Gumby & Pokey

Crawling and exploring go hand in hand with Sawyer now. He's moving, army-crawling, all over the place! Full on crawling is coming soon - LOOK OUT!

So Peaceful While He Sleeps

I love sneaking into Sawyer's room and watching him sleep. I don't get to very often because there are lots of things to get done when he's in a contained area! On the occasions I can though, it's a treat. He always seems to be smiling and I can tell he's having happy baby dreams :-}

Orange Puffy Coat

Mortimer the Moose

Riding in the Car and Looking Over My Shoulder

This is what I see... Such a distracting view, I really should keep my eyes on the road!

Days of Sawyer's Life 9/18-11/05/2008

So, like most babies, our Peanut just keeps on-a-growin'! At his 6 Month check-up, he weighed in at a healthy 18lbs 6.5oz. and was 27" tall. That was 2 weeks ago and I swear he's gained a couple more pounds and grown another inch or two!


He's also gotten TWO teeth :-} I think they are the cutest little things!


Unfortunately, I think Sawyer may have my hair... I was really hoping he would be blessed with Jon's hair! We'll really be able to tell once it grows in more, but for now it is looking very straight, fine and thin.

While Sawyer's teeth were coming in, there was very little sleep in our home. He was up every hour and his Mommy was very, VERY crabby! This started a pattern of him waking up all through the night... As soon as he turned 6 Months old we started to let him cry-it-out. The first couple of nights when he woke up he would cry for about an hour (I know, that sounds horrible, and it was!). Just when I was about to give in and get him, he went back to sleep. By the third night, he was sleeping through, or at least putting himself back to sleep. The pattern hasn't stuck and I'm still up some nights, but it has gotten SO much better :-}


Daily Sawyer is making new faces and sounds. This is his patient face.


Here we have the beginning of Fishy Face! I haven't caught him in full Fish Face yet, but I will soon.


Sawyer had his very first food on Nov. 1st. We gave him Squash and after a couple of unsure faces, he ate it all up!





He rolls all over the place and is sitting up unassisted now. I'm sure that crawling will follow soon... The fun is only just beginning!

Sawyer Goes for A Walk and Later, Wrestles a Bear

The Gold Coin

I am one lucky lady! Jon is SO sweet to me and makes me feel special everyday. (He calls me his SunShine!)

He has started leaving a Gold Coin for me to find each morning as a Thank You for all I do around the house, taking care of him and Sawyer, and reminding me that he is thinking of me and loves me. He is very creative in how he leaves the coins for me. Here are just a couple of ways I've been surprised!

Cousin Audrey

Cousin Audrey & Sawyer at G'Ma and G'Pa Madson's House



Audrey shares her McDonalds and helps Jon feed Sawyer


Dueling Exersaucers! I guess when Audrey was Sawyer's age she wasn't very interested in jumping in her Exersaucer or Johnny-Jump-Up. Now that she sees Sawyer playing, she has to play too!






It's been really fun to watch Audrey and Sawyer play. They are 10 months apart and the difference in age is SO huge right now. She is going to be a great older cousin (and sister!) to all the Madson and Fuller kids!