Morning Rush

Dear Sawyer,

Daddy is traveling for work this week, so when I took GuhGaw to camp this morning, I had to take you and JieJie, too. So instead of waking one kid up, I had to wake up three. And instead of feeding one kid breakfast, I had to feed three. You see where I'm going with this. Everything about the usual morning routine was multiplied by three (well, four, since I had to get myself ready, too) and everything about this morning was. A. Total. Disaster.

First, GuhGaw and JieJie did not want to wake up so I had to cheer and sing and shout and draaaaag their tired butts out of bed, which took about 15 minutes. Then JieJie spilled her milk on the dining room table. Then you dumped all of your cereal and yogurt bites onto the floor. Then GuhGaw couldn't find the sunblock. Then when I found the sunblock and was taking it downstairs, I didn't realize the cap was open and squirted half the bottle all over my dress. Then you wouldn't stay still while I was trying to put sunblock on you and more of it ended up on the coffee table than on you.

Then when everyone was fed, brushed, dressed, sunblocked and ready to go out the door, I picked you up and discovered that you had pooped in your diaper. And then I said, forget it, I give up, I'm not rushing anymore, GuhGaw is just going to have to be late for camp today.

Oh good lord.

Love,
Mom

First Cut

Dear Sawyer,

First haircut! (And first fauxhawk!)

Love,
Mom

Thirsty Boy

Dear Sawyer,

More adventures in the land of cute and funny:

-I left you in your crib the other night and went to help JieJie brush her teeth. While we were in the bathroom, you suddenly cried out in fear and I ran to your room to discover that you had gotten your sleep sack stuck on your head (it was in your crib with you and I guess you had tried to put it on by yourself?). You were unable to pull the sleep sack off and couldn't see anything, so you got scared. Aww, sweetie! I shouldn't have laughed but the sight of you shaking your head back and forth with the sleep sack draped over you was funny!

-You are way too old for your baby seat but you still fit into it and sit in it all of the time. I guess it's cozy!

-You like to play your toy piano with your butt.

-A couple of days ago, I walked by your room and you were pacing back and forth with your toy phone to your ear, as if you were on a very important phone call. It was especially funny because you were only wearing a diaper.

-You are so affectionate with your stuffed animals! You often hug them and put your mouth on them to "kiss" them.

-Like GuhGaw and Daddy and Uncle Tony and countless other little boys before you, you looooove playing with toy cars and trains. Pushing them around on the floor easily keeps you entertained for a long time.

-Like JieJie, you are shy around people you don't know. JieJie's friends came over to play today and they were all in her room. You were too scared to come into the room and play with them, but you were curious so you sat right outside her room and kept peeking in to see what was going on. 

-So you, um, kind of boobie-raped me yesterday. You were standing up in your crib and when I walked over to you, you pulled down my shirt, latched onto my nipple and started nursing, just like that. Wha huh? I was totally blindsided; GuhGaw and JieJie had never done that. You must have been really thirsty!

Love,

Mom

Dada!

Dear Sawyer,

You can now climb up the stairs on your own, but you get a little nervous halfway up and always stop at the midpoint, turn back to me and reach for my hand. Once I hold your hand, you're then good to keep climbing to the top! You love to pretend to talk on your toy phone and when I go into a plank position, you immediately crawl underneath me and sit there, as if I'm your human fort or something. But the biggest new thing with you is that you made Daddy very happy today when you saw him and called him "Dada" for the first time!

Love,
Mom