Sawyers stats and Race for the cure! Picture overload

We did the race for the cure on May 8th. My cousin ashley bless her! Had shirts made that said three time survivor Mary Elen Belnap and on the back it said I wear pink for grammy! It was such a powerful overwhelming experience. I cried pretty much the whole race. We got her a wheel chair which she sat in for maybe 1/3 of the way. She said she wanted to get out because she didn't want people to think she couldn't walk on her own. She is the bravest most positive women in the world. She is in so much pain and still she is the sweetest most fun person to be around. When we would pass people they would yell "yay for grammy" It made her day. And when we crossed the finish line she raised her arms up and cheered. It was very sweet and I know it meant a lot to her to be with all those other great women who are battling the same battle as she is. It was very special to be a part of that amazing experience. Now onto Sawyer. We got his 4 month shots down on thursday. I HATE it so much. This time braydon came with me. He was so happy and laughing until she gave him the shots then he was a very sad baby. His leg still has a big bruise! His stats are weight still 50% his height is 73% (tall boy) and his head is 64%. So he is doing great!!! We started rice cereal and he started sleeping in his own room.... well when he does sleep he is in his own room. We are hoping he will start sleeping through the night soon. Cross your fingers. He is still such a happy baby and getting more and more fun. He talks in his sleep and he talks all day long.... He is really spoiled and never gets put down. I am thankful for all the people who love him and who are so good to him. We are so thankful that we have such a healthy happy sweet boy! He brings so much joy to us!

My Mother!

L- Loving
A- Admired by ALL
U- Ultimate Mother
R- Really fun
A- About the bravest person I know

My mom, She doesn't get enough credit for being the person she is. She works hard, She is kind and accepts everyone, She is a great friend, a great spouse my dad adores her, a great friend, a wonderful grandmother, a really fun mom, easy going, easy to talk to, brave, and so many other things. My mother helps so many people and mostly me. She lets me live with her and she takes care of my baby while i work on mondays. She is so good with Sawyer and He LOVES her. I am grateful that she is my mother and she gave birth to paul and I. The pictures i'm going to put up capture some of what my mother is... caring, the best friend anyone could have, take care of you before herself kind of person. I am thankful she birthed me. She has taught me what is to be a mom. I hope i live up to her excellence. She is amazing and has been trough more then any mother should have to go through and she still gets up and makes people feel like a million bucks. I love my mother and i'm eternally grateful to heavenly father for letting me be her daughter.

Lots of pictures!

We haven't been up to a whole lot because it's still been kinda cold. We did go outside yesterday for about 15 minutes to play in the grass. He wasn't so sure about it at first, but then he really liked sitting in his bumbo in the grass. Things he is doing
* He is now grabbing his feet and rolling from side to side while on his back
* He talks in his sleep and smiles in his sleep
* He laughs all the time
* He cries when we get in the car but stops as soon as I take him out of his car seat and he smiles like nothing ever happened
* He is starting to recognize people. People he really likes.. GM laura GP Eric, uncle paul my aunt lisa uncle ben and aunt em... and of course his mommy and daddy
* We thought he might start sleeping through the night because i few nights he only woke up once well now he is waking up between 4 and 6 times a night just to be up
* He only likes to nap in his bed he won't take naps easily if it's not in his little bed.
* He loves his jumper but can't quite reach the floor, but he knows if he leans hard to one side he can touch one foot, but he loved to play with the things on top!
WE love out sawyer and he is growing up and getting so big on us. He will be 4 months on thursday!!! I can't believe it. I'll update on his status from his doctors appointment next week!

Changing everyday!

Braydon blessed Sawyer last sunday and it was a beautiful day! He did such a great job it was very sweet to listen to. Thank you for all the support from family and friends who made such an effort to come and share in this special day. I am so grateful for a worthy husband who was able to give such a powerful yet sweet blessing to our son.







Sawyer and Kellen. He was so cute to him. He kept kissing him and saying "one day you will be big like me and then we can play" So sweet


My almost always happy baby

He loves his new jumper! He can even spin some of the toys on top. It's so fun to watch him try so hard


This is the 1% unhappy baby that I have. He was very sad his bottle was empty and he was spitting up!






Braydon's mom made us all these pj's. Braydon was so glad i made him take a family picture in them!
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He makes funny faces that make me laugh!

Big stretch






Sawyer is 3 months old!! I can't believe how fast time goes. He is getting so big. He is such a fun baby! I love spending all day with him. It's so hard being at work monday and tuesday because i just want to be with him. He is such a funny boy. He laughs and smiles all day long! He has finally started playing with toys. He has a stuffed animal duck that he just loves to hold and he always smiles at it. Last night I put him into bed and he woudln't fall asleep. I handed him his little yellow duck he smiled at it and then he hugged it tight and feel asleep. It was so sweet. He is very into the tv if he is watching something and it doesn't matter what and someone tries to talk to him or move him... he gets very mad and lets you know that it isn't ok.


Braydon bought me a jogging stroller this last weekend and we took it out for the first time to the gateway mall and Sawyer loved it! He no longer like to be in the car seat put in the stroller/ the travel system because he can't look out. I think i'll be pretty happy with the new stroller!

Easter was fun this year... even though sawyer couldn't really do the fun easter egg hunt and all that we still did all the easter things egg hunt basket, and an easter outfit, but instead of a church outfit i decided to get him this really cut onsie that says my mom thinks i'm a chick magnet... i know you can't see it that well but he looked pretty stinkin cute in it!

we got sawyer this little vest and tie... he looks like grandpa in it!


Well, we were getting really excited for the warm weather and then the snow hit!! LAME. I was looking forward to take sawyer out and go on walks, but I guess we will have to wait a little longer. He is growing up so fast. He is starting to make a lot more sounds and laugh a lot more. He is so funny. We have taken him to two movies at gateway and he has been so good for both as long as he is standing on my legs able to see the big screen. He will oooo and ahhh at the screen and if I try and move him he will fuss. It's so funny. He likes to look out and see the world. It's so funny if you try and hold him like a baby and you aren't feeding him he will cry as soon as you face him out or stand him up he will start laughing and smiling. He is going to be a busy boy i just know it. He has got such a fun personality I can't wait for him to start talking. We have great new well, for me it is great news. We are doing on a cruise to hawaii the first part of august and i'm sooooo excited. He will be 8 months old and I think it will be so fun to take him. I'm sure the flights won't be that great, but I've bought him all sorts of summer swim wear and summer clothes. I can't wait. It is a much needed vacation and I'm only bummed it isn't til August.





Sawyer is really starting to love bath time which makes life so much easier for me. We have started to listen to disney music during his bath and He loves it. He will kick, splash, laugh and sometimes try to sing along. It's so sweet! He scared himself last night by hitting the water to hard with his fist and he got water in his face. Other then that we really love bath time and singing to all our favorite disney songs. Right now his favorite is beauty and the beast which I think is funny.






My mom bough Sawyer a bunch of utah clothes and some of them are finally starting to fit. As my brother paul would say we are "raising him right" He looks so cute in red which works out perfect because we aren't Y fans at all! GO UTES! He really loves my mom and dad so much. Sometimes he is pretty stubborn when my dad is trying to talk to him and he will look everywhere, but at my dad it's pretty funny.

* side note* this is such a sweet picture of when he is sleeping isn't it nice!!!



Last night my sweet boy decided to sleep for 10 minutes get up for two hours sleep for 40 minutes wake up for an hour and then sleep until 5 am. Then he didn't want to take a nap until 2:15. It's funny because i'm not unhappy I love this little boy and he is so happy and smiley all the time. I just love him even when I don't sleep. And today this sweet boy decided to hold his own bottle for 1 minute. I thought it was pretty exciting. He is making new sounds which is so fun and he always want to be standing up on my lap. He loves the tv and if i try to make him look at something else or even me his mother he gets mad at me. He is so funny! I love Sawyer so much.

2 month check up!

So we went to the Dr. Yesterday. I have been dreading it for days now. Although, it was braydon's spring break he was up at school all week and was unable to come with me... thanks a lot! So I had to go alone. Well, we got there and did all the weighing and measuring first. He is 55% for both weight and length and 57% for his head. So he is growing up nicely and quickly. Now for the shots. They brought in two nurses so that we could give them at the same time. I had to hold his little arms and upper body so he would wiggle. They gave them and he was fine until they started injecting. Then the tears and I mean a lot of tears. He cries sometimes, but hardly ever with real tears. We call it the fake cry, but this was real and it was the first time i heard this cry. I was heart broken as soon as everyone left I started to cry. It made me feel so bad, but Dr. kasteler made me feel better and i know that its better to just give them and have him cry for a bit then to not and have him get really sick. It was still hard though. He tried to smile at me when i put him in his car seat, but then he would start to cry again. And once we got in the car he stopped crying really hard and just sniffed the whole way home. I drove around for a awhile so he would fall asleep. Thank heavens that worked. He was really sick last week and now he is sooo much better and completely over it. So braydon and I took him to the movie yesterday. We went to the bounty hunter. He did great. He just wanted to watch the big bright screen. He stood on my legs almost the whole time. Towards the end he got a bit fussy and we went down and i just held him and he fell right to sleep. He is such a good baby. I am so lucky because I HATE when he cries. He isn't the best sleeper, but better then most he get up about 3 times a night and it's very hard to get him to go back to sleep. He is such a happy boy pretty much all the time. He tries to sit up now and if he is on a pillow he will throw himself up and fall off the pillow. It's very funny. He gets very frustrated that he can't sit up or talk because he tries so hard to do so. i'm just so thankful that he is over his cold and that he is healthy and happy. I am thankful for the advice of my best friends and family. They help me so much to want to be a better mom and to try out new and different things that always seem to help. You know who you are and i'm grateful that you are such amazing people and parents to help me. I am lucky to have such a great support system. My mom has been so great! She ALWAYS helps me. And sawyer loves her which makes me so happy. I am thankful that braydon works so hard in school so one day he can have a great job and so we won't have to worry as much. I'm just thankful for my life has crazy as it may be sometimes!

I found this while I was shopping the other day. It's such a good idea. it's a binky that closes when dropped so that the nipple part doesn't get dirty. It's so nice since they get dropped all the time and sometimes i can't find my binky clip. I dont' use it everyday, but when we are around the hosue and i can't find his binky clip i use it and it works like a charm because it gets dropped A LOT! I am kinda nervous because we are getting Sawyers two months shots this friday! I am so scared and I makes me feel so sad for him. He is getting so big it's so sad and fun too. He has started to laugh a lot. He tries to sing along with me now and he thinks that lights and the tv are very cool. he cries when he gets put down because he doesn't get put down very often. He is very spoiled and loved!! He Is the joy of our lives. We are so lucky. We say all the time how did we live without this sweet boy for so long?? Braydon and I couldn't be happier and are so excited for it to get warm so we can go swimming and go outside and do all sorts of fun stuff!