September 16, 2008

A Play Date


Yesterday, Sawyer had his first "play date". My friend asked me to watch her son while she did a biking event. Grant and Sawyer were born only 6 days apart. Grant weighed almost twice as much as Sawyer at birth. It's fun to see how they are both growing and learning fun new things.

Since they are so close in age, it was kind of like taking care of twins, even though they don't look anything like each other...well they are both cute and chubby.

It was fun watching them. They played in the "gym" together. Swatted at the little animals. It was interesting because I have always thought Sawyer was an "easy" baby. And he is. But Grant is SUPER laid back. Their little personalities shown brightly as Grant was content occasionally swatting the animals, looking around, taking it all in. My milk seems to be laced with caffeine lately, because Sawyer can be quite hyper and intense, I suppose you could say passionate - about swatting the animals - almost like they were punching bags. It was pretty funny.


We also took a long walk down to the South Lake Union Park in our double jogging stroller. Grant slept most of the time. Sawyer was seething with energy. We watched the sea planes take off and land, and a few beautiful sailboats go by. We also spent some time singing and doing rhyme activities. They both just laid there looking up at me and smiling. It was a fun day with two boys! As you can see from this last picture, Sawyer had a great time. We'll have to have play dates more often!

September 12, 2008

All in 90 days!

Isn't it crazy that in just 90 days, Sawyer has more than doubled his weight and grown at least 5 inches? Imagine what an adult would look like if they grew at that same rate! I tried to get these photos to match up to show just how much Sawyer has grown in his first 3 months. It's pretty amazing! He was this teeny, tiny little thing - and now he's all roly-poly and chubby. It's crazy that he's 3 months old today. It's no kidding that "they grow up so fast"...now if I could just find some way to slow him down...a little.

ps: Remind me to do this again in 3 months! What a fun way to chart growth!

September 10, 2008

The Hands have it!

The most exciting thing(s) lately in Sawyer's world are his hands.

He sucks on them like they're candy, plays with them like they're toys, and has recently discovered that they're also pretty useful as tools.

It starts with a look of focus, determination, and much concentration, from the top of his head-

-even all the way down to his toes.

Then he does this. He reaches, he grasps, he grabs, he pulls, he bats, he karate chops. He has all the fun in the world with his two little hands. Hooray for hands (and may we grown-ups not take our own hands and hard-learned coordination for granted!)

September 3, 2008

Mama and her Boy

Mama's baby is getting so big!

He is as sweet as candy, and looking so grown-up in his blue-jeans! Mama loves her Sawyer!