Busy Weekend

We had a busy weekend! For starters, Saturday was Sawyer's birthday. He asked for a tea party for breakfast (why not?).

Than he and I went on a hike in Cub Run Stream Valley Park.


Later in the day, we went to two friends' wedding, where Sawyer was the ring bearer (he did great). Here is a picture of the three of us all dressed up:

On Sunday, we invited his friends from school to a party at a nearby nature center. They heard about local animals (including getting to pet a snake):


And they went searching for lizards (they saw two):


And they ate Spiderman cake (decorated by Becky).


I can safely say that a good time was had by all!

Three

Sawyer had his third birthday at the end of August.

We had some friends and family over to my parents' house. Becky made a great robot cake.

It was a good time :-)

A birthday in the park

We celebrated Sawyer's birthday at a local park on Saturday. The main events were: eating barbeque sandwiches, playing a Sawyer-speak translation guessing game, riding on the park's choo-choo train and carousel, enjoying a homemade train cake, and finally, opening presents. A good time was had by all, especially the birthday boy. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with us and also a special shout-out to Grandma and Nana for their contributions to the buffet. What do you think -- same time, same place next year?

Sawyer 2.0

Sawyer turned 2 today.

He woke up this morning after spending his first night sleeping in a big-boy bed (set up by Becky).

Then he went to school and had a party (with cupcakes made by me).

Happy birthday, Sawyer!

One year

Sawyer was born a year ago today. We were too distracted with other things on that day to update this blog, but my sister documented the occasion.

Today was exciting -- they threw him a party at his daycare.

They said he acted excited about it all afternoon.

We also had a small party for him over the weekend. Sawyer got his own cake.

The rest of us enjoyed a dinocake prepared by Becky.
(thanks wikiHow!)

Happy Birthday, Sawyer!

Six months

Yesterday Sawyer reached the half-year mark.

A week old

The week flew by, but I think we're getting the hang of things.

That is, at least until he figures out how to crawl around...

Before / After

Here's a pic of Sawyer from Monday when he was about an hour old...


Also... here's a "before" picture taken last Saturday.