Sawyer's 1st day of Pre school!

Today Sawyer started going to pre school.  We found the perfect place for him to go so that he can learn and play with others.  Sprout pre school is at Heartland Vineyard Church.  Sawyer will go 2 days a week for 3 hours.

Today Dustin and I walked him into his classroom and he left us immediately to go play with the toys.  He didn't even know we had left him.  Normally we will pull up to the the door and the teacher's will come out to the car to get him and bring him out at the end of the day.

At 11am we pulled up next to the doors and waited for Sawyer to come out.  Here came out little man holding his teacher's hand and he had his backpack on his back.  It was the cutest thing and I so wish I would have taken a picture.  He smiled so big when he saw Dustin and I waiting for him. Sawyer's teacher, Miss Sara told us that he played hard and was probably tired.  Also in Sawyer's bag was a note that reads........

Mom and Dad
Today at school we played centers, colored, read books, and had lots of fun!  I had a hard time adjusting to the daily routine (sitting at group time), but hopefully I will do better as I get used to school. :)

We are so happy our little boy had a good first day and we hope for many more!!

Sawyer's 1st day of

Day out with Thomas!

As most of you know Sawyer LOVES Thomas the train!  For the longest time he couldn't even say Thomas and would call him Ty.  It's pretty cute. So when I had heard from several people that Thomas comes to Boone, IA every year I knew we had to go.  So I ordered our tickets and we waited for the big day to come!

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 finally came!  I think Dustin and I were more excited then Sawyer! :)  We packed up the car and headed to Boone.  Sawyer did great on the car ride.  We watched movies on our dvd player which is wonderful when traveling with a 2 year old!

We arrived a little after 11am in Boone and our train ride wasn't scheduled till 1pm so we decided to get some lunch.  We found a Pizza Ranch, YUM!!  Just from being at Pizza Ranch we could see Thomas was a big deal.  Lots of little kids with Thomas tattoos, and gear!  I was getting even more excited!  :)

After lunch we headed back to the other side of Boone to find the Scenic Valley Railroad.  We found our destination and headed towards the fun!

We had to get in line right away for our train ride.  We boarded the train and found a seat.  What a busy place!!  Sawyer was a champ.  He was looking out the window and people watching while we waited for the train to go.  He wasn't too sure of what was going on.

Finally the train started to move.  Sawyer just stared out the window.  He really wasn't too sure what to think.  Mom and Dad had fun though!

After the train ride we walked around and checked out all of the other activities.  They had so much to do!  Face painting, a hay maze, and more.  The line to get your picture taken with Thomas was very long so we decided to wait on that.

We found the gift shop tent and went in to see all of the Thomas items.  There were many!  We finally decided to just get Sawyer a Day out with Thomas t-shirt.  Sawyer wasn't too picky.

We then headed to wait in line to get our picture taken with Sir Topham Hatt.  The line was long but was moving pretty quick.  Sawyer waited patiently in his stroller and just people watched.  Finally it was our turn.  I walked up to Sir Topham Hat with Sawyer and Sawyer was just clinging to me.  He was pretty scared.  He wouldn't even look at Sir Topham Hat.  We got our picture taken even though Sawyer is barely looking at the camera.

After seeing Sir Topham Hatt we decided to get something to drink and go wait to have our picture taken with Thomas before going home.  Sawyer was getting tired and we knew it was getting close to nap time.  Thankfully we were 2nd in line for our picture with Thomas.  We just had to wait for him to come back from another train ride.  Thomas arrived and we went to stand in front of him for our picture.  Sawyer was again scared and clinging on to us.  We got our picture taken and then decided to head for our car.  It had been a fun day but Sawyer was tired and ready for a nap.

We got to our car and had barely buckled Sawyer into his car seat and he was almost asleep. It was a great day and Dustin and I decided that until Sawyer outgrows Thomas we will continue with this tradition.  It was a nice mini vacation for the 3 of us.  :)

2 years old!!

Wow, it's hard to believe we are now the parents of a 2 year old!  We are amazed at how much Sawyer has changed over the last two years and feel very blessed to be his parents.  It took a lot of tears, frusteration, and patience to get to this day but we made it and couldn't be happier!!

Sawyer had an amazing Birthday!  We started the celebration on Sunday, September 11th with Grandpa Todd, Grandma June and family!  Sawyer was very SPOILED!  Lots of toys, yummy food, and cake!

Sunday was just the beginning of our busy week!  Monday Sawyer got his haircut at Wanda's Country Cuts in New Hartford and was such a good boy!  No tears or fighting like previous haircuts!  He was a champ!  Also on Monday Sawyer and Mommy started attending a new class, called MOVE!  It is a class for 2-3 year olds and it's all about MOVING!  Very fun for our little guy who doesn't get out much.

Tuesday we made a visit to Dr. Rotenberg for our final ear check.  We got the all clear!  No more fluid and no ear tubes are needed!  YAY!!!

Wednesday wasn't as busy.  But later in the afternoon Sawyer started coughing and sneezing and a feared cold was on the way.  Not how we wanted to spend the week.

Thursday was the BIG 2nd Birthday!!  Sawyer woke up coughing and sneezing and just not feeling too well but we tried to continue on with our fun filled day!  Grandpa Todd stopped by with a special birthday donut from Johnson's bakery and birthday balloons!  Then we headed to see Michelle Stricker from Stricker Photography for 2 year pictures and some family shots.  Sawyer just wasn't in a picture mood.  After pictures we decided to try to get some lunch and headed to Pizza Ranch.  While eating Sawyer just seemed to get worse so I called and made him an appointment to see Dr. Sims for later that afternoon.  Finally home for a nap and some rest before going to the doctor.  As thought and confirmed by Dr. Sims, Sawyer just had a yucky cold.  Thankfully not another ear infection!  We headed home and our birthday boy had some more visitors.  Gigi, Omma, and Great Grandma Frohn stopped by.  All in all we think Sawyer had a great 2nd birthday with lots of visitors, presents, and food!

Friday and Saturday we had a yard sale!  Dustin and I are 90% sure we are done having babies so we decided to clear out the attic!  We got rid of all the big baby items and most of Sawyer's old clothes!

Sunday was Sawyer's final birthday party with more family and friends.  We rented the Cedar Falls Community Center.  We had a Thomas the train themed party.  Sawyer LOVES Thomas!  We ordered a Thomas cake from Target and Dustin's mom made Sawyer his own special Thomas cake.  We had a great afternoon visiting with everyone, eating, opening presents and of course eating cake!

23 Months!

Well I am super late with this post!  Sawyer's 23rd month of life wasn't too eventful.  He is talking, talking, and talking!  He repeats anything he hears now.  He also had his ABR hearing test.  When he was born he failed his newborn hearing screen and we felt he wasn't hearing well.  So ENT, Dr. Rotenberg suggested a hearing test.  Sawyer had to be sedated but everything went smoothly and he passed!!  Some pictures on the day of his hearing test.  These were taken while we waited.