Catching Up....

My teaching license has to be renewed this summer and I had signed up for a graduate course before Sawyer was born...I didn't start any of the work until January..but it sure was always on my mind that it had to be finished by April 15th!  I would work on it every chance I got (mainly during pumping sessions because I didn't have a lot of free time with our new little man)...anyways I FINALLY finished the class last week!!!!  YAY ME!!!  It was such a wonderful feeling this past weekend not having to think about reading the textbook and answering questions...I could finally enjoy a weekend with my boys!  Because of the class I was really bad at updating the blog :(  So, I am going to play catch up and post some of the adorable pictures I have had on my camera!  I hope you enjoy them!

 Sportin' the new shades mommy and daddy got me

He woke up from his nap looking through this wooden teething ring...it was hilarious!

My dad always called me "peanut" so when I found this onesie that said "Little Peanut" I had to get it!

Having fun in the bouncy

Sleepy boy

He is just like mommy and daddy and can fall asleep anywhere!

Sawyer rolls  EVERYWHERE!  And when he gets to a chair or something he puts his feet up as if he is taking a rest

 Having breakfast with mommy

Loving himself in the mirror!

Reading the newspaper

I wonder if he found a good article!

Sweetly Sleeping

Sawyer had fallen asleep on the living room floor and I thought it was hilarious that he had his thumb in his mouth.  I just wonder if he will be a thumb sucker...he ALWAYS has 1 or 2 fingers in his mouth.

5 Months

Whew....where does time go?  On my birthday, March 17th, Sawyer also had a milestone...he turned 5 months old!  It is so amazing to see all of the things he does at this stage.  He is what we like to call roley-poley-oley..he is so busy rolling all over the place!  He is almost sitting up by himself, and almost has the start to crawling...he gets his butt up there and shakes it and tries to move his arms...it's hilarious!  Some other milestones we have made are starting to eat solid foods (which is getting better every day) so far he has eaten peas, green beans, carrots, bananas, and the rice cereal with fruit.  He still loves to chatter and blow raspberries...he loves to talk as he gets his diaper changed.  He still has the best attitude and rarely fusses and usually only does when he is hungry.  I love to watch him smile and make him laugh...he does this all the time!  It is such a wonderful feeling to see our baby so happy...I only hope he knows how happy he makes us!

Every morning when we wait for him to wake up we are always greeted with a huge smile and his arms and legs moving around in excitement!  If he only knew that that little moment makes our whole day....gosh it's amazing!  We have gotten down a pretty good schedule in the morning and evening...he usually wakes between 6:45 and 7:00am and we feed him some cereal and then the rest of his bottle, then it's play time with the Grandma's and whatever they have planned with him that day, then when I get home again he usually has a bottle around 4:00-4:30 and we play some more...in addition to making dinner and getting my lunch packed for the next day.  At dinner time we have been putting him in his high chair and we eat, then we feed him again around 7:00...then it's bottle washing and getting them filled for the next day, cleaning up dinner and playing with little guy.  He tends to fall asleep around 8:00-8:30pm and then he gets 1 more bottle at 9:30 then back to sleep he goes until 6:45-7:00am again and then we start all over....it makes for a crazy busy time in our life right now...but we wouldn't change a thing!!!  We absolutely love the life God has given us!!

During the 5 month photo shoot...I was cracking up!  It was so hard getting Sawyer to keep from putting the 5 month sticker in his little mouth....guess it's the sign of the stage we're in...everything goes in his mouth!  So these were the only pics that I have without him eating the sticker.  Love him!!!!

Grandma's Pictures

     I  LOVE having the Grandma's as Sawyer's babysitters!!!!  It's a special time that they get to be together and create forever memories!  I especially love the fact that my mom comes with her camera on her days to watch him!  Mom is always taking really cute pictures.  Here are some of the ones she has captured over the last couple of weeks....Enjoy!

He LOVES this puppy....especially because she sings to him!

I LOVE this picture...Sawyer loves to see his daddy!

Taking a nap in his crib...I love how 1 sock is on and 1 sock is off

Sound asleep.......

He managed to get himself turned around before he fell sound asleep

Frozen Coke

     I have always liked frozen cokes and would get them periodically...but when I was pregnant I couldn't have any because of the caffeine (I chose not too...though you can have some caffeine each day).  For some reason it was so hard to not have any (not that I ate them all the time either) and I craved them. Ever since Sawyer was born Keith brings me home one every day (I'm sure that's a BIG reason why I can't lose all of the baby weight).  Sawyer has started to notice the large cup and is reaching for it, wipes his hand across the cup, grabs at the lid and pulls it towards his mouth even!  It's hilarious!  It's as if he wants one too!  I can't wait for the day we can sit and have a frozen coke together!

Solid Food?? Nah.....Not a fan!

     So, we started the rice cereal last week and it has not been going very well!  We have tried it at least 1 time a day and twice if we get extra time....and every time ends up with the same result of throwing away almost the entire serving.   Sawyer fusses everytime we put the spoon to his mouth...he now clenches his gums together and lips closed and swings his head side to side as if he is telling us "NO!"  It is rather funny...but also frustrating because I cannot believe MY child would not like to eat!  C'mon who would guess that!  So, I went to Wal-Mart and bought rice cereal with mixed fruit as well as some stage 1 vegetables (we plan on making his food but at this point want to find SOMETHING he will eat).  
     Well, we tried the rice cereal with mixed fruit at breakfast and got the same treatment.  Hmmmm....guess he doesn't like mixed fruit either.  We then tried some green beans...you guessed it...the same result. We're so dumbfounded by this because Sawyer shows all the signs of wanting to eat "real" food.  So, I suggested to Keith let's give him the spoon and see what he does with it....and guess where it ended up....yep, in HIS MOUTH!  Now, why can't we put the spoon in his mouth but he can!?  So, we put some green beans on it and handed it over!  We had a serious mess but he got more in his mouth than we did! Who knows what will happen next, I just hope he gets used to this eating solid food stuff!  The next couple of weeks shall be very interesting! Wish us luck!

Mirror...Mirror

Sawyer loves to  look at himself in the mirror...but this week he has started giving himself a kiss!  It's so cute to watch him watch himself....he is in awe of looking at himself look right back!  We had a good laugh as he was kissing the mirror while playing under his activity gym.