Water on a Chilly Day

We went to a little water park near our house today. It started off being a warm day, but by the time we got done with our errands and got to the park it had cooled off... The cold didn't bother Sawyer though :-)

"Where'd the water go?"

Day's of Sawyer's Life 05/09-08/15/2009

Where have the last three months gone?... Even though I feel like each month has passed slowly, here I am just getting to another Sawyer Update and it's been 3 months since the last one. So many things have happened, I'm not sure where to begin...

Lets start with Sawyer's stats. The last update was in early May and he had just had his 12 month check up. He weighed 24lbs and was 29.5" tall. At his 15 month check up this week (which was a couple weeks late, he's really 15.5 months) he weighed 25.5lbs and was 33.5" tall. I don't know how he has only gained 1.5lbs in 3 months... I am not surprised that he has grown a few inches though! The kid looks like a 2 year old :-) He's in the 75th percentile for weight and 97th for height. He'll be tall like Daddy!

Seriously though, I am really surprised at Sawyer's weight (meaning I am surprised it is so low). He eats SO much! It's not like he looks chubby. He looks like a solid, healthy boy. Here is a usual breakfast: 1 banana, 1 or possibly 2 scrambled eggs, 1 piece of wheat toast, and juice or milk. He eats it all and will ask for whatever I still have left on my plate... An eating machine!!! I mentioned to Jon this week that we should video tape Sawyer eating a banana. It is hilarious and I bet he can eat a banana faster than any other 15 month old around! So, yes, I was worried that I was over feeding him and increasing his chances of being another obese child... Thankfully I am not! He is just a health boy who likes to eat!

Sawyer is talking up a storm. I won't list every word he can say, but here are the ones that are on repeat most days: Mommy, Daddy, Texas, Puppy, Kitty, Bunny, Quac Quac, Up, Down, Cup, Water, Juice, Please, Cheese, Baby, Hat, Outside, Ball, Vroom Vroom, Cookie, Book, Tweet Tweet... I'm sure there are more, but those are the ones I hear over and over. It is SO cute! He is also working on saying his name. He says "Soy"! For a couple weeks now he's been saying something that sounded like "I'm Sorry" slurred together (you'll have to imagine it because I'm not sure how to spell it out). It dawned on me tonight though that he may being saying "I'm Soy", for "I'm Sawyer". Here he is telling dad the horse says NaaAAA (however you spell what a horse says!).


Over the past couple weeks, we've been working on colors. Sawyer knows how to say orange. He'll point at an Orange (the fruit) and say orange, but that really doesn't have anything to do with the color. He can repeat colors when we ask him to, but he isn't recognizing them on his own yet. He will soon though! Here he is working on his colors by playing with cars and reading with daddy.




What else?...

Sawyer is trying so hard to communicate and I can only imagine how frustrating it must be. So, in typical toddler fashion, he'll throw himself down on the floor, arms and legs flying, all while crying without shedding any tears. I wonder where toddlers learn this? How do they know that when they're frustrated they're supposed to drop to the floor? It is a mystery... However, the more he can talk the better this will get!

I'm very interested, and nervous, to see how Sawyer will respond to his little sister. He doesn't like me to hold other kiddos. He doesn't even like it when Daddy and I cuddle. He wants to be right in the middle and says "Mommy, Mommy" over and over until we pick him up too. We've been teaching him how to say baby and that there is a baby in my tummy, but I don't think he really makes that association... I know it won't be easy at first, but I am hoping that he'll quickly learn to love and cherish his little sister :-)

Jon and I are so lucky to have Sawyer for our son. He is the best part of our day, even on the so called bad days. God truly blessed us!


HaHaHa, Yeap, that's our lil' Angel!

My First Post w/o Pictures

This is my first post without pictures because there were no pictures to be had of this moment today. There was no one there to photograph or record the shear terror that flashed across my face and rang in my voice as I yelled "SAWYER" and ran as fast as my 32 weeks pregnant body would allow me to out the front door because not only is Sawyer able to open the front door, but now the screen door as well.

Sawyer had been running around the kitchen with Texas's leash while I was washing dishes and talking with my Aunt Karin. I noticed he had been quiet for a minute, but really didn't think anything of it... He had probably just gone upstairs and I'd finish the dishes and go get him. Then, I didn't hear his little foot steps running around upstairs either...

I walked out of the kitchen and discovered horror of horrors that Texas's leash was half in the house and half outside on the front step. I swear my heart stopped and I froze for just a moment while all kinds of awful thoughts ran threw my head. Then I sprinted, probably faster than I have moved in years, out the front door. I yelled "SAWYER" at the top of lungs. I can still hear myself calling his name in my head.

I knew just where he would go. We have a pond just outside our front door and down a little hill. He likes to watch the ducks there and we walk on the path around it to take him to the park. Luckily, I saw him right away, by a big tree, next to the pond. He saw me running toward him and looked at me, laughing, as if to say "Look at me Mommy! I'm outside!".

I can not even describe how terrifying this experience was. I have never been so scared in my life.

Thank you Lord for Texas's leash being half in/half out of the house. If it hadn't been, I would have headed upstairs to search for Sawyer. Possibly wasting precious minutes while he was strolling around outside and heading to the pond. Thank you Lord for giving Mother's our instincts to somehow know when something just isn't right. Thank you Lord for keeping my little baby safe on his adventure today. And, please Lord, although I know I will be struck by pure terror many more times in motherhood, please, please, please let the outcome be the same. Safe and Sound!

32 Weeks with Little Lady Fuller

Calling this Lady "Little" has turned out to be very true... The statistics go that the Uterus should grow and measure in centimeters what you are in weeks for your pregnancy. So, 32 weeks pregnant would equal 32cm... Well, I've been measuring small for my Uterian (is that a word?) growth. At my 30 week appointment I measured 28cm. Today's stats are 32 weeks, 3 days pregnant and 27cm... How'd my Uterus shrink??!! Also, I gained 3 pounds in 2 weeks, making my total weight gain 16lbs so far... I got fatter and my Uterus shrunk! I don't get it?...

The upside to being "little" is that you get to have more Ultra-Sounds. Usually you only get 1 or 2, the last one being around 20 weeks for anatomy where the baby is looked at to make sure all it's parts are growing properly and the sex can be determined (if you want to know). So, I got to see our little Lady again today! She is still a lady :-) Has 10 finger and toes and she even has hair! Everything checked out OK, she is just "little". I'll have another Ultra-Sound again in a few weeks to make sure that she is still growing properly.

Now, the downside of being "little" is that I am most likely going to be late... Not good news for a lady who is so over being pregnant!!! Of course this is just my guess, my due date hasn't been changed and probably won't be... I am just feeling really tired of being pregnant. I feel like I've been pregnant FOREVER and I am anxious to start this next chapter of parenthood with two kiddos! Plus, I don't feel little, I feel HUGE! And, super uncomfortable all the time... I can't imagine what I'd be feeling like if I was spot on for where I'm supposed to be...

There's just so much pressure to not gain too much weight. But, then you're not gaining enough, or your Uterus is too small... So many things to think about and worry over on top of everything else in life... Yeap, I'm just ready for it all to be over with. Bring on the madness of two kids under 2, not showering for days, boob leakage, not getting more than 2 hours of sleep at a time. At least all that is manageable, for the most part it's under my control. I can't control my Uterian growth...

I'm having Braxton Hicks (practice contractions) like crazy! I never had these with Sawyer, at least that I was aware of, and it is interesting. It's like a little glimpse of the pain that is to come. Thank you Lord for these "little" practices. Nugget is also a kicker and puncher. She's jammin' out in my tummy all the time now. It's uncomfortable, but not painful and I actually kind of like it. I like knowing she's moving around in there, having a little baby party!

Hhmmm, what else? Did I mention I'm "little"? HaHa!








I feel I should say something positive as well. I really like my hair, it's super shiny :-) Thank you pregnancy for that!

Jammin' Out

As previously posted a couple months ago, Sawyer absolutely hated it when Jon would play the harmonica. However, when Jon played it for him this week, Sawyer smiled and danced/spun around and it was Texas who howled!



It'd be great to get this kiddo guitar lessons when he's old enough. He loves music!




(His skin is SO sensitive... The red irritation on his face was caused by Daddy's facial scruff during the wrestling match. It looks pretty bad, but it goes away quickly!)

Daddy and Sawyer Wrestle

During a break, Sawyer points to the Lion tattoo on Jon's arm and says "RRROOOAAARRRR!"

Just Sawyer Lookin' Cute

Great Grandpa's Big, Comfy Chair

Noggin' is a TV station that is aired frequently at our house. Yo Gabba Gabba is a favorite show of Sawyers (and mommy too!). One afternoon this week he climbed into Great Grandpa's big, comfy recliner to watch his show. He snuggled in with his blankie and juice, ready to watch Jack Black in Yo Gabba Gabba land!



He did some chair dancing...


Lots of laughing :-)

Then, he had to get out of the chair!

Coffee

Most mornings I drink a cup (or two, or three...) of coffee. Sawyer points to my mug and say "Nummies", or sometimes "Hot", and he says "Coffee"! It sounds more like "Cokkee" though, but it's still very cute! I'll ask him if he wants a sip, and he'll say "Yes, sip" while nodding his head up and down. Then, I'll tell him to say please and he'll say "Peese" while rubbing his belly (which is sign language for please). Again SO CUTE!!!

This is Sawyer as the caffeine wears off :-) HaHa!

Really, it's only half caf coffee since I'm pregnant, and he's only getting tiny sips at a time... Nothing to worry about...

The Fuller Family Visits The Como Zoo AGAIN!

Well, when we've got nothing else to do on a Saturday morning, why not go to the Como Zoo for the 3rd or 4th time this summer?... Have I mentioned that it's free?! :-)





This trip to the Zoo was a lot of fun. Sawyer makes a lot of the animal sounds for the animals we saw. We didn't bring the stroller in, he just got to walk around by himself! Once we back to the car, he fell asleep almost immediately... Such a precious, special boy.

Rice Followed by Some Beans

I'm sure our visit to a Mexican restaurant near our house with Sawyer provided dining out entertainment for anyone sitting near our table. Yeap, we were that family for a night who let their kid go crazy with his food... First the rice went everywhere.

Then the refried beans were smeared all over Sawyer. You can tell by the look on his face that he was having a blast!

I'm sure the restaurant was very greatful that Jon and I both have experience in the service industry and we used half a box of baby wipes to clean up after ourselves (I should say after Sawyer, however it was our fault he made the mess!). We've decided that we will not allow this to happen again!

Sawyer Looks Good in Orange

In picking out clothes for Sawyer, I always find myself drawn to the color orange... Not a favorite of mine, but for some reason it looks really good on him :-)

Sawyer loves his blankies. Snuggle, snuggle!

And, check out those molars! Took about 3 weeks for those bad boys to come in. Now, he's working on the canine teeth...

Maybe I like orange because it makes Sawyer's eyes POP!