Bath Time Follies

Bath time in our house is always a good time.  I get the party started by loading up the tub with tons of toys.  And not just toys that I like, but ones that Sawyer likes too because I'm a good big brother.  Then mom and dad just add water and sometimes bubbles and the fun begins!  Sawyer spends most of the time chewing on toys or splashing with his hands and feet.  But I like to crawl around the tub and pretend I'm a scuba diver.  Then I splash too much and get water all over the floor and Sawyer gets whisked right out and bath time is over.  But it sure is fun until it ends!!

Happy Birthday To Me!

 

I had an amazing birthday today!! There was a ton of cake which really wasn't a cake but 16 cupcakes put together with a ton of frosting to look like a cake! Best invention ever!! Then I had a bunch of friends over and we had a great time playing outside. The weather was soo nice and it was about 80 degrees! So naturally we kept cool with juice boxes and popsicles. Delicious! And I got some really cool presents! I got a new sprinkler for the back yard, some new cars, a movie, and cool shoes.

But my 2 favorite things are the cool Cars 2 jacket that uncle Marc and aunt Shawn sent and a Cars 2 scooter that my neighbors got for me!  Dad was able to get a little picture of me in the jacket, but I was more than happy to pose with my scooter.  I love living on the edge, but even I worry about safety these days so I make sure I have on my hard hat anytime I use my scooter inside.  Dad says we need to get a real helmet so I can use it outside but that's cool.  For now, I'll just keep it inside and let Sawyer chase me around the house!

Working Hard

Sawyer and I have been working hard this winter, keeping active and busy.  Sawyer has been working on getting up the step from the family room into the dining room.  He almost had it today, but he still needs to practice.  Me, I've been perfecting my block and fort building skills.  But you really can't do anything until you've had a good breakfast.  Of course mama wishes I would eat more, but a few bites of oatmeal are all I need before I head off to work at the salt mines!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!  I hope everyone had as good of a day as we did.  Mama and dad gave me some delicious candy including this tasty heart-shaped ring that Sawyer kept trying to steal.  He's a baby so he can't have candy, but he doesn't believe me.  And it doesn't help that he's getting good at crawling.  Pretty soon, he'll be running after me to get my candy.  Or, maybe mama will give him some candy and I can steal it from him.  Hmm, I like that plan...

Something To Clap About

I think I'm a pretty happy guy, but Sawyer definitely knows how to have a good time!  He's always laughing at me or Emma and always smiles when he sees mama.  Just check out these photos to see how big his smile is.  But I do love the new way he has to express his happiness: clapping!  And he's really good at it.  Mama took a couple of videos of it and I hope everyone enjoys them!

Guess What Sawyer Can Do?!?!

We are so excited to share this great news with everyone: Sawyer is starting to crawl!!  Mom is a little nervous about it, but I think it's so cool!  He can crawl across a room all by himself.  I just have to put out one of his favorite toys and he comes right over.  Let's just hope his favorite toys don't include my Lightning McQueen cars!!

Happy New Year!

Hey there!! I have been so busy this month that I've been a little negligent with the blog. Sorry about that. But I'm going to do my best to get this blog back on track.  I thought I'd post some random pics from our trip to Michigan at Christmas time.  We saw so many people and did so many things, we were exhausted at the end!  But the highlight was seeing Santa on Christmas morning!  He was so cool, and he even brought me a Holly Shiftwell car.  He totally knows what a kid wants! 

This shirt says it all.

Sawyer just loves kisses!

Oh yeah, Santa and I are
really close!

Who ordered the Coop dog?

Can I eat this dog?

These are the best
cookies ever!!

Sawyer is showing Grandma how to
 rock out on his new guitar!



Another of Coop's great photos!



And Sawyer sure is getting big!  He'll be 7 months old tomorrow, but mom says we really only celebrate when he turns 1 year old.  My fingers are crossed for lots of cupcakes for his birthday!  At his 6 month check-up, he was 27 inches long (56th percentile), weighed 17lbs 3oz (31st percentile) and his head was the 81st percentile!  He definitely takes after uncle Marc in the head department, but it's not holding him back one bit!  He is almost crawling and gets closer and closesr every day.  I'll have mom take some more video tomorrow but here is a short clip of him rocking.  Mom says he has to rock like this to figure out how to crawl, but it just looks funny to me.  I can't wait til he's able to chase me around the house but we're going to have to set some ground rules about my cars first.

I'm soo handsome!