One Year Check-Up

Sawyer finally had his one year check-up.  Dr. Knowles was on vacation so apparently today was the day all her "regular" patients were pouring in.  He weighed 21 lbs and 10 oz which keeps him in the 30th percentile, and was 31 1/2 inches which keeps him in the 90th percentile for height (dr. says she isn't surprised lol). We both come from tall and kind of lanky families so he fits right in.  There was a lady shadowing our doctor and she was actually one of the nurses from labor and delivery and remembered me...which is funny because I was only in there for like an hour haha.  They were discussing how much Sawyer looks like a good mix of both of us.  She also said he probably has had that cough because his molars are coming in, and she made sure his lungs were clear.  We left after getting 5 shots (poor baby cried).

Waiting for his shots (he has no idea what is coming)

After the worst experience ever back at work on the phone with warranty department for an hour and 16 minutes for this poor boy, I headed over to my parents' house because dad needed me, Andy, and Erik to move their new, fireproof, impossible to break 500 lb. safe up the stairs.  It was so incredibly heavy that I have never been so nervous in my life.  If it slipped, it would completely crush any of us...and it was balancing the entire time.  It was very difficult, but we got it up the stairs slowly and strenuously on a handtruck (after Andy had to lift me over the top railing with his hands so I could help dad pull).  We played ping pong in the backyard and had bbq afterwards which was worth the effort.  Now nobody can break into that sucker! Their old safe was destroyed with a crow bar when the burglars broke in :(

This is after the scary turn in the stairs!

July 4th Ocean Shores

I'll try not to ramble about our trip to Ocean Shores for the 4th of July.

Basically, we went with the Webbs and Berners and stayed at Ocean City state park in Ocean Shores.

 It was very sunny, but very cold with the wind.  I still got a bit of a tan laying out in the sun (if you lay below the wind it isnt so cold).

Sawyer was sick the whole time possibly getting new teeth so he was kind of a butt head mixed with the cold and lack of things to do.  We slept with him for the first time the 3 nights and it was not an easy task.  He would randomly wake up and try to crawl away.  He didn't enjoy the ocean much either.

We are kind of "lazy" vacationers so we pretty much just putt-putted around and went with the flow.  We did go into town and I got a pair of pants that say "tsunami evacuation instructions" on the front and "run like hell" on the butt. I thought it was hilarious because all along the coast you see those tsunami evacuation signs and I wish one of them just said that.

On the actual 4th, we went to the beach at sunset (our campsite is about a 5 minute walk to the beach- there is a trail) and found the highest dune to plant our chairs and watch the fireworks.  The beach was packed with people and nonstop fireworks, and the casino was just to our left with a huge professional display.  It was awesome!  Definitely the place to be, if only it was a little warmer!

Anyway, here are some pictures (some of which came from Jill or Tyrell's blog that I stole ;] )

Tyrell and I jump, and Andy and Jake jump

where's nate? haha

i had USA outfits every day lol

beany's festive shorts

jill and moses

Mariners

Before I get started on the 4th of July festivities and pictures, I don't want to forget about Friday night when we took Sawyer to his first Mariner's game!

I have a card of coupons that I paid $30 for, but it has a bunch of buy one get one free games, and a couple $1 games.  The cheapest seats at the top of the stadium are $22 so I figured it was worth buying when the lady stopped by my work to sell them.  I was a little nervous using them for the first time, but it went smoothly.

We went with my mom and dad and got there just as Sir Mix A Lot (yep) was throwing the first pitch.  It was flashback to the 80's night and both teams had their jerseys from the 80's and a lot of fans dressed up.  I had no idea haha.

Sawyer sat the entire time and didn't wiggle (I know, shocker) and got a lot of compliments from people sitting by us haha.

We won 6-0 against the Padres! Yay!

P.S. thank you Everett for letting Sawyer borrow your clothes :)

A few things learned

First of all, excuse the mass of toys in the background- we still havent organized his birthday toys.

I dont know if the video uploader works, but I tried to get a video off my phone of us trying to get Sawyer to walk to us.  He actually went a few steps today haha- I think the video has a couple. He is getting braver.  Today he started really letting go of things to bounce up and down.

He can officially clap though now :) YAY! It is cute because he has to try so hard to do it.

Seattle Pride Parade 2011

Today was the Seattle Pride parade!  I know, we just had a tournament yesterday in Portland and we were exhausted, but we made it!  If anyone doesn't know, Pride parades are around the country and pretty much just celebrate people being who they really are.  It is mostly LGBT, but features all sorts of "different" types of people.  Rugby teams are known for being accepting of everyone so there are usually a lot of LGBT people that play, so teams are able to join the parade.

I had never been to Pride before, but my boss told me it was crazy and there are a lot of naked people.  I was a little nervous taking Sawyer, but figured since we were actually in the parade we wouldn't have any issues with a crowd or anything.

We arrived at 9am at our "staging" area, and I was relieved to find a lot of families.  I was a little nervous it would be a lot of drunk crazies or protesters.  We were put right behind a gothic bus that blasted crazy music, to the right of some drag-queen chamorros (or however you spell the Guam people), and in front of these crazy unicorn people that were like drag queens with painted faces and horns.  We waited for 2 hours in the sun, Sawyer got restless until Andy found some Filipino drummers to amuse him, and we were on our way!

Luckily we werent stuck behind the loud gothic bus in the parade, but behind a quiet church.  It was so exciting!  The parade was about 1-2 hours long (hard to keep track of time) and it was PACKED on the sidewalks as we walked through downtown Seattle full of cheering families of all kinds.  We had 2 of our girls dress as actual sirens which completely stole the show since they were dressed very scantily lol.  We also had people running the ball around and throwing line-outs (where you lift someone) and a few of us had signs that I made (Down To Ruck?, Give Blood...Play Rugby!, A woman's place is in the maul, and my sign you will see below).  We handed out beads with our practice info on them, and tattoos of our logo. Andy pushed a sleeping Beany through the parade as well in our stroller we put streamers on.

It was such a cool experience.  Most people can't really be themselves in public without dirty looks or what not, but here it is encouraged.  We would see signs with old people saying "40 years, same partner, 3 kids, 15 grandkids" and you know they weren't able to be themselves that long ago as much as today.  It was a good sign that people can be more accepting.  My favorite shirts said "Str8 against H8".  The best part was that I saw zero protesters during the route, though apparently the infamous Westborough Baptist Church made an appearance at the Picnic last weekend or something but they are kind of a joke (those are the guys that protest soldiers' funerals).

Here is the mass of pictures I took on my phone.  I didn't want to be lame and take them while on the route, so they are all from right before.

Before I forget, I would like to point out that I wore my shorty-shorts...in a public light...meaning my legs have shrunk to an acceptable size again and all my pants are too big! Woot!

Creepy Gothic people in front of us

Ariel and a crazy drag queen Unicorn from the group behind us

Goldie with her beads, and "Marge" in her siren costume (she's painted yellow)

Kim doing a dance

That giant dress was made of plastic bottles! The rainbow shirt on the right side  made me laugh "SnoHomos" lol the Snohomish club

Leslie's awesome streamer job on Sawyer's stroller

Our barrel full of beads

If you are unaware,  "hooker" is the position I play for most games. When the ball gets rolled into the scrum, they are the ones that "hook" the ball with their leg and kick it backwards to their team's side

Buttons and her friend with our sign

Portland Tourney

We got a little too much sun today.  Sawyer got his first sunburn which is impressive since he stayed in his covered stroller and wore a hat whenever he came out which wasnt very much

I managed to get a cleat straight to the cleat scar/still hurting/bump that i already had...in the exact same same spot!

Now that Sawyer is one, he can use a forward seat legally.  We prefer his old one since it goes up to 35 lbs and it is safter and easier to carry around, but in the case today we needed the seat back enough in the car and tried it out.  Soooo nice not having my knees against the dashboard.  I think Sawyer liked it and felt all grown up.  In this pic he is not so happy, but his face is hilarious when he is yelling that I wanted to post it. Look how round his mouth is lol.

He did well during the tournament.  We got to the Portland pitch at 9:30 and left at like 4.  Lucky for all of us he managed to get a nap for a couple hours in his stroller- which is usually hard for him to fall asleep when stuff is going on around him.

All in all- good tournament.  I played well- didnt do anything extremely awesome worth posting, but still played well. Our team did pretty well also.  It was nice having numbers (we had about 14 show up) so we were all fresh legs and had a lot of people to talk to. 

 

Afterwards we went to the outlets and bought some stuff at Carters with my coupon (and tax free) and got sawyer some pajamas to last awhile.  I got a few cheap shirts at aeropostale tax-free. We then went to KFC, which either decided to bring back popcorn chicken, or just has it at that location because every one up here stopped it which meant they didnt have famous bowls which meant no Amy at KFC. It was goood lol.

Now I am just making signs for the parade tomorrow where we will all probably get too much sun once again!

Happy Birthday Sawyer!

Sawyer is ONE today!!!

We couldn't be more proud!  He is such a good kid and I love that he is acting more like a person every day!