It's Cereal Time!

Well, Sawyer has finally reached the age when he can move to new and better foods! We fed him rice cereal for the first time last night and he was more excited about sitting in the high chair than he was about eating out of a spoon. He made quite a mess and had lots of fun, but I am not sure he swallowed a bite of the cereal! :)

Here are some pictures and a video of the fun experience!

First Trip to the Park

We had a little time to kill on Saturday so we decided to take Sawyer to a park while we were in Springfield. He loved his first visit to the park! But then again, he seems to love everything he does!

6 Month Pictures

We took Sawyer to Sears Saturday to get his 6 month pictures made. He was quite the ham through the process! Here are a few of the best pics!

Da Da and Some Snoring

Chris is jealous no more! Tonight Sawyer decided to add to his vocabulary and belt out a few "da da da's!" Let's just say there was a pretty big smile on Chris's face when he heard those words for the first time!
We are a little worried that Sawyer is taking after his PaPa and G Pa in the snoring category. This video might give you an idea of what we are talking about. (you might need to turn the volume up a little to hear it clearly) :)

Baby Einstein and a Jump-A-Roo

What makes for a fun night for a 5 month old? You guessed it...Baby Einstein and a Jump-A-Roo!! Sawyer watched Baby Einstein for the first time tonight while sitting in his Jump-A-Roo and he had a blast! He was letting out some real "belly laughs" at those silly chickens and crazy shapes and colors. He is really growing up too fast. Today when I went to pick him up from daycare he was sitting at the table with all the big kids instead of in the teacher's lap or a bouncy seat. You could tell he thought it was pretty cool that he was sitting up like a big boy!

This video is a little dark, but it will give you an idea of how much fun Sawyer was having in his Jump-A-Roo.

Good News

Sawyer had his neurology appointment this morning and it seem that all is well! The doctor did some tests to make sure that Sawyer is doing all the things a normal 5 month old should be doing and he passed with flying colors! He doesn't think the head shaking is anything to worry about unless he starts showing new signs and symptoms or if his development starts to slow down. We don't even have to go back for a follow up visit unless things change. He said that there could be a number of things causing the head shaking, none of which are anything to worry about. We are very relieved and thankful for this good news.

Sawyer thoroughly enjoyed the appointment! He just thought the doctor wanted to play with him and he laughed and smiled through the whole thing. So with all that said, it looks like we have ourselves a happy and healthy baby boy...praise God!

Music to my ears

Today I heard something that I have, up to this date, only dreamed of hearing. Those sweet precious words, "ma ma ma ma" came out of Sawyer's mouth while we were in the car driving into town. Now I know that he had no idea what he was saying or that it had any relation to the lady who feeds him, changes his daipers, and picks him up when he cries, but it was music to my ears all the same!

We ALMOST got to work on time today

So lately we have been finding it very hard to get to work by 8:00am. It seems that no matter how much we plan or how early we get up something always makes us run behind. This morning we dropped Sawyer off at daycare and we were running ahead of schedule for once! But as most things go, it was too good to be true. As we were stopped and waiting to merge onto the highway a car came up right behind us and smacked into our bumper...just our luck! We are fine and the car seems pretty good, except for a slight alignment issue with our bumper, so we are actually pretty thankful. We were in our little car so it could have been a lot worse. We both have headaches and sore necks, but we are just thankful that Sawyer was not in the car with us. Needless to say, once again we were late for work! I guess we will try again tomorrow!

Update

Well it has been a busy couple of weeks in our household. The Kanakuk Institute students arrived Saturday so Layne has been busy with all of the welcome week activities. Chris is working on a big project for his job that has been keeping him on his toes. Sawyer has been worrying us a little because he was having some seizure-like symptoms and we are taking him to a pediatric neurologist Friday to see what is going on. He seems fine, but every now and then his head will start to shake really fast for a few seconds and the doctor thinks that it is worth checking out. We are praying that it is nothing, but it sure will be good to know for sure! Other than that we are just enjoying Fall weather, football games on Fridays, and playing with the "Sawdog" as much as possible. He is so funny and growing so fast. He rolled over last week! (But he hasn't done it since!) We will let you know how his appointment goes Friday.

Welcome to our life!

So here we are...our first attempt at entering the blogging world! I hope you will enjoy reading about our life!