I know i've talked about sawyer's sleeping habits so i know it comes to no surprise that he has been getting up for what seems like the day at 3 am and then about 7 he will go back to bed... by this point it is a real challange for me to fall asleep. I do try though.

This kids loves bath time

Braydon has been studying like CRAZY (he always does) for finals. This was midnight last weekend and he just couldn't stay awake. Poor guy! He works so hard.

We set up the pack and play in our room this week and sawyer just could not help himself. He loves to get in brothers bed!

He loves to help with every meal. it's a fun thing for us, but this morning his dad had to have home made waffles. So I let sawyer and braydon have at it. He told braydon... "daddy can we use the chicken egg and the suction cups to make waffles" hilarious... he means kitchen aid and measuring cups. He is so funny

he insisted on taking braydons work glasses to the store.

This boy is such a trooper. He is soo good at the doctor. Sometimes we have to wait a long time and he gets really bored. It's been fun for him though because my doctor lets him find the heart beat every week and he loves to do that!

Such a tired boy!

Daddy's birthday... he had to study ALL day so we made him go to lunch with us so we could at least spend some time with him on his birthday! Happy birthday braydon! WE love you so much and think you are an amazing husband, father, and friend. We are so lucky:)

"mom this is so heavy"

Braydon usually texts me and says he is coming home well, latey with finals he either goes straight to study or says i have only a half hour. I sent him and sawyer out to play on the hill during that half hour... he can have dinner on the go right?

Our grocery store has this horse ride for a penny. Of course it's the slowest longest ride EVER, but sawyer loves it. And he always tells people walking by that this is his horse clyde ( one of my dads horses) and that he is waiting for his bampa to come ride with him.

He loves spiderman and watching his shows on his ipod in his bed!

Ironman, optimus prime, and a sucker? this kid just couldn't handle all that excitement

He thinks he is so funny running around naked ALL the time

Just having a relaxing day at the park. I usually take my car and lately he has been asking me to take his too.

We watched our little friend parker this week. Sawyer loves him and loves to boss him around. They always have a good time.

laying in bed... they were laughing so hard at each other

just reading his elmo book his sunshine gave him.... it's his favorite

He thinks this is so funny!

love my little spiderman! he is obsessed with all his little super hero guys. He changes who he loves day to day. Sometimes he says he is spider man and the next he is green lantern, but don't worry dad and mom are always someone too. Dad is usually HULK... hilarious

our first splash pad fun of the year!

He fell asleep under the chair while i was sitting on it. I am glad I didn't try and get up with him underneath!

He fell asleep with his icecream cone in hand. It went everywhere

We just love bathtime at our house. I look forward to having a clean boy because lets face it he is crazy and gets very sweaty and dirty by the end of the day... sometimes we have to do bath time twice in one day. He has the sweetest face and I just love him!

He is always so hyper after his bath

Watching conference can be really hard sometimes!

I took sawyer to the dentist. A darling place called derby city dental. They let you dress up like jockey's and they had tv's on the ceiling he thought that was so cool. He did a really good job. The only part he didn't like was the flouride. Everytime we brush his teeth he opens his mouth and says count my teeth like the dentist mama

going to the park with his spiderman backpack

We were lucky enough to have two awesome play days with our friend lily. Her mom just had a beautiful baby boy jack and we got to just play play play while she was in the hosptial and recovery at home. the kids on the hill... yes sawyer took his pants off half way through us playing outside. He always asks to take his pants off... HELP

Braydon picked lily up from the hospital early saturday morning and sawyer had no idea she was out our house. Braydon said "i have a present for you" he about had a heart attack when he saw lily on the couch. He LOVES her.

They both wanted to watch harry potter... it didn't really last long they were to crazy so we went back outside

typical morning play time

playing with cute kenz

It was 85 two weeks ago... it was so hot that our friend natalie pulled out their blow up little pool and we filled it up with a little water and the kids went nuts. Sawyer took off his pants.... again!

He is the sweetest boy... most of the time. He told me so that he didn't have to go to sleep that he wanted to "snuggle." how could i say no. I love this boy so much

he loves to go down the slide and pop up and scare me!

He would swing all day everday if i let him

This is how sawyer helps his daddy study

Braydon giving sawyer and ironman and spiderman tattoo. He loves them.

" I text my daddy mama"

Trying to convince me to stay up late.... He is so spoiled, but so adorable

Wrestling with his dad. They love to do this.

Sawyer has just been so crazy lately. Saying things that are just so funny and who knows where he comes up with the things he says. So on sunday night braydon was trying to get him dressed after his bath and he started running all over the house naked. He thought it was so funny. He eventually ended up on the couch and braydon went to pick him up and he put his hand out and said "no dad just listen.... ok dad listen" like he was going to convince braydon not to get him dressed for bed. He is so funny. Last night I said sawyer it's time to get out of your bath... "mama please dont' talk to me like that" WHAT??? hey kid where do you come up with this stuff? He just kills me. He has been so sweet to my tummy lately. He always touches it and says "wake up" and he will always say "come on brother" It should be interesting to see how things go when this baby gets here. I have been having all sorts of emotions lately about having two kids. We are so excited, but i just don't want sawyer to feel less loved and I just hope they are best friends. It's coming up so fast which is a little freaky. I wonder how different they will be personality wise and look wise. We are also looking forward to my mom and sister to come here. Sawyer asks me everyday if they are coming on the plane today. i say no not today... he says "tomorrow" he just doesn't get it, but he will be in heaven with them here and to have all their attention. I just wish my whole family could come. It will be weird not having my dad here and my brother sil and bil. I just isn't the same, but we are so grateful that my mom and sister are able to take time out of their life to help us!! We are so lucky.

Out on a walk with daddy. He loves being outside and when his daddy is able to come it's just the best

the kids we do baby swap with minus addison! we love these kids

eating his icecream on the stairs

he looks so uncomfortable! he loved happy feet

We have been painting lately. He loves it and we paint at least 5 pictures everytime! from the picture you can tell it was really fun

Making pirate telescopes he thought was so fun

sitting by his friend morgan

hanging out with the girls and having popsicles... it was a really HOT day.

pants??? optional

he loves to sit on daddy, hide and scare me!

We went to sesame street live with our friends Brittany and Blake. It was so fun. He was in heaven. he was dancing and jumping and singing. He ran to the very front and went under the rope to the stage. During a break in song he yelled "elmo it's me sawyer" he kills me!

typical saturday morning during laundry time!

Just a bit tired!

Funny things sawyer says/does

* the other night when i put him to bed he told me to sit in the rocking chair while he fell asleep. so i was sitting there and he started singing (which is the sweetest thing) he was singing twinkle twinkle little start he got to diamonds in the sky and stopped and said "mama you still in your chair" i said yes and he finished the song and was asleep by the time the song finished

* he has been saying "one more time" lately about everything. if we watch a show, play a game, sing a song anythign is is like "one more time mama... Please promise"
* last night he was sitting on my lap and he started to rub my leg and said "wow mama your legs have sparkalies" ya shaving isn't that easy right now

* when we put him to bed he always says" good night sleep tight sweet dreams love you"

* he has to have his back rubbed all the time

* he counts to 12 and then will say some random number after he gets to 12

* he comes to the doctor with me and he loves to tell people he is going to hear his brother. My last visit my doctor who is awesome let him hold the machine to find the babies heart beat. When he found it he got sooo exited and said " i did it... you hear it mama"

* he is finally starting to understand famlies and know what kids belong to what parents

* he has been asking a lot of questions lately."mama what's that" (even if he knows what it is) "mama what are you doing" "mama where is dad" "mama whats your name" mama  what's my name" "mama how old are you" I must ask him some of these questions a lot.

* he has been coming up to braydon and I lately with his hands in fists and saying "what hand" he tries to make you pick a certain hand and that is what we do and there is nothing in it so we pick the next hand... and there is nothing in it. he will get the game soon.

* we play tag a lot and when he gets tired or i am to crazy he will stop and stand and say " i'm sorry mama i am so sorry"

* everyday he tells me to tickle his arm pits

Spring Break

Braydon was able to have some time off school for spring break. This was a pretty big deal for Sawyer and I... well braydon too. The three weeks leading up to spring break were probably the hardest weeks of our dental school experience. He had test after test and we NEVER saw him. I was grumpy for these three weeks i'm sure. I felt really crummy, sawyer only wanted his dad and was acting like a crazy child. We were so grateful that we made it through this awful time ( i know there will be more days/weeks like this) We had a great time over spring break. W played pretty hard. Thank you to my amazing kind selfless mother who got us a hotel in cincinnati for a night. We had a blast at the aquarium, hotel, swimming pool and the childrens museum. We packed in a lot of fun for that over night stay and it was so worth it. the rest of the week we just stayed at home and played and just enjoyed having Braydon around. Sawyer took full advantage telling him what to do and where they were going to go... it was usually the park. We had several bbqs with friends and sand volleyball nights. I can't wait to play again:) It was not that fun to have Braydon go back to school, but i think it was harder for him. He works so so so so hard then they have a break and to get back at the grind is hard. 5 am wake up call and un real bedtimes. he is amazing!

We went to the lorax. We thought it was so cute.... i didn't know it was 3-d I hate 3-d or else we would have picked something else to do, but we were the only one in the theatre and he loved it. He danced around and sat in all sorts of seats and on the stairs. We had a great time and were sooo happy daddy could be with us.

The aquaruim... we spent a VERY long time here. He thought it was soo cool. He got to pet a baby alligator and some black sharks, and hold a crab and star fish. He thought it was scary at first but then kept saying "so cool mama" he is still talking about it. We got to watch them feed the big sharks and turles. it was expensive, but worth it because he had a great time and learned lots of new things.

on the river walk... it was such a nice day and he really liked the hotel. My darling mother got us two beds which was so awesome because I slept alone!! and sawyer and daddy shared a bed.

sunset on the river walk. It was such a beautiful evening

Swimming with daddy. show us your muscles. He loves the water

The childrens museum was so much fun. he was going crazy. he was running all over because he just couldn't decide what to do first. He loved the area with the balls. It had all sorts of machines that moved the balls and basketball hoops. We spent a lot of time with the balls

WE had to go in the vet clinic... we told him he could be just like his bampa! we tried to put a lab coat on him and he freaked... when we told him that is what bampa wears at work he said "NO my bampa no wear that"

Playing in the water, working at the construction site, and going through the caves with mommy... it wasn't the wisest choice being so pregnant

they had air coming out of these tubes and he though it was so funny to put his face in the air.... he loves having his hair blow dryed so i am not surprised.

Hotel time. We just took our time in the morning. We seriously had the best time!