nine month checkup

we had sawyer's nine month well-kid checkup this morning. good thing too. cause he's sick. again. another double ear infection. and tubes were kind of mentioned this morning. we'll still wait until he's a little bit older just to see if maybe the infections will slow down some. but if not, tubes for sawyer too. yay?

other than that, little nugget is doing awesome! we'll shoot his nine month photos tonight hopefully. his eyes have been a little gooey due to the ear infections, so we didn't really want to document all that. even though we did share cayden's first gooey eye experience (warning: don't click on it if you get the heebie-jeebies easily. for real.).

oh, and apparently one of sawyer's top teeth (of the four currently trying to break through) has cut through! know how we know? cause while we were at our appointment this morning talking with our doctor, he started grinding his teeth together. world's worst sound? yes, indeed. i'm guessing we'll be hearing that a lot now. i mean, new teeth are exciting for these little people. they have to use them however they can, right? O_o

sawyer's nine month stats
weight: 17.1 pounds
height: 28.50"
head: 18"

wordless wednesday: walking through the tall grass

he's so close

my sweetheart. my buddy.

it's 4:32. 

he hasn't woken up this early in a few weeks.

itty bitty feet slap the hardwood floors as he makes his way to our room.

first a ragged, loved, stuffed puppy is thrown over me.

the thirty pound two year old follows quickly.

he lays in the space between me and jeremy.

i face him; jeremy faces toward the windows.

he backs his little body into the curve of mine.

settles his head on my pillow.

readjusts his head, and BAM! 

my eye socket shoots out light, he hit it so hard.

i roll in the other direction to avoid getting hit again.

"tell mommy you're sorry," jeremy says.

i tell him i know it was an accident.

"i sorry mommy."

a little hand reaches across my back.

gives me a hug.

and he settles in again.

against my back.

sigh. please stay little.

just a bit longer.

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the photo above was taken this weekend. when cayden decided he didn't need a nap.
um, little dude passed out on the couch around 4ish that afternoon.
& it was probably one of the cutest things i've seen.

a little walk around our 'hood

we went out for a walk after work/school the other night. pizza was on the menu for dinner, so we preheated the oven and set out. as always, we asked cayden if he wanted to walk or ride his bike. i believe he jumped up and down while responding, "bike! i wanna ride my bike."

so we suited him up for his bike. and to our surprise, he actually started pedaling. & forward! we got him this bike over a year and a half ago. up until monday night, he was happy to just push himself around not using the pedals at all. we were so proud! and right as we reached the big hill, cayden decided he was finished riding. daddy was the hero, carrying the bike back to the house.

sawyer got to ride in the stroller. i love this stroller. and if we could justify the amount of the double version of this stroller, we'd be all over it. cause then we might start running again. maybe. or not. who knows?

the evening was lovely though. we were able to get out and use up some of that energy that usually seems to stay around for bedtime. dinner was enjoyed and the kiddos went to bed around 7:30. jeremy and i headed upstairs to work on some other things and came back down around 9ish. to find cayden on the couch. reading a magazine to buzz and woody. sneaky little bugger.

and please, enjoy this rad video of cayden riding his bike. it makes me smile all big...