February

As usual the months just fly by and I can hardly believe it is already February and my baby is going to be 1 next month! We will be in California for his birthday and we are very excited for our much needed vacation and time with family!

Sawyer is getting to be such a big boy! He finally got 2 teeth around 10 months and still has only those two. But this doesn't stop him from eating everything in sight...except fruits and vegetables:) He is a very happy boy but is starting to experience a little bit of separation anxiety when we drop him off at the nursery. Nothing compared to Suzie though! He loves his big sister and his Daddy. Mommy's ok too. We think he says "Dada" and "Ba Ba" for bottle. He might say "Hi!" and "Mama." He can take one step by himself and just loves to stand. Here is a video of him laughing and being the sweet boy we have come to love and another one of him taking a few steps...while I drag him along.


Suzie is also doing wonderfully. She is quite the precocious little 3 1/2 year old and loves to dance, sing, play catch, and I think she could pretty much do puzzles all day long! Her therapists are SO pleased with the progress she has made. In fact, her PT recently did her annual standardized testing on her and said that she has never seen a child with CP make so much progress in just one year. Praise God! The eye doctor is also pleased with how the patching is going and want to continue to patch rather than prescribe glasses for now. Her shunt seems to be doing well, but I am always reminded how quickly she could develop an obstruction and how much I need to be praying for her and praising God for how well she is doing. We are so blessed to have these two little darlings in our lives and we gives thanks to our Mighty Creator who has given us these wonderful gifts. Here are a few more photos:

We got three inches of snow last week and we sure enjoyed it!

Suzie got this castle for Christmas and the kids had a ball playing in it...and destroying it:)
Enjoying time with Nana.
Big girl braids.
Suzie will play dress up with just about anything. This is a basket liner.
Big Boy!!
This is our youth staff! From the left Robin & Timothy (couple) and Blaine (solo...hehe). We praise God for these three folks who not only serve in our youth ministry, but have also become wonderful friends!

Update

So ever since I got data on my phone, all my pics and videos end up on facebook rather than on our blog. I have been so bad about updating this blog! I am not even sure how many people follow our blog, but I know Kyle's parents appreciate an update since they are non-facebookers, so here is one for them!

Sawyer's newest favorite thing to do is stand all by himself! He needs something small on the floor in order to pull himself up like our leg or a toy, but he just loves to stand up as often as possible. He can balance for about 10 seconds and he is all kinds of excited. Here is a video of him doing so:

Happy kiddos with Poppi! Or as Suzie put it, "My friend, Poppi!"



Both kids really enjoy hanging out with their friends:)


Sweet Suzie wearing Mommy's glasses


Tired from a fun day



Mommy and daughter bonding:)


Suzie just loves to read!


Desperately trying to wake up sister!


Not feeling well

And one more video of my sweet boy laughing

a few more pics

so i got a new phone a couple weeks ago with a data plan which means i finally have access to the internet at home. this is my first time trying to do a blog post from my phone so it might be a little ghetto:) I am still learning how to use my camera too so some pics and videos are sideways! But at least I don't have to go to the church!

Pictures

Happy Reformation Day!

On Monday we went to our dear friends' house to celebrate the reformation! This is much more exciting to us than Halloween, but we do have fun getting the kiddos dressed up. Suzie loved being a ballerina...however, Sawyer didn't really like being a monkey so much:) Last night we took them to the Boys Ranch again for our church Trunk or Treat event. Suzie had such a great time that she asked me several times today if we could go to the Boys Ranch.
Here's a sweet pic of my kids watching a video together and Suzie burping her baby after feeding her:)
Suzie after spending 30 minutes licking a Mickey Mouse cookie...
And here are some more Suzie quotes I want to remember when she's all grown up:

Mommy: "Suzie, do you have to go potty?"
Suzie: "No comprendo."

Suzie: "My arms are sad."
Mommy: "Why?"
Suzie: "Because my legs tripped and hurt them."

While dragging Sawyer's tunnel out of his room into the hallway: "I will get your tunnel for you, Sawyer. You will like it."

Suzie: "I will make dessert for you Mommy."
Mommy: "What kind of dessert?"
Suzie: "Lunch."

Suzie: "Welcome to Suzie's diner. What can I get for you Daddy?"
Daddy: "Can I have a hamburger?"
Suzie: "No, we don't have hamburgers. Only Whataburger."

Mommy: "Time to go night night."
Suzie: "Momma, can I just play in my room for a few more hours?"

"Sawyer's sleeping. Momma, can I just love him and kiss him?"

"The trailer is here! Mema and Poppi are coming on Tuesday for a party!"

"Momma, you are so sweet to me."

Suzie's prayer tonight: "Dear Father, thank you so much for this wonderful day. Please help Mema to feel better and help us to honor you. In Jesus name, amen."

Officially Crawling

So two days after my last post, Sawyer officially started crawling on all fours. So I posted two little videos for family to see how's he's doing. He's all over the house now but his favorite place to just hang out is the hall for some reason. It's so interesting to see him do all these things in a normal time frame after Suzie has been significantly delayed in everything. Everything just seems so easy for him and I didn't realize how difficult everything was for Suzie with her being our first child.




Speaking of Suzie, she is a Cubbie in Awana now! She loves it and mostly just looks around in awe the whole time. Here are two little clips of our big girl in her Cubbie vest just soaking it all in:)

6 Months

We can't believe Sawyer has already been with us for half a year, and yet it seems like he's always been with us at the same time! He is doing great. He is such a happy, strong little (ok...big) guy and he makes us laugh and smile every day. Here are a few little tidbits about our big 6 month old!

Weight: 18 lbs. 4 oz.
Favorite Person: Suzie
Favorite Foods: Sweet Potatoes, Banana, and Mixed Berries
Least Favorite Food: Green Beans
Favorite Things to Do: Pull Mommy and Suzie's hair, scoot all around the living room, get into everything, watch anything on TV, and be thrown or dangled up in the air
New Motor Activities: Pushing up to sitting, and back to hands and knees, and scoot all around. He is so close to crawling! He can do two or three movements and then splats onto his tummy and resorts to scooting like an inch worm.
Tooth Count: Zero!!
Cl0thing Size: Just about ready to move up to 12 month and he's busting out of his 6-9 month stuff
Bed Time: 9:30-10:00pm
Wake Time: 8:00-8:30am (yes...this is nice:)

Enough of me telling you about him...now you can see him for yourself! This video is of him desperately wanting to crawl, but not quite coordinated enough:


And here's on of Suzie singing the Raider Fight song...for Auntie Debra:)


My family took pictures out in California while we were there. Unfortunately our computer is being really slow so I can't post them at the moment. My family posted them on my facebook though:)

That's all for us! Enjoying life here in the great state of Texas and thankful for all the Lord has given us.