Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Sawyer: 17 Months

New trike!
I can't believe Sawyer is 17 months, I had to keep reminding myself because it just doesn't seem real. This past month has been a real struggle with keeping him healthy because of his double ear infections. We go back Monday to follow up and see if we will have to make a visit with Ear, Nose and Throat. Fingers crossed we don't. His language has grown by leaps and bounds! He is such a happy & loving boy, we are truly blessed! Monday July 15, we celebrated his baptism birthday too....can't believe it's been a year!

STATS

Weight27 
Length: 31.5 inches
his new Trike from Grandma & Grandpa

Eating:  Tends to eat one big meal a day and then snack the rest of the day. His favorite things are raisins, bread, bananas, pizza and any sort of dessert (go figure). He has gotten really good at feeding himself with both his left and right hand, sure not sure if he is a righty or a lefty yet.

Sleeping: Same as last month, sleep averaging 10-11 hours a night. Naps during the day have been a little shorter during the week but still long on the weekends.


Loves to play blocks with dad

Clothing18-24 months

Diapers: size 4
cutting the grass!

Playing: His new thing is "tackling", probably not the best thing to have taught him but John really wants him to play football. He runs and tackles you and yells "TACKLE", pretty cute. Still loves swimming, running, riding bikes and especially loves his water table (thanks Megan & Tim), lawn mower, his new trike and building with Mega Blocks.

Teething: Working on 14 with some others popping through, poor guy!

Talking: This boy can talk! He repeats everything and if he can't say it he hums it with the same inflection. He is very polite and says please and thank you. If very good and saying names almost completely clear. Here are the names he says: Kari, John, Grandma, Grandpa, Cindy, Rob, Amie, Rachel, Megan, Tim, Trina, Clara, Kaiden, Tori, Sally, Linda, Madison, Jake and Penny. Probably the funniest thing he did relating to names is one night we were going through our names and we wanted to make sure he knew John and my real names. We asked him where John was and he pointsed to John.  But when we asked him where Kari was he didn't know. John said "I think I know why" and said "Where is Babe?", immediately he pointed to me. Guess John is going to have to stop calling me "Babe" before he can tell his friends what his mom's name is. Ha! He is now very good at saying Kari!
let's get it started

Potty Training: Less interested this month but still likes to sit on it and try. I figured it was probably a phase since the potty was new!


Loves his new water table

Other developments:  He has grown into quite the compassionate soul which makes me extremely proud. While he is a typical rough and tumble boy, he feels genuinely bad when he hurts someone. If you start to cry (or pretend cry) he will come over and hug and kiss you. The most adorable example is the other night at dinner when he broke my mom's necklace. He could tell something was wrong when he did it and his lip started quivering and tears ran down his face. It was the sweetest thing I have ever seen. If he could talk, I just know he would have said "I am so sorry Grandma, I didn't mean to". It took a good 5 minutes to make him feel better. What a sweetie!

Monday, July 15, 2013

Weekend in pictures: Ball of the Wild, Cousins & Ear infections.

Isn't that a nice combo of a weekend :) We always seem to have a random mixture of things going on and this weekend was no different.

Friday afternoon was spent with another trip to the doctor because Sawyer can't seem to shake his ear infections. After an antibiotic shot, Tylenol and a long nap, he is on the mend. My parents were sweet enough to hang with our sick boy as we went to The Zoo's Ball of the Wild fundraiser at Drury's O'Reilly Family Event Center. Trina, brought her friend Andrea who just moved from Dallas. This was her first time out in Springfield. As always, Ball of the Wild did not disappoint (besides the fact they ran out of almost all the food before we got to eat). The band, Party Planet, was great...the lead singer is from Kool and the Gang!!

Saturday was mostly a lounging day, with a visit to the new Farmer's Market with my mom and pool time. Sawyer took an extra long nap, still trying to get feeling better. We decided to grab dinner and stay in.

Sunday, we took a trip to Branson to visit with Kaiden, Cindie and Rob. We did a little outlet mall shopping and had lunch. Sawyer was excited to see his cousin!

I don't feel good but at least I get to play at the doctors!
John and me at Ball of the Wild
Andrea, me, John and Trina
Miles & John were SOOO excited to see each other
Zanzibar was the theme with African music

Andrea and Trina
My new friend Andrea!!!
Rarrrrrr!

We love Trina!
Andrea, Trina, me and Katie
Uncle John with Kaiden
Sawyer looking after his cousin
John and Sawyer's faces are priceless


Sawyer was starting to feel much better by sunday night!
Yay!!!!

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Kaiden Lunch Date

Nothing like snuggling with my new nephew on lunch! Cindie, John, Kaiden, Grandpa Sam and I all met for lunch at Imo's this afternoon. It was so great to get to see them all and love on Mr. Kaiden! He slept the whole time but did make some pretty adorable little squeaks for us!






Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Weekend in Pictures: Independence Day at Thousand Hills

With the 4th of July being on a Thursday this year, we celebrated Independence day a couple days late by heading to Branson for a weekend at Thousand Hills Condos. It was perfect besides the air conditioning going out!  But we made due through the heat with box fans and a nice swimming pool. We spent most of the time there in the awesome back patio that overlooked the golf course. It had a nice breeze and was a perfect napping spot. Sawyer spent the majority of the weekend shirtless to stay cool. Saturday, we took Sawyer on the Branson Scenic Railroad with my parents and John's mom and step-dad. He enjoyed looking out at the scenery but about half way through the 1 hr. 45 min. ride, him and daddy zonked out. Saturday night, Auntie Amie got to join us at the Wheelhouse Catfish & Wings Sports Bar for dinner and to watch their band. Sawyer loved it so much, he fell asleep again! We headed home late sunday after some shopping. We were pretty surprised to find out that Sawyer's ear infection came back, he had trouble sleeping Friday night at the condo and then was pulling on his ear a little but besides that, acted totally normal. We went ahead and took him to the doc Monday and they put him back on antibiotics. Poor little guy, he was quite the trooper.
Info on Branson Hills Golf Resort Condos: http://www.thousandhills.com/
Info on the Branson Scenic Railroad: http://www.bransontrain.com/
Friday evening, checking out the digs for the weekend
A little pizza when we arrived.
Shirtless was the best way to go for the boys!
Sawyer passed out from the cool breeze on the patio.
Fun little lofted bedroom at the condo
Breakfast Saturday morning before we headed to the pool
Swimming with Grandma
Sunbathing with Grandpa
Enjoying watching golfers in his birthday suit
Getting ready to board the Branson Scenic Railroad
The Dome Cars had the best seat in the house
Already looking sleepy from the ride
Great views from the bridges of Arkansas


And they're out
Fun day with Grandma & Grandpa Nelms
I just love his face in this pic! You can tell he just woke up

Dinner  & Drinks Saturday night at the Wheel House, waiting for the band to start
So relaxed he had to put his feet up.
Excited to play with his popper when we got back Sunday.