Little Mr. Sawyer has grown so much ... it's hard to believe he's 14.5 months old! His personality is growing with him. He is a laid-back little dude most of the time, but he knows what he wants - and he's not shy about voicing his opinion.
More than anything, Sawyer loves to be outside. I mean LOVES IT. When he is not playing outside, he is pointing to the door and making noises that we take to mean, "Get me outside, right now! People, I am telling you - I want to go OUT-SIDE! NOW!" No matter that it is freezing or raining or dark. He wants out. All. The. Time.
He also is obsessed with bubbles. He loves them, loves them. Whenever the bubbles are in sight, he is pointing at them and saying "Buh-buh! Bub-buh!" Which means, "Somebody please blow bubbles for me! Blow bubbles! Now!"
He loves Parker, but he also lets Parker know when he wants his space.Which is most of the time.
Sawyer is not walking yet, although he is a-l-m-o-s-t there. (See photo of him standing in tub.) He can stand up on his own, and he can walk holding your finger the tiniest bit, but he hasn't decided that he really wants to take off on his own. But he gets the proudest big smile when he stands up on his own. It just melts your heart.
Sawyer is teething at the moment, which means he is pretty grumpy these days. Not that you can blame him. The molars are pushing through on both sore, red lower gums, and he is not happy about it. Tylenol and popsicles help. (See photo.) This teething thing happened around the time I decided to wean him off the bottle - and that hasn't helped. He still gets a bottle in the morning and at night, because it comforts him. (I breastfed for just over a year, and he gave that up on his own. He is clinging to the bottle, though...)
In other Sawyer news... He loves dogs, and yesterday he did sign language for "dog" for the first time. He gets
so excited when he sees our neighbor's dog, Bailey. He also loves to point at the birds outside, and he says "bird" (or close enough) while he points to them. He also does sign language for milk.
He loves
cheese with a passion, although we can't give him too much. He also loves the little ice chips Jerod gives him, which also helps with the teething.
Maybe his favorite thing of all is bathtime. Some days, when we can't go outside and he's clearly bored and restless, I just plop him into a nice, warm bubble bath in the middle of the day, and he is in heaven.
Another huge milestone: Sawyer is sleeping through the night, almost every night!!
Hooray!
Yesterday we moved the caterpillars to their new home - the butterfly house. They've all formed chrysalids and attached upside down to the paper in the jar. Now they're busy transforming into butterflies! Jerod carefully pinned the caterpillar-covered paper to the mesh side of the butterfly house, and in about five days they should start emerging as painted lady butterflies. We'll feed them sugar water on flowers and - when they all come out - we'll let them fly free. 
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