The big boy bathtub!

Until recently, Tyler and I have always given Sawyer baths in the kitchen sink on his infant bath sling. Sawyer has been growing leaps and bounds and so I figured it was time to try out the real tub. Sawyer was definately a little un-easy about the feel of the whole thing. When I first tried to put him in, he looked at me with fear and then screamed! I quickley pulled him up, gave him a hug, and told him it was okay. Then I slowly lowered him down into the water again. He was so cute because he would start to move, feel the water come up around him, and suddenly freeze! I got a video of the whole thing...

And here is the happy guy after his bath

All clean!

A baby's best friend

It's about time! Just like this blog, our dogs have taken a back seat to the baby. If you haven't noticed, our title says "family blog of yorks AND DOGS". Poor Jagger and Bailey haven't had any attention at all on here yet. But looks like things are beginning to change! Bailey and Sawyer have definately been hitting it off lately. Look at these two...

Bailey still wants ALL the attention

Best friends

Awww....

I think they are becoming fast friends.  Now we just have to warm Jagger up to him a little more.

The eagle has landed!

I just have to say... my little brother is a stud!  A few weeks ago we did his eagle project and it turned out great!  We painted the four squares and a map of the United States on the blacktop at our elementry school.  It turned out really cool!  All seven of us kids went to this elementry school so I thought it was neat that he was able to do his project there.  My dad was sick and my mom had worked the night before so Scott did a LOT on his own.  (I guess that is the point of an eagle project.) My parents were both here and there to help, but I was very impressed with Scott and the way he handled all the problems that came up. I have to admit that I didn't know if he would get it done in time, but he made it. Here are the end results...

We might all have back problems now :)

Working hard

Painting away...

A bit of a closer look

The finished project

How fun!

The kids discovering their suprise

 I am so proud of my lil' brother. Him and I have been best buds since he was a little baby and it is so fun to watch him grow up.  I can't believe he just turned 18! Great job on your project Scott!  Your big sister loves you!

"Trick or Treat" was "Sick or Stink"

Halloween at the York house this year was not all fun and games.  I was scheduled to work that night which meant no fun for me.  Being at an Urgent Care on Halloween = no fun at all.  On top of that,  Tyler came down with the flu and was running a fever of 102-103 all weekend!  And to make matters just a little worse, Sawyer was having a TERRIBLE weekend and had really bad gas.  So, to keep Sawyer from getting sick, Tyler didn't touch him or go near him at all.  Sawyer was totally uncomfortable and really fussy so it was probably the worst time to not have any help from Tyler.  I guess the best part of all of this is I realized how lucky I am to have such a helpful husband.  He really does so much to help out with Sawyer and I came to appreciate him so much more when he couldn't help me at all.  Thankfully my parents were able to watch Sawyer on Halloween night while Tyler rested and I worked.  Although Halloween wasn't all that fun, I couldn't resist atleast dressing Sawyer up in his costume.  We didn't really have big plans to take him out or anything so it's not like we had to cancel anything, there was just WAY too much stress going on.  Let's hope next year is better!  I did make some pumpkin seeds though which were amazing!  Can't wait 'til next year even if it's just for the seeds!

We are Blessed!

On the 25th of October we were able to have Sawyer's baby blessing.  It was the most beautiful baby blessing I have ever heard!  I am biased of course... but I was not the only one to feel that way. :) We feel so blessed to be members of the church and to be able to raise our Heavenly Father's children.  The blessings of the gospel are tremendous and bring joy to our lives every day.  I am soooo grateful to have such a wonderful husband who holds the priesthood who can be my companion and an example to his little boy.  We were lucky to have family there to make the day extra special.  Tyler's mom even flew out from Maine!  Here are some pictures of our handsome little guy on his special day.

After church we all went to my Grandmother's house for dinner with the family.  My Grandmother is an amazing woman and has always been an example to me.  She just had her 80th birthday, so we had a belated celebration the night of Sawyer's blessing.

I love my family so much and am so grateful to be a member of the church! We have a very special little baby boy in our lives and couldn't be more excited to be his parents!

Camping... it'll help you get your zzzz's

I know what you are thinking...."HUH? not from my experience!" right? Well... a few weeks back we had a pretty serious freezing rain storm. (There was even a 60 car pile-up on the freeway by our house) Tyler knew the storm was coming, so he prepared by getting firewood and all the necessary snacks. He wasn't worried about getting stuck inside, just wanted to do some indoor camping! So we pulled the mattress off the bed, started a fire, watched movies, roasted marshmellows and had smores. Last year we went camping in Novemeber (which I don't plan to do again) and Tyler was definately missing camping out. It'll be a few months 'til Sawyer is old enough to go along. Anyway the important part of this story was the awesome results of our campout. Sawyer had been sleeping for 3 or 4 hours at a time, sometimes even 5. Well, we figure he must LOVE camping because he slept for 10 hours the first night we camped in our living room. He, of course, was still in his crib, but he had never slept that long ever! It worried me at first, but then the next day he did the same thing. Since then he sleeps every night for atleast 6 hours if not longer. I am loving the extra sleep!

Here is Sawyer, taking a nap on our mattress in the living room. He LOVES sleeping in mommy and daddy's bed!

And a little video showing how happy our little guy is after his nap

Looks like Tyler will have a buddy to go with him on all his wild adventures!

2 month stats...

So, like I mentioned before, I was a slacker mom and forgot to make Sawyer's appointment for his 2 month checkup on time.  Turns out his appointment was only a week or so after he turned two months, so I'm not such a slacker after all.  Anyway, our little boy is growing, growing, growing!  Here are his latest stats:

Height: 24 inches- 75th percentile

Weight: 13 lbs 7 oz- 75th percentile

After the Pediatrician checked him out, she left and told me the nurse would be in shortly to give him his shots.  As we waited for the nurse, he fell asleep.  Of course right after he did the nurse came back in.  I laid him on the table and as he woke up, he looked up at the nurse with a big grin.  Right then she stabbed the needles into his legs.  He screamed out almost as if he was asking "why did you do that, I was so happy!"  It was very sad, but my tough little boy was fine.  I picked him up, and it only took about a minute and he was telling me in his coos that he was ok.  A few minutes later, he fell back asleep and slept well.  That night he did have a rough time because I think his legs were sore, but it didn't last long.  He did so well!  Since I work in the hospital now, I see a lot of things I didn't before. I think it's made me a little hardened to people and their pain. I didn't cry when he got his shots, but it did pull at my heart strings more than I ever thought it would.  It is hard to hear your baby scream out in pain.  I was so happy that it only lasted a minute.  I've got a tough little boy on my hands. :)