Family Photos

We had Shauna Eskelsen do our pictures this year.  It was nice going with a professional again and I'm so thrilled with how they turned out.  We went to her parents house in Hooper by their barn.  Wyatt was the only one not cooperating very well and kept throwing fits.  The twins were a little hard just wanting to be on the move.  I'm so glad we got them done and they turned out so well.  It makes me smile when I look at them.  Life has been so hectic and interesting the past year but looking at these photos make me realize it's been so hard but it's worth it and made us stronger as a couple and family.  We've relied so much on each other and every person has had to make sacrifices and pitch in for us to survive.

Sawyer photo session

I took some photos with this black romper of Oaklee when she was about 3.  I knew it would be getting small on Sawyer so I knew I had to take advantage and get some pictures with Sawyer.  I took her over by the mailbox and snapped some cute shots.  She was more awkward to photograph than Oaklee is.  It was so funny trying to get her to do some poses.

Sawyer Birthday

We had a few celebrations for her birthday.  We went to Lagoon to celebrate as she's been so into pumpkins this year.  We also celebrated up at Amanda's over UEA.  We took her to Build A Bear and she chose to make a Lalaloopsy.  We went to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory and then went to do some presents at Amanda's after and had cookie ice cream sandwiches.  When we got back the next week we did a party at our house.  She wanted pumpkin theme again so we did Halloween activities.  We played Halloween bingo and made carmel apples.  It was an easier party although we had issues with the apples.  It was such a fun month doing Halloween activities and celebrating her all month long.  She's such a fun little girl and so loveable.  She's pretty content and easy.  But, if she's throwing a fit or crying, don't yell at her.  We have to calm her down and talk on her level.  We can't even ignore the situation or her.  She's got the sweetest voice and just so cute and loves to cuddle.  I'm going to miss every girl thing about having a little girl.  They've been such fun times with these girls.  I don't have any pictures uploaded to my computer yet...oops.  When I do, I'll add some up.

Sawyer is 3

Sawyer turned 3!  She went to the Dr this past week and wasn't to fond of it.  She's such a tiny thing it seems but she's only 4 1/2 lbs smaller than Oaks.  It's interesting to see them grow quite similar to each other.  Sawyer potty trained in September and literally was great by day 4.

Weight: 27.4-15%
Height:34.2 inces-3%

Her answers:
~Favorite food:Quesidillas
~Favorite fruit:oranges
~Favorite veggie-corn
~Favorite color:orange
~Favorite character:ponies
~Favorite toy:little doll sets
~Favorite movie-Sofia
~Favorite show- Sofia
~What do you want to be when you grow up? Pumpkin...I won't scare anybody
~What do you like to sleep with? Troll & Blankie
~Favorite drink: juice
~Favorite breakfast:Cereal
~Best Friend: Kota

*Loves her blankie
*Off a binkie
*Will not sleep in her bed since June after our vacation to Amanda's...we try to put her in her bed but she'll only last a few hours and come into our bed.  So, we're trying to get her to sleep on the floor of our room and then go back to trying in her own bed.  We've been more lax about it because we feel it's her alone time with us and the attention she needs
*Loves playing with toys (barbies, ponies, princesses)
*Wears 3T (huge) clothes and 6-7 shoes (7s are so big but it's what we have from Oaks so we make it work)
*Knows her colors, some shapes, and can count to 11
*Speaks in sentences so well
*She loves dresses and skirts and gets upset if there aren't any clean ones...she also loves to pick out her own clothes
*She loves braids in her hair and loves to pick what I do to her hair...loves bows in it
*She isn't into makeup, lipgloss, and jewelry like oaks was
*Naps occasionally but still really should have them daily!
*She'll play with the twins but not for long periods