chloe is 4!

chloe has actually been 4 for almost two months now, but i'm just now putting up the pictures. when we were in arkansas, we got to go to chloe's birthday party -- a skating party! i didn't know how hadleigh would do with it, but she absolutely loved it. as in loves skating, threw a fit when i took the skates off and made her leave. obviously, skating and cake with pink icing were big hits with hadleigh.

july.

arkansas.

we went to arkansas the entire month of june, but with the chaos of moving, i never got around to posting about it. so here it is! we made the brave decision to drive to arkansas and back -- 16 hours both ways! -- with a toddler and a 4 1/2 month old (plus a dog). thankfully, we've been blessed with great travelers, and it went great! so we got to spend a month hanging out with family, playing a lot, and doing a little napping and swimming in between! hadleigh had the best time with her uncles -- man, uncle ravy, and gikle. sawyer spent his time cuddled up with nana and nama and loved every minute of it! we also took hadleigh to her first movie in the theater -- toy story 3! she loved it. we entertained her with food and she probably ate her weight in popcorn, but she was so well behaved -- quietest kid in the theater except for when she was telling everyone else "shhh!".

on the go!

here's a recent video of our tiny tot CRAWLING! he started trying as soon as we moved to chicago, just army crawling and dragging his body around with his fists. then this past sunday, he figured out that he could use his hands and go places and he was gone! he's still spitting up everywhere too, so it's made for lots of chaos, but he's having so much fun!

we love our cousins!

hadleigh and sawyer spent the day playing with katie and leah today -- they had so much fun! so much fun that they both were out cold as soon as we got in the car to drive home and went to bed without any fuss! we're sure going to miss our cousins when we move to the windy city...

happy sunday.

5 1/2 months.

sawyer is 5 1/2 months old now! i meant to write this when he was 5 months old, but i obviously forgot. sawyer is finally getting big and is all over the place! he never really is still. he's rolling all over the place and sitting up for a little bit by himself. he sits in the tripod position for a few seconds, then gets distracted and falls over reaching for toys. he also 'scoots' places, but only uses his stomach and the side of his face to scoot. he actually gets pretty far that way. he loves chewing on his fists and hanging out with mama. hadleigh is by far his favorite person though. he also discovered the dog this week and has taken a liking to pulling his ears. he's wearing 3-6 month clothes and weighed 13 pounds 2 ounces at the doctor yesterday. i'm pretty sure that knocks him off the growth chart, but he's definitely making progress. he has starting eating baby food and is going so great! bananas and squash are the favorites. baby food is currently on hold because we are on day 3 of a head to toe polka dotted rash. not sure if it was from baby food or a soap that we used right before the rash. that, along with his eczema all up his arms and his face that i can't get under control, won him upcoming trips to the dermatologist and allergist! i'm sure we'll get him figured out soon enough...