Sawyer was sick over the weekend, but that hasn’t stopped him from trying to stand whenever possible. Tonight, after his bath and feeding, Abby put him in his crib. He immediately stood up and started to scream.
Abby picked him up, held him for a bit, calmed him down, then put him back in the crib. Again, he immediately stood up and started to scream.
We stayed downstairs for a little longer the second time, hoping he would grow tired and give up. He did not, tenacious little bugger that he is. Since Diana, Abby’s mother, thinks he never cries or causes any trouble, I grabbed the camera to give all of you a little taste of our last week with Sawyer:
He was so tired he didn’t know what to do with himself. Abby also thinks he’s not quite sure how to sit back down once standing, so that likely had something to do with it. As soon as I shut off the camera and laid him down, he feel right to sleep. What a relief!
To be fair, he gave me his cold from last week, and I’ve been down for the count, so it’s no wonder he was so unhappy. I think he’s just starting to feel better, but still lacks his full energy, hence the frustration.
On a related note, there was one night last week, some time around 2am if memory serves me well, that Sawyer was wide awake and completely uninterested in going back to sleep. Since it was dark, I figured he could play with his firebugs that his Grandparents Truitt bought for him — they blink when struck, and Sawyer loves to put them in his mouth. I think he enjoyed it:
He slept better last night than he has in a long time, as he was quickly falling back to sleep without any fuss. Hopefully tonight will be even more of a success. I’m starting to feel a little better myself, and really hoping that Abby makes it through unscathed. It hasn’t been a whole lot of fun around here.
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!
Scott calls this dinosaur Plaidosaurus, and it is the first gift that Grandma Penny got for Sawyer when he was just a Woggy. Sawyer loves it especially because it is nearly as big as he is. It is just a happy coincidence that he was wearing his dino-shirt.
I got him to smile in the next two pictures by jumping up in the air and then taking the picture right after. He thought it was really funny.
There is something about this picture that immediately made me say, “He looks like Scott!” It is my new favorite.
As you no doubt already know, Sawyer made his maiden voyage home to Columbus two weeks ago. He first met his Grandparents Truitt just hours after his birth, and was reacquainted with Grandma Penny in the middle of February, but this was his first extended stay with them. He wasted no time making himself at home on the comfy couch:
Then, he had my Mom in stitches:
Then my Dad took him away to watch basketball (you can tell he was very focused, after all it was the first weekend of the NCAA tournament):
Then my Dad taught him how to operate the remote control, including the way to switch between basketball games, golf, and FOX News:
All of which eventually wore him out:
After a week in Bath with Abby’s parents, Sawyer had one more night with my parents:
Look at how much he has grown:
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.