Sawyer's first few months....in a nutshell....

As I begin writing this post, once again....I am wondering WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE?! I honestly can't believe that Sawyer is already 4 month's old! I just finished feeding him his oatmeal and sweet potatoes and can't believe that his "newborn stage" is over.....Sawyer is such a sweet baby. There really are no other words to describe him. He smiles all the time, sleeps, eats and that is pretty much it! I love this picture to the left, because since Sawyer has been born, his hands have been a very important part of his life. The are always close together and now spend quite a bit of time in his mouth! Grace, Carson and Chloe are all very sweet with him too. They are always willing to help with whatever I need when it comes to Sawyer. All I have to do is let them hold him, or give him a kiss and hug and they are up for pretty much any task. Let's hope this carries on for a while, because I know when they are bigger they won't be an easy bribe! I love our little family right now - all of the kids are growing and learning and changing so much each day. My days are busy and crazy, but I wouldn't change it for anything! Here are a few pic's of Sawyer over the past 4 month's:

Carson's 4th Birthday

I can't believe that Carson is 4 years old!!! It seems like yesterday he was a baby and needed me for everything. Now it seems like there are days that I hardly see him (except for the occasional feeding and watering) and he is growing up way to fast!!! Someone once told me that the weeks go by slow and the years go by way too fast....and it is so true! Even though some days it is hard....I am really trying to cherish every moment because these kids are little for such a short period of time. For Carson's birthday, he wanted a "Magic Party"!! So we hired a magician and invited 20+ of his closest friends to celebrate! Here are some pic's of his special day:

It's snowing in April!!!

We woke up one morning in April to snow! This is not unusual in April, but by now we are sick of the snow and ready for shorts, flip-flops and tank-tops! All of them were barefoot to get the newspaper, but Carson was the winner by running out in the snow in his "birthday suit"!!

Garden Planting - with help!

Every winter, Troy anxiously anticipates early spring when he can get out in the garden and plant our peas!!! He has passed this tradition and love of gardening to our kids and this year they were excited to "help"!

The 6 Pack

Carson is so lucky......he has 5 other boy cousins on Troy's side of the family that were all born within a little over a year of each other. Every once in a while, we try to get them all together in an organized manner to take a picture.....last year we went to Kiddie Kandids and all were in a sweat by the time we got through. This year we were at Troy's twin sisters beautiful house and tried to do it ourselves....which didn't work too great either....hopefully as they get older, this will get easier?! Here are some of the picture's:

Grace - Cheer Camp

In February of this year, Grace signed up for a mini cheer camp with her cousin, and got to perform during half time at one of Riverton High School's Varsity Basketball Games. She absolutley loved every minute of it, and can't wait to start dance this fall. Sawyer was only a week old when she performed so I missed her big debut, but Troy took some pic's of her big night:

Valentines Day 2010

Every year on Valentine's Day, we have a special candlelite dinner with all of the kids. It is really fun and we have special "toasts" about the things we LOVE about life. The kids really look forward to it and we always have chocolate fondue for dessert. Here are some cute pictures of the chocolate mustache's each one of the kids ended up with:

No mustache here....just cute at 2 1/2 weeks old!