Sawyer's Bed and Breakfast

It's pretty quiet around here at Sawyer's Bed and Breakfast these days. No more grandparents, godparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins to gush over the little man. Now he's stuck with his mommy all day. I mean, I love him to death, but I don't think that I am nearly as entertaining and exciting as the members of his fan club!

We're having such a good time with him though. It is as if he can do something new each and every day. He can put a ball into the holes on his Leap Frog Learning Playground and his Fisher-Price Drop & Roar Dinosaur. He can also put the links on his Fisher-Price Rock-a-Stack. Everything is "baa baa baa" these days. He can make a clucking sound and smack his lips. He waves hello but hasn't quite learned that waving bye-bye is accomplished in the same fashion. He seems to be making the sign for "milk" which is done by clenching the fist like milking a cow. It was a great scene in Meet the Fockers actually! He does it at inopportune times so I don't think that he knows what he's doing yet. He usually makes the sign in his high chair. Let's see, what else can he do? Oh yeah, he has learned to sit himself up while lying down. That's a fun trick, especially in his crib. Lowering the crib mattress has now become the top item on Daddy's To Do list this weekend. I was watching him on the TV camera yesterday and he was trying to pull himself up while holding on to the rails. Aaahh! I don't know what I am going to do with an adventurous little boy!

Here are some pictures of our company we've had these last two weeks. Nana and Poppa were here first. They had such a good time with Sawyer! They like to do some shopping while they're here and it was so much easier now that Sawyer is on bottles and baby food. The last time they were here was Thanksgiving and he was still nursing then. We had to stay closer to home.


Sawyer loves his Poppa!


Sawyer, Nana, and his octopus.

They bought him the Leap Frog Learning Band Walker for his nine-month birthday. He is such a spoiled rotten child already! We went all over Dallas trying to find this silly toy. Nana and Poppa finally ordered it online and had it shipped to us. I even called Leap Frog to see if it was still being manufactured. They said that they are having a hard time keeping it in stock...I'll say!

He has fun playing with it. The wheels only move at one speed so he needs someone close by in case it starts to run away without him. He is still learning how his legs work. The back wheels also come off so that he can play with it on the floor. Leap Frog makes such great toys!


Learning to walk is so much fun!


Here's a full view of his newest Leap Frog addition.

Uncle Lester, Aunt Mary, Cristie, Ashley, Erik, and Lexie drove down on Saturday while Larry and Velma were here. Lexie is almost four months old already! We met at Posado's in Plano for lunch and then they all came over to the house. We hung out and even had a Texas Hold 'Em tournament.


It was fun to play poker again. Can you believe that I won?


Lexie and Sawyer in Sawyer's Exersaucer.


Lexie and Sawyer enjoying some tummy time.

Mom came to see us a few days later. We were hoping that Dad would be able to fly in but the weather was so bad there that he hadn't been able to work. There was so much snow that they couldn't even get the equipment to where it needed to go. Matthew and Jackie were planning on coming up too but Matthew got called out of town for work so they will have to come up another time. Mom had a great time with Mr. Sawyer. The weather was pretty crummy here too so we just hung out at home. We actually got almost eight inches of rain last weekend.


Mimi said that she would be hearing the Learning Playground music in her head for days to come.

Tammy came and stayed with us Sunday night. She was in town for a friend's baby shower so she came to our house for the evening. We really enjoy having her here with us. She is always inspecting Sawyer's teeth...go figure! He seems to be getting in his incisors on both sides and some on the bottom too. That may have something to do with his stomach problems from last week.


Sawyer loves being up high.

I had a good loss this week at Weight Watchers. I lost 1.6 this week so that makes 31.8 total. Lorne did the math and last time around I averaged about five pounds lost per month because it took me 21 months to lose 122 pounds. Why oh why is it so much slower this time?? I have been at this since Sawyer was eight weeks old! I am staying focused and keeping my nose to the grindstone. I KNOW that it will pay off in the end. All that junk food I ate during my pregnancy isn't sounding so great nine months later. *sigh*

Anyone who knows me knows that I love to try and do things for others. Well I had a great opportunity last week. Sam's Club used to carry these Carb Check Bagel Snack Bars. They were a hit with Weight Watchers' because they're only two points and have eleven grams of fiber and ten grams of protein. For whatever reason they decided to discontinue them in their stores and offer them online only. I had the bright idea that during my Weight Watchers meeting I would offer to place an order. I discovered that the shipping was "cheaper" when more cases were ordered. The bars came seventy-two to a case. I thought if I could order five cases total I could save a few bucks. I mentioned it at my Meeting and ended up ordering TEN cases! They came UPS Monday while Tammy was here. It was pretty crazy to have that many bagel bars in my living room. One woman ordered two cases so I delivered (yes, I even deliver!) them to her Monday on our way home from the airport. One woman is out of town, but we packed up the other six cases last night and it was off to Weight Watchers this morning. My car smelled like apples, raisins, and cinnamon...yum! Luckily all of the ladies were there. Two of them even unloaded the boxes for me while I got Sawyer in his stroller and went and weighed in. I bought an extra case thinking that I would probably be able to sell them. The case of seventy-two is actually packaged with six bags of twelve bars each. I sold those six extra bags in no time. I probably could have bought three extra cases and they would all be gone. Long story short I ended up with free shipping because I sold those individual bags for $6 when I only paid $5.82 and a couple of the ladies gave me a "tip." I sure had fun placing the order, calling all of them to let them know that they had come in, and getting them to the meeting today. I know that I matter and that I am the center of Sawyer's little world, but it was nice to do this for those ladies and really feel appreciated. Now if only I can find the freezer space for my own seventy-two bagel bars!

I'll try not to be a stranger and write again soon!

P.S. How about that Aggie basketball team? What a season! Congrats Ags! Gig 'Em!