You are so cute, dude. Seriously. You just get cooler and cuter and funnier and smarter every day.
Here are some parts of your personality that are just awesome:

-Instead of saying "yes" or "ya" you put one or both arms up in the air and say "YAY!"
"Sawyer, do you want a drink?"
"YAY!"
"Sawyer, do you want to go play?"
"YAY!"
It's pretty much the cutest thing on the planet. The way you say no is really cute too. Let's face it, you could say a string of cuss words and it would sound adorable.

-You are still so snuggly and affectionate. Today you woke up at 4am and refused to go back to sleep, so I finally gave in and put a movie on for you so I could sleep on the couch. However, I didn't sleep much because about ever five minutes you would come over and kiss me face over and over. You are so sweet, I loved every second of it.
You also still love to sleep face to face. You wrap your little arms around our neck and snuggle your face into ours. If I try to lift my head up, you push it back down and say, "Ni Ni" (night night). I love it. I don't ever want you to grow out of that.

-You love "Toy Story 2", which you refer to as "Doo" aka "2". You always ask to watch "Doo", and you just learned how to say Buzz. The way you say your s's and z's is like "sh". "Buzzsh" "Shoesh". Dang you're cute! 

Teething has been rough for you. Really rough. I've spent many a night trying to calm you down. You have massive tantrums where you hit, scratch, and pull hair because you are in so much pain. You are starting to do those things when you are mad too, but I've started putting you in time out when you do it. You haven't done it as much lately.

Basically, you're rad and we love you so much!

9/26/2012

Sawyer-
You are getting big so fast. You are almost 15 months now. You started walking for REALS a few weeks ago. You had been walking here and there but I think you just didn't feel like it. Crawling was more convenient and faster!

Right now you are saying mama, dada, and hi once in awhile. Sometimes you sad "dat" for that.
You have your two bottom teeth and your top two just broke through this last week.

Today you started giving real life kisses. I about died, it was so sweet. You've always given slobbery kisses, with your mouth wide open, and it would usually end in a bite (and now that you have 4 teeth it doesn't feel too great!) Whenever I give you kisses, I put my cheek up to yours and ask for a kiss. Well, today it clicked and you smothered me with kisses and hugs. Oh boy, what a sweet moment it was! Your little arms would wrap around my neck so hard, and you would give me a kiss on my neck, then you would giggle and kiss my cheek multiple times, and then start all over. I wish I could've recorded that moment so I could watch it over and over.

You are still so mellow, except when we put you to bed at night. Then you scream bloody murder. If we take you out of your crib, those little arms wrap around our necks and you squeeze so hard and pat our back as if to say,"Thank you for saving me from that horrid place!" You do not like your crib. If we put you on our bed or Maes you kick your legs happily and get that little mischievous grin on your face.

You follow me around everywhere. It's hilarious, because I'm walking fast around the house, room to room, picking up and getting things done. You toddle after me, but don't even reach me before I've turned around and gone in the opposite direction. This doesn't bother you. You just turn around and follow me to wherever I'm going next, and on it goes.

Tonight you were crying and I couldn't handle it, so I went and picked you up. We danced and sang a bit and then you pointed and grunted at the box we keep stuffed animals and dolls in. I stood you next to it, and one by one, I handed you a doll. You looked at it and gave it serious consideration. Sometimes you would grin and hug it close, closing your little eyes. Then you would push it away and I'd hand you the next one. You finally settled on a little fuzzy panda bear. He was THE ONE. You snuggled up to him and giggled and wouldn't let go. I put you in your crib with the little bear and you squeezed him into your chest, put your chin on top of his head, closed your eyes, and peacefully smiled. Sweet boy :) I can't tell you how much I love you, our Soy Sauce. Or as daddy calls you, "The Sauce".

You. Are. Awesome.

Heya Soy Sauce-
It has been awhile. You are 8 months old. 8. MONTHS. OLD. I just can't believe it. I really can't. When people say "they grow up fast" they aren't lying. I know, it's only 8 months. You're not grown up. Not even close. But I swear I just gave birth to you. I swear you were just barely kicking around in my tummy. I swear you were just barely a teeny tiny helpless little thing that couldn't even roll over. And now you're crawling (official crawling began about 3 days ago) holding things, feeding yourself a bottle, babbling (still mostly "dada" but you've said "buh-buh" back to me when I call you that) even pulling yourself up in your crib a little bit. You started to sit up on your own at about 6 months. You laugh so easily and get the worst hiccups. You, me and Mae all hiccup when we laugh too hard.

You are still such a happy dude. So many people have commented on how they have never seen a baby smile so much and cry so little. You never cry. You are just genuinely ecstatic to be alive. If only we could all be like you, Sawyer! You are an amazing example to me already. I want to live each day like you, smiling, happy to be with the people I love, giddy about everything. Boy are you precious to us.

You adore your big sister. If you even hear her voice you start to push into me towards her and craning your neck around to find her. And when she rounds that corner, boy, do you wiggle and jump and squeal!  You guys are so fun to watch together. I love you guys so much. I love you I love you I love you. I love to kiss your sweet cheeks. You give me big hugs and open mouthed kisses that are so slobbery and sometimes even hurt because you gnaw on my face. I have zits on my face where you give me these awesome fish kisses, but I could really care less! I love how affectionate you are. I am lucky to have two very affectionate, snuggly kids.

I love you, my sweet, handsome boy!

Sawyer! You are so rad. You are the happiest, smiliest baby. Nothing beats getting a smile out of you! You love being sung to, especially, "Doe A Deer". You are very social and healthy. Unfortunately you inherited exzema. Boo! But there are worse things, right? You are such a sweet boy.
Today you did your first full on laugh! You've been cooing and making noises for awhile, and you've been TRYING to laugh for awhile, but today while G'ma P was singing a song and bouncing you, you laughed! It was the best sound! Oh boy, you sure are a cool little guy.
You are looking more and more like Mae everyday, except the head full of hair. You are definitely a handsome little man. We love you so much!

Dear Sawyer-
You are 2 months old! You have already gotten so much bigger. You are still so well mannered. You have started to smile and react to things more. We even get a laugh out of you, even though its more like a gasp! It is so cute and we can't get enough! I love to kiss your little cheeks all day long. You try to give kisses back by opening your mouth and sucking on my cheeks or nose.
Your head and neck are so strong, you've been holding them up on your own to some extent since day one. Now you can hold it up for quite a long time and look around. You are getting more handsome every day :)
You adore your big sister. She gets so excited to see you and she calls you "my sweet Sawyer". Any time you are laying on your back and shes above you, you crane your head around to find her.
It is the best feeling when you look at me with those bright eyes and I can see that you love me. When I hold you facing forward, you'll crane your head up towards me so you can look at my face. When I hold you against my chest with your head on my shoulder and give you kisses, you get a little toad smile on your face and this bashful expression like,"oh, mommy!"It makes my heart melt! You are starting to look more and more like Mae everyday. I think you'll have blonde hair like your handsome dad.
We love you so much! Not a day goes by that our love doesn't grow for you!