Tried to take a picture of Sawyer starting to crawl.

Sawyer is 8 months old now, he seems to learn new things everyday. He has started to crawl, mostly army crawl style. He gets faster everyday, so we are having fun chasing him around the house. He has also learned to sit up, can stand if we support him, but not on his own. He is still a very happy baby, smiles easily and often, giggles alot. He has been sick lately which our doctor says is normal for his age, it’s good for him to build up his immune system. Of course, this means we are up all night either giving him his medicine or staying up with him when he can’t sleep. Other than being tired, all is good. We are taking a trip to visit my family and Kim’s family later this month so that will be his first time on an airplane and both of our extented families are excited to meet him.

Look how big I'm getting

Sawyer is now 7 months old. This outfit I put him in is a little big for him but he’ll grow into it. He is developing, he now likes to bang objects together, he is such a little boy. He understands the signs for mama, dada and milk. However, he can’t yet make the signs himself. He babbles alot and we think he has said mama. No dada yet, darn it! He likes to play with his toys, and has started daycare. He can stand up if someone holds him steady as he is wobbly. He can’t yet sit up by himself but is getting closer. He recently had his first cold, he was very snotty and had some poopy issues. He is eating better, but is still on the small side. We have been referred to a speech pathologist and a Pediatric GI doctor who both evaluated him and made some suggestions that seem to be working. All in all, everything is good.

I can’t even get all of the toys and clothes Sawyer got for Christmas into the frame of the picture so this is just some of the stuff he got for his first Christmas. He is too young to completely understand the whole opening presents idea, but he did rip at the paper, of course he wanted to put it into his mouth instead of see what was in the wrapping paper. His favorite toys at this point seem to be anything he can pound on like a drum. He is definitely a little boy.

Sawyer got dressed up for his first Christmas. We had some friends and family over for dinner on Christmas Eve. He was by far the best gift anyone could have received for Christmas.