Random happenings and Missing Uncle Ben... A LOT

This is Dangles the Monkey. Sawyer loves him he talks to him, hugs him and kisses him all the time.

Sawyer doesn't sleep as you've heard from me a lot, but one night I was feeding him and don't mind the food all over his face he rubs food in his hair and all over his face... we have bathes a lot at our house. anyway, as I was getting him a spoonful i looked up and he was asleep. So funny

This is Kate... Sawyer's little friend. He is bigger then her and she is 7 months older then him.

This was a couple days before Ben left

This was the day Ben spoke in church. He did an incredible job

Early morning snap shot.

Grandma gave him a sucker and He really enjoyed it!

Trying to give grandpa kisses. I love that they love each other so much

Sawyer is obsessed with the piano. He would sit and play it all day if I would let him.

This was the night Ben was set a part.

This was our last picture all of us with Ben for two years. I miss him so much already. I was a wreck and a bawl baby... what else is new?

Our whole family minus jon. He couldn't come, but no big deal the MTC drop off is lame and everyone just cried.

This breaks my heart. Sawyer is going to be so different and so big when ben gets home!

This is the last picture I snapped of Ben. We were not able to all drive him down to drop him off. So my parents took him down and he wanted to drive for the last time for two years. You are going to be life changing amazing buddy. We miss you so much already and we are so thankful for your faithfulness. You will be incredible. I am proud of the person you are and the service you are going to give for the next two years. Loving and Missing you baby brother.

Hair cuts and Halloween

 This is what Sawyer does when he Crawls. He sticks his tongue out. It's so funny. 

         This gives you an idea of how long Sawyer's hair was before we cut it. I was so sad to say goodbye to his curls, but it was getting a little out of control. I cried when we cut it because now he looks so old. Here come a few before and after shots!

Getting His hair cute. He actually did really well and sat very still. We had aunt em cut his hair at home. So much easier then in her salon.

Yes that is my little baby... who I need to start to realize isn't a little baby anymore:(

Look how cute I am with my new hair cut and my very wet shirt

This picture makes me laugh. You were laughing to hard and something stupid I was doing. 

Uncle Ben and Sawyer. Uncle Ben is in his utah scrubs.... must of been a game day.

He's a little sick of his costume.

This is a bag that my cousin linds found for me! Can you believe it had his name on it. Probably the only thing that will ever have his name on it. 

After a bath and getting out of his costume he was a happy boy. This is all the candy his mommy and daddy will be eating! Thanks buddy.

Successful night! 

 We had such a fun night. We were going to put Sawyer in a different costume, but my mom bought this one three days ago. He looked so cute. He was so funny. We went to visit a lot of family and friends. He grabbed his own candy and put it in his little bag. We just love our little tiger! Hope everyone had a fun and safe night.


HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Fall Break is the BEST

So like you already know since I probably write about it a lot... we NEVER see Braydon, but since he had Friday off of school we made big plans for this weekend. Although the weekend isn't over I had to post our day. We had so much fun. I was able to start the day off with getting my hair done and not worrying about getting someone to watch Sawyer. He was able to play with his daddy for a few hours just them which I know Sawyer just loved. Then we went to lunch in Salt lake and then headed to the zoo. Sawyer loves animals and loves going new places, but even at nine months this day of fun was mostly for me. After the Zoo we headed to Gardner Village for some shopping fun. We totally wore Sawyer out. He didn't nap today. Oh side note: Sawyer slept last night from 8:15pm to 6:00 am... Can I get a HALLELUJAH!!! It was like a dream. I haven't felt that good when I woke up in a long long long time. I think we are breaking this little habit of his hopefully. It was so great spending time together today with just our little family.

Trying to get Daddy's Hat

Just taking a rest on dadddy

Of course you measure up!

Talking to the ducks... he was so excited to see all the little ducks

zuri the baby elephant was so cute!

Gardner Village

Getting Sleepy

Fell asleep on daddy's shoulder. So sweet

Sawyer crawls now. It's so cute to watch him learn new things and try so hard. When he wants to get somewhere faster he army crawls and he goes pretty fast, but he gets so tired, but he crawls on his knees and does the army crawl. Today he climbed up the stairs for the first time. He has been trying for a while and finally mastered the task. He tries to scare people. It's pretty funny. He makes this funny sound to impossible to describe in text. He sometimes bites and I have no idea where he learned he could even do that. He has pretty much always like the bath, but now he doesn't want to get out. He would stay in the bath for hours if I would let him. He loves music and loves to sing along when I sing to him. It is very sweet. He still adores my mom more then any other person... well besides Braydon and I. I think auntie emo is a close second. He really like to help mommy with laundry... this makes it very difficult for me, but I love that he wants to be so involved. He talks all the time and plays all day. Sleep is a thought I think I should just give up. Sawyer's hair has become so curly. It's so cute... it goes kind flat throughout the day, but when it's wet it is the most darling thing. it's soooo curly. He loves books and trys to turn the pages all by himself and gets very frustrated when you do it for him. Church is still challenging. We have made it through the whole meeting twice without having to take him out. He is just so loud and it's nap time during church. I am sure that is how it is for everyone. We just adore this sweet boy of ours and love the stage he is in right now. We can't wait for fall and all the holidays and then CHRISTMAS . I am so excited for all the holidays to come. And yes I am proud to say I have already started to play christmas music. Everyone thinks i'm nuts, but I love it!