First day of football season! Yeah!
Sawyer hiding behind his balloon 
"Look, ma, no hands!"
Mmmmm, guacamole
Nice shades
Sawyer playing in his cardboard "house"
I'm coming through...
Sawyer clapping with his reflection 
Sawyer and Daddy playing dress up
"Name's Tumbleweed, Maam."
Sawyer outside pulling his little green wagon.
Sawyer putting sand in his wagon
Sawyer and Daddy swinging on the new (and finally complete) play set
High up in the fort with the trees
Gettin' pretty good at using a spoon. Still messy, but better. 
Loving Mama's veggie beef stew!
Well, we finally finished the swing set and have spent nearly every day playing on it. It was definitely time/money well spent. The GIANT sandbox on the back is especially nice. Sawyer insists on taking his shoes off so he can sink his little toes into the warm sand. We build castles, Sawyer smashes them. It's a perfect balance.
We had a nice visit with John's parents in September. They helped out a great deal with finishing up several of our outdoor projects - swing set included. Sawyer hadn't seen them for many months so it took a little while to warm up, but eventually he did. Grandma seemed to enjoy walking around with him out in the yard. He had a great time "helping" Grandpa work too. We even got in a few trips to the Herman's pool, which Sawyer really enjoyed. He is such a water baby!
Sawyer started "school" in September. We (he) finally decided on the Little Pros Academy. They have a strong focus on play, specifically sports related play. They have a great gym with a super nice gym teacher, Mr Matt. So the kids get plenty of outside time along with scheduled sessions in the gym where they work on developing motor skills and learning different sports. (At this age, teaching them tennis amounts to playing with tennis balls...you get the idea.) Sawyer warmed up pretty quickly even though he is only part-time. He really seems to enjoy his time there. He's been eating great for them (2 and 3 servings of everything, especially the fruit) and napping 2 to 3 hours on his own little cot. I have no idea how they get him to sleep on a cot, but he does it. Of course, after two days in day care he caught his first virus. John and I also caught the virus. John recovered pretty quick. Sawyer and I are going on week 3 of the virus and week 2 of anti-biotics and we both still have very runny noses. Yuck! And so it goes I suppose.
Stats:
Height: 34.5 inches
Weight: 28.5 lbs
Teeth: No change - all his baby teeth are in. I keep thinking second molars will be in soon (given the drool) but nothing yet.
Verbal skills: We keep thinking he's gonna talk any minute. He chatters a lot and sings, but no real words. He says Dada, Mama and Uh-Oh with real emphasis. We think he's trying to say "ball" and "bubblegum", but it's not real clear. (The "bubblegum" comes from giving him amoxicillin twice a day by singing to him that it's"Yummy yummy bubble gummy time!" Sad, I know.)
Physical skills: His hand dexterity is amazing. He can unscrew lids off of bottles now. He can take pen lids on and off. He's been opening doors for a while, but now he's figured out how they lock and unlock. He runs constantly. (Round and round the island in the kitchen pulling his toy frog behind him.) He's trying to jump and actually get his feet off the ground. Sounds weird, but this is a learned skill. He dances and bounces. This weekend he began working on climbing the rock wall on the swingset. Pretty good for his first try. He goes up and down the stairs by holding onto the rail and standing upright. (It makes us very nervous, but he insists on doing it like we do.)
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