Trip to Arkansas
Cousins Camden (2 1/2) and Sawyer (9 mo) taking a bath together
Trying to pull up on the dryer.. makes watching it more fun now!
Loves when his Daddy plays guitar for him
Happy first Easter to Sawyer!!!
It's been a little while since I've posted. It seems like life has been crazy around here lately. Sawyer and I go to MOPS about every other week, our last meeting until fall will be May 4th. I also started doing an Early Childhood PTA which meets at the beginning of every month and then there are different activities that are set up which include Mom's Day out and play dates. April 14th Sawyer and I made a trip to Arkansas to visit Matt's sister's family and his brother, Scott and his two boys. Scott was showing his film Reparando and we went to be a part of it. On the way there Sawyer and I got stuck in a terrible storm while we were on a turnpike the weather turned really bad and we were in a tornado warning. After driving 17 miles at 35 miles an hour we made it to an exit and stopped at McDonalds for 2 hours waiting for the storm to pass. However, the storm was headed in the same direction as us so I had to drive slow to stay behind the storm. Sawyer and I had a first together, we had to stop and wait for the storm to get ahead of us again, but this time the only place to stop was the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We sat in the lobby for 45 minutes and got plenty of strange looks like, "Why did you bring you baby to the Casino?" We stayed in Arkansas for 6 days and had a lot of fun spending time with everyone. Sawyer got to spend time with all 4 and 2/3's (Kerri is pregnant) of his cousins on his Daddy's side. While in Arkansas Sawyer could put himself into the sitting position, wave bye bye, and pulled himself to standing in the pack n play. Now all of these are fun new things Sawyer loves to do.
The day after we came home Sawyer had his 9 month check-up. He weighed 18.64 oz, was 28.5 inches long, and his head circumference was 46 cm. Little man did not gain any weight which didn't concern the pediatrician too much. She said this could be because he has been crawling and is more active. She said she would be concerned if he didn't grow length wise and his head circumference didn't grow. He also had low iron, it was 10 and should have been 11. So... Sawyer is bumped up to eating 3 snacks a day to help him gain weight and I have to give him more iron rich foods. He will go back in a month to check his weight and make sure he has gained some by then.
We also had a really nice first Easter. Sawyer and I went to church at 11 where he went to the childcare and spent some time with the ladies in there who love him. Hannah and Megan are his favorites. After church Sawyer took a nap and then we left to go over to Matt's cousin's (Kristi) house. We ate a late lunch/early dinner and spent time playing outside. After that we came home and Sawyer went to bed. I think he enjoyed his first Easter, I know I did and I'm very thankful to have him to spend Easter with. I remember last year at Easter thinking about how different this year would be. I couldn't have expected a better Easter or a better little boy to share it with. God has truly blessed me and given me a wonderful life. Sawyer brings to much happiness to my world. Also on Easter Sawyer played the "So Big" game with me. You know the one where I say, "How big is Sawyer?" "SO BIG!! (and he raises his hands above his head). Ahh, he is really getting so big he no longer needs my help holding his hands up.
I can see all of the changes going on within him and I know there are going to be plenty of changes these next three months. I was able to clean the apartment without holding a baby in one hand or doing it while he is napping for the first time today! Sawyer loved playing by himself and even sat in his room for awhile playing with toys and then crawled out to find me when he was done. He is pulling up on everything... the couch... the chair.. the foot stool...the TV stand... the shelves .. inside his crib :). Of course the crib was lowered immediately when we got home from Arkansas and everything has been baby proofed.
I forgot to mention that when we came back from Arkansas Sawyer nursed all the way up until dinner the day after. He then decided he didn't want to nurse at dinner, bedtime or all the next day. I read a little about what could be going on my mom told me a little bit about it. I saw that most likely Sawyer was on a nursing strike. The cause of his strike could be anything from: stress, changes in the home (maybe because we just came home from a trip?), teething (which never caused him to stop nursing before), reduced milk supply, ear infection, cold sore, change in body wash , you name it and most likely it could cause a nursing strike. Sawyer had just gone to the pediatrician so I knew that he was healthy and it wasn't because he had any infection. After talking to my mom I realized that when we got back from Arkansas and I took a shower I used an older body wash that was in the shower (which I have used before when nursing Sawyer) instead of getting my usual one out of my bag. On the second night of Sawyer's nursing strike I took a shower before I went to bed using my usual body wash and when he woke up at 6:00 am I nursed him and HE ATE! He has continued to ever since. Apparently he is very picky about the way I smell. :)
