It's been a Boot Scootin', Barnyard Bashin', Barkin' good time around here lately... and we saw ELMO!

Look Saw, it's Elmo!!

Long title, I know. I just didn't know how else to say it. We have been having so much fun around here I haven't had time to get it on the blog. I would say forgive me for being such a blog slacker and promise you it will get better, but instead of doing that and having to break a promise I'll just say I'm sorry I can't stay on top of it like I would like to. I feel like my free time is just getting less and less these days. Imagine that!:) I did finally get around to getting Sawyer's birthday party pictures up so I'll have a link for that for you as well as a hilarious video of him scooting! Yay! I finally got a Sawyer video up!:) So proud of myself... can you tell?!? Speaking of Sawyer, we had his 1 year check up last Thursday and he weighed in at 19 pounds and 15 ounces and was 28 and 1/2 inches tall. Weight was 10th percentile and height was 10-25th percentile. He's turned into a tiny little guy! Everything checked out great at the visit, including the "not eating" solid question we had for Dr. Papciak. He just said to give him time and keep trying to introduce new things... so we are being patient with him. I wasn't ready to be eaten out of house and hold yet anyways!:) Funny enough the day after the appointment he decided to start eating graham crackers, so we are already progressing. Sneaky Sawyer just wanted to see if we would actually talk to Dr. Papciak about it!!! Silly boy! Eating solids or not, he has been having tons of fun! We went to Bark in the Park back on the 4th, so I'll have a link for that for you towards the end of the post. So fun! AND, just last week we took the boys to see Elmo's Super Heroes live down at Philips Arena which was a blast. They both enjoy Sesame Street, so it was a lot of fun for them to get to see them up close. It is one of those events that isn't quite as crowded as lets say the circus, so much less chaotic. The show had the same format as the Sesame Street show so that made it fun for the boys because they pretty much knew what to expect. The storyline was great fun... gotta love super heroes! There was one section where a lady came out dressed up like a farmer and they did some farm songs which was definitely their favorite. They loved all of the singing and dancing parts, but this was the part they got the most into. Hayden also thoroughly enjoyed when Super Grover appeared on stage, but Sawyer didn't seem to care so much about that! I guess 1 year old's don't care too much about super heroes yet!:) Don't worry, Hayden will get him on the bandwagon soon enough!!! Enjoy the pics...

This superhero's ready to see Elmo!

He was so ready to get in the doors he tried giving our tickets to security!

Look how excited he was when giving them to the correct person!:)

YAY!

The first thing he did when we got through the
doors... hug the cardboard Elmo!:) So sweet!

Not only did Sawyer smile like this for his Elmo pic, this
is exactly what his face looked like the minute he
saw him for the first time! It was
the cutest thing ever.

He also thoroughly enjoyed his
version of the crawl with Elmo!

Daddy snapped this pic of Hayden and I right before the show started!

And this is what little Sawyer's face looked like minutes
before the show began. He was definitely taking it all in!

Hayden loved watching the show from his big boy seat!

There were times he got so excited...

Like when Super Grover appeared!

And even a few times I think he got mad at some of the characters!
I just know this had to be that mean 'ol Oscar
making Hayden mad!:)

But he mostly just sat back and enjoyed himself!:)

Sawyer took a turn in the big boy chair as well...
he thought he was big stuff!!!

We really had no idea how this little outing would go or if we would even make it through the entire thing, but both boys did great and not only did we make it through the whole thing, Hayden asked us if we wanted to see it again! As soon as he realized the show was ending he started asking me if we wanted to start it again like it was a movie or something. So cute! Daddy, Sawyer and I were more than ready to exit the building!:) At least we now know these cute little shows are fun for us!

This was during the farm part I was telling you about earlier...

It was definitely the boys favorite! I loved when they
would stand up next to each other to watch!

I guess if I would have showed you this pic first you wouldn't
have thought the boys enjoyed Elmo so much!:)

This post wouldn't be complete without the next Sawyer pic...

Sawyer loved practicing his superhero walk through all of Phillips Arena!:)

I'm pretty sure he enjoyed his walking far more than he enjoyed the show! He's gonna let go one day soon and we are gonna be in trouble. I just have a feeling having two of them to chase after is going to be crazy!:) They sure are fun though! Here are a few other fun Ronn events you need to catch up on...

Boot Scootin' Sawyer

Sawyer's Barnyard Bash!

Ahhhhhhhhhh Oooooooooooooo.... Bark for the Braves!

Sorry to not get them posted earlier, but hope you had fun doing another catch up session!! Like I said before, I can't promise to stay on top of the blog, but I can certainly promise to try! These next few months are crazy busy for us, but most definitely my favorite part of the year. I can't wait for all the fun to begin!:)

Ahhhhhhhhhh Oooooooooooooo.... Bark for the Braves!

Go Braves!

It's that time again! Bark in the Park! We generally do this once a year in May where we take Sydney with us to a Braves game, but this year we had to wait until September. I am thinking we may always wait until September from now on. Much, let me repeat, MUCH cooler. Therefore much more enjoyable!:) Don't get me wrong, it is always fun, but this time was just extra fun. For starters, it was Sawyer's very first Braves game which added to the already pumped up Bark in the Park excitement. It was also Bentley's(Uncle Troy's dog) first game, it was 20 degrees cooler than it normally is when we go, we had Hayden walking Sydney for us the entire day, we actually made it to the end of the game, and the Braves won. Doesn't get much better than that huh?!? It was awesome!

We have ourselves another Braves fan! Sawyer
had a blast at his very first game!

And although Hayden has been quite a few times, he has
never gotten to go and be in charge of Sydney all day.
Pretty cool huh?!? He sure thought so!

I am not kidding you when I tell you he walked her almost the entire time we were there. With the exception of the 987 stairs we had to climb to get to our seats she was all his. Funny thing is, he wanted to be in charge of her then to... we just had to let Daddy take over to make sure we didn't have any tumbles!

The walking started all the way at the car where we
met up with Uncle Troy... how hilarious
is this picture?!?

This is a little more like it!

He did let go of her for a short second
to make a run for the gate!

Where he was able to give our tickets to this sweet man!

Hayden literally could not wait to get through those gates. He kept telling us "Hurry, hurry!" I'm pretty sure it's because Hayden knew this would be one of his best Braves games ever. As soon as he got out of the car and realized he was going to get to be with Uncle Troy(his favorite!) the whole time he was pretty much set to go. It just put icing on the cake when he got to walk Sydney around! There is some kind of special bond between Hayden and Uncle Troy that you just can't put into words. Hayden talks about his Uncle Troy all the time and when they are together it is like there is not another person in the world he would rather be with. It's pretty awesome for Hayden! So awesome I intentionally do not even speak Uncle Troy's name around him because it is all we will talk about for days, and he gets so mad at me if we can't see him. I'm sure it won't be long before I have two boys begging me to go over the Uncle Troy's house, because Sawyer seems to have as much fun with him as Hayden does! It's probably because Uncle Troy does fun stuff with them like the tomahawk chop...

Can you tell he wanted Uncle Troy's approval?!?

Everything's more fun when you have someone to do it with you...

TONS more fun!

Even Sawyer joined in on the chop!:)

I'm pretty sure no one in the history of the Braves has had as
much fun doing the tomahawk chop as Hayden had this day!
Thanks for helping make it super special Uncle Troy!

And thanks for bringing Bentley and letting him join in on the fun with us!

This little girl was super excited to have a non-human friend along with her!

And they looked super cute walking in together!

Every year I call this event Sydney's big day because it is the one thing that she is actually allowed to come and join us for. As you know, most events make it very clear that pets are not allowed... including the Atlanta Braves on normal days. But, on this special Bark In The Park at Turner Field, the Atlanta Braves actually encourage you to bring your pet. And they encourage you to get your pets to howl rather than the normal trying to get you to hush them up! There was TONS of Ahhhhhhhh Ooooooooooo's being heard throughout the stadium! Daddy especially enjoyed helping Sydney do her version of the howl!:) It was so much fun to watch them do their thing! Sydney had tons of fun. She thoroughly enjoys herself on her big day...

She gets to meet lots of new friends!

And even gets her very own seat! How cool is that?!?

Hayden also decided to sit in his very own seat to enjoy part of the game!

The only problem was he wasn't quite heavy enough
to keep the seat down on his own at all times...

He didn't really seem to mind though!

He actually seemed to enjoy "falling" a few times!

Seeing as Hayden wasn't quite heavy enough, I knew there was no chance for Sawyer. He did however fit just fine in the huge red "photo" chair!

And he loved every.single.minute of his chair time!

My child that used to love being held is always wanting "down" these days, so he was super excited when he got to move around this big chair all by himself!

Yes, he's still our little scooter!

Told you he loved it!

Although Hayden wasn't really into cooperating with me,
I still managed to get a pic of the two of them together!
This is Hayden's newest "cheese" face!:)
Gotta love it!

They were both pretty much done by the time the family
pic came around! At least Sydney cooperated!

This is so funny to me because I have no idea who Sawyer is
reaching for. I guess the sweet stranger who was taking the
picture for us! Yes, that is how much he DIDN'T want
to take this picture! He currently will not even
leave Daddy or I to go to someone he
knows, but he would have clearly
left with anyone who would
have taken him from
this scene!:)

Although he wasn't crazy about taking the picture, he sure had fun with Daddy in his Bjorn...

You would have thought this would have driven him crazy
seeing as he is always wanting to get down, but he
did great! He actually seemed to like it!:)

Especially when he could teeth on the strap!:)

And hold onto the railing with Daddy!:)

I'm super glad Daddy decided to bring the Bjorn because it proved to be a much better idea than just carrying him around all day. He can get pretty crazy when you are just holding him because he is always wanting down, so the Bjorn was definitely the way to go. We weren't sure if he was going to be too big or even tolerate the confinement, but he did great. As a matter of fact, he was perfectly content the entire time(minus the getting into it part!),which made it much easier on us. It gave us two extra hands!:) Of course he didn't stay in it the whole time, but we used it when we needed to and Sawyer was perfect! Good idea Daddy!

When sitting to watch the game he definitely
enjoyed his freedom from the Bjorn...

Along with this big guy who enjoyed his
freedom from Mommy and Daddy!

Yes, you read that right. We let Hayden explore 1 and 2 rows down from us and boy did he think he was big stuff. He would sit in the chairs and cut his eyes at me in amazement that he was all by himself. It was super cool for him! Of course we couldn't do this normally because there would probably be people there and we wouldn't want him to bother them. But, with bark in the park it is a little bit of a different story because they leave lots of extra room for the dogs, which in turn meant lots of extra room for Hayden! Great fun!

Look at this big boy on his very own row!

"Can you believe I'm down here Momma?!?"

He even took a peek at the game a time or two!:)

The.coolest.thing.ever!

One of Sawyer's favorite parts of the game... Daddy
helping him enjoy the game while standing!

Look at his amazing view! I can't imagine what was going through
his little head when seeing something this massive!

All I know is he loved it. His first game was a huge success!

And although we knew he would have fun, I had
no idea it would be this kind of fun!

This little girl enjoyed every single second of her big day!

Even being dragged by her little brother
to check out this huge baseball!

He could not believe the size of this thing!

Posing with Uncle Troy and the doggies!

Family pic! Too bad Hayden didn't want to be in it!:(

I can't end this Bark in the Park post without including our end of the game group picture. When it was all said and done, this is what we looked like....

Scary huh?!?

This pic has to go down in history as one of the worst pictures ever. I mean we had been outside for hours sweating, had gotten rained on, slobbered on, had things spilled on us and to top it all off Sawyer had a little spit up episode right after the Braves won. I guess all the jumping up and down and screaming wasn't good for the little tummy that had just had a snack!:) Sydney must have known how it was going to turn out because she didn't even show her face! And, Bentley was the only smart one. He just decided to sit this pic out!!!! At least it makes for a good memory!

All that cheering tired this boy out! He was asleep
before we even made it back to the car!

Until next time... we love you Atlanta Braves!