Santa Claus is comin.....

Christmas is right around the corner and I think that Sawyer knows that there is excitement in the air. The presents are under the tree at our house....shhh....Santa is bringing Sawyer a Baby Einstein Jumparoo this year! Hopefully Daddy won't have too much trouble with assembly on Christmas Eve!

We are so fortunate to have both families nearby, and look forward to spending time with everyone (except Jessica :( ) over the next few days. Sawyer will be playing the role of Baby Jesus tomorrow night at our Church Christmas Pageant (5:00). The dress reherseal is tonight.....wish us luck! Hopefully Mary and Joseph will be expert baby holders.....

Here a pretty picture of Sawyer with his Two-Mommy, taken this holiday season. Merry Christmas!

Baby Bear

Here is a sweet pic of Sawyer that Two-Mommy sent me today. You can't help but smile when you see him with those little ears!!

A Perfect Thanksgiving

Sawyer's first Thanksgiving was definitely one to remember. We had around 30 people at the ranch, a perfect setting for a Thanksgiving celebration. Sawyer looks pretty content sitting with his Great-Meme.

I was on call on the Monday before, and I somehow let Two-Mommy convince me to let Sawyer go down 2 days before me! Everyone enjoyed having Soy-Boy for a couple of days....but Mommy sure missed her baby!

Aunt Jessica and Colin (her Colorado man) were here for the holiday and we had so much fun with them both. We celebated Jessica's 25th birthday on the first of December!

ViVi, Poppa, and Uncle Jashon even came to the ranch....it was so great to have all of our families together for this special day!

Christmas is here!

It is officially Christmas in the Jones house. Our first big tree is decked out in turquoise (of course) and topped with a beautiful angel that my Grandmother bought in 1969! We thank Two-Mommy for the tree....

and Vivi for the perfect stockings!

Compare this

Its time for another comparison picture to see how Sawyer is growing. Above is a pic taken when he was 1 month old, and below is at 3+ months. I'm not sure that he looks much bigger but he is acting more grown up. I don't think any comparisons will be as stunning as the growth that we saw between 2 weeks and 1 month. But our baby keeps on growing before our very eyes!

Blue-eyed Boys

Bryan always gives me a hard time because I only buy shirts for him in the color blue. Its not my fault that blue is his best color, bringing out his eyes! It looks like Sawyer is going to have his Daddy's eyes, and I am already stocking up on the blue onesies. Sorry Soy-Boy....you don't have a chance!

Early Turkey Day

We celebrated an early thanksgiving with the Jones family so that we could have the whole family together. Here is Vivi with Sawyer.

Bryan's Aunt, Jennifer, was here from Maine and got to meet SoyBoy for the first time!

Here are the Jones grandkids, and great-grandkids with Gayle!

And here is our side of the Jones family.....Happy Early Thanksgiving!

hmmm.....

The only excitement in the Jones house this week is news that Sawyer will be making his acting debut this December.....as Baby Jesus in the Christmas Pageant at our church! Since he is used to being wrapped in swaddling clothes, or swaddled at least, we think he will be perfect! Here is a cute pic for the week!

Lindsay's wedding

We had an exciting weekend. with Sawyer's first road trip! We headed to San Antonio for Linday's wedding.

ViVi and Poppa came as well and were such a huge help with Sawyer!

Here is Poppa dancing with Saywer at the reception.....

It was a beautiful wedding and we are so happy for Lindsay and Rob!!

Monkey- SOY

Here is a little preview of Monkey-Soy in his halloween costume! Today he got to visit Dad at work.....Bryan was pretty excited to show off his little monkey!!

Sawyer sees Santa!

Lucky Sawyer got to meet Santa in the off season while out with Two-Mommy! As you can see, Santa wasn't wearing red, as it isn't the season yet. Poor Sawyer was not too happy with the encounter....I think this picture speaks for itself!!

Sawyer goes to Church!

Sawyer attended church for the first time today and he was such a sweet boy-- listening to every word that Granddad had to say from the pulpit! He slept on and off for most of the service and just got a little fussy in the last 10 minutes. Overall he was a little angel and Mom and Dad are excited about returning to church on a regular basis. After church we had lunch with Two-Mommy, Granddad, and Uncle Jack at El Fenix. Now baby and Daddy are cheering on the Cowboys-- what a great Sunday!

Race for the cure!

Today we experienced Sawyer's first race....Race for the cure that is. We joined 30,000 other Dallas-ites to show our support for Breast Cancer awareness.

Sawyer was a real handful....he slept through the entire race!

Daddy ran ahead and finished the 5 K in under 30 minutes.....

The rest of us stayed on stroller patrol....and after fighting the crowds, we finished in 1 hour and 3 minutes!! ViVi and I remember running the race 2 years ago and hating all of the stollers....now we are one of them!!

We met the Target dog and couldn't miss the photo-op.....

Hook 'Em

Last weekend was full of excitement for Sawyer as he attended his first party. As you can probably tell from the picture, it was the Jones family annual Texas-OU party! Soy-boy was all decked out in his Longhorn gear as he helped Daddy cheer for the team. By the time this picture was taken he was becoming a cranky baby-- this was a big day for Sawyer!

Punkin Boy

Well we survived the first week back to work! Sawyer is adjusting to spending the days with his grandparents and I am adjusting to not getting to spend every minute with my boy :(

We had a busy weekend at the wedding of my best friend from high school, Kristin. It was beautiful and Bryan and I had so much fun! Two-Mommy and Granddad came to the wedding and Sawyer spent the night with ViVi and Poppa for the first time! ViVi dressed him in these adorable Pumpkin pajamas. He is going to be all set for his first halloween and we are awaiting the arrival his costume!

Sawyer turned 2 months old yesterday and he has his 2 month doc appointment this week. We can't wait to see how big he is now, but I am dreading his first round of immunization shots.....poor boy! I will take another comparison picture soon so we can see how much he has grown!

Back to Work!

We are proud to announce that the Jones family officially survived Mom's first day back to work!
Only a few tears were shed this morning (by me, not SoyBoy of course).

Sawyer stayed with Two-Mommy today and was so excited about the new schedule that he only slept for a few minutes....I came home to find Two-Mommy still in her pajamas with a happy little bundle of SOY in her arms! It is ViVi's turn tomorrow-- I wonder if she too will get the bright-eyed, energetic Sawyer too......



Needless to say our boy was pooped tonight....it was a fight to keep awake for his nighttime feeding. I can't wait to see how long he sleeps....I'm predicting that we may get a new record!

Here are some pics with Mommy and Daddy before work.

Uptown Boy

We had an exciting Saturday with a trip to the Uptown Festival-- it was Sawyer's first festival!

We were joined by both sets of Grandparents-- the first time we have all been together since Sawyer's birthday almost 8 weeks ago! We enjoyed the music of a fun Beatle's coverband (two-mommy's favorite) and food and drinks from many uptown hotspots.

It was a fun day and we plan to spend the rest of the weekend resting up for Mommy's return to work on Monday!


Friday night was fun too with a visit from Jackie, one of my best friends from college. Jackie met Sawyer for the first time and she loved him, of course! He was such a good boy while we shopped the day away. Jackie promises to come back soon because she can't stand to be away from SoyBoy for too long!