Updates On Us

Well we are almost to Christmas and I can't wait!!  To help get us in the spirit, mom took us to see Santa today.  What a great gut he is!  He even gave me candy and a coloring book at the end!

Now you're probably wondering what's up with Baby Sawyer. Let me tell you, he's been busy! He's rolling around like crazy and it seems like he's always trying to eat my cars. Mom says he started getting his first tooth last Wednesday so maybe he can start eating real food like me. Speaking of food, mom and dad have him eating oatmeal these days and they started him on pureed foods last weekend. Mom says peas are his favorite so far, but he's also tried bananas, avocado and carrots. He must really like food since he's already 16 pounds.  And thankfully we are finally both pink eye free. That was a long 2 weeks for all of us!

 

We are now getting ready for our big trip back to MI for the holidays. Mom says it's a really long car ride but she borrowed a portable DVD player from my friend Juliana so hopefully that will keep me busy.  I just can't wait to see all of our family soon.  Safe travels to everyone and make sure there are some cookies waiting for me when we get there!!

Sawyer Sure Is Busy





 Boy, let me tell you, Sawyer is a very busy little guy. I even have a hard time keeping up with him and I have a ton of energy! He laughs, he shrieks, and his newest trick is rolling. He can roll onto his stomach and then he can roll right over onto his back, he is so talented. Guess I'll have to come up with some new tricks to teach him since he is such a quick study!

 

Where Did Sawyer Go?

Baby Sawyer has become quite a magician.  His best trick?  He can make himself disappear!  I don't know where he goes, but it sure is a fun trick!  Maybe he'll teach me how he does it someday.

Yard Work Is Hard

Mom has been talking about raking leaves for a while and she made it sound like so much fun.  So I made her buy me a rake so I could help out.  I mean, who wouldn't want to help rake leaves for the first time?  But guess what, raking is really hard!  I took on a small section under my slide and I was still exhausted within a few minutes.  Mom says jumping in piles of leaves is the best part about fall.  Maybe her and dad will rake a huge pile for me since I don't think I could do it by myself.

By the way, I've also taken up photography.  Check out 2 of my latest photos!

Pictures of Sawyer

I hate that I have to keep reminding mom and dad to take photos of Sawyer.  They have so many pictures of me when I was little, but poor Sawyer hardly has any.  Good thing he has me for a big brother, I'll always look out for him!

I Love Mini Golf!

Today, mom and dad took me to play mini golf.  If you've never played before, I highly recommend it!  After dad taught me the rules, I took my putter and gave it my best shot.  As you can see by these photos, I have excellent form and I think I'm a natural.  Mom didn't keep score since she says we're all winners, but I'm pretty sure I won.  Afterwards, we had some yummy ice cream even though we hadn't had dinner yet.  I loved the orange sherbet and I was feeling so generous, I even let dad finish the cone for me.

 

Who Doesn't Love A Good Parade?

Mom took me and Sawyer to our first parade last week and it was such a fun time!!!  There were police cars, fire trucks, a marching band and lots of people marching.  But the best part were the Girl Scouts.  Not because I totally dig an older woman, but because they threw a ton of candy at us!  If all parades have candy throwing, I'm there!  We went with our friends Spencer, Charlotte, Clive and Juliana and everyone had a great time.  Well, Sawyer was kind of scared by the fire trucks but he stopped crying once mom picked him up.  Afterwards we went to the fire house and climbed on one of the trucks and hung out with a few firefighters.  Talk about a fun day!

Sawyer Here...

So mom feels bad that Coop's blog doesn't have as many pics of me on it, so she told me that it was about time I did my own posting.  So here I am, typing for the first time.  Thank goodness for spell check since I'm not such a good speller just yet.  Life here is pretty good and I hope these pics show you just how good I have it.  I get fed whenever I want, though sometimes mom makes me wait longer than I'd like to.  I have a few really cool toys, especially my giraffe, Sophie.  But my favorite thing to chew on is still my hands, delicious!  And I have such a cool big brother.  I just love watching him run around and play with his big kid toys.  And Emma is the most fun dog ever, especially when she's giving me kisses.  Mom and dad are pretty fun, too, but Coop is definitely my favorite.  I can't wait until I'm big, just like him!!

Sharing Is Fun!

Mom says that sharing is very important and I totally agree.  Sawyer rolled from his stomach to his back yesterday so I thought I'd congratulate him by sharing my stickers with him.  I think he really appreciated the gesture, even though he didn't say 'thank you'.  But what do you expect from a baby that doesn't even have teeth yet?

Hanging With Sawyer

So far, my little brother is hilarious. He loves to smile, especially when daddy sings to him. He loves to watch me run across the room and he loves it when Emma sings to us. And he really loves talking with mama. They can talk for what seems like hours, just making strange noises back and forth (I just play with my cars and let them chat since I can't understand them). But so far, my favorite this is when mama and dad let me hold baby Sawyer. I get kind of shy and embarrassed, but I just grabbing onto his squirmy body and kissing him! And I know he really likes me since I can just about always make him stop crying by singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to him. I guess I just have an amazing voice, at least that's what mama says.

Does Sawyer Look Like Me?

So mama dusted off my old clothes and handed them down to Sawyer. I must say, he looks pretty good in them but of course I look better. Take this outfit for example. Can you guess who is who? If you need a hint, I'm obviously the more handsome one!

Big (Brother) News!!

So this is my new little brother, Sawyer Harrison. He was born on 7/1 and weighed 6lb 13oz and was 19in long. I think he's pretty cute and I'm sure you can tell I sure do like hanging out with him! We had so much fun when grandma Joyce was here, though I think she liked me best (don't tell Sawyer!). Let me know what you think of my new little bro!

Museum Fun!

Have you ever been to a children's museum? No?? You're totally missing out!! I went to a really cool one last week with my good friend Juliana. They had soo much stuff to do, you wouldn't believe it! There was a dinosaur room with tons of dinosaurs, a train table and a booth where you could buy and sell tickets, a kitchen with tons of food to make and serve (it was plastic food, but once you get past that it is really fun), a boat with a bucket for catching crabs and a really big fire truck. The best part was the backstage area with a lighted mirror and tons of face paints. Juliana and I worked out really hard to make ourselves look totally cool, just like the other big kids that were there. I definitely think purple is my color. What do you think?