Dear Sawyer,
Man, have you been cute these past few days! On Thursday morning, you were sleeping next to me in my bed (as you are every morning, sigh) and when you woke up, you kissed me lightly on the mouth. Yesterday, we went out to dinner after your checkup (stats: 32.5 in., 22 lbs. 5 oz.) and when the waitress knelt down and asked you how your dinner was, you instantly looked down and stared at your feet because you are so shy.
Tonight, we went over to my friend's house for a hot pot dinner and you didn't. Stop. Eating! The other kids ate for maybe 10 minutes and then ran off to play together but you stayed at the dinner table for almost 2 hours eating noodles and fish balls and beef and pork and more fish balls and veggies and more fish balls (you reeeeeally liked the fish balls) and then strawberries and pineapple and cookies. You seemed to want more even after dessert but Daddy and I had to cut you off for fear of your stomach exploding. Aunt Yuan put it best when she said, "Yikes, I wouldn't want to be the one who changes Sawyer's diaper tomorrow." Yikes, indeed.
Love,
Mom
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Love Hurts
Dear Sawyer,
Today, you purposely dropped a toy car on my foot just so you could hug and console me. Um, thanks, but no thanks?
Love,
Mom
Today, you purposely dropped a toy car on my foot just so you could hug and console me. Um, thanks, but no thanks?
Love,
Mom
Thursday, December 1, 2016
18-Month Update
Dear Sawyer,
Happy year-and-a-half birthday! The months are flying by and you are doing so many new things every time I turn around.
Words you now say: buh-buh (bird), whooooa
Sounds you now make: growls a la Cookie Monster
Commands you now give me: you tap your high chair tray when you see me with food and want me to put it on the tray
Vain moments you have had: you were crying one night after I took you out of your bath (you hate getting out) but stopped when you became captivated by the reflection of yourself in your hooded bath towel in the bathroom mirror (I'll admit, though, you do look pretty darn cute in your hooded towel!)
Other things you do now:
-run over really fast and give me a hug when I come into the room (I love it every time!)
-bite me playfully (playful or not, though, sometimes it hurts!)
-lay on your belly and flip through books for long stretches
-sit on your toy drum and look at books
-push your drum to the window and stand on it to look outside
-tap your crotch and butt when you poop
-scribble with markers and crayons
-behave so well during long, 9-hour car trips (we went to Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving) because you are so transfixed by cars and trucks, you entertain yourself by just watching all of the vehicles on the road
-insist on putting your books and toys back on your toy shelf before we leave the house, even if I tell you it's okay to leave them!
-automatically expect food when we visit JieJie's preschool classroom; at her class's apple party last month, you immediately walked over to the table, sat down and patiently waited for the food to be passed out as soon as the presentation was over--before any of the other kids even did it!
Happy 18-month birthday, sweetie!
Love,
Mom
Happy year-and-a-half birthday! The months are flying by and you are doing so many new things every time I turn around.
Words you now say: buh-buh (bird), whooooa
Sounds you now make: growls a la Cookie Monster
Commands you now give me: you tap your high chair tray when you see me with food and want me to put it on the tray
Vain moments you have had: you were crying one night after I took you out of your bath (you hate getting out) but stopped when you became captivated by the reflection of yourself in your hooded bath towel in the bathroom mirror (I'll admit, though, you do look pretty darn cute in your hooded towel!)
Other things you do now:
-run over really fast and give me a hug when I come into the room (I love it every time!)
-bite me playfully (playful or not, though, sometimes it hurts!)
-lay on your belly and flip through books for long stretches
-sit on your toy drum and look at books
-push your drum to the window and stand on it to look outside
-tap your crotch and butt when you poop
-scribble with markers and crayons
-behave so well during long, 9-hour car trips (we went to Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving) because you are so transfixed by cars and trucks, you entertain yourself by just watching all of the vehicles on the road
-insist on putting your books and toys back on your toy shelf before we leave the house, even if I tell you it's okay to leave them!
-automatically expect food when we visit JieJie's preschool classroom; at her class's apple party last month, you immediately walked over to the table, sat down and patiently waited for the food to be passed out as soon as the presentation was over--before any of the other kids even did it!
Happy 18-month birthday, sweetie!
Love,
Mom
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Little Drummer Boy
Dear Sawyer,
I love this age when you are doing so many new things every day. In the past few weeks, you:
-learned how to say nai nai (milk).
-walked into the kitchen while I was making smoothies, pushed me back away from the counter and raised your arms to tell me that you wanted me to pick you up.
-have been so cute in your gym class. You love going down the slide and are so good about cleaning up the balls and rattles when the teacher says it's time to put them away. You immediately start picking up all the toys and follow the teacher around so you can put them in her bag. One time, a boy was sitting on top of a ball during clean-up time and you stared at him and pointed at the ball, as if to say, "Um, hey, I need that now."
-have been sleeping for longer stretches at night after I put a sound machine in your room. One night, you slept in your crib from 9pm-6am! Gah! Why didn't I think of getting you a sound machine sooner?!
-started saying "woof" when you see a dog.
-have continued to eat well. You love broccoli (yay!) and when you see me with something you want to eat, you ask for it by going, "Mamamamamamama."
-covered your mouth and gasped when you dropped a (luckily, plastic) bowl. So cute!
-have been pumping your feet in the air really fast whenever I pick up up and say, "Run run run run run!"
-have been immediately reaching for my hand and holding it while I rinse your head during your baths.
-have been grabbing your nanny's hand and pulling her toward the play attic as soon as she comes through the front door in the mornings.
-hugged JieJie when she hurt her knee in the study one day and patted her on the back when she was feeling sad one time.
-sang along (kind of) to the ABC song.
-have started squealing with excitement when GuhGaw and JieJie come home from school.
-were sitting on your toy drum and looking so cute. I ran to grab my camera but you had already stood up by the time I got back to your room. When I said I'd wanted to take a picture, you, totally on your own, walked back over to the drum, sat down and posed for a photo. Click!
My cutie!
Love,
Mom
I love this age when you are doing so many new things every day. In the past few weeks, you:
-learned how to say nai nai (milk).
-walked into the kitchen while I was making smoothies, pushed me back away from the counter and raised your arms to tell me that you wanted me to pick you up.
-have been so cute in your gym class. You love going down the slide and are so good about cleaning up the balls and rattles when the teacher says it's time to put them away. You immediately start picking up all the toys and follow the teacher around so you can put them in her bag. One time, a boy was sitting on top of a ball during clean-up time and you stared at him and pointed at the ball, as if to say, "Um, hey, I need that now."
-have been sleeping for longer stretches at night after I put a sound machine in your room. One night, you slept in your crib from 9pm-6am! Gah! Why didn't I think of getting you a sound machine sooner?!
-started saying "woof" when you see a dog.
-have continued to eat well. You love broccoli (yay!) and when you see me with something you want to eat, you ask for it by going, "Mamamamamamama."
-covered your mouth and gasped when you dropped a (luckily, plastic) bowl. So cute!
-have been pumping your feet in the air really fast whenever I pick up up and say, "Run run run run run!"
-have been immediately reaching for my hand and holding it while I rinse your head during your baths.
-have been grabbing your nanny's hand and pulling her toward the play attic as soon as she comes through the front door in the mornings.
-hugged JieJie when she hurt her knee in the study one day and patted her on the back when she was feeling sad one time.
-sang along (kind of) to the ABC song.
-have started squealing with excitement when GuhGaw and JieJie come home from school.
-were sitting on your toy drum and looking so cute. I ran to grab my camera but you had already stood up by the time I got back to your room. When I said I'd wanted to take a picture, you, totally on your own, walked back over to the drum, sat down and posed for a photo. Click!
My cutie!
Love,
Mom
Friday, October 7, 2016
Lots of Kisses
Dear Sawyer,
When GuhGaw jumped up and shouted "ta-da!" this afternoon, you copied him and said the same thing. When you bumped your head later, you looked at me and motioned to the spot you had hurt. And when you, Daddy and I were sitting on the couch tonight, you crawled over to me and kissed me on the lips, then crawled over to Daddy and kissed him on the lips, and then crawled back to me and kissed me on the lips. You went back and forth between us and kissed us about 10 times. How cute are you? :-)
Love,
Mom
When GuhGaw jumped up and shouted "ta-da!" this afternoon, you copied him and said the same thing. When you bumped your head later, you looked at me and motioned to the spot you had hurt. And when you, Daddy and I were sitting on the couch tonight, you crawled over to me and kissed me on the lips, then crawled over to Daddy and kissed him on the lips, and then crawled back to me and kissed me on the lips. You went back and forth between us and kissed us about 10 times. How cute are you? :-)
Love,
Mom
Friday, September 30, 2016
Stranger Danger
Dear Sawyer,
You moved up to size 18-month clothing today and you look so big!
And there were so many new behaviors this month! You know how to smile and nod your head yes when I ask you questions ("Do you want a snack?" always gets a head nod!) and you also know how to shake your head no and hold up both hands in the air when you want to say, "I don't know." You can say hi, yeah and baobao (bread) and you say "dadadada" and point when you see something that interests you.
You have 8 teeth in the front of your mouth and your molars are coming in. You can feed yourself with a fork and you do a little happy dance--you point your fingers up and rock side to side--when you eat something that tastes good, hear a song you like or encounter anything else that pleases you.You like to play in the kitchen and move stuff around--you move the bottles of water onto the floor, then into the hallway and then back onto the shelf or take the oatmeal container out of the cabinet or move the bag clips in the snack drawer from one box to another.
One day, you sat in a plastic toy box and read a book (something GuhGaw and JieJie both also did when they were around your age). You love to chase bubbles and attempt to blow them, your favorite toy right now is your little yellow school bus, you always stop whatever you're doing to listen to a passing ambulance or helicopter and you lift up my shirt and start nursing whenever the mood strikes.
You started your first gym class (you're still a little timid in class but you seem to like it) and you rode your first subway when I took you to Manhattan a couple of weeks ago. My friend Rob and his girlfriend Kimia were visiting from Amsterdam so we met them at a restaurant in Gramercy and it was a bit of a traumatic day for you. Riding the subway was a big strange event in and of itself--taking the (smelly) elevator underground, riding on the rocky, noisy subway while giant strangers loomed over you in your stroller--but then we also spent the entire day with the unusual hairy giant who spoke weirdly (Rob is more than 6 feet tall, has a full beard and is British, haha). Your stranger danger detector was on high alert and you didn't crack a smile or put your guard down for even a second, no matter how hard Rob tried to make you laugh. You wouldn't even sit in the high chair at the restaurant or walk around in Central Park; you just clung to me and shot wary glances at Rob and Kimia the whole day, haha.
And you didn't even get a break when we got home later that evening. My friend Dennis was also visiting, from California, so he came over for dinner. You had managed to keep your composure around Rob and Kimia but when Dennis arrived, said hi and patted you on the head, it was too much. You burst into tears and started wailing. My poor guy. So much stranger danger for one day!
Love,
Mom
You moved up to size 18-month clothing today and you look so big!
And there were so many new behaviors this month! You know how to smile and nod your head yes when I ask you questions ("Do you want a snack?" always gets a head nod!) and you also know how to shake your head no and hold up both hands in the air when you want to say, "I don't know." You can say hi, yeah and baobao (bread) and you say "dadadada" and point when you see something that interests you.
You have 8 teeth in the front of your mouth and your molars are coming in. You can feed yourself with a fork and you do a little happy dance--you point your fingers up and rock side to side--when you eat something that tastes good, hear a song you like or encounter anything else that pleases you.You like to play in the kitchen and move stuff around--you move the bottles of water onto the floor, then into the hallway and then back onto the shelf or take the oatmeal container out of the cabinet or move the bag clips in the snack drawer from one box to another.
One day, you sat in a plastic toy box and read a book (something GuhGaw and JieJie both also did when they were around your age). You love to chase bubbles and attempt to blow them, your favorite toy right now is your little yellow school bus, you always stop whatever you're doing to listen to a passing ambulance or helicopter and you lift up my shirt and start nursing whenever the mood strikes.
You started your first gym class (you're still a little timid in class but you seem to like it) and you rode your first subway when I took you to Manhattan a couple of weeks ago. My friend Rob and his girlfriend Kimia were visiting from Amsterdam so we met them at a restaurant in Gramercy and it was a bit of a traumatic day for you. Riding the subway was a big strange event in and of itself--taking the (smelly) elevator underground, riding on the rocky, noisy subway while giant strangers loomed over you in your stroller--but then we also spent the entire day with the unusual hairy giant who spoke weirdly (Rob is more than 6 feet tall, has a full beard and is British, haha). Your stranger danger detector was on high alert and you didn't crack a smile or put your guard down for even a second, no matter how hard Rob tried to make you laugh. You wouldn't even sit in the high chair at the restaurant or walk around in Central Park; you just clung to me and shot wary glances at Rob and Kimia the whole day, haha.
And you didn't even get a break when we got home later that evening. My friend Dennis was also visiting, from California, so he came over for dinner. You had managed to keep your composure around Rob and Kimia but when Dennis arrived, said hi and patted you on the head, it was too much. You burst into tears and started wailing. My poor guy. So much stranger danger for one day!
Love,
Mom
Thursday, September 8, 2016
School Day
Dear Sawyer,
Today was GuhGaw and JieJie's first day of school, but you were able to go to school, too! Since it was JieJie's first day of pre-K, we accompanied her to her new classroom and stayed with her during the first hour. JieJie seemed to acclimate right away--and so did you! You were totally comfortable walking around the room, playing with the toys, scribbling with the crayons. When JieJie and her classmates gathered in a circle on the rug, you walked right over to her and hugged her, as if you were saying, "Hey! Don't leave me behind!"
When we went back later to pick JieJie up, we were waiting in the hallway with the other parents. You were toddling about and, thinking it was me, walked up to another mom and hugged her legs. Then you looked up and the expression of shock and confusion on your face was so funny, haha!
Love,
Mom
Today was GuhGaw and JieJie's first day of school, but you were able to go to school, too! Since it was JieJie's first day of pre-K, we accompanied her to her new classroom and stayed with her during the first hour. JieJie seemed to acclimate right away--and so did you! You were totally comfortable walking around the room, playing with the toys, scribbling with the crayons. When JieJie and her classmates gathered in a circle on the rug, you walked right over to her and hugged her, as if you were saying, "Hey! Don't leave me behind!"
When we went back later to pick JieJie up, we were waiting in the hallway with the other parents. You were toddling about and, thinking it was me, walked up to another mom and hugged her legs. Then you looked up and the expression of shock and confusion on your face was so funny, haha!
Love,
Mom
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