Food

 This is not what he looked like when we first started him out on food, but now he loves it! We have tried lots of different things and with the exception of peas he loves it all. His most favorite is Mangos. But who can blame him?

 I can't figure out why pretty much ALL baby food is yellow or orange. I'm super careful because I can't stand to lose anymore clothes to that orange stain.

I really enjoy the time it takes to feed him his yummy baby food. He's hilarious to watch. Like I said he will eat everything we've tried except for peas. The time I gave him peas, two bites in he gagged so bad he threw up. I want him to like them eventually so I try one bite a day, and todays bite went much better. Other then that we are eating mangos, bananas, carrots, peaches, squash, and sweet potatoes. Tonight for YW's we stopped at Wendys and had frosties. One of the girls held Sawyer as she ate hers and he was NOT happy that she wouldn't share. We gave him his own spoon, but he just threw it on the floor and reached for hers. He does this whenevever we eat in front of him. What was your babies fav food?

5 Months Old

This kid just gets cuter!! How has 5 months even gone by already?? Sawyer has become so curious about everything. He has to touch and hold and pull and eat anything he can. It's cute... unless its a wad of my hair, then it's not. He's more tons more active. He's figured out that his mattress is bouncy and will lay on his back and kick hard enough that he bounces around the crib. He's never in the spot we put him in. As a matter of fact he's usually on the opposite end cuddle up against the side. Thankfully he is still sleeping through the night. 

He loves chewing on his hands and feet and my hands but not my feet.

We started solid foods (I will do a separate posts with pics of that) and it's so fun. It's more of a game for us to see how much he will eat and how much he'll spit out. His favorite food is rice cereal with mangos, which is crazy because Tyler loves sticky rice mango from the Thai restaurant. That combo is the one food I can count on him eating without much spill over. 

He takes bathes now more for fun then cleaning. If he is super cranky I put him in a warm bath and let him play away till it's nap time. He thinks it's great.

He talks almost as much as I do. His voice is a little raspy and so stinkin' cute! I put an awesome video on FB of him chatting it up. Grunting has also become a frequent noise. Not my most favorite though. 

He is sooooo ticklish, I mean even his back is ticklish. It's easy to make him smile and laugh, and there is nothing cuter then a smiling baby.

He's already addicted to electronics. Anthing with a bright screen or light or sound is more important then eating or talking to mom. If my phone is out he wants it, if the TV is on he watches. Tyler plays video games during the day sometimes and Sawyer can just sit and watch. 

We love being parents and we love this darling baby we have been blessed with. We are so grateful for all of our friends and family who are helping us raise this baby. I'm not joking when I say that I don't see Sawyer much at church on Sundays. Someone else usually has him. I think he secretly loves those three hours because of it too. I'm so glad my calling is in YW's because all those girls are so sweet to him. Seriously, he gets lots of love.

We are working on him sitting up on his own. It's a work in progress, but I'm ok with him growing up slowly. It amazes me how much and how fast babies learn and grow.

6 months old here we come!

Halloween

Halloween was never my favorite holiday, but having a kid makes everything way more fun! Sawyer had two different costumes that he wore, one at the church party and one on Halloween night. For the Church party he was a Dinosaur and probably the cutest Dino there ever was.

On Halloween night he was a cow. We borrowed a big cow costume from Lisa and Tyler wore that. We spent the night over at the Lexi and Jordans handing out Hot Cocoa and Hot dogs (and candy). It was a blast! The Peck family (Lexi's parents) have TONS of traditions and we stole this one from them. I am excited to do it again next year!

Sawyer is a lucky baby and loved by everyone! My friend Jenny stole him during the evening and took him on a walk around the neighborhood.

Pinned It. Made It. Loved It.

I started using Pinterest a year ago when I was first pregnant. I loved to just lay on the couch and pin pin pin! Unfortunately, the smell of my laptop made me sick after awhile and I didn't use it for a long time! Once I had Sawyer I started actually making the things I pinned and I thought I would share my successes, because who doesn't wonder if those pins are actually doable?

My biggest pin board would have to be my food board and I have definitely had some hits there!

Just this week I made this yummy crockpot chicken and fed it to some neighbors, who also agreed that it was yummy! It called for red pepper flakes, I left those out. But definitely a simple and quick recipe that we will eat more often!

http://www.justapinch.com/recipe/tamara-martin/sweet-baby-rays-crockpot-chicken/quick-easy-chicken

I have no idea why this isn't showing up as a hyperlink, but eventually I will figure that out. I have a bunch more pins that I've loved and will blog about soon!!