His Choices

I realized today that I'm starting to make personality choices for Sawyer that probably don't mirror his preferences. This may seem silly since he is only 5 1/2 months old, however if I continue this pattern I may turn into a very controlling mom that I don't want to be. So, this is what happened. He has a lot of toys that are animals and I have unintentionally made giraffes and monkeys his "favorite animals". I have even caught myself saying, "monkeys are his favorite". How is that possible to know when all he can say right now is "dih dih dih mah mah mah". When shopping I catch myself gravitating to all things giraffe and monkey. We just bought a new pair of pj's, and yes they have monkeys all over them! So, today I commit to backing off of the "this is his favorite" and allowing him to pick his appropriate favorites. Back off momma!

I got the shakes!

Sawyer has a new trick. To try to keep from going to sleep he shakes his head back and forth really fast. Writing in words doesn't even begin to explain how funny he looks when he does this. It's almost like he's thinking "I can't got to sleep, I can't go to sleep, I can't go to sleep". He makes us laugh all the time! Even though I'm worn out from a week of trying to keep him happy (we think he's teething), I wouldn't want to miss this mom experience.

Ist Father's Day

Today was Ryan's first Father's Day. Sawyer went to mom and dad's on Friday and we went to their house on Saturday to spend the rest of the weekend with them. Come to find out, Sawyer's gums had been bothering him all weekend and Dad's remedy was a blue popsicle which he loved! He gets to do crazy stuff at Grandad's house. Sawyer now has a swing at his house, Grandad and Nana's house, and Grammy's house!

Family Fun

Right now I'm playing tag with two boys who are trying to take a nap! Sawyer and I are with Sam and Will today and it's nap time. They started out in the bed together, but they were laughing so hard we had to separate or Sawyer was going to wake up. Will is so funny when I ask him not to do something he looks at me with that sweet WIll WIll face and says "OK Karlyn". I'm so glad that Sawyer has big cousins and little cousins to grow up with. I didn't get a chance to be with my cousins much when I was growing up, and I missed out on a lot. Thanks God for time with family!

Sawyer got to watch his second ballgame yesterday. We went to Forrest City to watch Kyle play. He didn't watch much because he had a lot of catching up to do with Morgan, Staci, Kaylee, Aunt Christy, Nana and Grandad. He was so tired by the time we left. He loves his family.

7th Anniversay

Yesterday was our seventh anniversary. I have to say it was probably the best ever and we didn't even do anything amazing. It was just a day at home with Ryan and Sawyer and I really needed that. Thanks God for a relaxing day.

Today, Sawyer is 5 months old. It's so strange how he changes each month. Yesterday, I noticed him doing several things he hasn't done before. For instance, he was laying on his mat playing with his hanging toys and he was hitting and kicking them like he was a boxer! It was hilarious. Then when I had him sitting up I noticed him using his arms and hands to bang his legs like Jada did. Fun Fun times!

First prescription and cold

Well, we have made it through our first cold. Last Sunday Sawyer began a runny nose and then a funky eye. We got 2 prescriptions and we have a much happier baby. Although his unhappy was still very bearable, even though mom didn't get much sleep the first three nights. I'm not good at sleeping on the couch and the bathroom floor!
We survived Sawyer's first Bible School week. He got a lot of Teresa and La Fern time! Sam and Will are here and they got to come to VBS also. I think they had a great time. Right now they're playing with me in the pool room singing "Yes Jesus Loves Me". I love my Sam and Will time!

After 4 months...

After 4 months of not posting I'm finally back on. The blog wouldn't let me log on and we finally got it to work. Sawyer has grown so much and has gone through several milestones. Rolling over, eating baby food, sleeping all night, playing with toys, and recognizing familiar people.
Jennifer, Sam, and Will left yesterday to go back home. They were here for Tessa's graduation. Saw got lots of kisses from both boys. I can't believe how much those boys love their Saw and Jada. It's going to be so fun to watch all of them grow up together. Work ends this week and I'm so ready to be back at home with Sawyer! I feel like I've missed a lot.
Note to Joan and Christy... the pic of me and Sawyer with the roses in the background - those are Mammaw's roses!
Jennifer asked me if my first Mother's Day was special and I told her not really, but after thinking about it that's not true. It was very special because I spent the day with family and took a nap with Sawyer and played with him and Ryan all day. What more special could I ask for? So Jennifer, if you asked me that question again my answer would be very different. Tomorrow is Monday and I love Mondays!

Jada's first week in Almyra

Jada's first week home has been pretty exciting, even though Sawyer slept through most of it! Sam and Will had a pretty good time talking to her and helping aunt Rachel keep Jada awake. Jonathan and Rachel are trying to get her on Central Standard Time instead of Lebanese time! She's almost there.
Sawyer is almost a month old. Time has flown and it doesn't seem possible. He's changed a lot and if his cheeks get any bigger his daddy will have to invent something to keep them off the floor!

Jada's Home

Jonathan, Rachel, and Jada finally made it home Saturday evening. We were all waiting for them at the airport. Their flight was delayed a little so we got to watch Sam and Will run around for a while asking "Where's JaJa?". Jada is precious. She has the longest eyelashes I've ever seen. They reach up to her eyebrows! Sawyer slept through the whole airport adventure so he hasn't played with Jada yet! Watch out Jada he'll come alive soon!

Crazy Week

We dropped Jonathan and Rachel off at the airport last Saturday to send them on their way to get Jada!!! Pretty exciting, soon there will be another baby around! After Sawyer got to spend the afternoon with my family we got home and I get sick! Thought it was the flu but luckily not! Little did we know that 8 hours ahead of us Jada and Rachel were sick also! Today we found out that they hopefully will be home Saturday! Come home soon we're ready to see you!