Sawyer tummy time- videos

Sawyer LOVES, LOVES, LOVES tummy time. He sleeps on his tummy, he only wants to play on his tummy, if he ever rolls over onto his back he screams his head off until I go flip him back over to his tummy. Tonight he was pushing up onto his knees and scooting. It was so cute! He was getting frustrated that he wasn't taking off like he wanted. Of course by the time I found the camera, deleted all the (cute) photos to make room, and started taping, he was over pushing up onto his knees and just want to talk and smile. Still pretty sweet though! We love our little guy! Enjoy the videos!

Sawyer and Cousin Naomi Baby dedication

We absolutely LOVE our sweet church, Calvary Chapel Malibu, and wanted to make sure and have Soy dedicated there before we moved. It was such a blessing to be able to have him dedicated at the same time as sweet little Naomi (Ben and Kristine go to the same church). David and I have grown so much in our relationship with the Lord the last few years and we have Pastor Bill and the our church family to thank for their encouragement and devotion to the Lord. We are going to miss everyone there so much.

When David and I found out we were pregnant with our precious Sawyer we were overjoyed but terrified. With Lupus, you have very high rates of miscarriage and still birth and I think we both just assumed our first pregnancy would end in a loss. We were cautiously excited throughout the whole first trimester (who am I kidding, throughout the whole pregnancy!) But I will never forget that first night we found out, we were laying in my sister Laura's guest room in CO not sure what emotions to have, and David just started praying over our little baby. He acknowledged to God that this baby is His child before he was ever ours and however long he decided to bless us with him we would be blessed and thankful. I remember as he was praying that prayer, an overwhelming peace covering both of us. Throughout the whole pregnancy any time I would have these little panic moments or start to freak out I would repeat that prayer and remind myself that this baby is God's child, not mine. I cannot hold onto him and control everything. Every night I was pregnant I prayed that he would grow to love the Lord and be a man after God's own heart. Now that he is here, we pray the same prayer over him every day. Sawyer loves when I read the Bible out loud to him, and he loves singing hymns, it makes my heart so happy that he is praising the Lord with his happy sounds as a little baby! Having him dedicated at our church was such an emotional and beautiful moment, we were again reminded that this child is God's child and however long he is here with us on earth we are vowing to raise him to love the Lord and be good examples to him. We have been blessed beyond words with the little guy, he truly is such a joy to us. Thank you Lord for our sweet, sweet son!

Video of our little Soy Bean

Singing with Nana about Jesus!

Sawyer loves his Nana! (He's 6 weeks old in this video)

Happy Easter!

She's here!

Naomi Kay Brookshire arrived on April 15th at a tiny 6lbs 11oz 18 1/2 inches long. She is itty bitty with tons of beautiful dark hair. This little peanut has more expressions, within a span of 1 minute she will smile, frown, yawn, hiccup, smile again, pout...it's hilarious! She is absolutely perfect and healthy, praise God! All the babies have safely arrived, 3 boys and 1 girl! As my sister Laura says "She is going to have to be one tough princess!" We love you sweet Naomi!

Naomi and Sawyer

3 down, 1 to go...

Babies, Babies, Babies!

Most of you know my 2 sisters and my sister in law (my brother's wife) were all pregnant and due within weeks of each other. Pretty much all our conversations the last 9+ months have been about growing bellies, swollen ankles, puking, growing out of clothes, heartburn, and all the other joys of pregnancy! It has been SO fun to go through this experience with my sisters. My oldest sister Laura (8yrs older) and I always wondered if we would ever get to be pregnant together and always hoped that the timing of her last and my first would coincide...and boy did they coincide! We would have been happy for any of the 9month period to overlap, instead we were blessed with being due just 1 day apart and giving birth just 2 hours apart! We have been loving having babies the exact same age and it's been wonderful to call her with any questions/concerns/frustrations and hear that her baby is doing the EXACT same thing!

We have been anxiously awaiting for my other sister Anna and sister in law Kristine to join in on the fun with their little ones. On March 29th, Anna welcomed precious Jesse Nathan into the world. He measured a whopping 6lbs, 7oz, 19in long...their biggest baby yet! He is absolutely perfect and Mommy is doing beautifully. We just have one little lady left to join the cousins! Kristine is due in less than 3 weeks with the only girl of the bunch! We cannot wait to meet her!!! I'm already so excited to get them all together and watch them interact! Praise God for 4 healthy babies and the blessing they are to us. Like I said above, 3 down, 1 to go...I can't wait for the post where I am introducing Baby Girl Brookshire! Here are a few pics of our trophies!

Sawyer Davies- March 1st, 7lbs 7oz

Luke Joseph - March 2nd, 6lbs 11oz

Jesse Nathan- March 29, 6lbs 7oz