First Crush

Dear Sawyer,

I love how silly and playful you are. Currently, you are really into pretending you're either a cat or a shark. When you're a shark, you crawl around the floor on your belly with your fists clenched and say "Shark! Nom nom nom" while trying to bite my feet. When you're a cat, you crawl on your hands and knees, rub up against me and meow. And you are really committed to your role--one time when you were in cat mode, I called you Sawyer and you corrected me, "No. Cat."

You get such a kick out of so many things--being tickled, being chased, splashing water, running through sprinklers, hearing someone burp or fart (*sigh*)--and your laugh is so pure, genuine and infectious. You are such a happy little boy and being around you instantly makes me happy.

I also love that you are saying so many real words now and in that cute, slightly mispronounced, little kid way. You refer to yourself as "DiDi" or "Shoyuh" and when something makes you laugh, you say, "Funh-ee!"When we passed by the playground one day, you tried to get out of your stroller and shouted, "Out! Out!" One time, I asked you if you wanted something to drink and you politely replied, "No. Fine." (As in, "I'm fine.")

You can now identify many colors (red, blue, green, yellow, purple) and, in bigger news, seem to have your first girlfriend! GuhGaw's friend Hailey came over a couple days ago and she was totally smitten with you. She kept hugging you all night and when she asked you if you love her, you smiled, nodded and emphatically said, "Yeah. Yeah." As she was leaving, Hailey told her parents, "I have a crush on Sawyer." After she left, you kept saying to me over and over again, "Hay-ee. Hug. Hay-ee. Hug." And when I showed you a picture of her yesterday, oh man, the way your face lit up!

Love,
Mom

Ready to Race

Dear Sawyer,

You are going through your race car phase and love all things race cars, especially pretending to be one! I was walking upstairs tonight and in the corner of my eye, I saw a Sawyer-shaped blur zip across the living room and shout, "RACE CAR!!" Hahaha! I love it!

Love,
Mom