Sick Days

Dear Sawyer,

This month, you:

-were in such awe when Daddy bought you a new toy bus. Your whole face lit up when you saw it!

-learned how to imitate elephant and monkey sounds.

-saw snow through the window after we had a big storm and shouted excitedly, "Noooooooooo!" (like JieJie when she was younger, you currently have a slight issue with pronouncing your s's, heh).

-often try to sing along when I sing to you.

-have started running to Daddy's office and GuhGaw and JieJie's rooms to look for them after they've left for work and school. When you go into each room and call out for them and I tell you that they're not home, you say matter-of-factly, "Oh."

-started calling your nanny Mary "Mimi."

-learned how to say biiiiiiiiye (bye), nigh nigh (night night) and num num (you say this for cat--I think you are trying to say meow meow?).

-came down with pink eye, an ear infection AND scarlet fever at the SAME TIME. JieJie had scarlet fever last week, so you caught that from her, but then you got walloped with the other two illnesses this week, too. I'm so sorry, sweetie. It's not going to be a fun weekend :-(

Love,
Mom

My Sweet Sawyer

Dear Sawyer,

Even though you are only one and a half years old, you have an incredible amount of empathy toward others. When other people are feeling sad, you immediately pick up on this and try to comfort them, which is truly amazing to see. JieJie was sick this afternoon and feeling so miserable that she sat down at the bottom of the staircase and just started sobbing. You ran right over to her, patted her arm and embraced her so tightly for several minutes. Every once in awhile, you let go of the hug to look lovingly into her face before wrapping your arms around her again. At one point, you even cupped her chin in the most heartwarming way.

And one of my most cherished memories is of you the last time you saw Uncle Tony. It was the day before he passed away and we were visiting him in the hospice wing of the hospital. Uncle Tony was laying in bed and GuhGaw and JieJie were scared to get too close to him but when I sat next to Uncle Tony and pulled you into my lap, you leaned right over to him and patted his arm several times. The way that you knew something was wrong and how you wanted to make it better--it made my heart swell.

May you always be the kind, caring soul you are now.

Love,
Mom

Messy Bath

Dear Sawyer,

This is how your bath time went tonight:

-I undressed you and put you in your tub.
-GuhGaw and JieJie were fighting over something (as they ALWAYS are) and yelling at each other.
-I ran out into the hallway to tell them to stop fighting. While out in the hallway, I realized I'd forgotten to get a diaper to put on you after your bath, so I grabbed one from your room.
-When I came back into the bathroom, you were playing with a BALL OF POOP! Oh my god, you had pooped in the tub and there were several balls of poop floating in the water.
-I spent several seconds trying to decide what to clean first: you or the tub. I went with the tub.
-I carried you out of the tub and put you inside my glass shower stall and shut the door.
-I threw out the poop (ew) and started scrubbing and rinsing the tub. Meanwhile, you were completely naked and pacing back and forth in the shower like a funny little zoo animal. You had never been in my shower stall before and I could tell that you did not know what to make of it. You knocked on the door a few times and called out, "MaMAAAA! MaMAAAAA!" I knew you were probably thinking, "Um, Mom? What am I doing in here?" After a few minutes, the novelty started to wear off and you started to panic and knock on the glass harder, wanting to be let out.
-I started cleaning faster and knelt there, amazed that this is my life now. Oh man!

Love,
Mom