Sawyer: 1 year, 11 months

I can't believe that the next time I do one of these posts I'll have a 2 year old!

Sleeping:
- Sawyer consistently naps from 1pm to 3:30 or 4pm. If he's still asleep at 4, I wake him up!
- He consistently sleeps from 8:30pm to 7:30 or 8am!!! PRAISE THE LORD!! I finally have a good sleeper!
- Sawyer sleeps with his big Gabbas, baby Gabbas, Blue's Clue's characters, and 3 other animals....that's 18 animals in his bed every night!
- He still has his paci...but we're going to TRY to take it away when he turns 2.
- He's finally sleeping under a blanket!
- He always asks for water before he goes to bed (another way that he's like my sister!)
- Sawyer loves for me to "stretch" him when he wakes up!

Eating:
- Sawyer is still a great eater!
- He really likes hamburgers now...wouldn't touch one a month ago!
- He had his first taste of shellfish at the beach.
- He is eating more and more "big people" food....I don't have to chop everything up for him.
- He hates sitting in his high chair after he's finished eating...not good for when we take him out to eat!
- He is getting better and better at using his fork and spoon.

Talking:
- He's imitating SO much! The other night he and Lance were playing in his room and Lance said "Oh, gosh." Sawyer repeated, "Oh, dosh" and says it all the time now....cracks us up!
- The other night he said "Mama, I want some more, please" so clearly. That's the most words he's put together so far.
- He babbles and babbles and babbles. I wish I knew what he was saying, as we have many meltdowns over me not understanding!

Social Skills:
- At the beach, Sawyer played so well with Claire, which is a little unusual! They tend to fight the whole time they're together.
- Sawyer plays really well with Aidan...love them together!
- Last Wednesday night, he DIDN'T CRY when I left him in nursery....and he didn't cry today when I left him in Sunday School. I hope this is the beginning of the end of separation anxiety. It breaks my heart, makes me anxious...blah..
- The nursery worker told me that he shares well.
- Sawyer is still super shy around people he doesn't know, sometimes to the point of tears.

Playing/Learning:
- There's lots of pretend play going on now. He likes to "vroom" his cars around, feed his stuffed animals, cook in his kitchen, set the table, dress up with hats. A couple of weeks ago, he got a bag, some keys, and put on Lance's shoes. Then he tried to open the door with the keys. So cute!
- Sawyer can count to 5. We have a hard time getting started sometimes because when I tell him to say, "one," he'll say "two!"
- He's doing really well with colors. He's pretty good at recognizing blue, orange, purple, and pink. Yesterday he told my mom that he wanted a red popsicle.
- He loves coloring.
- Sawyer can play a DVD all by himself!

Discipline:
- We're constantly on him about obeying the first time...some days are better than others.
- Lately, when I tell him that he's going to get a spanking if he does whatever he's doing again, he'll tell me to spank him (because he wants to do it anyway...apparently it's worth the spanking...oh boy!)

Spiritual Growth:
- Sawyer is learning scripture through our "Hide Em in Your Heart" cd's. Last week, almost every morning he woke up doing the motions to the songs and telling me to sing.
- Some days he sits and listens to our bible stories, other days he's not at all interested, but I keep doing it because I want him to know it's important to read his bible every single day!
- I love that he knows when it's time to pray. Sometimes he has to remind us!!