Baby Dedication

Dear Sawyer,

Today you are almost 16 weeks old and today at church we had your baby dedication. Today was special for me because this is one of those things I dreamed about doing before we had you. It was one of the first things I signed you up for after you were born.
So today we dressed you in a pretty blue outfit with smocking that Nana bought for you and carried you on stage in front of the whole church. We were introduced and you waved to the church. Then we promised to raise you in the church. We promised to teach you God's truth at home. We promised to do our part to lead you to Christ. And then Pastor Pete prayed for you - for your walk with God and your faith, for your safety and health, for your friendships and your future wife. And he prayed for wisdom for us as your parents. Then we went with Angel Royal, both sets of grandparents, Damitra Masi, Uncle Griffin and Maryam, Lyndsay, Alan, Jack & Luke Heartsill, Erik Walker and Kelli, Maria and Forrest, Wes, Christy, Ethan & Alyssa Plaisance back to pray for you some more. You had other friends who wanted to be there and couldn't. Sarah was in Cambodia on her mission trip. Alli and Cesar had to be out of town. Steph and Dave Cone were sick. Oscar and Nicole were running a half marathon.
Looking around that circle of people who loved you though was very special. Those are all people who will be there for you during your life to support you and help you grow in your walk with Christ. They'll be there with your daddy and me to give us support and wisdom in how to raise you to know and love God. I know that you will be blessed because God has given you a wonderful church family to grow up in. And that's why this day meant so much to me before you were ever born. Of all the hopes and dreams I've had for you, the only one that is truly important, that truly matters more than anything is that you grow into a man who loves God and follows Christ passionately.

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

Easter 2011

We celebrated Easter this year with service at our church and then lunch at home with my parents. Here we are for our first family Easter. More pictures are up on facebook. Here's the public link to the album.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150160529860044.292892.662435043&l=e97dcdc8bc

Updated photos

Here's a sample of updated photos of Sawyer.


Here we are the day Sawyer finally got to come home from the hospital.
And his first week home he would occasionally hold on to his own pacifier. Unfortunately, this one interfered with his nursing. The one he has now doesn't have a handle so he can't hold on to it. We have to put it back in his mouth whenever he wants it.

Sawyer's second week home was a big Oklahoma State basketball game. Mike and Sawyer watched and as you can see Mike was all decked out. Sawyer had an OSU onsie to go with his OK state hat.

We had to come up with some creative solutions, especially early on when I couldn't carry anything because of the c-section. How should Mike carry the baby and the laundry basket? Easy...

Our sweet baby sleeping...

And Spring in Texas means you need pictures in the Blue Bonnets.

More pictures

February 25 - 3 days old

Welcome Little One

Sawyer Michael Cross was born Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:39pm. He weighed 7 pounds 8 oz and was 20.25 inches long. Here are a few pictures. More to come later as well as more information about his birth and his heart condition.

Maternity Photos

My sweet friends volunteered to take some maternity photos of me in the beginning of Jan. They said they wanted to practice their photography skills. Obviously they don't need to practice anymore and should start charging! My friends did such a great job!!
We kept the photos a secret to surprise Mike with them for his birthday. I gave him several prints and frame that he could take to work. No surprise - he took the OSU one to work! Here's a couple. Follow the link below to see the album we posted on facebook.

Here's the link to more of the pictures that we posted to facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=267220&id=662435043&l=d7e70679b3

Latest Baby pictures

Week 29.
We had a 3D/4D ultrasound done this weekend. This was just for fun, not medical. we wanted the pictures of baby and we could also schedule it for a weekend that both our parents were in town so that the grandparents got a look at their new grandbaby. We still didn't find out whether it's a boy or a girl because we still want to wait. We did find out our baby is bald though! So much for the old wives tale that heartburn means you're having a hairy baby. Our baby decided to sleep through the whole ultrasound though and no amount of poking, jumping, and stretching could convince her/him to wake up. I couldn't do the traditional sugary orange juice drink to wake up baby because the doctor just diagnosed me with gestational diabetes. I tried a couple sips of Mike's coke but apparently it wasn't enough to get baby going. We still got lots of cute pictures though. Here are a couple of our favorites. If you want to see more then just follow this link to the ones on facebook http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=202330&id=662435043&l=33a03567dd

Here is baby smiling.


Here is baby sticking out his/her tongue.


Here baby is using his/her foot to scratch his/her ear. Clearly our baby has already been influenced by our dog. =) You can also see the baby's hand. Both the foot and hand were covering the face. Baby was being shy.