My Six Month Old Sawyer Grace

My sweet sweet girl is 6 months old. I can't believe it. Times goes by so, so fast. I never realized it before I had a child of my own. And now, time is going by in super-sonic speed. Fortunately, I feel like every stage of Sawyer's babyhood is even better than the stage before it. She is an absolute joy and I am so glad I was blessed with this awesome baby girl. I love love love her to death. So, here it goes…

AT SIX MONTHS… 

• Sawyer sleeps all night long (still) and gets up around 8:00am most days
• She takes 2 or 3 naps a day for around an hour or an hour and a half
• Sawyer recently started rolling over from her back to her belly! So now she rolls over and over and over until she moves all around the living room floor. It's funny and cute watching her do this! I guess I'm going to need to baby proof (or at least keep the floor clean!) before she even crawls!
• Sawyer has also started sitting up without our support! She can sit for about a minute before she gets so excited that she starts moving all around until she falls over. She never really cries when she falls over unless she falls on one of her hard toys.
• Sawyer loves playing with her toys and will even roll over in order to get close enough to grab one that is out of her reach.
• When Sawyer is sitting in her bouncy seat or car seat and I come to pick her up she starts kicking her legs and squealing! It is so cute and I love that she is so excited to see me!
• Sawyer has been eating baby food once a day every day for a couple of weeks now. So far she has had sweet potatoes, sweet peas, and green beans! She loves to eat and eats almost all of it every time. I think it has really helped her bulk up in the last few weeks. 
• Sawyer has 2 teeth and she gives us big smiles to show them off. :)
• Sawyer wears 3 month clothing and it fits her well.
• She is wearing size 1 diapers, and I can tell she is growing out of them quickly!
• Sawyer still loves bath time and kicks and plays in the water.
• Sawyer enjoys buggy rides at school and likes to watch the other babies in her class.
• She attended her first birthday party at school - her friend Lawson turned one and she even wore a birthday hat in celebration!
• Sawyer went on her first vacation to the cabin in Oklahoma with the Coats/Carroll side of the family! She had fun playing with her cousins and also had her first train ride and first time to swing on the playground! She loved it!
• Sawyer had her first night away from her momma this month. I had a night away with friends while Sawyer spent the night at home with her daddy!
• Sawyer is still a little chatter box. She does a lot of talking at home and in the car! We love hearing her sweet little voice.

Sawyer's Weight Progression:

23 weeks - 12 lbs 12 oz

24 weeks - 12 lbs 15 oz

25 weeks - 13 lbs

6 months - 13 lbs 6 oz

Growing like a weed…

Backyardigans

On September 4th, Sawyer got really cute :) Haha, I'm just kidding - she's always cute, but on this particular day I decided to dress her really cute for church. And afterwards, we took some pictures in the back yard (hence, my silly title).

showing off her super cute dress and shoes

 

My cutie pie

I sew! Who Knew?

Over the summer I took a few sewing lessons with Natalie Swartz - http://www.sewcreativegirl.blogspot.com/! At my first lesson I made a pillow for Sawyer's room. My next 2 lessons were spent making bedroom curtains for our room! My next 3 lessons were for making my mom 5 pillows and 2 large window cushions! I've enjoyed sewing and will *hopefully* be getting a sewing machine for Christmas!! :)

Sawyer's pillow :)

Our bedroom curtains!

These look so much better now that we have a king size bed and the nightstands are directly in front of the windows… However, now that we have a king size bed we are going to get new bedding soon (when I find something I like), so that means I will be making new curtains to match! I was never crazy about this material anyway, but I didn't really know what else to buy either!

an Instagram pic!

My mom's window seat and pillows!

I had to hand sew the window seat - which was hard work and my fingers definitely hurt afterward! I even had Casey help me for a little bit and he did a great job! :)

Here's to more sewing in the future!!! ;)

My Five Month Old Sawyer Grace

Did I really just write FIVE month old?! Where does the time go? The past month has gone by fast as I have started working at Playschool at Mimosa Lane. I work on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30-2:30 and Sawyer is in the room with me! There are currently 5 babies and 2 workers. Sawyer is the youngest and probably will be all year. Most of the new enrollments we get are from older babies. She does well in the baby room and seems to enjoy watching the other babies crawl around!

AT FIVE MONTHS…

• Sawyer sleeps all through the night in her own bed for anywhere from 9-14 hours a night! It's amazing!!!
• She also takes 3 or 4 naps during the day that range from 45 minutes to 2 hours.
• She is a bit of a busybody and will crane her neck around to see someone talking! If she is laying she arches her back and almost does a back bend in order to see what is going on.
• Sawyer wants to sit up so badly and can sit very well with help. She can sit on her own for a few seconds before she falls over.
• She loves to stand. She will hold onto your hands while you let her stand and look around. She still curls her toes under while she stands. It's funny. :)
• Sawyer rolls over just a few minutes after you put her on her tummy. 
• When put on her back, she rolls from side to side, but doesn't roll back to her tummy. 
• Sawyer scoots around on the floor and in her bed. She is never found in the same position we put her in.
• Sawyer can reach out and grab anything you put in front of her now! She grabs toys, her bottle, your face, your hair, etc. I love that she grabs and takes things from me when I put them in front of her. :)
• When she takes a toy she gets very excited and squeals and kicks her legs!
• Sawyer has had rice cereal once, but she didn't seem to know what to do with it (September 9th at 21 weeks old). We will try it again, soon! She seems to be a lot hungrier than she use to be so we will be practicing until she knows what to do. :)
• She eats about 5 times a day at 5-8 ounces each time.
• Sawyer talks up a storm and will chat for up to 20 minutes at a time! Haha! She has made the "m" sound and "g" sound. Other than that, she makes lots of "aaaaaa" sounds.
• Sawyer is cutting 2 teeth!! You can see one with your eyes and feel both. I can't believe she is getting teeth so early.
• Sawyer loves for you to sing to her.
• Sawyer wears newborn and size one diapers. There is such a big gap in the sizes…so the ones seem to big, but the newborn ones seem a little small. I still put them on her though since I have one package left! :)
• She can still wear almost all of her newborn clothes (except pajamas) and also wears 0-3 months.
• Sawyer is long so she has to wear footie pajamas that are too big for her in order to fit her in the length.
• Sawyer loves bathtime!! She kicks and splashes and talks during the whole thing! She gets a bath every night since she has the Star Band now.
• Speaking of the Star Band, Sawyer has had it now for right at a month. She has adjusted well to it and it doesn't bother her anymore. Her head has gotten soooo much better already and we are so pleased!

Sawyer's Weight Progression:

18 weeks - 10 lbs 15 oz

19 weeks - 11 lbs 10 oz

20 weeks - 11 lbs 11 oz

21 weeks - 12 lbs 1 oz

5 months - 12 lbs 3 oz

22 weeks - 12 lbs 4 oz

Here she is - 5 month old Sawyer Grace! Such a big girl!!!

Water & Watermelon!

This is the 2nd summer for our garden, but the first year for us to grow watermelons!! It has turned out to be quite "fruitful"! :) I know this one looks a little funny because of the "handle," but it tasted great! We have picked 3 or 4 more watermelons from our garden along with tomatoes, bell peppers, and lots of jalapenos! Yum-yum!

 Sawyer & I the night we picked our first watermelon! :)

 

 We took one of our watermelons over to swim with Charlie & Ginni at Ginni's parents house!

We had a blast playing water basketball - Casey won the game of horse that we played which was pretty hilarious, I might add! I wish I had taken some video.

He looks stupid in this picture, haha.

This did not turn out how I had pictured in my mind! Haha!

This one is better! :)

Next year Casey and I are going to try to grow seedless watermelons! Ha!

My Four Month Old Sawyer Grace

Oh my goodness, time is a flyin'! Sawyer had her 4-month-old doctor's appointment today! She had 6 vaccines in the form of 3 shots to the leg and one oral liquid one that she did not think was tasty (like they said she would). She is sooo much fun these days! We just love her to pieces, and I am so enjoying staying at home with her. I love that I have only worked one day without her in her entire life and that was last week at my new part time job - Mimosa Lane Playschool (it was orientation/staff development). Next week she starts Playschool with me on Tuesdays & Thursdays! Woohoo!

AT FOUR MONTHS…

• Sawyer sleeps well through the night! On a normal night she will sleep anywhere from 8 to 12 hours! It's amazing! :)
• Sawyer holds her head up just fine and still loves to look around.
• She can sit up in her Bumbo unassisted and seems to enjoy it.
• Sawyer loves to stand on her own with someone holding onto her hands for balance. She grins ear to ear while doing this!
• She curls her toes under while she stands and it is pretty funny!
• Sawyer talks and talks and talks! She loves to sit in her bouncy seat and chat with her toys, or lay on a pillow or her changing mat and talk to you while you look down at her. Sometimes I think she just likes the sound of her own voice! :)
• She has begun to reach out and grab her toys and look at them, put them in her mouth, and play with them! She even likes to grab a handful of her momma's hair ;)
• She has also discovered her feet and loves playing with them! She pulls them up and even tries to put them in her mouth, haha!
• Sawyer has become a drooling queen! That is definitely a new 4-month attribute because there wasn't much drool before! She's just getting her mouth ready for some baby food! Now if we could just get her to swallow her drool, then we'll start her on food ;)
• Sawyer rolls over almost every day now! She will play on her tummy for a little while and then either roll over or lay her head down to take a nap.
• Sawyer has begun sucking her thumb!!! I was astounded when I saw her do this the first time. Where did it come from? Where did she learn it? I guess it just comes naturally! She much prefers her thumb to her pacifier, and she really only wants to suck her thumb when she is sleepy. It is super cute, but I hope she doesn't start becoming dependent on it in order to fall asleep…but that doesn't seem to be the case for now.
• Sawyer is still wearing newborn diapers and most newborn clothes. She is beginning to wear some 0-3 month clothes now, but they still look a tiny bit big on her. They are much easier going over that noggin of her's though :)
• Sawyer is getting StarBand this week and will wear it anywhere from 2-5 months depending on how fast her head grows!
• She laughs and kicks during baths and still seems to enjoy the water! She has been in the swimming pool 2 different times now.
• Sawyer takes about 2 or 3 naps during the day that range from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours in addition to sleeping through the night.
• She typically eats about 5 times a day and will drink anywhere from 6oz to 10oz at a time.

Sawyer's Weight Progression:

13 weeks - 9 lbs 13 oz

14 weeks - 10 lbs 7 oz

15 weeks - 10 lbs 6 oz

16 weeks - 10 lbs 10 oz

17 weeks/4 months - 10 lbs 14 oz

Here is our pretty little Sawyer at 4 months old!

Papa Ron!

Happy Birthday, Papa Ron/Daddy! My dad turned 52 today!

Sawyer had some fun with Papa Ron! If you know my dad very well then you would know that he is pretty involved in politics and is a fan of the Republican Party…When I was a little girl (2 years old) he took me to a convention to meet Ronald Reagan (whom he is named after). For security reasons they had us all get on a bus from our cars to go to the building. My dad had taught me that I was a republican and so strangers were asking me "Are you a democrat or a republican?" and I would proudly reply, "I'm a republican!!" I have been told that story many, many times. So, it was so funny when he saw Sawyer's shirt and made a comment about the elephant and Sawyer being a little republican! Haha! I didn't even do that on purpose, but it was pretty funny. 

Daddy has a funny expression here because we were trying to get Sawyer to smile, and she did! 

 

both of them are smiling here!

Sweet precious Sawyer :) 

(For my own chronology purposes…these pictures were taken on July 10th when Sawyer was almost 3 months old!)