Sawyer @ 4 months

Our Sawyer Faye was 4 months old last Thursday! She has been such a fun little girl to get to know! Some things we have learned about our baby Sawyer.

Weight: 14 lbs. 14 oz.

She does NOT like to ride in the car any more. She can sit in her carseat in the house or where ever for as long as you need her too, but once I put her in the car and start to move, she starts to cry. It makes for long, long trips but we do it anyway.

She is a pretty good sleeper, she takes a cat nap in the morning around 9 and a cat nap at about 7 and then gives me a long break taking a nap from about 1 to about 4 (on a good day!) She sleeps good at night too, getting up about once a night.

She likes to talk, but it's more like a gurgle and sometimes sounds like a plane taking off!

She doesn't like basketball games, wrestling meets, or places w/ lots of noise.

She is not a fan of strangers, and is very much a momma's girl.

She likes her bouncy chair and will sit and bounce when mom needs to get stuff done!

She gets compliments on her hair where ever we go!

She will not take a bottle with formula. I am grateful that she is still nursing and is doing well with that because Lauren didn't nurse for only about 3 or 4 months. It makes me happy because I know she is getting everything she needs, and it is SO much cheaper too. It does make me nervous because I am camp director for the Young Womens this year and thought that I would put her on formula after 6 months or so, but I might have to re-evaluate the situation.

She is an all natural girl. Prefers nursing over a bottle, her fingers over a pacifer (she will take a pacifer once in a while) and she likes my fingers to suck on too.

She likes tummy time and I think she is thinking about rolling over her soon!

She likes to look at herself in the mirror!

Her smiles can make my heart melt.

It is such a blessing to have this girl in our family!

Here are a few pictures of our Sawyer over the last month!

Dancin' Girl

Lauren has a new found love, DANCE! She has always been a dancin' girl, but lately she has been taken over by the power of dance! When I brought my DVD home of the recital of my "dancing girls" that I teach she could not get enough of it. She wanted to have all the props like they did, i.e. dancin' shoes, tu-tu, gloves, umbrella, football, wands, towels and much more. Luckily we had some of the stuff, and luckily she had her moves to add in with it!  I am so excited that this September Lauren will be able to be in dance!! All we have to decide is whether it is going to be tap, or jazz? Both teachers are awesome, so maybe Lauren will have to decide!

 This is Lauren's interpretation of gloves, and an umbrella (the hat is what she came up with to be her umbrella)

 Lauren also loves to dance with ties! Grandpa Jolley had them hanging on his closet door and Lauren found them and thought they were pretty cool! Lauren's version of "Thia Dancing" (Thia sounds like tie)! My mom was able to travel pretty much around the world with my grandparents and one of the things my mom learn to do was Thia Dance. It is a special dance done in Thialand, and my mom taught us girls and would want us to do it at family parties (and I would be so shy and not want too.) But Lauren came up with her own "Thia Dancing" and grandma didn't even have to teach her!

 Lauren just dancing away!!

Lauren has many styles of dance! She does this silly little shoulder shrug, and she can really wiggle her hips! In this video she looks like she is river dancing!

For Kynlee, Kaya and Kysar

I know Valentines Day isn't for a couple weeks, but we decided to start making our valentines early so that we could make a valentine for everyone that we love! We started with Kynlee, Kaya and Kysar who have moved over the mountain and who we miss VERY much! Lauren was thinking that we were going to see the KKK's and give them their valentine but I told her the mail man would have to give it to them. She wanted to give them a sneak peak of the valentine!




Sawyer wanted to say something too...

Sawyer: 3 months

I can't believe our Sawyer is 3 months old! She giggled yesterday for the first time (1.19.11) It was a different day yesterday because she didn't take her nap in the morning like she usually does, and everytime I would get her to sleep and lay her down she would wake up in like 10 minutes. I was started to get a little frustrated, and I was talking to her telling her that she should probably take a nap and thats when she giggled at me! She was letting me know that she was the boss around here I guess! It was funny because she got the hiccups right after that, and that is what happens to Lauren and I when we laugh unexpectedly!
Sawyer has the sweetest little voice and loves to use it! She is full of smiles and loves to show them off! She really likes her bouncy chair, and can bounce for hours if I let her! She is starting to kick when she is excited, if I don't buckle her in her bouncy chair she almost bounces her self right out. Sawyer is a pretty good sleeper at night and has given me a few full nights of sleep, but if not a full nights sleep she usually only wakes up once!
Sawyer's hair is growing, and she almost looks like she needs her bangs trimmed, it took me about a year to buckle down and trim Lauren's bangs, so I don't know what I will do! Her hair is also growing in blonde :( So we will see if she turns blondish brown like her big sister. Also I am interested to see if her curly hair will stick, Lauren had curl in her hair (not as much as Sawyer) and as it grew the curl just pulled right out of it. I dont' know why they have to tease me like this!
Everyone's comment to baby Sawyer is "wow, look at all that hair!" I totally agree! Her Uncle Steven can't get enough of her hair and just holds her to play with her hair because it is so soft!
Sawyer likes to be held so that she can see what is going on! She likes to sit in my lap and see what everyone is doing around her! If she is not happy with her position she can go from happy to mad in no seconds flat! She is starting to get some strength in her legs, and can hold her self for a few minutes. I had to make the transition to her 3-6 month clothes, but was still so sad to see the 0-3 go!
Sawyer is a quick eater, it only takes her maybe 5 to 10 minutes to eat and she is satisfied. Lauren was kind of a lolly gagger when it came to eating and would eat sometimes for 20 or 30 minutes all together. I am also grateful to still be nursing her because Lauren quit nursing around 3 or 4 months. She would start to cry about 5 minutes into feeding her, and feeding time became a very stressfull time. I was worried that maybe something was wrong with my milk, but it seems to suit Sawyer so I pray we can keep this up! It is so nice to nurse and not have to worry about formula, so I will just keep my fingers crossed!
We love our baby Sawyer and don't know what we did without her! Lauren is such a great sister, and I am grateful that she transitioned well with our new addition.

Lauren's Prayer

Sometimes when Lauren say's her prayer's it makes me think that I am doing something right.. but what surprises me the most is that half the time I don't know where she comes up with the stuff she say's but I am glad she understands how to pray. She say's some of the sweetest things in her prayers and I am grateful that she is so thoughtful! Her normal prayers start out with gratsful (that is how gratefull sounds) for Grandma Jolley and papa and Grandma Debbie and Grandmpa Steve, and then whatever she is feeling up to saying that day. She honestly came up with that on her own

So we were sitting down to eat lunch and I asked her if she wanted me to pray or if she would like to. She wanted me too (and then she usually wants to say one after me) So I said the prayer and then she wanted to say one, and it went like this.

"Heavenly Father, gratsful for this day, gratsful for the opportunity (it didn't quiet come out that clear) to go to church, gratsful for my body (I am guessing that came from the Nursery lesson, because it was on her paper that she colored), gratsful that dad can go to work, gratsful for the food, name of Jesus Christ Amen.

Oh Lady Lauren how I love you!

Sawyer's Photo Shoot

Sawyer's Aunt Kimberly was so awesome and took some pictures of our precious Sawyer! They turned out so good, we are so lucky to have her and her talent in our family!
This one is my ABSOLUTE favorite!

Sawyer doesn't look all that impressed with what we are doing, and a little concerend.. But we were having a good time!

Thanks again Kimberly!

All Smiles..

Our Sawyer is such a happy baby! Her first smile was given to Uncle Spencer on 11.19.10 and she hasn't stopped since! I never have my camera at the right moment, but this morning I was able to catch a few smiles!

Sawyer also enjoys her bath. This is something very different from Lauren at this age. When Lauren was a baby she HATED baths and she let me know it. She would scream the entire time! But little Sawyer has always been very pleasant at bath time! I was really shocked the first time I gave her a bath because I was ready for a fight, but she proved me wrong. Another fun thing about Sawyer's bath is her hair.. It gets super curly! It keeps a little bit of a wave after it is dry, but nothing like it is when it's wet! I am excited to see if she will keep the curl or if it will straighten up as it grows..