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Sawyer is now 10 months- geez so close to 1 year now.

playing at the park

He is now crawling the “right way” and is pretty fast at it! He loves to open up the play kitchen and take everything out of the cabinets and take it all apart! He does this just about every single morning!

all smiles!!

Sawyer still sleeps like a whole lot. He takes a good morning nap (1 to 1.5 hours) then 3.5 to 4.5 hours in the afternoon. This gives Avery and I some time to play and hang out.

He is still our happy baby, most of the time…

(Sorry I am so late posting this Jenn!!)

Sawyer and I took a trip, just the two of us, to Boise to visit my family. Tori, my niece, graduated from high school and had her “Senior Recital” playing the violin.
We stayed for a whole week!

Since my parents have no bathtub at there house (very odd, I know!) Sawyer had to bathe in the shower. He didn’t seem to mind it one bit though.

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bathing in the shower... it was fun.

My sister was there with her family too. So Sawyer got some play time in with Jack & Josh. They aren’t used to having a baby around, but they were pretty good about helping him. Notice all the plaid!!

the boy cousins!!

Sawyer loved Uncle Jim’s waffles too. Uncle Jim was very happy !!

waffle time

Tori’s graduation was held in sports arena at BSU (Boise State). There were 350 graduates. The ceremony took about 2 hours, so Sawyer and I spent quite a bit of time walking around the arena during the ceremony.

Capitol HS graduation @ BSU

The “Senior Recital”  was pretty cool. It was a concert to showcase Tori & her excellent violin playing. She played 5 songs and was accompanied by a pianist. It was a small intimate group, she played really well and enjoyed it!

senior recital

All in all it was a great trip. I missed Dan and Avery horribly, but Sawyer and I had a good time. It was odd only having to keep track of one child. Sawyer did pretty well on the plane. His main problem was that he was “over tired” and he likes to sleep by himself with his blankie. He did finally sleep for a time, which I think the people around me were very happy about.

asleep on the plane

Sawyer is pulling himself up and getting up the one stair up to the bathroom/front door area, and is now exploring the stairs too. He goes straight for them when I put him down! He is attracted to chords!! He is so fast with “dead leg crawl!!” 

getting into trouble...

Eating apple sauce, mangos, papaya, bananas, blueberries, waffles, pancakes, turkey meatballs, fish crackers… lots of yummy stuff. He’ll only feed himself some bread items, he just sits there with his mouth open… waiting to be fed. 

San Diego Zoo

We made a week long trip to a few amusement parks. He did pretty well- napped on and off throughout the day. By the time we got back to the room, he slept really well!

Disneyland

She’ll tell you that fact over & over again! Her birthday started out on Wednesday evening when she went out for frozen yogurt with grandma & grandpa to Wild Cherry.

@ Wild Cherry

Thursday was her real birthday. 

birthday girl

I took cupcakes to school for her to share with her friends.

cupcakes for the Hoppy Helpers

We let her choose where to go for her birthday lunch. She chose BJ’s, where she loves the mac n cheese. They even brought a birthday piezookie, which was her favorite part. 

birthday piezookie

That night she went to Awana’s and brought chocolate chip cookies to share with the other Cubbies. 

Friday was her birthday party. Candyland!! Thankfully that morning she had tap class and thankfully we didn’t have to run around to pick her up- thank Ali! 

The party was a success; crafts, lunch, presents & cake. Avery was “princess Lolly” from the game. I made her shirt & skirt. 

We made candy bracelets.

The kids decorated gingerbread men too.

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recycle

Sawyer @ 8 months

This month we finished off the baby food veggies with squash & sweet potatoes. He liked them both and now we are moving on to fruit. I made some applesauce a few days ago. He likes it, but I think he enjoys the sweet potatoes more! I gave him a cooked (soft) apple in a mesh bag, and he liked chewing on that for a while!!

swinging & eating apples

I finally invested and bought him an outdoor swing. I should have bought it weeks ago! We use it just about every day and Sawyer enjoys being in it most of the time.

Sawyer is now really “holding on” or “giving hugs.” It’s so cute! He is also holding his arms up when we go to pick him up.  

He is still crawling with stiff legs, he sure is fast!

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making the bird feeder

A form of recycling. This was pretty easy for the kids to make. Very messy though, do it outside and have a lot of wipes for your hands!!

Avery collected this big pinecone from just outside our house. I tied a long piece of yarn around the top of the pine cone. Then she slathered p-nut butter all over it (I had to help with this, it got tedious) and “decorated” it with raisins, bird seed and stale Cheerios. 

hanging up the pine cone

Avery hung it up in the tree in our backyard. We have already seen a few birds!! Enjoy birdies!

We introduced carrots & green beans this month. No problem, he liked them just fine. In more exciting news- Avery is eating a few bites of carrots too!! Peer pressure, I guess!!

7 months

Since last month, he starting to crawl. I’m not too excited… He started out up on all fours, moving his legs, but not his arms so he fell on his face! Now he is moving a bit more smoothly. He is now very “mobile” and all over the place. 

crawling around

Avery & Sawyer took their first bath together. Avery was very excited about this, which was short lived. He didn’t play with her and he took up a lot of room in her tub!

bath time

Sawyer went on his first camping expedition. He actually didn’t stay the night outside (Sawyer and I drover home each night) but he did hang out at the campsite and liked nature- for the most part! 

hanging out in the tent

We finally moved him to a “real” car seat. Avery likes that he is higher up now and it’s easier for her to hold his hand. He hasn’t been able to nap too well in it yet, but he is adjusting. Yes, he is riding backwards!!

Camerons go camping

We went camping at Sycamore Canyon (off Highway 1). Sawyer and I drove home each night and came back in the morning. It was WAY cold at night and I wasn’t totally sure he would sleep through the night (which he didn’t!).  

mini marshmallows

Avery loved it. She got to roast marshmallows (that she wouldn’t eat so Dan and I had to!), roast/cook a hotdog over the fire (that she did eat!), sleep in a tent and use her ballerina sleeping bag. She is ready to go again.

Dan & Sawyer- keeping warm!!

more camping pictures