Sawyer 7 Months

Sawyer will turn 7 months on Monday.  I can't even believe how fast the time has gone.  He is the sweetest most adorable little boy ever.  I know I'm slightly biased, but he really is so pretty.  He is sitting up, rolling all over the place, cutting a tooth, splashing in the tub like a maniac, and eating everything he can.  In true Staples fashion he has discovered a new favorite...POPCORN!  He was sitting on Nick's lap with a bowl of popcorn in front of him, and reached his little hand in there and grabbed a handful of popcorn and popped it in his mouth.  These are some of the pics we took.  Isn't he just to die for.  I want to nibble on him.

Sydney has an obsession with taking pictures.  Santa brought her a camera of her own in the hopes that she wouldn't use mommy and daddy's anymore, but to no avail.  The girl has some expensive taste.  Here are few of her latest creations.  Aren't her eyes dreamy?  Uh, I think YES!

6 months and other things (picture overload)

Sawyer turned 6 months old on the first, but I have been waiting until we take him to his wcc to post this month so I could get all the stats.  He is quite a healthy little boy, with a very large head.  He weighs 16lbs 15oz, and is 25 inches long.  He is in the 50th percentile for both of those.  His head is 18 inches around, and you will see how large it is in one of the pictures I post.  Sawyer is getting really close to rolling over from back to front.  He has mastered rolling from front to back because he lifts his head up and has that flip him over.  He is getting pretty good at sitting up, but when he gets excited he'll arch him back and launch himself backward.  He loves to eat solid foods.  He eats anything I give him, but some of his favorites are carrots, bananas, and applesauce.  He is a great eater.  He is starting to get his two bottom teeth, and has started biting me, so I don't know if I'll make it a whole year of  nursing.  He loves his jumperoo.  He gets some serious air in it.  He loves to yell.  When he got his vaccines this month instead of crying he looked directly at the nurse and started yelling at her.  He yelled for a good two minutes and then he was fine.  He is such a cute, nice little man.  He brings such joy to our home, and we love him so much. 

Here is a little ditty about Sydney.  She is back in school and loves it.  She started sunbeams this last Sunday and I can't believe that she is that big already.  It makes me wonder where all the time has gone.  She got in this lovely outfit and told me she was going to the gym to work out.  I couldn't resist, because it is so Sydney.  So enjoy my little peanut being silly and totally herself.  I hope she always has this fun of a personality.  The one in the cheer costume is her new favorite thing to do.  She will mount it like she is riding two horses barefoot and boune the heck out of the jumperoo.  We'll let you know when she breaks it.  She's absolutely crazy.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone!  I can't believe it is 2010.  I was thinking this morning what I was doing ten years ago.  I was 14 and had braces and long blonde hair.  I know crazy right.  I was a freshman in high school and I'm sure I thought my life was so horrible.  I was swimming, dancing, playing the flute.  I remember who my crush was at that time.  I was best friends with my sisters, although I'm sure Holly felt differently at that time ;).  I never thought in ten years that I would be married for almost five years and have two kiddies.  I never never never thought I would be living out of state let alone Texas!

This isn't quite 10 years ago, more like 9.5.  This was the start of my sophomore year in high school.

I also thought what I was doing five years ago.  Nick and I were dating, and probably talking about getting married.  The boy took forever.  We spent New Years Eve in my basement with my mom, Jake and Brittany (our next door neighbors).  We were boring.  I had just finished up a semester of school, and was working for a pediatrician.  I was still best friends with my sisters, and I think they were with me as well.  We did everything together.  My parents had just gotten divorced, so we were adjusting to life without dad in the house. 

This is New Years Eve 5 years ago. 

I can't believe all that has happened in the last ten years.  I still feel like I should be that 14 year old girl instead of a 24 mom of two, but I wouldn't trade my life for anything.  Here are some of my resolutions for the year.

Be more patient with Sydney and do fun uplifting things with her.  I also want to take her to do a fun big activity once a month. 

Study the scriptures more.  I want my understanding of the gospel to increase.  Old Testament this year in Sunday School is going to be a challenge, but I'm making a goal to read each lesson the week before so I'm prepared.

Create and stick to a budget.  We'll be doing that as a family so that we know what our finances are doing at all times.

Start working on emergency preparedness, and family history.  I need to get on the ball big time for this one.

Scrapbook, craft, and read more.

There are a million more that I could think of, but those are some of the bigger ones that take more priority in my life.  I am so excited to start a new year.  It sort of makes me feel like a new fresh clean slate to begin again.  I hope all of you have a wonderful New Year and make the most of it.  I know I'm going to.