Meeting Mimi and Papa Bush

Tyson's family came all the way from Thailand to meet Sawyer. We had a fantastic time with them. Sawyer was so happy to meet everyone.

They were here for Easter so we colored eggs together. Andrew had never done it before and even though Sawyer is too little to enjoy it I still wanted to do it together.

One afternoon we went down to the beach (Sawyer's first time at the oceanfront).

We had a blast with everyone here and we were sad to see them leave. We'll see them again soon. :-)

Match Made in Heaven

Sawyer and my dad together makes my heart so full. My dad has wanted to be a grandfather for so long. Sawyer is the perfect answer to his prayers. Watching my dad play with Sawyer is the best!!! My dad will just giggle at the baby and it cracks me up watching a 54 year old man giggle. They have good times together exploring. My dad loves walking him around and showing him things. Now the weather is nice they are checking out the great world outside.

Sweetest Boy

Sawyer continues to grow and I love him more all the time. I really enjoy spending our days together and I am so blessed that I am able to stay home with him. He is still talking all the time and his laugh is SO CUTE. He will belly laugh like he really thinks something is funny.
He has been grabbing at things lately. Last night he grabbed his own hair. He couldn't figure out how to let it go...poor kid just started screaming as he pulled his fistful of hair. It was really funny. He is losing a lot of hair on the sides of his head and the new hair growing in is so blonde you can hardly see it. I am thrilled because I think he's going to have white blonde hair like Ty.
He's also been drooling non stop. He loves chewing on his hands and anything he is holding :-) Teeth are in his near future.

The other day I sat him out in the front yard. He loves being outside. Here are a bunch of pictures.

See the flower

Grab the flower

Eat the flower

Baseball Fan

My Aunt Diane sent Sawyer a St. Louis Cardinals Tshirt. He was so cute in it I had to find him a little hat to go with it. He is the cutest baseball player I've ever seen. thanks Aunt Diane for the sweet package. It was such a fun surprise! My first package in the mail to our new house. :-)

Gabe is here

Monday afternoon our dear friends Matt and Kristi's new addition arrived. Gabriel Stephen Ruckel was 8 lbs 3 oz. Tyson, Sawyer and I were able to be there in the waiting room when he arrived. What a special event to be present for. We are loving little Gabe already!! Even though Sawyer slept through the entire thing it was fun for me to have him there when his new friend arrived. :-) Sawyer seems so big to me now. Everyone always says that but holding him up next to Gabe was unreal. I can only imagine how Kristi feels about Ben (can't believe he is almost 2!)

What a cool guy! :-)

3 Months

Today Sawyer conquered the bumbo seat. I can't believe he is sitting up. He looks so big these days. Still talking all the time and smiling more and more. He has found his right hand and is constantly chewing on it. He finds his thumb sometimes but I'm still not sure if he is going to be a thumb sucker. I'm so blessed to have such a sweet and happy baby boy. I spend my days constantly laughing at his cute noises and funny faces. He is the happiest baby and he brings so much joy into our home!!!

New Trick

The last few weeks Sawyer has really loved looking at people and "talking". I started sticking my tongue out at him to make him laugh...well soon enough he started doing it too. He loves sticking that baby out and then he lets out a little giggle. It's like a new discovery...he likes licking things now too. He just started noticing his hands. He's not sure exactly how and why they work but he can see them. The other day I was cleaning the bathroom and I had him sitting in the hall on the boppy...all the sudden he lets out a loud scream...I didn't know what happened...a few hours later he had a little bit of a black eye I think he punched himself in the face...he did it again later that night...haha poor baby was so excited about his hands he knocked himself in the eye. I think he is learning how to control it now though because he hasn't done it again since. :-)

Jesse babysat him the other day for the first time. I had a few meetings at work and I needed to leave him for a little while. Jess did a great job and Sawyer really does seem to know him. Here are a few pics of him talking to Kelly and Jesse.

Tyson's parents bought Sawyer this play matt to lay on and he LOVES it. He will lay there and kick his leggs to the music. Thank you Mimi and Poppie for the GREAT Christmas present he is really loving it.