Small victories, small setbacks..

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naughty daddy letting sawyer watch tv! at least it was the history channel! now he knows about the pyramids! sawyer was turning his head and looking at the tv while on his blanket so i guess zach figured he wanted to watch too! thats why i leave it off all day!!























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Well first and foremost YAY! because Zach is now stone free. He passed his stone on Friday night at the rehearsal dinner. Here is the story he told me: Caution it's graphic, I AM a nurse after all, and you know how us nurses love all the gory details! So here it is according to Zach: "I went to the bathroom and then my pee stream slowed down. All of the sudden the stone came shooting out and hit the back of the urinal and made a 'plink' against the back of it, and it bounced off the urinal and landed on my shoe!!" Me: " did you pick it up and save it so i can see it!!??" Zach: "Duh of course, i knew you would ask that!"

And folks, its gross, it looks like an apple seed to me...sick. And that is enough talk about THAT!

The wedding and Sawyer's baptism both went well. We were all SO tired after such a busy weekend that we just vegged out for the rest of the day. Zach now always says that he is glad that we have Sawyer because he is "too old" to party all night and now he has an excuse not to. Sawyer was good while I was gone at the wedding. At first he was crabby and wouldn't take a bottle but after 4 hours of not eating (yikes- i was ready to drive home and feed him, that seemed like a long time to me even though he can go 8+ hours at night and not eat) zach's grandpa gave him a bottle and he chugged it down now problem, and continued to do so for the rest of the time i was gone. Now i've tried to give him one bottle of breastmilk a day- ussually just 1-2 ounces, just so he keeps taking the bottle...today he was MAD when i tried- he took half an ounce and then i gave in and nursed him- im hoping it was just because he was tired because now he is passed out cold... 2 weeks until i go back to work and he has to be able to take a bottle 2 days a week... sometimes he will take it no big deal and other times no way...its not like im even giving him formula- it tastes the same buddy! I think he is going through a growth spurt right now though because he has been wanting to eat way more often the past few days and yesterday he slept ALL DAY long, i didnt even know what to do with myself- i cleaned up the house but it was already pretty clean since we had people over on sunday. I got 4 loads of laundry done! Yep 4 loads in ONE DAY! But he also woke up TWICE last night to eat- and he hasn't done that since he was like 3 weeks old! Yuck! I was SOOOO tired today that we had to sleep in together. He ate and then went right back to sleep but wow its been almost 2 months since ive had to get up in the night with him and then i always end up falling asleep while he eats which is a confusing experience..the cool thing is that after his last growth spurt is when he started smiling and cooing so im excited to see what he will be able to do in the next few weeks. Im hoping for either big laughs or rolling over, or both! He is such a "talker" now. He loves to coo and coo and his favorite thing is just to have conversations with us. We talk to him and then he responds with his aaaahhhs and oohhs, and sometimes even squeals and screams now! Then he smiles and smiles and smiles. he is such a happy boy and just thrives on attention. he gets mad if he isnt getting enough! He also loves to sit in the bumbo seat and is happy in it for ridiculous amounts of time...he likes to be like a big boy and sit up and he can hold his head up so well the whole time and he just looks around. And he is def. right handed. He loves to stick his right fist in his mouth now, or use his right hand to chew on his puppy toy. he is getting so big! lots his 0-3 month stuff is starting to get a bit small, although he does have a few things that dont even fit yet---same brands and sizes as stuff he is outgrowing!

last night zach did some more brush burning in our yard and started turning up the soil for our new BIGGER garden! in about a month we can plant in it! and my weeping willow survived the winter very well and has green buds already! yay spring!