Lilah

My, how fast they grow!

sleeping beauties

My brother, Adam, and his wife, Heather, welcomed Lilah Faye on July 27. Lilah weighed 7lbs 15oz and was 20 inches long. She is beautiful and we're so happy to have her in our family! I'm also thankful that Riley will have a cousin the same age. We went to visit with them on Wednesday. It's so funny so see Lilah and Riley side-by-side. It's hard to remember that Riley was that little just 3.5 months ago! Lilah was a little jaundiced and spent a few days under lights...hence her little "tan" is a stark contrast to Riley's snow white skin! Sawyer is in love with Lilah too and wanted to take her home with us.

It's been a while

div>It's been a while since my last post. Since then, my brother and sister-in-law welcomed their baby girl, Lilah (I'll post about her later). Nothing else too exciting has been going on. Just enjoying the summer and getting geared up for Riley's final lip repair on the 25th. I bit the bullet last week and put Sawyer in big boy underwear. He's been doing pretty good so far. Usually only one accident each day but he's still in pull-ups for naps and bedtime. Sawyer really could care less if he's wet or not. When he does have an accident, sometimes he tells me, other times he goes about his business in wet clothes. I'm proud of how well he's done though and hope by next week (maybe) he won't be having any more accidents.



Here are just a few random pictures from the last week of my precious two!

Happy girl!

My beautiful two!

Having fun!


His Indian war paint (flour)!

Riley's serious look

3 months old

Riley is 3 months old today! Time is flying by! She's getting so big! Riley is getting better about taking more/longer naps during the day (there have been days where she has literally only taken a couple of 15 minute naps). She will still only go about 6 hours without eating at night, but I can handle that. She wasn't much in the mood for smiling during my mini photo shoot today, but I got some sweet pictures anyway. I'm so thankful for our perfect, beautiful, sweet little angel...

Sawyer's 3rd Birthday Bash

We had Sawyer's birthday party yesterday and he had a blast! It wasn't quite as hot as it has been (around 90) and the kids loved the water slide. Sawyer even had to be coaxed off the slide to open presents!

Could it be?

That my sweet, not quite 3 month old, baby girl is already teething? It appears so! Riley's been drooling like crazy and mouthing her fist and then a couple of days ago I noticed the very small white spot on her left lower gum. My mom said my brother started teething at this same age so I guess it's possible...

little drool box


boy this fist tastes good

not happy about showing of her tooth

Sawyer is Three!

3 years old

2 years old

1 year old

My baby, or I guess I should say big, boy is three years old today! Sawyer was born July 7, 2006 at 11:53 pm and weighed 6 lbs 11 oz and was 19 inches long. I asked him yesterday if he would stay my baby boy forever and not grow up and he said "No, I've got to get big." I'm going to attempt to list 36 things about Sawyer:

1. He is very sweet and loving, always telling everyone "I love you"
2. He is allergic 3 D's: dairy, dogs and dust; and cinnamon
3. He loves tomatoes
4. He loves strawberries
5. He likes just about all fruits and vegetables
6. He's a good sleeper
7. He has good manners, saying "please" and "thank you" without proding, although you do have remind him to say "ma'am" and "sir"
8. He is always so appreciative of anything and I mean anything. If I buy him strawberries at the store he'll ask "Did you buy those for me?" and then "Oh, thank you, Mama!"
9. He loves tractors
10. He is scared of cows
11. He is scared of lizards
12. He loves cats
13. He loves to take baths/showers
14. He loves to play in the sprinklers ("sprinklin")
15. He still sleeps with his blue baby blanket ("blankie")
16. He loves to talk
17. He doesn't forget anything
18. He likes to ride the lawn mower and 4-wheeler with Brock
19. He plays well by himself
20. He likes to climb and jump
21. He likes to get a flashlight and "look for monsters"
22. He would always rather be outside
23. He still likes to be rocked and insists on rocking before naps and bedtime
24. He will only drink the Very Vanilla flavored soy milk
25. He can hit a t-ball really well
26. He's left handed
27. He likes dental floss
28. He really does love his baby sister
29. He likes to go fishing but doesn't want to touch the fish
30. His favorite song is "Jesus Loves Me"
31. He is friendly and always greets people we see in public
32. Although he weighs over 30lbs, he can still wear 18-24 month size shorts
33. He likes to be our "helper boy"
34. He loves "chocolate cook-lees" (oreos--they surprisingly don't have dairy in them)
35. He likes to take pictures with my camera
36. And finally, he is still not completely potty trained

Growing Up

My babies are growing up! Sawyer will be 3 years old tomorrow...I can't believe it. It seems like yesterday he was just a baby. And my baby girl will be 3 months old next week. Where does the time go? Here are just some random pictures from the past couple of weeks. For some reason, Sawyer has not wanted to cooperate with me taking pictures of him lately. Riley is becoming more interactive, smiling and "talking" a lot, especially to the animals that dangle on her bouncy seat. I'll make a special post tomorrow for Sawyer's birthday...

Biggie (my mama), me, Riley, and Heather...and Lilah :)