In case you missed it, yesterday’s post had all of the pictures from Sawyer’s first big Buckeye experience. Here are the videos of the same event.
Sawyer gets ready for his meeting with Dr. Gee (he never once messed with his bow tie):
He was drawn to he band at first, but quickly became more interested in the cheerleaders and their pompoms, until a motorcycle sped by at the end (those trump all else):
He was fascinated by Brutus most of all:
He’s pointing to Brutus on the stairs. You have no idea how loud it was there, it was tough to talk before the band walked in as everyone was watching the basketball games, but the band sent it over the edge. Sawyer never complained once:
He’s getting really good at stairs now too, here’s Sawyer climbing the ones that lead to the courtyard in our apartment building:
Again, I can’t thank Abby enough for helping me pull this off. She had Sawyer looking sharp, took such great pictures and videos, and made the whole thing look easy. It wasn’t. I am so happy we were able to do this with Sawyer, and even happier that we could share it with you!
See you all in less than a week!!
When Abby and I moved out here almost five years ago, my only real worry was making sure I didn’t miss a single Ohio State football game. I was fortunate to find the Bay Area Buckeyes Alumni group, and even happier to learn that they met to watch the games just a block from our old apartment. That worked well for the first few years, but Sawyer made sitting in a bar for three plus hours a little more difficult. Thankfully there’s pay-per-view.
Though I no longer meet up with the group as often, I remain on their email list and always keep an eye out for their special events. I was thrilled when I saw that Dr. Gee was going to be here, and almost bought myself a new bow tie for the occasion, but I think you’ll like what I did even better.
Sawyer was so excited:
Sawyer meets Dr. Gee:
Yep, bow ties! Sawyer’s look was a big hit with everyone, but Dr. Gee liked it most:
And his first corn dog:
To top it all off, Brutus was there too! Sawyer loved him:
Although I’m not sure he knew what to think of him:
It was a beautiful night so instead of taking the train we walked back home:
Sawyer’s bow tie made everyone who passed smile from ear-to-ear:
As Abby said, “No stopping any time” is Sawyer’s new motto:
He walked about half of the way home, which was more than enough to wear him out:
But still cute as can be:
Thank you for the great pictures, Abby!
Tune in Saturday to see the video. Turns out the women’s basketball team plays in Palo Alto tomorrow night so the cheerleaders and pep band were in town too! Sawyer loved every minute of it.
Grandma Penny and Grandpa Steve have been visiting over the past few days. While Hurricane Ike is keeping them from getting back to Ohio on time, Sawyer has been keeping everyone well entertained. When Scott was about Sawyer’s age, his Grandma Truitt bought him a little shopping cart to help him learn how to walk. The shopping cart subsequently helped his sister, Sarah, and brother, Kevin, to walk as well.
There were no shopping carts to be had for Sawyer, which is really better since Scott had an unfortunate incident with a shopping cart and his front tooth when he was in high school. We were able to find a baby walker for Sawyer at Giggle. It is amazing how fast Sawyer has taken to it. He got up on it today without help and walked across his room today.
Too bad Scott’s beloved Buckeyes couldn’t beat USC. At least Sawyer looked cute. We worry, though, because each time we dress him up in Buckeye gear, the team loses.
I’m pretty sure no one would hire me to be in a scary movie, but they might hire Sawyer.
Sawyer is pretty good at falling down and getting right back up again. No crybabies here!
Yes, I took a lot of pictures the Ohio State day. He is getting so fancy with his mobility. Everyday he gets a little closer to crawling on all fours.
More pictures from our Ohio State day. Sawyer will wear a hat and not really realize it until I fool with it. Then he realizes that it would be more fun to eat it than wear it. Thanks again Grandpa D.
Sawyer has been growing like crazy the past few weeks. All of a sudden he has outgrown a lot of his clothes that have looked, in our eyes, like they would not fit for a while. He received so many wonderful things when he was born, and even though we have tried things on him periodically, he has really surprised us by his growth.
I have tried to take pictures of all of these wonderful gifts, so the givers could see Sawyer in them. This post packs in three of those items. His hat, which was a gift from his Grandpa Bob, came with the outfit seen in the previous ode to Ohio State. The onesie was a gift from Janet, a close family friend of Grandma Penny. The jeans were a gift from Great Aunt Jenny, and the Ohio State towels and light up buggies were gifts from Grandma Penny and Grandpa Steve.
Not Levi’s, but still cute.
Sawyer is sending out a special shout out to Janet…it is not exactly a shout, more of a, well I’ll let you come up with a word for it… Janet, whenever you need a really good laugh, these two videos will do the trick!
What an amazing time the last seven months have been! I have been slowly realizing that Sawyer is quickly outgrowing all of those clothes that looked so huge when he was born. I would look at them and think that he would be at least a year old before he fit into them, but I was I wrong. One such outfit was given to him by his Grandpa Doernberg to help Sawyer celebrate Scott’s love of The Ohio State Buckeyes. The outfit provided another good reason to take more pictures of Sawyer (as if we don’t have enough already).
I have been trying to get a picture of his two little teeth to show everyone. It hasn’t been easy. He has all kinds of tricks to hiding them from the paparazzi.
First it was the block.
Then there was the tongue.
There was the “small mouth boy” face made popular by Scott over the years.
The quick getaway.
The “you are sooooo close, but sooooo far away” look.
Then, well, I’m not sure what this was. I think he was about to throw his block at the paparazzi.
Then, finally, it happened! He threw me a bone and gave in.
Not just once, but twice.
Thanks baby, you can relax now!
In actuality, I hadn’t really been trying to get the teeth at all. I found out that I had captured the elusive creatures when I looked at my images, but it made for a good story, no?
I’m learning that not everyone always reads my funny little stories which accompany the pictures. Apparently seeing his cute little face is more than enough. Well, I guess I did say in the beginning that the stories were more for Sawyer to read about in years to come. This is a warning, however. If you ask me a question, and it is fully explained within the “pages” already, I’m going to say “Read the blog.”
Love you baby! Thank you for the happiest, most sleep deprived months of our lives so far.