Sawyer"s 1st Birthday

Saturday, September 19th was Sawyer's 1st birthday party.  I was crossing my fingers and hoping it would be nice outside.  We had to pay $53 to rent the shelter at one of the parks because our house isn't big enough to accomodate everyone.  Luckily the day turned out to be perfect and we had a fantastic turn out.  (Thanks to all the family and friends who traveled near or far to join us!)

He had lots of fun playing with all the little kids. 

Tony's Birthday & Camping

Saturday was Tony's 28th birthday.  We celebrated by giving him his gifts when he woke up, eating breakfast, and then packing to go camping.  I'm not sure if any of you have met Tony, but camping isn't something he would put on his top ten list, especially for his birthday, so with lots of coaxing/begging I convinced him it would be so much fun and we were off. 

We made it to the campsite at about 7:30 p.m.  My dad bought a brand new camp trailer so we had a very nice place to stay.  By the time we got there everyone was super stuffed and many had already eaten dessert.  I had made Tony an angelfood cake and brought strawberries and whipped cream so we sang to him and the two of us ate cake anyway.  

Sawyer had fun listening to and watching all the motorized toys everyone had.  He enjoyed sitting on them when they were parked and playing in the dirt with his cousins.  He spent lots of his time walking around through the sagebrush and rocks with anyone who would hold his hand and go with him.  The wind blew a million miles and hour so we spent most of the Sunday in the trailer watching movies (not really camping except for the lingering campfire smell in the air), but it was great to see family and eat yummy food.  

I'm not going to say I love camping like when I was a little girl, but once we got home on Monday and I took a shower and washed everything, it wasn't so bad I guess.  It made us appreciate our house and how much we like to not have that much dirt involved in our daily lives :) 

11 Months

With the warm weather, I find that Sawyer doesn't wear clothes much, so many of our photos show him only in his diaper (as seen here).  Now that he is 11 months old he is so smart! (Maybe I am a little biased.)  He loves to dance to music or any commercial that has a good beat.  He thinks the dog is the funnest thing ever.  Much to my dismay, they share lots of toys and if it were up to Sawyer they would share food too. 
We sent out birthday invitations and here is the insert to tell you more about our sweet little man.
8/20/09

Being 1 will be so much fun!

All About Sawyer James

Likes:  To chase Buddy the dog, unload the dishwasher, & play with lotion/medicine bottles

 Dislikes: When it is time to leave the park, when we don’t let him climb the stairs, & when Buddy’s food get taken away.

Favorite music:  Anything with a dancing beat

Favorite Books:  Books with animals or babies

Favorite toys: Toys w/ buttons to push or wheels to drive

Favorite past times:  Swinging at the park & walking the dog.

Clothes size: 12 months         Teeth: 4 (soon to be 6)

Weight: 18 lbs.       Height: 28 in.       Shoe size: 3

He can walk!!!

Hooray and Yikes!  On August 8th Sawyer took his first steps and has been cruising around the house, climbing the stairs, and getting in trouble ever since.

Our 2nd Anniversary

For our anniversary my mom and little brother came to watch Sawyer and we took a very long car adventure to Glacier National Park.  Even though it was hard to leave Sawyer for the first time, we had a great time.  We stopped in Deer Lodge, MT and toured the old prison and the car museum.  We stayed at Jellystone campground in a little cabin in Missoula and we drove a lot of miles to see Glacier.  It was beautiful up there and I definately recommend everyone adventure there (put it on your bucket list), but take more time than a 3 day weekend to make the trip!

August 1, 2009

10 Months

Here he is in his first lifejacket at Heise Hot Springs.  I took this just before Tony took him down the water slide. 7/19/09

I caught his happy face after Tony tossed him in the air at my grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary. 7/25/09

4th of July

Our 4th was filled with fun.  We went the parade in the a.m. (Sawyer ate a sucker, got all sticky, and fell asleep), Kathy & Terry's for Kathy's 50th birthday in the afternoon, and down to the river for the fireworks in the evening.  It was a great day and Sawyer was mesmerized by the fireworks.

What a happy baby!

9 months

At this point Sawyer was crawling like crazy and loved to avoid the camera.  As you can see he loved to play with anything that involved him standing up and exploring. I was busy packing to move from Jim's house to our new townhome, so we don't have many photos during the month of June. 

8 months

Here he is at Kari, Adam, & Jayci's house on May 20, 2009.  We were on our way home from DisneyWorld (cute photos to come) and our friends were so kind to let us stay with them.  Kari had her porch decorated so cute so we snapped a shot.