Santa's Helpers Have Been Busy at Our House!

Daddy is one of Santas Helpers :)

Cooper has to check it out- to make sure it is safe.

More setup and checking everything out

Ta-da!

Santa has been to our house already tonight and Zach and I his elves have been busy! Santa brought Sawyer a lot of fun new toys, because Sawyer was such a good boy all year. He brought Sawyer a fun tent/playhouse/tunnel playzone and his elves set it up right in the living room so Sawyer will see it when he wakes up and we bring him to the tree. I am So excited to celebrate Sawyer's first Christmas- I think I am just as excited this year as I was when I was a kid! We even made a fire and sat by it and read Sawyer The Night Before Christmas . I love Christmas Eve :) It is so much fun to be a parent!

Merry Christmas!

HO HO HO

Here is Sawyer saying his version of Merry Christmas- HO HO HO!

Holy $h*T!

Sawyer used the potty for the first time today and he went poopy and pee!  Not bad for the very first time he has ever been on it!  He is getting a potty chair for Christmas but a woman I work with was wanting to get rid or her potty and one of those soft rings that go on the big potty.  I figured, why not just give it a try- even though I didnt think I would really start working on it with him until this summer when he dosent have to wear so many layers.  But I figured, I will at least be able to get him on the potty when he has to poo because he makes a face everytime before he goes.  Well, this morning, he starts looking like he is thinking about pooping so I bring him in the potty and sit him on the soft seat on the big toilet.  At first he looked at me like I was crazy and wanted me to hold him so he could get down.  I gave him a hug and then let him hold one of his bathtub toys.  Then he was happy and he peed a little and suddenly- he pooped in the potty!  I said YAY! Sawyer!  and he looked so proud on himself and getting to flush the poo instead of change a poopy dipe was so awesome!  Im hoping we can get the pooping on the potty part down and then we can work harder on staying dry too!     

Let it Snow!

This week we got a TON of snow.  The first morning that there was snow on the ground Sawyer woke up and saw all the white snow out the window and he kept pointing out the window and then looking at me, and then pointing out the window again like "mama!  Look, what is out there?!"  All day long he would crawl over to the window and pull himself up to see out and point at the snow.  Finally after lunch I found a snowsuit from last winter that was too big, managed to get him into it, and we ventured outside so Sawyer could see the snow.  He was so excited!  He couldnt crawl because his snow suit was too bulky but he laughed and and touched the snow and looked around excitedly.  It was still snowing outside so we didnt stay out for very long, but Sawyer seemed to like it!  Its a good thing we went out when we did because now the weather is much colder!  If it warms up again we might even be able to take Sawyer for a sled ride after Christmas! 

Here is the rediculous amount of snow we got- this is on our deck and it got pretty drifted from the rooftop.

Sawyer loves the snow!  He WAS born during a snowstorm afterall.  My snowflake!

I spent the entire "blizzard" working in the ER because no one else could make it in to work.  I worked literally the entire day- thankfully we made it a lot of fun.  We were actually fairly busy for awhile too which is suprising during bad weather.  Its always an unusual experience to work those shifts and its the perfect time of year to make extra money!  Sawyer was def. glad to have me home today though!  And I was TIRED- usually when he naps I like to get things done around the house but today be snuggled and took a wonderful 3 hour nap together.  What could be better!

Seeing St. Nick!

Since last year (before Sawyer was even born) Zachs mom apparently has been very excited about having a grandbaby at Christmas time.  I worked extra hours this week on a project at work and both Zachs mom and my dad helped us out so much by watching Sawyer on those days.  One afternoon when I went over to pick up Sawyer Zachs mom brought down a christmas outfit for Sawyer and decided that it would be fun to take Sawyer to see Santa that night.  So when the boy got off of work, we all packed into our big babymobile and headed up to the new bass pro shop in Altoona to see Santa.  We were in luck, because the line for Santa was not long at all!  Sawyer sat on Santas lap and seemed pretty interested in Santas beard, they snapped the picture and then he was done- no tears!  We were taking a few pictures of Sawyer in "santas winter wonderland" and suddenly santa decided he wanted to be in on the fun too and he got up off of his santa seat and came over and held sawyer and started showing him things in his winter wonderland- so we got to take pictures of santa and Sawyer checking out Santas elves and reindeer- and even with Santa holding him, Sawyer still didnt cry- he didnt give Santa a smile though until he was back in my arms. 

This weekend was deer hunting for the men, so Sawyer and I headed over to nanas house to make holiday goodies with her,Zachs sister Beth, uncle ben's gf Cassie and Cassies mom.  They both work at the bakery so of course their decorated cookies looked amazing and pretty much blew the rest of our decorated cookies out of the water!  We had so much fun and made a TON of holiday goodies.  Sawyer even helped decorate sugar cookies, but all of his ended up in his tummy!

Last night we finally got around to putting our christmas tree up, and of course Sawyer was VERY interested in it.  The bottom few inches of the tree are bare of decoration but the rest looks beautiful.  Hopefully my little buddy will leave it alone.  So far today, so good on that account- he is still more interested in the dogs bowl. 

We got about a bit of snow last night and this morning when Sawyer woke up he was looking out the big window in our bedroom that looks out over our yard and he looked at me and pointed out the window and then looked at me again like "whoa!" and then pointed out the window again.  We might have to venture outside at some point today so he can see the snow for himself up close and personal!