At long last, my sister Sarah finally met Sawyer. My brother Kevin, first seen dancing with Sawyer on video, handled the introductions:
But from that moment on, Sawyer was completely mesmerized by Sarah, and she by him:
And how can you top these pictures:
I was so happy to see the two of them together, and I am already looking forward to round two in June. I know he’ll light up the moment he sees his Aunt Sarah again.
Some of our family and friends living in Ohio were lucky enough to meet Bailey, Scott’s parent’s dog. Bailey was an amazingly smart and loving Australian Shepherd, who had more stuffed animal friends than I had ever seen. We all loved to play with Bailey and his friends. Sadly Bailey passed away a few years ago after a very long, fun-filled life, but we often think back to the fun times we had with him and his antics.
The other day I was playing with Sawyer, and I decided to see if his stuffed animals were of any interest to him yet. He, of course, loves Zissou, but I wondered if the others would make an impression. The answer was a resounding yes! Having all the animals around Sawyer made me think back to a fun night we had with Bailey and his toys, so Sawyer and I decided (well, a little more me than him) to recreate the fun!
Here is Scott and I with Scott’s sister, Sarah, and brother, Kevin, four years ago. Can you spot Bailey?
Poor Oakley the Octopus saw a lot of love from Bailey!
Here is Sawyer recreating the moment with his friends. I am guessing that in a few years, many of Sawyer’s friends will appear as loved as Oakley.
*Despite Sawyer’s best attempts to erp all over his friends, no animals were harmed in the filming of this production.
It’s hard to believe that only two weeks have passed since my Mom and brother Kevin were here, and that we have just over two weeks to go until we see them again. I had so much fun that weekend, especially on Sunday when we alternated playing with Sawyer and bowling on the Wii almost all afternoon. Sawyer seemed to enjoy himself too, especially in this exchange with Kevin:
That’s classic Sawyer and even more classic Kevin. Sawyer is enthralled — see how he almost completely stops moving (that’s rare, believe me) so that he can watch Kevin? I was too caught up in my game to see it live, but I’m so happy that Abby caught it on video, and even happier that we can share it with you now.
I noticed it’s been over a month since we last posted a video. I’ll make a point of not waiting until April to post another one. ;-)
Sorry for the short hiatus in blog posts. We had visitors from Ohio over the weekend, and we were too busy having fun and taking pictures to upload them. Grandma Penny and Uncle Kevin stayed with us over the weekend. It was a lot of fun.
Right after they left on Monday, Sawyer had his 2 month check up. He now weighs 12 pounds 3/4 oz. and is 23 3/4” long. He is in the 75th percentile for height, weight, and head size. His head size was in the 90th percentile last month, so I guess his body caught up.
Then Grandma Penny schooled us all on the Wii. She is an excellent bowler. Kevin isn’t too shabby either. I can’t even imagine what kind of video games Sawyer will be playing in a few years.
Sawyer heard that his uncle Kevin is really good at making shadow puppet animals, so Sawyer decided to start practicing. Not too bad for his first try, but I bet Kevin can show him some new tricks.
