

Fluffy and Sparkles

2010-04-01T17:29:00.000-07:00

Ok, most of yall are going to think we have absolutely lost our mind but if you read the post before this one you could probably predict what was to come...we got ducks! Two of them... After Sagen spent the night with Kamryn and Casen she had to have two ducks of her own and of course her daddy can't tell her no! haha They are actually quite cute and I'm probably more attached to them than she is. One is green and one orange. She named them sparkles and fluffy (no idea why). I tell her every day that we are going to have to take them to the duck pond so they could find their mommy and daddy because we are just babysitting. I hope it goes good when we set them free and there are no tears! Here is a picture of our latest additions!

fun with cousins!

2010-03-28T13:05:00.000-07:00

Blowing out her candles even though it wasn't her birthday

Annoying her big cousin, Jackson. Doesn't he look thrilled! haha

Sagen and Slayde with their cousins

Sagen and Naomi after her first hair cut

Sagen with her cousins and Mr. "Quakers"

Well this week was fairly uneventful. Slayde is still colicy and not a "fun" baby right now. I keep telling myself it won't be this way for long! He is great when he doesn't have gas but almost every evening like clock work he starts fussing and screaming at around 8 until abuot 2 in the morning. I'm taking any suggestions on what to do for colic if you have any! Thursday Sagen got her hair cut at the beauty shop for the first time ever. She was very nervous but she did good. We cut about 3 inches off and she looks so much older! The next morning when she woke up she ran to the mirror to make sure her hair was still cut! it was pretty cute. Sagen had a slumber party with Kamryn, Casen, and Keatyn on Friday night. They got a duck for Easter and Sagen had to see it. Saturday afternoon we had Brittney and Jackson's birthday parties at Burt and Maryetta's house. Sagen had fun playing and even had to blow out her own candles. She was convinced it was her birthday too! Here are a few pictures!

Daddy's home!

2010-03-20T10:35:00.000-07:00

being silly playing dress up

Sagen and Keat. The older they get the more fun they have playing! I'm sure they will be really close in junior high/high school!

Even Jess can play in the box!

Daddy got home from Houston and had to catch up on some quality nap time with Slayde!

Well Rusty made it in from Houston on Monday and we have been enjoying a relaxing Spring Break. We really haven't done anything fun~the weather has been absolutely crazy! One day it is 70 and today the high is 34! We got a new dishwasher over the break. Who would have thought that Sagen would have so much fun in the box! My mom and sister came over on Friday to see Sagen and Slayde. Sagen really enjoyed playing with Keatyn. Jessica also came over and played with Sagen one night. Sagen has started feeling left out so this really helps her out (and gives me a break!) On Thursday night we took Slayde out for his first outing. We went to Midland and ate and went to Target. He was an absolute angel and slept the whole time we ate. He got a little fussy at Target but nothing too bad. Here are a few pictures! Hope you enjoy

Spring Break!

2010-03-14T18:40:00.000-07:00

Sagen and Opey hunting Easter Eggs

Slayde and Nana

Wide Eyed!

Yes, he still has some crazy hair!

He is really starting to develop a personality!

Well tomorrow officially starts Spring Break and I know most people are excited to be out of school for a week. I am excited but sad at the same time because it means that we are getting closer to when I have to go back to work. I hate to leave Slayde and have someone else raise my children, but I trust my babysitter and that is worth a lot! Since last Sunday we have been staying at my parent's house in Brownfield while Rusty has been in Houston. It has been an eventful week! I started out the week sick but feel much better. We took Sagen and Slayde to the Dr. on Tuesday because I thought Slayde was getting stuffy. Friday night Sagen started screaming and crying in her sleep. She said that her ear hurt so bad. She hadn't complained about it all day long so I didn't take her to the doctor. The first thing Saturday morning, my mom took her to the doctor here in Brownfield. She did have an ear infection and the doctor gave her an antibiotic and some ear drops. Saturday night I had put Sagen to bed and after about 30 minutes she came into the play room saying that she was itching. I took her pajamas off and she was covered in little red bumps. I called the pharmacist and the on-call nurse at my pediatrician and they think that she was having an allergic reaction to the antibiotic. Talk about stress! I gave her benadryl and put some cream on the bumps and sent her back to bed. The good thing is that Sunday morning the bumps were gone. I am going to call her doctor tomorrow to ask about switching her antibiotic. I didn't give it to her today. Also, Slayde likes to sleep until 4 in the morning and then he's up. So to put it mildly...I'm ready for Rusty to be home! My parents have been a huge help and the kids have really enjoyed being here. The best news is that he will be home tomorrow! Here are a few pictures from our week in Brownfield.

Doctor Visit

2010-03-10T18:29:00.000-08:00

Well today I took Slayde to the doctor. I am the type of mom that if I have any doubt I would just assume take him to the doctor to have some peace of mind. He kinda sounded stuffy to me when he was nursing and he is very gassy. The doctor assured me that this was totally normal and he doesn't have colic, he is just a gassy baby. She did give me a prescription for some gas relief drops because I told her that the Mylicon were doing absolutely nothing to help Slayde. The one thing that I couldn't believe was that he weighed 9 lbs! He has grown over 1 and 1/2 pounds in 2 weeks. That shocked me! I guess since I see him everyday I didn't notice how big he has gotten. So overall great doctor visit...Slayde isn't sick and he has grown!

Can't believe Slayde is 1 month old!

2010-03-08T18:40:00.000-08:00

We stayed at my parents house while Rusty was at the stockshow. They were a big help helping me with Sagen and Slayde. Here is Sagen and Opey coloring.

I love this picture!

So tired after a bath. He is not a fan of his bath at the moment! He screamed until he was pooped!

I was trying to get birth announcement pictures (disaster!) I thought this was cute of the two of them.

Almost a smile. His birth marks on his face are starting to fade. Isn't he adorable!

Sagen is the best big sister! Here she is reading him "purplicios." It is so cute!

I can't believe that tomorrow Slayde will be 1 month old! Time really does fly by. It makes me sad to think that I will have to go back to work shortly...but it won't be long until Summer time. Overall, Slayde is a really good baby. He only cries when he has gas pains. During the night he wakes up to eat and then goes back to sleep. One night he even slept 5 hours and we were so excited (it only happened once though!) He is very calm and is becoming more aware of his surroundings. He likes to stare at the lights and at things around him. Sagen entertains him all the time! I go back to the doctor on the 24th of this month. I will be curious to see how my blood pressure is. I am not allowed to take it any more at home because I was driving myself crazy and causing it to rise. People ask me how it is and I just tell them I have no clue! I know its come down some because my headaches aren't as bad! Also my back pain is a lot better. Here are a few pictures, I hope everyone enjoys!

Slayde Elijah Oaks is here!

2010-02-20T11:31:00.001-08:00

Had to fully show off the "Fro"

This was us leaving the hospital.

Slayde's great grandmother made him the booties. She has made them for all her great grands. Rusty said I was trying to make him look like a chef. I think he looks adorable!

Three generations of "Elijah". Elijah Monroe (my grand dad), Ronald Elijah (my dad) and Slayde Elijah. Also my grandmother and Sagen.

checking him out. I love the way the sun highlights them!

Sagen getting to meet her baby brother for the first time.

I just love this picture. He is two days old here.

Well after a rough few weeks I am finally getting around to posting some updates on my blog. Bare with me...this might be a long post!

It all started Monday on the 8th when I went to the Dr. for our last Dr. visit. At the visit my blood pressure was really high but they told me to watch it until Friday. I borrowed a blood pressure machine and Tuesday morning it was way high and rising. I called the Dr. and the told me to come in so they could take it. I called Rusty at school and he came home to take me to the Dr. Thank goodness we took our bags! While at the Dr. my blood pressure was really high so they said, "We will just do this today at 3:00! Be at the hospital by 12:30!" I was really upset because my parents were in Last Vegas and I really wanted them there. After having an emotional breakdown I realized that yes I could do this! I survived the IV (which was what I was the most scared of). Slayde was born at 3:31. He was a pretty big baby with a head FULL of hair! He weighed 7 lbs 8 oz and was 20.5 inches long. No wonder I was so miserable the last few weeks! He was stuffed in me like a ball.

They ended up having to keep me in the hospital two extra days because they couldn't get my blood pressure regulated. I got to come home on Valentines day (what a treat!) Slayde is a pretty good baby. He wakes up at night to eat and then goes right back to sleep.

Sagen loves him and is a "big" help. Sometimes too much help if you can imagine!

My blood pressure still isn't normal. We went back to my Dr. on Friday and they added a blood pressure patch to my blood pressure pills. Hopefully with the two they can get my blood pressure to regulate. Also I have been having these sharp pains where they did my spinal during the c-section. If I move a certain way its like a knife going through me all the way up to the back of my head. I have never felt pain like that! They think that the anesthesiologist nicked a nerve in my back during the spinal. They are hoping that it will heal within 3 weeks. If not they want me to go back to him for a consult. So keep us in your prayers. It has been a rocky start but I know we are SO lucky. We have a perfect baby and have been blessed by God in so many ways. In the big picture our problems are minor. Thank God for his many miracles! Enjoy a few pictures!

Only 4 days!

2010-02-08T06:29:00.001-08:00

I can't believe that this is officially my last week to be pregnant. The time really has flown by! Only four more days and I get to meet me little angle that keeps me up all night kicking me! He is so active it kinda scares me that he will be up all night when he gets here! I do have my bags packed (except for the last minute toiletries that I will get the day of). I think that we are going to try to get a hotel room in Lubbock on Thursday night because we have to be at the hospital so early Friday morning. I came up here on Saturday and worked at school until about 4 o'clock. I got everything done for about 2 weeks so I feel like a HUGE weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Also, I officially have the best husband ever and he found a house cleaner that is going to come clean today while I am at school. How awesome is that! So my stress level is at a minimal for the week, even though when I think of that stupid IV my blood pressure sky rockets. We have our last doctor's appointment this afternoon and I am sure that my blood pressure will be high just because I'm getting really nervous. Just typing this blog makes me jittery. Well I don't know if I will have a chance to post again before Friday. I will try to get someone to put some pictures of Slayde on here for you all to see! Keep us in your prayers!

Showered With Love

2010-02-01T07:21:00.000-08:00

All of the hostesses

Kimberly, Sagen, Me, Donna, and Jana

Sagen and Keatyn after the shower. Nana and Kimberly almost had a heart attack because the jeep was "too fast"

My mom, me, and my sister

Me and Sagen, she helped me open all of my presents. Several people brought her presents too. She thought that was neat!

My friend, Kassadie, Kimberly, and me

My nieces and Sagen. Aren't they all tall!

The two grandmothers with me and Sagen.

This Saturday our church threw us a baby shower. We have the best church and the best friends/Sunday school class ever! It was a great turnout and we were blessed with so much. All of our friends were there and we all had a good time. Thank you to everyone who helped out with it! Yall are the best! Here are a few pictures (Especially so you Georgia people can see how huge I am!) They are all kinda out of order. Sorry

only 16 days!!!

2010-01-27T06:44:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we went for our doctor's appointment and everything went really good. According to the sonogram Slayde is about 6.5 pounds! His cheeks are getting chubbier by the day! haha. Dr. Killeen still didn't think that I was going to have the baby earlier than the 12th even though I swear it feels like he is going to fall out on the floor. He said I have a large abundance of fluid and that is why I am really miserable. He said that he would much rather me have too much than not enough though. My doctor is so laid back and makes us laugh. I told him sometimes I feel like Slayde is just going to stick his arm out and wave he is so low down. He said if that happened to be sure I got a picture so we could be on the news. haha! Dr. Killeen said he would be really surprised if I went into labor this week but less surprised if I did next week. I had gained 5 pounds in 3 weeks which brings my total to 25 pounds! I gained 28 with Sagen so maybe I will be the same with Slayde. My blood pressure was a little high but nothing to alarm them about. I talked to him about my feet swelling and he told me to stay off of them as much as possible. I am still scheduled for a c-section on the 12th at 8:30 am. I am the second c-section of the day! I'm starting to get a little nervous but ready to see my little angel. And no...still don't have the bags packed! I did pack Sagen's bags and Slayde's bag. I did wash my pajamas and stuff like that but just haven't put it in the suitcase yet. I have the battery on the camera/camcorder fully charged and ready to go. I am working on getting stuff ready for my sub so I feel a little bit better as far as stress goes. (I gave up on getting the house clean.) Sagen wasn't too sure why I was packing her a suitcase. I told her that she was going to stay with Nana when mommy has Slayde and she wanted to know when that would be. I told her soon. Well I know I've been rambling so I will let everyone go!

only 3 weeks left

2010-01-20T08:42:00.001-08:00

Ok, 3 weeks from Friday is the big day. I can't believe it! I am starting to have slight panic attacks when I think of all the stuff I still have to do. Everyone tells me that from looking at me they don't think that I will make it to the 12th. My doctor seems to think that I will though so who knows. I have no bags packed for anyone so i hope he doesn't come early! Sagen is going through some kind of emotional breakdown which is wearing on my already short nerves. She cries every time I leave her ANYWHERE. The past two weeks she has cried at church and they have had to bring her back to us. She cries at the sitter and anytime anything doesn't go her way. I guess its baby related. Im not ready at school either! I need to get my substitute plans done and ready which is hard to do this far ahead. My house is a wreck and I don't predict it getting clean before the baby gets here. However since we had a 6 hour visit from the Kirby man last week my den floor is clean. (and no we didn't buy the vacuum). So in case you can't tell by this post my stress level is off the charts! I hope everyone has a great week :)

Local Stock Show

2010-01-12T09:34:00.001-08:00

Rusty helping Sagen show her lamb.

Excited after winning her trophy!

Sagen and her cousin, Jett, playing outside the ring.

Sagen showing her pig. She liked tapping him with her stick.

Sagen and Emily after the pig show.

This past Saturday we had the local stock show at Welch. The weather ended up being really nice and everything went great. They have a kiddie show after the big kids show and all the kids get a trophy. Sagen was SO proud of hers! When we got home she wanted to get down her trophies from past years and put them ALL out on her dresser. She has a whole line of FFA stock show trophies. It is really cute. She showed a lamb with Jessica's help and then she showed a pig with Emily's help. Rusty also went out and helped her with her lamb. She got to stay in the ring and hand out the ribbons after every class of animal. Needless to say she thought she was pretty big! It amazed me how much she has changed from the stock show last year. She wasn't scared at all to touch the animals! I guess you could say its in her blood!

33 week checkup

2010-01-07T11:40:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I had my 33 week doctor appointment to check on baby Slayde. I had gained 1 pounds bringing the grand total to 20. Everything looked good with Slayde. The ultrasound showed him to be about 4 pounds. Dr. Killeen thinks that he might be a touch bigger than Sagen was. (She was 6lb 7oz so Slayde might be closer to 7). I still think he will be small like she was. He moves all the time and gets the hiccups every night around 10. Rusty felt them the other night and thought it was pretty funny. I asked the doctor if I would know if I went into labor because I never had any contractions with Sagen. He said I would definitely know! I'm just so nervous because it seems like everyone around here is having their babies early. I hope I make it until the 12th when my c-section is scheduled. Only 3 more doctor appointments until his big arrival! Its hard to believe. Well we are going to be super busy with stock shows and getting things ready so time is really going to fly. Hope all is well with everyone!

Sagen's 4th Birthday

2010-01-04T11:46:00.000-08:00

Sagen all dressed up for her party

Sagen with some of her friends/cousins. Look how red her cheeks are~ she played hard!

Sagen and all her friends

Her cute cake

Blowing out the candles

Check out my new hat!

A pic with her cousins right before they left

Every kid that has their birthday gets to put their hand on the wall. Sagen picked to do her's in orange. She has much different taste than her mommy!

Well as you can tell we had a very busy week. We had Sagen's birthday party on Sunday at Jump N Jungle in Lubbock. Her actualy birthday is on Tuesday, but this week is so hectic we knew we couldn't have her party during the week. Sagen invited about 20 of her closest friends and cousins to come and jump with her. I think that all of the kids had a great time! Sagen picked a Disney Princess theme for her party. Debbie Farrar made the Cinderella cake and did a great job. It was so yummy! Sagen got a ton of stuff for her birthday from all her friends (thanks everyone!) and even got two frogs from her Aunt Kimmie. (Thanks! haha) Sagen named them jumper and froggy. They are actually pretty cute if I must admit. They live in a little aquarium and don't ever come out of the water. I have threatened Sagen that she better never try to carry the aquarium or get the frogs out. I would hate to try to "save" them if she dropped them at home! Well to everyone who was able to make the party thanks!

Sagen's First Snowman

2010-01-04T10:36:00.000-08:00

Sagen's first hot chocolate. She put the marshmallows in...can you tell?

This is the snowman that she built ALL BY HERSELF. It was so sweet!

Our snow family

Rusty was showing her how to roll the snow to make the bodies.

Well we have been getting a little bit of snow off and on for the month of December. Every time that we have a little bit of white stuff on the ground Sagen begs to go make a snowman. She has never got to because we have never had enough snow. Finally right after Christmas we got enough for her to make a snowman. Rusty and Sagen made our "snow family" and then Sagen made one all by herself that was so precious. We could hardly get her to come inside it was so cold. After building her snowman I made her some hot chocolate~another first! She really enjoyed it.

Merry Christmas!

2010-01-04T09:44:00.000-08:00

Oh my gosh! A Cabbage Patch!

Look what all Santa brought!

Leaving cookies for santa

Showing off their guns

Mamaw and Papaw with all their grandkids

Our happy family at Mamaw and Papaw's house

Nana with all her kids and grandkids

Mom and Dad got us these really cool bags for school to carry our papers in.

Keatyn, Kamryn, Sagen, and Casen and Nana and Opey's house.

We had a wonderful Christmas holiday/break. We are so lucky to be able to teach Sagen the true meaning of Christmas. We have a manger scene and we talked about it all the time. I'm still not quite sure if she really understood but we tried to emphasize that Christmas is not about santa, it is about our wonderful Lord. We had Christmas at my mom's on December 23rd with all of my side of the family. The kids had so much fun and could hardly wait to open presents! They all got way too much stuff but their favorite were their snuggies. They all curled up on the couch with them when they were done opening presents. Who would have though?! On the 24th we went to Rusty's parents and celebrated with all of them. Again, Sagen got way too much stuff! Mamaw and Papaw got all of the grandkids new guns (Sagen's is hot pink) that we put in the safe until she gets older. Christmas Eve we went home and baked cookies for santa and then got ready for Christmas day.

Santa brought Sagen a vet center and a Barbie Jeep. She was SO excited! It was absolutely priceless seeing her face whenever she saw all of her stuff under the tree. She got a big thing of play do in her stocking and she said, "Santa must have thought I needed play do!" I thought it was pretty funny. Isn't is amazing how they like the most unusual gifts? You would have thought that Sagen's barbie jeep would have been her favorite but she liked her stuffed webkins cat and a little tea set. Kids are so funny!

A preview of some of our family pics

2009-12-16T10:32:00.000-08:00

This past Saturday we took some family/maternity pictures in Tahoka and Lubbock. Crista Gray took them and I am so pleased with how they turned out. I am going to have a hard time deciding which ones. Here is a preview of some of them. Feel free to email me and tell me which ones you like so I can make a decision!

3d sonogram

2009-12-15T06:34:00.001-08:00

This is a picture of both of his feet kicking me in the ribs

Yesterday we had an appointment with the specialist for our 3D sonogram. It was so neat and we got to see some in 4D. I think that he looks a lot like Sagen at this point. He still has chubby cheeks that you can see in the picture. He still wouldn't turn his whole face towards us and he had one arm over his face most of the time. He was kicking me so much in the ribs that they had a hard time getting a shot of his feet. Hope yall enjoy!

nothing too exciting

2009-12-14T10:07:00.001-08:00

Well this weekend we did a little bit of shopping and had a FFA officer Christmas party on Sunday. Saturday night we met Rusty's family at On The Border to celebrate some birthdays. In the parking lot they were actually giving camel rides...and yes Sagen was right in the middle of it. I think the picture says enough! I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon for our 3D sonogram. I am so excited! I will post pictures from it soon!

28 week appointment

2009-12-01T07:57:00.000-08:00

Well yesterday we had our 28 week check up and everything is going good. I have gained a total of 15 pounds. According to his measurements, Slayde is almost 3 pounds! About 2.75. You could see his chubby cheeks on the sonogram. It was so funny! He already looks just like his daddy and sister! He is still head down with his feet under my ribs which can be quite painful. We go back on December 14 for our 3D sonogram. I can't wait! They also did the diabetes test where you have to drink that orange drink. My diabetes test came back fine but I am anemic. They said I need to eat some more red meat and leafy green vegetables as well as be sure to take my prenatals (which I sometimes forget!) I was really proud of myself because I did the blood work ALL BY MYSELF! Yes I know~doesn't sound like a big feat but I was proud of myself. Its the first time I've done it completely alone. Sagen and Rusty were still setting up my appointment for next time and I had to take the blood at a certain time or they had to redo the whole test. So I am officially a big girl lol! Well, I hope everyone has a great week and stays warm!

Thanksgiving Break

2009-11-30T10:25:00.000-08:00

Sagen with all of her cousins at mom's house. Its challenging to get them to all look/smile but this one turned out pretty cute.

The only way we could get Sagen and Jett to be semi still was to put them in a wheelbarrow. I thought it turned out really cute though!

Rusty's cousin had uploaded a Dora episode on her i-phone. It entertained the kids for a long time. I thought it was so cute how focused they all were!

Sagen and her cousin Avery. They had so much fun playing!

Well I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We sure did. On Wednesday we put up our Christmas tree and Sagen was a lot of help. haha On Thursday we went to Nana and Opey's for lunch and then went to Rusty's grandmothers for supper. We got to see all of our family so it was really nice. On Friday mom and I went shopping at about 430 in the morning. We had a lot of fun and got some really great deals. We were back by around noon so the guys could go on their annual hunting trip. We relaxed the rest of the break at mom's house and then hurried back to school this morning. It sure did fly by! We have our 28 week doctor's appointment this afternoon so I will let everyone know how it goes! Love yall!

Leaves

2009-11-30T10:17:00.000-08:00

We have a fruitless mulberry tree in our back yard and Rusty loves it! haha He raked up a HUGE pile of leaves and Sagen had a blast playing in them. There are still a few thousand that needs to fall from the tree but the backyard looks much better without the leaves. Sagen didn't want to stop to take pictures but I managed to coax her into taking a few. Enjoy!

Cotton

2009-11-11T08:48:00.000-08:00

Sagen with Mamaw and Papaw in the cotton. Notice how tall it is!

Sagen by the cotton

Sagen and Kambree at the birthday party.

The three (well technically four) of us in the cotton

I couldn't get this to turn but I thought it was a sweet picture.

This weekend we had a fun time. Saturday we went to a birthday party at Jump N Jungle for Kambree. She had a blast and was absolutely worn out when it was over. She fell asleep before we got out of Lubbock. I took her by toys r us so she could pick out stuff for santa to get her. I swear I don't know where the child gets her taste from! She picks out some of the ugliest babies and stuffed animals. Sunday we went to Mamaw and Papaw's house to see the cotton before the stripped it. Papaw has a really great crop and we are all excited about it. It is the best dry land that we have seen! We got some cute pictures in it. We have UIL this week so it has been super busy! I have to go to Wellman on Thursday and direct the calculator contest and then Friday the Dragons are playing Sands in the first game of the playoffs! The FFA is going to be tailgating before the game so it will be fun. Sagen is going to stay with Nana so we can actually watch the football game! Hope everyone has a great week! If you want to see the whole album check out the link on the side of the blog for snapfish!

24 week Dr. Appointment

2009-11-04T08:04:00.000-08:00

getting ready to go down head first!

She had so much fun!

Yesterday we had our 24 week doctor appointment and everything looked great. I gained 6 pounds since my last visit! I guess you could say I am making up for lost time haha. I am going to try to slow down on the weight gain until he is born! haha Slayde weighs a little over 1.5 pounds and is very active. Dr. Killeen said that my fluid levels looked great (that would be in due for the 5 bottles of water I drink a day!) He estimated that Slayde would be a little over 7 pounds when he is born. He is already head down...and VERY active! I could see his chubby cheeks on the sonogram~just like Rusty!

After our Dr. appointment we took Sagen across the street to the big play ground. She had so much fun and is absolutely fearless! She went down the biggest slides head first! I couldn't believe it! After the playground we ran a few errands and then came home. We had a great time! I go back to the doctor on the 30th for my gestational diabetes test...so I'm going to try to be a good girl and cut back on the sugar!

Kids say the Darndest things!

2009-11-03T07:38:00.000-08:00

Ok I just had to share with everyone what Sagen said this morning. I thought it was absolutely priceless and shows her intelligence. Every morning she sees me stand on the scale on my way to school and grumble about gaining a few pounds. This morning as we were leaving she stood on the scale and said, "Yep I'm still just 3. Right Mom, it says I'm three until January 5." It cracked me up and I said yep your exactly right Sagen! I love her way of thinking~that means I'm just 26 pounds! haha Another funny thing she did last night was demonstrate to me how to make a hoolahoop work. We were getting in the bath and she told me she wanted a hoolahoop from santa. I said I didn't think she knew how to do one and she showed me with her imaginary one how to make it spin. It was so cute! She can move her hips! We have a doctor appointment this afternoon for our 24 week check up. I will let everyone know how it goes!

Fall Fling

2009-10-26T10:26:00.000-07:00

My cute little lady bug!

Sagen and Rusty

Me and Sagen

Rusty trying on the helmet that Landon won.

The pumpkin carving

Sagen working on her own. I told her to stick her hand in it and she wouldn't. She insisted on using the spoon!

Well this weekend was a very busy weekend. Sagen spent the night with my parents Friday after the pep rally. We thought it would be too cold to go to the ballgame and with it being such an important game; we wanted to be able to watch it! We 45ed Loop and are the District Champs! 2nd year in a row~Congrats Dragons! Saturday morning I went to Nicole's baby shower and then we had Fall Fling that evening. Sagen dressed up as a ladybug and was super cute. She didn't wear her antenna nor wings long. She told me the antenna was "making her head tired." At he Fall fling the booster club was having an auction of different Dragon stuff. Landon Brown bought the football helmet that was signed by all the football players Of course Rusty had to try it on. It was quite hilarious!

Sunday, after church, we carved our pumpkins. Rusty and Sagen scooped out the "guts" while I took pictures. It was SO funny! Sagen didn't want any part of the guts touching her hands and had to go rinse them off after each time she touched the pumpkin. We only got the pumpkins gutted and plan on carving the faces in them tonight.

Happy Birthday Rusty!

2009-10-21T08:06:00.000-07:00

pounding out the dough

icing the cookie

Got to put lots of sprinkles!

The finished product!

Yes~our whole den looks like this!

Well today is officially Rusty's birthday. He is 33 years old. Last night he had a pig sale so I thought it would be a good idea if me and Sagen surprised him and made him a cookie. We went to the grocery store after school where she picked out the icing and the start sprinkles. I helped her smash out the dough in the pan, but she decorated it all by herself. She was so proud! Then she decided to buy some balloons at the grocery store to "decorate" the den. She blew them all up by herself and I helped her tie them off. Then she showed me where to tape them on the wall. It was priceless! Here are a few pictures of us in action!

fun weekend!

2009-10-19T06:31:00.000-07:00

Me and Sagen at the pumpkin patch.

Sagen picking out a pumpkin by herself

Sagen's new 4-wheeler. No mom~We aren't trying to put you in an early grave! lol

Sagen and Opey on his birthday

The three birthday people

Aren't we a cute family! lol

Sagen learned this pose from Jessica! She is so funny now and blows kisses when you try to get her picture!

Well this weekend was full of activities. On Saturday we decided we would take Sagen to the movies and let her watch a cartoon. We figured that when the baby gets here there won't be much movie watching for anyone. Originally we were going to take her to see "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" based on the childrens book, but when we got there she decided she wanted to see Toy Story in 3D (the double feature.) We went early in the morning because tickets are cheapest then. We got seated and got some popcorn (Sagen loved her own movie meal and thought it was way cool.) About 10 minutes into Toy Story, Sagen announced that we should just go home and watch the movie at home. I laughed and told her no we just payed a lot of money and she was going to get to see it on the big screen lol. She didn't want to wear her 3D glasses, but I really couldn't blame her~they were huge on her little face! She kept telling me the movie was blurry and I told her its because she didn't have on the 3D glasses. After several bathroom trips and spilling our popcorn everywhere, we decided to leave during intermission. I think 2 movies back to back would have been a nightmare!

After the movie ordeal we decided to take her to a pumpkin patch on 82nd and Frankford to pick out a pumpkin. I don't know where she gets her style from, but I swear she picked out the ugliest funniest looking pumpkin they had. We coaxed her into getting a more "normal" looking big pumpkin to carve and we let her pick out two small ones~whatever ones she wanted. She picked out two that were dented and bruised~go figure.

That evening, Rusty got Sagen a 4-wheeler. No, not a little tykes one~A realy one! A Honda 90. It was Bailey and Brittneys and they outgrew it. We got a really good deal on it, and Sagen will have to grow into it in a few years. Donna and Greg gave her some helmets too. Sagen thought it was awesome and I took her riding down the street on it. It is pretty fun! I figured with Slayde coming we will be using it for MANY years to come!

On Sunday we had October birthday parties at mom's house. Rusty's, Kamryn's, and my dad's birthdays all fall this week so we celebrate them all together. The kids had so much fun playing all day and we had cake and lunch over there. Rusty had to leave early for a pig sale, and Sagen and I left after supper. She was so tired from playing with her cousins that she literally was asleep before I got to the stop sign at the end of mom's street!!!

Well I know this has been a long post~very busy weekend! But, its going to be an even busier week! We have the Fall Carnival at our school Saturday so I should have some pictures of it soon!

finally geting Slayde's room ready!

2009-10-13T07:19:00.000-07:00

This weekend me and my mom went to Lubbock and found Slayde's bedding. It was so funny because I had picked out some online that I really liked, and we ended up finding it at Burlington Coat Factory. This weekend Rusty had to go to Oklahoma to look for pigs, so Sagen and I stayed at my mom's house. We had a good time hanging out with my mom and dad, and on Saturday night Sagen had a slumber party with Kamryn. Casen decided he didn't want to stay, I guess he was outnumbered by all the girls. Here is a picture of the bedding line I picked out. Let me know what you think!

Slayde's 3D sonogram

2009-10-11T08:37:00.000-07:00

This is the pictures we got from our 3D sonogram on Tuesday. As you can tell, Slayde was not being very cooperative. The top picture shows his head at the top turned into my stomach. He has his hand covering the side of his face. If you look close you can see his little fingers. You can see both legs curled up at the bottom of the top picture. The bottom picture is of his foot. Hopefully next tims we can get some better pictures!

Slayde's 20 week checkup

2009-10-07T07:42:00.001-07:00

We had doctors appointments on both Monday and Tuesday afternoon. Monday was with my normal doctor and I had gained 4 pounds :) So I am up 4 from where I started. Everything looked good. On Tuesday we saw a specialist so they could do an in depth sonogram and a 3d sonogram. My doctor does this at 20 weeks and 30 weeks just to have another opinion that everything is going good~a fresh set of eyes so to speak. Slayde looked great~he is 12 ounces and about as long as a banana they said. All of his organs were perfect~heart, diaphragm, kidneys, everything. He is right on target for size and was being really good. During the 3d part he was being ornery (like his dad!) and wouldn't turn his face. He had it buried in my stomach with both hands covering his face. It was still really cute to see his tiny fingers curled up over his eyes and his legs were tucked in. The nurse tried to get him to turn so we couldn't see him better but he wouldn't. I think he was asleep. So everything in baby world is going good. My due date is still Feb. 22 but my doctor said he would probably take it a week early since it will be a scheduled c-section. So we might have a little cupid coming! I can't wait! As soon as I'm near a scanner i will post the 3d pictures so yall can see him. That's about it...I go back in November to my doctor so nothing good until then. 20 weeks down...20 more to go!

South Plains Fair

2009-10-05T07:28:00.000-07:00

Sagen and Rusty riding the Merry go Round. I was sitting in the drizzle, miserable while they rode this. It was the last ride of the day!

Rusty had to ride this one with her. I thought it was so funny to see him cramped in here with 3 little kids.

Yes I can't believe I let her do this by herself either. She had to climb all the way up the stairs by herself carrying that mat. Temporary insanity is my only plea!

Sagen riding a ride all by herself!

Sagen and Opey playing with the calf. They are two peas in a pod!

This past weekend we went to Lubbock for the South Plains Fair to watch the lamb show. The weather was kinda yucky and drizzle most of the day. I couldn't stay in the barn much this year. For some reason it really got my asthma being in the barn with those animals and all the shavings. I don't know if its because I am pregnant or what. I was wheezing after a few minutes and didn't have an inhaler. My mom and dad went with me to the fair so that way Rusty and I wouldn't have two vehicles up there. I don't think they had been to the fair since I was about Sagen's age! We ate some good fair food (cheese on a stick is heavenly!) My dad and Sagen managed to find a calf that was tied up behind the livestock barn. They had fun talking to it and throwing hay at it. I caught a cute picture of Sagen and my dad sitting on the pole.

After the show part was over Sagen finally got to ride some rides. She was SO patient all day long! She kept wanting me to take her to ride the rides but I couldn't ride any because I'm pregnant. Rusty had to ride some of them with her. Here are some pictures of our fun weekend~of course I'm not in any! I guess that's what happens when your the mommy :)

Sewing up a storm

2009-09-16T06:47:00.001-07:00

Sagen put on Casen's fireman suit. She had the whole thing on backwards. It was pretty funny!

All of the kids at Keatyn's birthday.

Sagen showing off her halloween dress. Don't know why she was doing the #1 but she was determined to do it.

Well this weekend was pretty busy for us! Saturday we had my niece's 2nd birthday party. Its hard to believe that she is two years old. We had it at my sister's house and were laughing at all 5 little kids running around like crazy. We really got tickled when we thought about next year adding another one to the brew! After the party we went to Lubbock and met my parents and had supper. I have been wanting to make Sagen some "pillowcase" dresses like I have been seeing online. Originally they are made out of old antique pillowcases but now people are using new stylish fabric. Me and mom decided we would make Sagen a Halloween one and if that turned out good we would make her some more.

On Sunday after church we all went to moms so we could work on Sagen's dress. I wanted to learn how to sew and mom was willing to teach me how. I did everything on the dress except the ruffle on the bottom and the bias tape around the arm holes. I thought the dress turned out adorable and when it gets cold we will put a black shirt under it. Here are a few pictures. Hope you enjoy!

Sonogram pictures

2009-09-13T12:30:00.000-07:00

I was finally able to find a computer with a scanner attached to it so I could show you all the sonogram pictures. The top picture is a picture of Slayde showing off his "stuff." His two legs are on the outside with his hiney and "other" leg very visible. lol The bottom picture is an outline of his profile. His head is on the left and his abdomen and tummy on the right. So....definitely a boy!

16 weeks and counting!

2009-09-09T08:10:00.000-07:00

I went back to the doctor yesterday for my 16 week check up. Everything went really well. I haven't been sick in about two weeks so that is a blessing. Besides being exhausted from school, I feel really good. At the doctor we found out that I still haven'g gained any weight. I really thought I would have because you can ask my classes~I eat all day long! At least I haven't lost any so thats good.

My doctor is really good about doing a sonogram everytime so we took Sagen with us to this doctor appointment. She was so good and patient (we had to wait an hour to see the doctor.) When he did the sonogram it was so cute to watch Sagen. She was most concerned about the stuff he squirted on my tummy. When she saw the baby on the monitor she started waiving at him. It was precious! YES its definately still a boy baby! Even to the untrained eye you could see little boy parts. Rusty was proud that it was still a boy and a healthy one. The sonogram measured him about 9.5 cm and put my due date on February 25. Mom said maybe I will have him on my birthday (March 9). I told her if I was still pregnant in March I would die! lol Well whenever I figure out how to put the sonogram pictures on here I will! He is so cute! Love you all!

bonfire!!

2009-09-02T07:25:00.000-07:00

Thie was the wood that we collected before we set it on fire!

Sagen with the bonfire behind her.

Thought that this was a cute picture

Sagen and her buddy, Skylar, on the cheerleading float.

Priceless~Sagen and Mrs. Gary on her pink bicycle. Too cute!

Sagen posing with the cheerleaders. She is quite a poser!

Last night we had our bonfire and parade to get ready for the big homecoming game on Friday. Sagen got to ride on the float with the junior high cheerleaders and threw candy to everyone we passed. When we passed mimi's house (her babysitter) Sagen started throwing huge handfulls of candy in her yard. I said, "Sagen mimi isn't even outside" she looked at me like i was crazy and said, "Mimi will find it later and knew I threw it." I thought that was really sweet! This morning believe it or not Mimi had found the candy and showed it to Sagen. Sagen looked at me like "I told you so."

Sagen wasn't too crazy about the bon fire. She knew that we had worked hard stacking up all that wood and she couldn't figure out for the life of her why we set it all on fire. I kinda agreed with her~don't know where the whole bonfire tradition started. I must say that it was the biggest bonfire we have had in a while~could it be because Rusty was behind it all? lol Enjoy the pictures!

2009-08-31T12:39:00.000-07:00

Sagen and Rusty with their matching black eyes

Sagen posing by the signed football helmet. I think that she was the cutest cheerleader there...but then again I might be partial!

This friday night we had our first football game here at Dawson against Wellman Union. Of course we played awesome and had a wonderful football game. Sagen had a blast doing the cheers up in the stands with the big cheerleaders. Its so funny how she mimics them!

Friday before the pep rally Rusty took a stumble in the ag shop and fell on the edge of the trailor. When I saw him at the pep rally I was like, "what in the world happened to your eye?!" Later that night Sagen and Rusty had matching black eyes. When people asked what happened I just told them it was hormonal and I was having a bad day lol. I thought it was too cute to pass up a picture!

one week down!

2009-08-28T12:26:00.000-07:00

Sorry there have not been many posts in a while. We moved the computer out of the baby's room and we havent reconnected the internet at home as of the moment. I haven't had the opportunity to upload anything at school because this week has been crazy! Overall our first week of school has gone really well. I think this is going to be a wonderful year! Sagen has not shed one tear at Mimi's house which makes me feel good about leaving her! Before she goes to bed at night she even talks about what she is going to take to mimi's the next day.

Last Friday we had a scrimmage here at Welch where Sagen got her first black eye. She was actually walking (which is shocking!) and walked into the corner of the handicap railing. It hit her square in the eye. I couldn't believe how bad it looked and got worse as the days progressed. By Sunday I am sure people at church were wondering if we beat her! I took some pictures of it and will post them as soon as i find the cable that goes to my camera! Even a week later it is still dark green with yellow!

Tonight we play Wellman here at Dawson so it will be another late evening. At least we can sleep in tomorrow! Next week is homecoming so it will be crazy! We are junior sponsors so we are in charge of the bonfire that is on Tuesday!

This is the only new picture I have to post. Mom emailed me a picture of all the kids playing dress up at her house one day not too long ago. Hope you all enjoy! Miss you all!

Oh yeah...no baby news. We go back on the 8th. Other than being exhausted i've been feeling pretty good.

90 percent sure...

2009-08-12T09:38:00.000-07:00

Well we went to the doctor Monday for our monthly check up. I am currently 12 weeks along and he said that he might be able to guess on the sex of our baby at this check up. I was really excited but not expecting much on our doctor being able to tell the sex. During the sonogram he said that he was 90 percent sure it was a ........boy! I am so excited! Our family will be perfect with one sweet little girl and one precious boy! Sagen is glad that she is going to probably have a little brother. I think the thought of having to share her baby dolls with another little girl was quite frightening! Can't wait to meet this little angel! Also the doctor said that I can quit taking those awful hormone pills every night so I should start feeling better soon! We started our teacher inservice on Tuesday and boy do I have a lot to do in my room! Hopefully I will have it all done by the time school starts! If not it will be a late night that Sunday before school starts!

2009-07-31T12:47:00.000-07:00

doing a granny shot, didn't know how to rotate pic!

waiting for her ball to come

During the ag teachers conference in Lubbock we took Sagen to Main Event. She got to bowl and play lots of games. They put up the bumper guards and she had a great time! She was so proud of herself because she won enough tokens to get a stuffed dog in the gift shop. It was really fun!

2009-07-26T11:14:00.000-07:00

This week has been fairly uneventful. The only baby news was that I started spotting again on Wednesday evening. I have no idea why...I hadn't done anything strenuous that day. I didn't bother to call my doctor since I talked to them Monday about spotting during the weekend. They just told me as long as it stops to lay down and rest and take it easy. Thursday Rusty and his dad did some furniture moving at our house. Sagen's furniture went in the baby's room and we converted her bed back to a baby bed. Sagen got our old bedroom furniture and we even put an old TV in her room so she can watch movies. She thought that was really cool! Friday our new bedroom furniture that we ordered from Ashley came in. We love our new furniture! It is black and brown and kinda has that rustic look. Other than that nothing interesting going on. Oh yeah, a few weeks ago we had Sagen's pictures made at JC Penney's. The little girl did a really good job! This was my favorite picture from the photo shoot. Hope yall enjoy!

Ups and Downs

2009-07-20T09:12:00.000-07:00

Well this weekend was slightly uneventful. However on Saturday night I did start spotting again. It really scared me because it was more than I had bled before. I kinda had a panic attack and cried for nearly 2 hours. Rusty and I said a special prayer for the baby that God would protect it and everything would be fine. I haven't bled since but I called my doctor this morning and he said to take it easy. Keep us in your prayers that this is the end of the bleeding and worrying! I know its not good for the baby to get so upset but its hard not to!

Dr. Appointment went well!

2009-07-15T09:20:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had our first "real" doctor appointment with Dr. Killeen. I had already had a sonogram at the imaging center when they found the cyst, but he did another one in his office. The baby had an awesome heart beat that we were able to see and hear. I swear that sound can bring tears to your eyes! And more good news...the cyst appears to be getting smaller. According to his measurments the baby is 1.84cm long and the approximate due date is February 20. I have to keep taking the progestrone to help me stay pregnant, but they prescribed me something for the nausea. I have never got sick in a public place before...but now I have! (Sorry movie gallery!) He said I have to stay on them for atleast 4 more weeks...:( Hopefully I will feel better by the time school starts! The doctor did get on to me for not eating and losing 4 pounds. He said if I didn't start they would just put me in the hospital and put a feeding tube in my neck...that is definately motivating me to try to eat something...even saltines.

Last week Rusty went to Dallas for the state FFA convention. I was suppose to go with him and drive one of the suburbans, but I was still spotting and didn't feel well at all. My doctor advised I didn't travel so I stayed at mom's house. Sagen had fun playing with Nana and Opey and it was nice to kinda have a break! She even had a slumber party with Kiki and Casen. They had fun playing in the hot tub (of Nana's hot pool accorging to Sagen)

We spend the 4th of July with Rusty's family. That morning we went to the parade downtown and then ate some yummy food in the park. (I think that was the only meal I have actually enjoyed this whole pregnancy!) We made homemade icecream and Sagen had fun playing with her cousins, Bailey and Brittney! She liked eating the icing off of Mamaw's strawberry cupcakes!

This is a picture of an adorable outfit our cousin from Alabama, Mindy, sent her. Doesn't she look adorable?

Big News!

2009-07-08T12:59:00.000-07:00

Well, some of yall caught it on the last posting, but if you didn't...we have a huge surprise! We are having another baby! We are all so excited by this unexpected blessing. It was a shock to us but God has his own way of planning your life! This pregnancy has been so different than when I was pregnant with Sagen. Currently, I am 7 weeks and it is due on February 22 (yes, for those of you who are doing the math...this miracle was made around the time of our anniversary, June 1! What a wonderful anniversary present!) For those of yall who don't know this has been how the pregnancy is going so far:
*I found out I was pregnant the first day of VBS and started spotting that night, I called my doctor the next day and he told me to come right in for blood work. The blood work confirmed I was indeed pregnant but the numbers were extremely low. The HCG was 200 and the progestrone (the hormone that keeps you pregnant) was only a 12. If it doesn't stay about a 20 you will lose the baby.
*They immediately placed me on hormones to try to raise my progestrone number. Two days later my numbers were looking better. (HCG had doubled and the progestrone was going up to a 17.)
* I started spotting again, and two days later went back and my progestrone had started going down again (a 16 this time). They decided to double the dose of my hormone pills.
*The following Monday I went back to the doctor and my levels had all rose and started looking good (my progestrone was a 22 which is good!) Of course...two days later I started spotting AGAIN!
*Two days later more blood to check again and my progestrone went back down to a 16. They didn't know why my levels were still going down with me being on such strong hormones. They decided to do an emergency sonogram the next morning (Thursday) to see what was happening.
*At the sonogram they saw that the baby was in my uterus (Thank God! They were thinking it was etopic) and they did see a heart beat! It was the best news I had heard in a LONG time! They also found the cause of all my problems...
*I have a large cyst on my right ovary. They said that it is causing the diminishing of my hormone levels and all of the pain i've been in. They are going to keep a close eye on it but there is nothing they can do for it right now. It shouldn't hurt the baby if I can only stay pregnant!

Well, between the constant pain from the cyst and the undescribable sickness from the added hormones this pregnancy has been quite different from the uneventful one I had with Sagen. Rusty and I were going to try to get pregnant during August so we could have a baby in May, but God had his own plans! One of my friends told me it was probably best I got pregnant when I did so I could get over this horrible feeling before school starts! I go back to the doctor on Tuesday...Will keep everyone informed on how that goes! Keep us in your prayers!

Playing babies

2009-07-03T17:46:00.000-07:00

Sagen is so into playing with her baby dolls lately. I thought this was absolutely priceless. She was watching a movie and she sat out all of her babies so they could watch it too! She is going to be such a good big sister!

Princess party!

2009-06-29T17:41:00.000-07:00

Sagen went to one of her first "friend birthday parties." The theme was princess and all of the little girls got their makeup and nails done. Sagen picked out her own outfit to wear complete with a feather boa. Here are some pictures of her getting her nails done and of the finished product!

Father's Day

2009-06-21T09:20:00.000-07:00

Sagen with Rusty's dad, Papaw

My granddad, dad, mom, and grandmother.

Sagen and my dad, Opey

Sagen with Rusty, the best dad ever!

We had a wonderful Father's Day! Sagen is so lucky to have the best father in the whole wide world and the two best grandfather's ever! We got to spend the day with both of our fathers, which made it really special. We went to church at our church and then had lunch in Brownfield and saw my family. Then we went to Rusty's family that afternoon. Sagen had so much fun!

G'Day Mate!

2009-06-19T09:07:00.000-07:00

Sagen pretending to be a baby kangaroo

The final night at the show for the parents

Sagen sitting in the train for VBS

Sagen attended Vacation Bible School at Second Baptist Church. She absolutely loved it! Our theme was the boomerang express in Australia. Sagen learned some cute Bible stories and can sing the theme song like you couldn't believe! I had a temporary moment of insanity and volunteered to be in charge of the 3, 4, and 5 year olds. It was very hectic but we made it through it! I had some wonderful helpers that made a big difference! These are a few pictures from VBS.

Wall of Dirt

2009-06-16T09:30:00.000-07:00

I took this picture for all of my family that has never seen a West Texas Sandstorm! This is an actual wall of dirt that blew in Thursday night at the end of Bible School. You could see it in the West and the wind was unbelievable when it hit! This is what the sky looks like in a West Texas sandstorm!

Dance Recital

2009-05-25T12:15:00.000-07:00

Bailey, Jessica, Jordan, and Brittney came and watched her dance. She was proud of her flowers!

Look my tape! S-A-G-E-N

Aren't I beautiful?

The full costume!

Friday and Saturday Sagen had her first real dance recital. Friday night was dress rehearsal and it was so funny. I'm guessing that they told the dancers to march out there and find their tape. Well if you know Sagen you know she has a one track mind. She marched out and then stopped and started shouting "I found my tape! Right here...S-A-G-E-N! Sagen's tape!" It was so cute! Sagen is the youngest one to take dance. She is three and the other girls are 4 and 5 in her dance class. The rehearsal lasted until 10:30. On Saturday she did really good during the real thing. She actually danced (well made up some of her own moves). She was more interested in singing the words to the songs of the dance. I told Rusty next year we should just sign her up for voice lessons! Sagen loved getting her hair curled and wearing makeup like mommy. If you have seen the Hannah Montana movie then you are familiar with the Hoedown Throwdown. That was what they did for their finale. It was precious! Even if she is mine I must admit...she is a doll!

Looking cute!

2009-05-20T06:41:00.000-07:00

Ok, Sagen has her dress rehersal and her dance recital this weekend. Friday night at dress rehersal we have to have her in hair and makeup just like it will be for the recital. I am kinda stressed about her hair! If you have seen Sagen lately you know she has some crazy hair! I borrowed some hot rollers from a friend and tried that out last night before the high school banquet. Sagen didn't know what to think about the rollers! She kept telling me that they were done and to get them out. I had to capture a picture of it and I even took a video because she was being really funny. I can't believe how big she is getting!

Casen's Birthday

2009-05-18T07:43:00.000-07:00

Sagen's cousin, Casen Lucas, had a fun swimming party at Bodyworks. Bodyworks is a fitness center in Lubbock that has a swimming park inside of it. It is only about 1 foot deep and has a huge play center in the middle. It has two water slides and lots of fun toys for the kids to play with. Sagen had a blast playing with all the kids. I even caught a picture of Casen and Sagen holding hands~proof that they do love eachother! Keatyn did not want ANYTHING to do with the water! It terrified her. They are going to have a blast at the beach this year!

Beautiful Texas Sunset

2009-05-18T07:41:00.000-07:00

For all of you that don't live in beautiful west Texas, I tried to capture one of our sunsets. They are so pretty. One night Sagen said, "Look at what God painted!" I thought that summed it up perfectly!