soccer scrimmage

y'all? watching a bunch of 3 & 4 year olds "play" a soccer game? is out of control. white lines on the field? they mean something? ha! i swear, more game was played outside of the lines than not – mostly behind the goals. it was awesome, regardless.

cayden's not a very aggressive player. he was confused about not being able to kick the ball... but i think he wasn't quite grasping the concept of getting in there and getting the ball. he fell once and got kicked in the head, cried, stood up and ran back into the game. he was a trooper and ran after that ball with the rest of the kids. jeremy and i could not have been more proud.

all the kids got a medal after the game for participating. cayden still keeps asking us "what do i got this for?" we just tell him it's because he and his soccer-playing friends all won. and that seems to suit him just fine. and he says he wants to play again next year. guess we'll have to work on his skills in between now and then!

p.s. babylegs? make the perfect shin guard covers.

sleepy. head.

sometimes? it's just really hard to keep your eyes open. and sometimes? the three year old makes sweet suggestions while younger brother is being recorded. (we were sitting in a parking lot at the time of recording. no one was harmed in the making of this film.)

15 month check-up

jeremy and i were placing bets on how much sawyer would weigh at his check-up this morning. little dude feels much more substantial since his 12 month appointment.

j: probably 23 pounds?
me: most definitely. i'm guessing 23 and some change.

but we were wrong. little nugget is going to stay a little nugget forever apparently! he's still growing on the same curve though, so no worries there. dr c asked us all the normal questions: about his curiosity, his speech, if he was pointing to body parts...

wait, what? he's supposed to be doing that already? whoa. um, ok. but again, no worries. but you know what? as soon as the doctor walked out of the room, we asked sawyer where his nose was. (bet you've guessed where this is going) he pointed right to it! haha, little stinker is smarter than we gave him credit for. and looking back at cayden's 15 month check-up... it seems as though they take after each other as far as intelligence is concerned.

sawyer's 15 months stats:
weight: 21 pounds, 9 ounces
height: 31.5 inches
head: 19 inches

bubble popping excitement

sometimes it's just the little things that really make us happy. and their happiness with popping this bubble wrap STILL puts a smile on my face almost a week later. enjoy the giggles and pops!

after his nap

after nap time most days, we know sawyer is done when he starts screaming through the monitor. generally, he's not a pleasant waker-upper. he's awake and he wants you to know he's awake – immediately.

but yesterday afternoon, when he'd been napping for almost three hours, i decided to open the door to let the sounds of the house wake him. what i found was not a sleeping sawyer. instead, he was just standing at the edge of his crib, arms propped up on the railings and just looking as sweet as he possibly could. i decided to risk the crying and run for the camera; see if i could capture some of his sweetness in a photo. and i think i found just what i was looking for.