Sunday, February 22, 2009

Sawyer is 10 Months Old!




Sawyer is cruising around the furniture and luring mom and dad into games of chase down the hallway. Yelling is also one of his favorite hobbies. He is becoming more and more vocal. He also surprised us by learning the sign for "hot" really quickly. He knows that the stuff cooking on the stove is hot and you pull your hand away... Hopefully that will save us some grief...

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Pneumonia and a Mouthful of Teeth later...


I am exhausted. Sawyer has been so sick he has lost a pound over the last month but the kid doesn't even know he is sick. He has been walking his toys all over and happy as he can be. Luckily he is eating much better now and I look forward to turning him into a little chunker. It is going to take a lot of calories though because this kid is in constant work-out mode.




Apparently the nebulizer is only hard when mommy does it but just look at him here with the professional. With Gramma it is no big deal...

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Sawyer is 9 Months Old!

Last month it was crawling...this month...well, he will keep us busy. I am not complaining yet. It is so much fun watching him figure out everything he can do. He pulls up so easily on the furniture and doesn't mind falling over every once in awhile. Frequently actually. He just gets back up and goes after it again. All the while babbling and singing. Just precious. The kid also eats like a pig! I finally won the battle and got him to willingly eat peas. I may have snuck in some applesauce to make them more appealing at first. He doesn't seem to turn his nose up at anything lately.



What he LOVES are his finger foods. Anything expensive in a plastic Gerber package will do. Here he is willing the puffs to him.

Forget signs...he uses his mind!

I'm back!

So all this time I did not know I could easily get to my blog by simply finding a button that says "Sign in." I am lame. Technology is not my forte...

Saturday, January 3, 2009

A Very Smith-Howard Christmas!


Sawyer was such a good little elf and didn't mind the hat, most of the time...

So many presents! So little time!

Quality time with Great-Grandpa Warren.

Aunt Tricia's pregnant belly is a perfect napping place. :)

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Sawyer is Unstoppable! (and 8 months old)


Oh my goodness! Sawyer so looks like a little boy sometimes!

So much has happened in the last month! Just over a week ago Saywer really took off, on hands and knees/toes. He has a very unique style of crawling. Sometimes he practically hops across the floor like a little frog. The first time it was obvious to me that Sawyer had finally figured out that he was a crawler was when I gave him his first little taste of blueberries. I had just blended some up for him and I wondered if he would like them. I took him a taste on a spoon and he followed me back to the kitchen. Guess they weren't too bad!

We have been using a little bit of sign with Sawyer at feeding times. We think he has been giving some of them back to us. Lately we see attempts at "more" and "all done." He also passionately shakes his head "no" when you come at him with another bite of peas. We may never win that one! Sawyer has been working on feeding himself and creating work for me in the kitchen. He loves using his sippy for water. I think we will be transitioning off of the bottle very soon.


Sawyer has had fun meeting friends on the weekends although he may be a bit of a bully. Now that he can crawl he doesn't have any regard for personal space.

He had a raging diaper rash so he needed some air time, the hat was just for effect. It didn't matter how many times I moved Sawyer back he went right for Sydney every time!


An early Christmas present from Nana and PaPaw.


Merry Christmas!

Friday, December 12, 2008