So proud of my hubby!

David was quoted in the Washington Times today! I'm so proud of him, and really admire his passion for politics. I honestly don't understand a thing about politics and government but David has always done such a good job of taking complicated political issues and "dumbing them down" for lack of a better term for me. We are so thankful for our hard working David! He works just as hard at home being a Daddy and Hubby as he does at his job day in and day out. We love you hun!

(click link below to see David's quotes)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/21/cain-tops-field-again-nevada-gop-straw-poll/

We Love you Daddy!

crawling, standing, cruising, climbing and 1st tooth...

October has been a busy month in the Mansdoerfer household! We started the month out in CA for my beautiful roommate Christina's wedding then decided to just stay an extra week and visit with friends and family. One of the major perks of my awesome hubby working from home! While we were in CA Sawyer stopped doing his inch worm crawl and started doing a real, get anywhere I want fast, crawl! He quickly became bored with crawling and mastered pulling himself up and standing, then moved on to cruising the furniture. Poor kid has more bumps on his head from this stage. I think he has finally learned he can't just let go when he's done but he has to sit down on his bottom instead (this important lesson has significantly cut down on the amounts of bumps and bruises he was getting!) He is now trying to master the art of climbing...oh joy! He also sprouted his first tooth! I told you, October was a busy month! Lots of new first for our little guy. Sawyer is officially into EVERYTHING...and by everything I mean everything. This kid never stops moving, I think that's why he's such a good sleeper, he wears himself out from his constant moving during the day! David and I are so surprised at how active and mobile he is, as a little baby he was THE most mellow baby. He would literally just lay there and hang out wide awake watching his little world. He was the most content baby to just hang out and do nothing...until about 5 1/2 months! Suddenly he is frustrated all the time because he wants to do more than his little body will let him do, he is constantly moving and trying to figure out the next thing. Gone are the days of just sitting around and hanging out happily! Silly little guy. He is still such a happy little thing and such a joy to us. David and I end each night laughing about funny things the little guy did that day, we are so in love with our little boy! 

I took this video a few weeks ago when he first started pulling himself up to a standing position

Stinker is climbing this to get to higher things. I turned around and  found him like this, trying to climb onto his changing table!

Eating sand at the beach...yuuuummmm!

I got this Mom

Spa time with Cousin Naomi! Soy LOVES the water!

Playing with Nana

pumpkin boy!

6 months already!

Our peanut is 6 months old already. I cried the night before as I was boxing up more clothes he has outgrown. I know everyone says it goes so fast but man they are not kidding. I felt like I was pregnant FOREVER but since the day our little Sawyer was born the days are just flying by. Our little man is sitting up, crawling, giving the sweetest kisses, eating solids, saying "mama" and "dada" (he only says Dada in the crib, it's so cute. David thinks Sawyer is begging him to come rescue him out of his crib! haha), smiling at anything and everything, and FINALLY laughing! He used to never laugh but recently he laughs at everything, it's so fun and the best sound in the world. We fall more and more in love with our little guy each day. We feel so blessed that God gave us our sweet Soy Bean!

B-A-N-A-N-A-S! (& carrots, peaches, green beans...)

This post is so so late, but better late than never right?!

We started solids a few weeks ago when we were in AZ visiting Grammie and Opa (David's parents!) Sawyer was one hungry baby to say the least. From the moment we started he hasn't looked back! He grabbed the spoon out of my hand and started shoveling it in on his own...apparently I wasn't moving fast enough. We started with Bananas and have since conquered many other fruits and veggies. David is just dying to give the kid meat but I'm just not quite ready for that! I don't know why but I feel like once he starts eating meat he is officially a big kid (I'm desperately trying to hold onto my baby days).

Below are some pics of his first foods and our sweet visit with David's family!

I got this Mom

 

 

 

 

Are you serious? I really get to have this?

He loved their little dog Lily, every time she barked he would just laugh and laugh

 

Giving Grammie kisses. He loves grabbing your face and giving big kisses!

Trying to crawl...

Sawyer is 5 months and 3 weeks old and is trying SO hard to crawl! I fear my life is going to get much busier in the very near future. He is hilarious now, for a while he has been getting up on his hands and knees but he has just been hanging out stuck in that position. Tonight he started really trying to move all around. He gets so frustrated because he just wants to go but doesn't know how yet! My sweet girlfriend Natalie was here visiting tonight and she got to see Soy in action! She got some great video clips of him really moving around, hopefully I can get those up here soon! Here is a video of him trying to figure it out. He is not crawling yet but he is definitely moving all over! Go Soy Go! You are almost there buddy! 

Houdini Baby

We have our very own Houdini Baby. Seriously, this kid can break out of anything! Even in his newborn days, Sawyer would bust out of his tight, special swaddle blankets. We never knew how he was doing it, but he would somehow pop his feet out and get at least one, if not both arms out. When we used disposable diapers he would wiggle so much in his crib that his diaper would wiggle right off of him, it would be still fastened but down around his knees! And now his favorite thing is busting out of his clothes during "nap" time! Almost every time I go to get him he is only semi dressed! I don't know how the kid does it...I would love to set up a camera in there and watch him so silently wiggle out of his clothes! This was him today when I went to get him...one arm completely out of his long sleeves and one leg sticking out of his snap up jammies! He is so proud of himself when he manages to break free, when I go in to get him he just smiles and laughs so proud! He is such a silly little guy...definitely keeps us laughing!  

(sorry for the fuzzy picture, I snapped it on my phone!)

Talking Sawyer

Soy Bean has found his voice in a big way! All day today he has been "Scream talking", it's hilarious! He is yelling at his toys and at his hands. I keep thinking he's working himself up but when I go to pick him up I see he is smiling huge and just figuring out his little voice. Here's a little video of him telling me all about his nap time. He's such a joy! He is 4 months and 1 week now! I cannot believe it!