Dallas Arboretum

Yesterday Sawyer and I went to the Dallas Arboretum with Matt's cousin's Kristi and Shana along with their kids: Emerson, Nola, Shayden and Bishop. It was a lot of fun the flowers were absolutely beautiful. Sawyer did a great job riding around in the stroller and looking at the flowers. For lunch Sawyer enjoyed his first picnic and touching grass for the first time. Immediately after lunch when Sawyer got back in the stroller he fell asleep for the rest of the Arboretum trip. Sawyer's fourth tooth (front right one) finally came through on Sunday! Enjoy some pictures from our trip:

Some of the flowers we saw

Posing by the tulips

It was chilly at the beginning of the day

Eating cheerios and checking out flowers

Riding around in the stroller looking at all of the tulips and fairy castles

Sawyer in front of Beauty and the Beast castle

snacking on cheerios

playing outside

Sawyer checking out the grass for the first time

Sawyer and me enjoying the picnic

Sawyer was tired and fell asleep, hanging out with his cousin Nola

Sleepy baby, he had so much fun

Music.. MOPS.. Friends.. Church

Sawyer and I have been having a lot of fun this past week. We went to music class on Tuesday, Sawyer loved playing the drum and the teacher let him stay after class again to playa little bit longer. On Wednesday we went to MOPS for the first time. The girls there were all really sweet and I chose a good day to go for the first time. We did a scavenger hunt instead of having a speaker, which gave me a chance to get to know the girls a little better. Sawyer did a great job in the daycare I was never paged and the ladies taking care ofhim said he had a lot fun. He even ate cheerios for the first time during snack time. Also on Wednesday night one of my bestfriends from back in Omaha came to visit, Cat. She was in town with her boyfriend for a wedding and spent a lot of time with me and Sawyer. She kept getting Sawyer up on his hands and knees to work on his crawling skills. I think it paid off, he's been getting on his hands and knees and rocking ever since then, plus he is scooting himself all over the place. On Friday Sawyer and I went to Frisco (30 min away) where Cat andMike were staying and met them for lunch. Sawyer had a lot of fun playing with Cat and Mike. Saturday my friend Brittany from Hastings College came over and we went out to dinner, watched a movie, and played with Sawyer. He slept good that night, I think we wore him out. Then on Sunday we got up and went to church for the first time. I triedthe church where I go for MOPS andI really liked it a lot. Sawyer had to go to the daycare again and within 20 minutes I was paged. Sawyer started to cry because another little girl in the class was crying. I calmed indown and then took him back to try again. This time he stayed in there until the end of church. When I picked him up the ladies taking care of him said he had a lot of fun reading books, looking at the big kids outside on the playground, and playing with the toys on the ground. She did say that whenever another kid cried he would cry too, but they were able to calm him down. She told me she thinks he is going to be sensitive :). He's been so sensitive since he was born, I'm pretty sure she is right. Little Man's feelings get hurt easily.

Cat and Sawyer:

Tooth Number 3 in 3 weeks :)

So far Sawyer's pattern is one tooth a week on either Saturday or Sunday. Sawyer's top left tooth is now working it's way in. I'm pretty sure his top right one will follow soon. This tooth has been the hardest for him to cut so far. He has been waking up at 2:00 am the past couple of nights screaming like he is in pain and won't go back to sleep. So we get up take tylenol put on some teething gel and then Sawyer gives me the look of, "So.. ya wanna play for a bit?" I put Sawyer on the ground with a few toys, hoping to wear him out so he will go back to bed. For about 30 minutes Sawyer scoots himself from toy to toy and yesterday learned how to scoot or push himself backwards. Last night from 2-4am he scooted around and worked on crawling skills. He eventually wore himself out and went back to bed. This time he slept from 4-9. Itwasn't awful, I just hate that he hurts so bad. Here are a few pictures from yesterday:

Sawyer and Howie

It's the Simple Things in Life...

... like watching clothes dry :)

6 Month Check Up

Sawyer finally had his 6 month check up after the weather made his appointment the day before he turned 7 months old. Everything turned out great! He had to get shots, which didn't make him happy at all. However he was fine after the shots and smiling at the receptionist on the way out. While we were there Sawyer was able to get more medicine for his reflux and the doctor said that he has a yeast infection so we got diaper cream for that :). Sawyer weighed 18.4 pounds and was in the 48th percentile, his height was 26 1/2 inches and was in the 31st percentile, and his head circumference was 44 cm and was in the 41st percentile. Thank you God for a healthy baby, I'm so thankful.

I was only feeding Sawyer 2 meals of baby food a day and yesterday I bumped it up to 3 meals after talking to the pediatrician. I'm not sure if it was three meals a day or having reflux medicine again or both that made Sawyer go to bed at 10:00pm and wake up at 8:00 am, eat breakfast play a bit, and then go back to bed at 9:00am for a nap and sleep for at least an hour so far. I know I feel like a new person after sleeping like that last night! It's beautiful here lately, in the 70's and it's supposed to be pretty close to 80 today. Sawyer and I will definitely be getting outside!

It's the Little Things in Life...

My Mom left yesterday for Oregon. I was so sad to see her go so were Sawyer and Howie. Howie sniffed all over for her when I got back from the airport and Sawyer kept looking on the couch to see if she was there. Not long and I'll see her again it's just hard to have her leave after having such a wonderful trip. I treasure every moment I get with my mom and I'm very thankful for the special relationship that I have with her. Yesterday and today have been quiet and a bit lonely. I'm thankful I have my son to smile and cheer me up. I got back from the airport and cried because I missed my mom so much and of course Sawyer just started to laugh at me which made me smile and laugh back at him. Either I look very goofy when I cry or he sensed how sad I felt and wanted to make me happy, I think I'll go with both. I'm also very thankful for all of the time I get to spend with Sawyer. I know it's difficult for Matt to be away and not to be here to see the changes that Sawyer is going through. I'm happy he will be home soon.

Sawyer really laughs out loud more every day. It's been fun to dance around the kitchen, make funny noises and silly face, play peek-a-boo, and sing silly songs to make him laugh. He truly lights up my world and brings a happiness to my life that cannot be explained in words. I love seeing the world, or trying to see the world through his eyes. It's the smallest things in life that are important. It's not the expensive toy that matters it's just the noise of the plastic fruit snack wrapper that is fun to play with, or the grocery list to crinkle up in his hands (and attempt to put it in his mouth), and it's not the nice clothes because he's happy in anything, even naked. He smiles at everyone he sees and attempts to talk with his little noises. It really is amazing the life lessons you can learn from a child. I love how he has no worries. I hope that no matter how old he gets or the life experiences that he has, he can still view the world this way.

I better get some sleep while I can, goodnight.