22 Months {Sawyer Update}

I haven't done an update on our 1st born child in a while.  He is constantly changing so I want to capture who he is right now.  Our days with Sawyer are filled with movement, talking, laughter, discipline, and smiles.

His typical response to questions, "I don't know."

His favorite words are "no" and "that?"  Everything he sees in a book or on tv he points to and says "that?"

His vocabulary is growing rapidly.  He repeats every word you say.

He is OBSESSED with Elmo.

He only sits still when you read him a book.  He LOVES to read books.  His current favorites are The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Dr. Suess' ABC book.

 He is an expert fake cryer, especially when he is in time-out.

He is going through another hitting stage.

One of his favorite games is to line up against the wall and say "ready, set, go" then take off running across the room until he reaches the other wall.

He also enjoys doing somersaults, jumping, climbing, and galloping.

He is super protective of his sister.  If anyone besides mom or dad gets near Nora he will get really close to her and try to make them go away or he will start crying and come find me.

He seems to have inherited my bad habit of biting his nails (even his toenails, just kidding, kind of...see the picture below).

For about a month he was not eating well.  He was very picky, would only eat a few bites, and was not gaining weight.  Then a few weeks ago his appetite increased ten fold and now he is eating everything in site all day long.  Hopefully this results in some weight gain.

He calls Nora, Ra-Ra.

If there is a remote control, dvd player, phone, or light switch in the room he will immediately claim possession of the object.

If anything comes out of Nora's mouth (spit-up, drool, etc). He yells uh-oh and frantically runs for the nearest burp cloth then proceeds to wipe it off her mouth and whatever else it landed on (couch, shirt, etc).  It's so cute the way he takes care of his sister.

The secret to getting him to sit at football games is to feed him a lollipop or a box of Nerds (he eats one Nerd at a time :)

Sadly he is scared of dogs and cats (not really surprising given his mother's lack of affection for the animal kingdom).  He loves dogs from afar, but if they get too close he runs.  Slowly he has gotten used to a few dogs and will tolerate them up close.  Cats however are a different story.  He had never been around a cat until a few weeks ago when our babysitter took him over to a friends house to play.  A cat snuck up on him, he got scared and started crying.  He got so worked up and cried so hard he threw up (um this has never happened, so you know he was traumatized).  Poor little guy we're going to have to find a way to bring some feline friends into his life (but don't suggest buying a cat because that will NEVER happen).

He does wonderfully sleeping in his big boy bed.  In the first week he fell out of bed once and got out of bed a couple of times, but since the novelty wore off he doesn't even attempt to get out of bed.  He will just sit there talking to himself or playing with his pillow pet until we come get him.  Going to get him out of bed is one of mommy and daddy's favorite times.  I walk in and he immediately yells "Hi Momma!" and scrambles out of the bed to give me a hug.  And he always eagerly gives kisses at this time.

He is a social little guy.  When we're out and about he will say "hi" to everyone who passes.  If they do not respond to him he will continue to say hi and increase the volume until they acknowledge him.  It is sometimes embarrassing for mommy, but I refuse to stop him from being friendly.  And people really should say "hi" back because he is just so darned cute.

He and daddy have staring contests.  First one to laugh loses.  Sawyer is the overwhelming champion.

He sits in time-out a lot.

Daddy sings and makes Nora dance.  Sawyer thinks this is hilarious.  Nora is not so amused.

Sawyer has started joining in for his nightly prayers.  He always wants to pray for mommy, daddy, and Gracie and then we pray for other family members he can think of.  It makes our hearts happy to hear him thank God for Jesus and his family.