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It would appear that my blogging is slowly but surely becoming a once-a-week venture. Needless to say, I am determined to keep up this site if for no other reason than to share pictures of our growing little man.

I bought Sawyer's high chair last week. Larry and Velma paid for it for part of his Christmas present. They were supposed to split it with me but they're hardheaded and paid for the whole thing. It is from the Fisher-Price Aquarium series too so it matches his bouncer, swing, and his mirror in the Tahoe. He'll probably grow up to be a fishmonger or a game warden based on his constant exposure to fish and animals. It even has toys that are attached to the tray and another toy that can be removed during mealtime. I will not be at all surprised if this baby has ADD when he grows up.


He looks like such a big boy in his high chair!

He is eating more baby food. He has now tried peaches, pears, squash, and applesauce. He still likes the pears the best and tolerates everything else. I'm really interested to see how much he weighs when we go for his six-month (can you believe it) appointment on Tuesday. He's only nursing five times a day these days since he's taking pretty long naps during the day and sleeping later in the morning. He woke up at 8:15 this morning and 8:45 yesterday. I'm still nursing him once in the night but it's usually around 5:00 these days.

I'm trying to get him to drink from a sipper cup since he won't take a bottle anymore. Some days he seems into it and others he doesn't seem to want any part of it. It's only been a few days so I'm trying to be patient. I'm just hoping that he'll take it in time for our trip to Van Vleck for Christmas.

Lorne and used to have so much fun Christmas shopping. We'd spend the drive back home from Thanksgiving making a list of what we wanted to buy everyone. Then we'd spend an entire day and do all of our shopping. That's not quite possible this year so I've been an online shopping fool this week. I went a little crazy on Amazon.com. It is really amazing how much is available at the touch of a button these days. It's also so convenient because they already have all of my credit card information. I also love being able to track all of my packages. I'm having everything shipped to Larry and Velma's so that we will have less to pack. I think that there are seven different shipments coming to their house in the next few weeks. That's a lot of tracking numbers for me to keep up with that's for sure!

Lorne absolutely LOVES Christmas for those of you who may not know. He really gets into the Christmas spirit and it's one of the many things that I love about him. Lorne and Larry put up our Christmas lights on the house this weekend. Lorne also decorated all of the living room except for the Christmas tree. It still isn't up because he's been working late this week. He always puts the tree together and puts on the lights and I do the ornaments. I may just bite the bullet and try to put it together during one of Sawyer's naps tomorrow. I will post pictures once we get everything decorated. It really is a site to behold, especially the mirror ball, oh yes, the mirror ball is the best part let me tell ya!

I bought a book of The New York Times crossword puzzles last weekend. I feel like spending all day with a five-month-old is turning my brain to mush. It's like they say, "Use it or lose it." Lorne got me on the crossword puzzle kick when he made two of his own. I had so much fun with those that I thought I'd take up a new hobby that would simultaneously give my brain a workout.

Here are some pictures of Sawyer in his Exersaucer. I got some good pictures this time because I played the peekaboo game with him. He loves when we ask, "Where is Sawyer?" and reply, "There he is!" He is just so cute!


Sawyer loves the peekaboo game!


He looks like I scared him doesn't he?


Here's a good shot of his teeth.