The Sawyer Show

I just put Sawyer down for his nap. Naptime has become one of my favorite parts of the day (and not only because I get some "me" time). I love to watch him transform from a twisting and turning ball of energy to a snoozing little angel. We read three or four books, sometimes more, sometimes fewer, depending on his disposition at the time. He usually tries to eat the books so I give him his keys or another book to occupy his interest. I put him in his Sleep Sack and rock him, his eyes fluttering like butterfly wings until he finally gives up and they close, his sweet breath escaping his tiny mouth. I love to stroke his smooth skin and baby-fine hair and feel his warm body snuggled up close to mine. Sometimes it takes all that I have to place him in his crib and leave him alone to dream his sweet baby dreams. It's like falling in love all over again, in a very different but just as glorious way.

He rode in his new car seat for the first time Wednesday but there wasn't any napping. He seems to be doing fine, even though for some reason he didn't seem interested in a catnap. I think maybe he was taking the time to get used to his new digs. Lorne had to install it on the other bucket seat so now he's on the other side of the Tahoe which will take some getting used to on my part. He's still rear-facing until his first birthday though so that's the same. I went and had it inspected and the inspector said that she had to move the anchor point because she looked in the Tahoe manual and couldn't verify that part of the front seat as an official anchor point. Of course Lorne got home and found in the manual that the way he had it was completely acceptable. Lorne loves it when he's right!

We had Denise, Jeremy, and Sophia over for dinner Friday night. Sawyer and I went and picked up Denise and Sophia since Jeremy drove he and Lorne to work that day. I went and got Dickey's BBQ for dinner. We took some pictures of the kids while we waited for Lorne and Jeremy to get here.


Sawyer got this cute little outfit from Rick and Priscilla for Christmas. I thought the coveralls would be too short so I was surprised that they're fitting tightly already.


Sawyer and Sophia. It was funny to watch them try to grab and chew on each other.

We exchanged Christmas gifts after dinner because we hadn't gotten to do that yet. Denise and Jeremy's birthdays are next week so we also had birthday presents for them. We had a good time together. Denise tried to put Sophia to bed in our Pack 'N Play in the spare bedroom but she wasn't going for that so they had to leave earlier than they wanted, but we still had a good time. They got Sawyer this cute blow up duck that goes in the big tub. That way the baby can move to the big tub without feeling overwhelmed at the size. It makes a quacking noise when his beak is squeezed...too cute! Sawyer seemed to love it so I took some pictures.


I made sure this photo had a G rating. :)


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We try to put Sawyer on the floor every chance we get. He is still mostly rolling many times in a row. We try to have him get up on his knees but they usually just fall right down. It appears that he doesn't quite have the lower body strength he needs just yet. All this floor time definitely allows for some cute pictures.


EVERYTHING goes to the mouth these days!


My favorite part of this picture is the drool. :)

I just remembered that I'd promised some Cheerios pictures. He tried them for the first time on the 18th and he was not at all impressed. He acts like he's gagging when he tries to swallow them. That has freaked us out so much that we've decided to put a hiatus on the Cheerios for now. I bought some Gerber's Fruit and Veggie Puffs instead. He has tried the banana and sweet potato. He practically inhales those (sans the gagging) so we'll stick to them for now. I also experimented with some "real" food this weekend. We had a pasta dish with zucchini Saturday so I boiled some zucchini for him without salt, pepper, or butter. I also gave him some pasta that had been boiled without the salt. He didn't seem to take to it very well though. I tried again last night with green beans and he seemed more receptive to them so that's a good sign. Everyone tells me that once he gets the hang of the table food he won't want baby food again so I'm taking baby steps.


The only reason he's smiling here is because his daddy was standing behind me getting him to smile at the camera. Cheerios are no laughing matter for this little man. :)