Sawyer: 2 Years, 3 Months

Sleeping:
- Napping is a thing of the past. Maybe once every couple of weeks he'll take one, but most days I just make him go to his bed for an hour/hour and a half or he gets to lay on the couch with his blanket and paci for "rest time."
- He goes down at 7:30pm and most days is up by 7am.
- He still has his paci but ONLY for naps and night night. Occasionally he'll find one laying around and sneak around with it!

Eating:
- Sawyer has been eating like a man...seriously. Some evenings he eats more for dinner than I do!
- He's still not a big breakfast fan. He's good with his cup of Carnation Instant Breakfast and a late morning snack.
- He gets better and better with his utensils and big boy cup.
- Sometimes I think he wants to be a vegetarian. He still doesn't eat very much meat.
- Favorite things to eat include black olives, "cookies" (sugar wafers), corn on the cob, hummus, blueberries, yogurt, cheese, lima beans, broccoli, spaghetti, and dried fruit.
- He likes for me to put orange or lemon slices in his water...which I think is awesome because he's wanting water more than juice!
- He calls fried squash, "chips" and he LOVES it!

Talking:
- It seems that he says new words and phrases everyday! This is such a fun stage!
- It's been so much fun watching him talk to his friends and they actually understand him and talk back!
- He suddenly started calling me "Na Na" instead of Mama....I have no idea where it came from. I'll ask him to repeat a list of "m" words and he says them all correctly...just wants to say "NaNa" I guess?!
- He likes to call Mush and Papa on the phone. And, if anyone calls he'll say "Hi ___, What doin?!"

Social Skills:
- He's much more "friendly" these days with adults. Before he would just hide his face or look the other way if someone spoke to him, but he's becoming a little more social and will give high fives or hugs to people at church.
- We still struggle with some separation anxiety, especially with the crazy month we've had. If he gets out of his routine, being away from mommy is harder for him.
- Sharing is not one of his favorite things to do...though if he wants something you have, he'll tell you to share!
- He's starting to figure out when things are funny...if something silly happens on a tv show, he laughs now. So cute!

Playing/Learning:
- He loves counting and lining things up.
- He will actually sit and let me read an entire book to him.
- Sawyer has really been into his train tracks.
- He asks me to paint and color all the time.

Discipline:
- I think we had a parent fail in the area of discipline. During our week long vacation at the beach, he was being SO good that we let things slide when we shouldn't have. Not a good idea. It's been discipline boot camp lately.
- Sawyer is testing the waters...and finding excuses not to do things. WOW...didn't realize it happened so young! He has learned the word "first" and what it means so if I tell him to do something he'll say "I wanna ___ first."
- We've seen LOTS of temper tantrums this month and we continue to talk about his attitude and how we don't always get what we want!

Spiritual Growth:
- Most days he says his own prayer at lunch, but if too many people are around he'll ask me to pray. His prayer is usually "Thank You, God, for food. In Jesus' name, amen!"
- We continue to use the Hide 'Em in Your Heart" cd's right now for scripture memory. His favorite at the moment is "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." So precious to hear him sing this!