Christmas at my mom's

Yesterday (the 30th) I celebrated christmas with my mom and siblings. all and all it was a very good time. Erin, my sister, sawyer and i got there early so we went to the mall. Sawyer was having a very great time and wanted everyone in the entire mall to know, she was non-stop talking the whole time we were thereand very loudly lol. and amazingly sawyer seems to be able to sit up by herself... she can't put herself into the position but once she's there she can stay a VERY long time and i'm flabbergasted. We spent the evening eating, opening presents, watching a movie, Night at the Museum 2, and messing around, the combination for a sucessful celebration. Only thing missing was Micah :( but we love you and thought of you!

She liked her new books from Nana! see how she's sitting by herself! no help at all! o and casey had fun too... doesn't he always tho! :)

This is Marj, my brother's wife, Jeff, my brother, and Shane, my "other" brother, not a real brother but we practically adopted him. lol

Here is Erin, my sister and my mom, the flash on my phone is bright so they are kind of squinting.

Daddy Wishes He Was There

Cling to me, I'll cling to you,
I'll always be your lifeline.
I promise, no, I swear its true,
I will love you my whole lifetime.
Hold my finger and I'll hold your hand,
I'll be close and I'll be here forever,
Though I'm going to a far away land;
I'll be back, I'll be closer than ever.

Watching you grow and bloom,
Discovering your smile, your feet;
You brought light into this darkening room,
You have given me a new heart beat.
So hold my finger, I'll hold your hand,
I'll be close, yeah, I'll be there for you forever;
Though I'm serving in a far away land,
I'll be back, and I will love you more than ever.

Daddy misses you and loves you Sawyer Mae Lynn Roberts

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! Sorry we are unable to spend Christmas with most of you, but we wanted to share a little of our Christmas with you anyways. And thanks to you that shared a little with us too!
This is Sawyer's frist ever Christmas dress. She's very cute in it.Here tia Alyssa made Sawyer a little elf hat to match her cousin's Brady at his birthday party. and it's great for the holidays.We opened gifts a little early but we were able to share the experience with micah in Iraq (via web cam) So he didn't have to miss out on sawyer's first christmas/present experience. Here you can see that she loved tearing the paper and getting new toys. it was very fun watching her.Grampy and GranJan gave Sawyer a book and right away Sawyer wanted to touch it.Here she is again enjoying it. (maybe not quite the correct way yet.) but she loves it and it's very adorable!

Here she is with her gift from her cousins Ethan, Kaylee, and CJ. Thanks! She knew exactly how to use them!

It was great getting to share with micah and thank you too for my gifts I really liked mine as well, just no pictures of them. I'm guessing there will be some more christmas after i have time with my family. Sawyer is going to have lots of fun!

Love you all and Merry Christmas! God bless all your celebrations!

Onesie

Micah had an old atmy pt shirt that was ripped so i decided i wanted to make an outfit for Sawyer out of it. i think it turned out extremely well for never making one before

this is the front

and the back

and look it actually fits! yay!

here she also has leg warmers on that i made out of old socks! SO CUTE!

Doctor's Appt

Ths morning Sawyer had another doctor's appt. Everything looks great. Developmentally is way ahead of where she should be at 4 months. She very healthy too, has a bit of a running nose from the cold but thats not a big deal. She did have to get two shots as well at the visit but she did great with them. She cried a little bit but once i picked her up and held her for a little bit she bounced right back to her happy self.

She is now:

24 1/8 inches (50% she'll be about as tall as me they say if she stays here)

11 pounds 6 ounces (10% she dropped from 25% but with her rolling and stuff they said it's still a healthy weight for her to be at and a good ratio with her height)

Promotion

Micah was promoted a few days ago! He's been waiting a long time for this so it's very exciting. It also means a little bit higher pay grade, which is always nice! Micah is no longer a Private (pfc)(E3) he is now a Specialist (spc) (E4). Congrats Micah We're very proud of you!!!

Thanksgiving and 4 months

Hello everyone here's a little update. Micah is about to or already has left kuwait to Iraq and first off he's the address he'll be at or is at (no one is allowed to know for sure where they are rite now) He is not going to stay here but this is their main post so he should still receive things I'll get the other address soon.

Pfc Roberts, Micah

313th Medical Company

COB Speicher

APO AE 09393

So Sawyer had her first thanksgivng and she enjoyed herself. My mom gave Sawyer a spatula which she really loved playing with. It was a low key day but mostly enjoyable.

Shortly after thanksgiving Sawyer reached 4 months old. She has her 4 month doctors appt on the 7th so we'll see how much she's grown and how she's doing there. but Sawyer is a joy and i love being able to spend all my day with her at home. She makes everything very easy for me and i just feel like it's where we're supposed to be at the moment and i'm very glad that we have the means to do it, tho it means that Micah has to be away, and we miss hima lot.

Visiting Micah

So the 15th through the 18th Sawyer and I were able to go down to Fort Hood Texas and spend some time with Micah. It was really great seeing him and getting some good time together. I didn't get too many pictures (I forgot to take them) but i did get a couple good ones. His leave was for the afternoon sometime (they were released at different times each day) till 9 the next day and then wednesday the 18th he had the whole day till 6pm. I really enjoyed spending time with Micah again.

Halloween

3 MONTHS!

Today is Sawyer's 3 month birthday! it's crazy how fast time seems to have gone and how big she is getting. she's just on the edge of not fitting into 3 months yet but almost doesn't have anymore growing room in the newborn clothes. I'm just amazed at her features coming in and how she just seems more and more like a little person instead of this helpless little baby doll.

Sawyer is getting strong and able to hold part of her chest off of the floor now. She's exposing more and more of her personality. She's silly and loves to talk but wants people to talk to and talk back to her. we're adapting to life without micah present but we still have him around us, i have pictures of him everywhere, i walk around with sawyer and show her all the pictures. Sawyer still is extremely happy but is starting to show a wider range of emotions and gets upset maybe a little bit more but i think its because she's going through a little growth spurt. she's just preciuos and i love her bunches!

Micah's going away

Micah left for the first part of his deployment saturday morning from Lincoln to Fort Hood, TX for demobilization.

We left Norfolk on wednesday evening and had lunch with my mother, her boyfriend, and my sister at ihop. sawyer wanted to wear daddy's hat. i don't think it fits. :)

micah's unit got those who lived 60 miles or more away from lincoln hotel rooms so we were able to stay there.

thursday micah's unit packed and tried to get things ready and i wandered around lincoln and got my hair trimmed by one of my best friends. When micah got out we did so shopping, went out to eat at hu hot and went to barnes and noble. micah got a bunch of random fact books they were really and should keep him busy reading for awhile.

On friday micah was released early in the norning so we were able to hang out the whole day. We went to a movie, where the wild things are, and did some more exploring and shopping. micah bought a extremely cool backpack to take with him.

Saturaday was the send off

the national guard patrol riders stood outside before the ceremony with flags.

The nebraska govenor, a nebraska senator and congressman were at the ceremony as well as the lincoln major and two brigadeer generals one retired.

the guard moved into the auditorium.

http://www.journalstar.com/news/local/article_14fb26de-bb63-11de-aa9e-001cc4c03286.html This article has micah in it and talks a little of the send off.

at the end the guard moved outside and escorted the buses all the way out of town. it was really neat to watch them drive all in a row and made it really special for our soldiers.

2 Month Check Up

Aunt Erin got me Husker socks and a husker headband!

I always have fun during changing time!

I'm playing cards with daddy!

So the 2nd Sawyer had her 2 month check up. She now weighs 9lbs 12oz and is 22.5in long. she's staying right on the same curve and seems to be growing and developing wonderfully. the appointment wasn't completely great though because sawyer received some shots (i'm not as imformed or courageous as you alyssa!) it was AWFUL she hated it! she screamed and cried and was very traumatic for me to watch. my poor baby but she's strong and didn't let it bother her too long.

Sawyer is great. she talks and moves all the time and holds her head up like a trooper. she loves watching the tv and bright lights and playing and smiling at everyone. she's always happy and is going as long as 10 hours sleeping at night.

today we got her pictures taken and got a huge great discount because we have a friend that works there. they turned out so well. i will be mailing out some pictures to family. they are extremely cute so BE EXCITED!

O and check out visit with grandparents below!

Laying with daddy

Playing games with mommy, she's so funny!

I'm so excited I'm sitting up! (with a little help from the pack n play)

Grandparents meet Sawyer

So this past weekend Micah's parents were up and got to meet Sawyer for the first time. Though part of the visit got interesting, overall it was a really good visit. I love spending time with any of micah's family so it was great for me. Sawyer just loved her GranJan and Grampy. We got to go out for a couple meals and also were able to enjoy some of mom's great cooking. Micah loved the liver tacos! and i'm learning to enjoy much broader types of food as well as learning to cook better! It was nice that they were able to make the trip up here and see micah before he leaves (the 15th)

times

So micah and i bought into and are now part owners of a comic book/gaming store. its just a small business that will give us a little extra for savings while micah is away and will keep me busy and make time go a little faster. it's a big hang out spot for people so i'll be able to be around people and still be constantly with my family because sawyer (and casey) will be coming to the shop with me everyday. Sawyer is growing really big. She's still in newborn clothes but they are about too small i'm starting to rotate in some 0-3 month clothes only the smaller ones tho because some she is swimming in. She smiles constantly and talks and moves a lot. She's really fun to be around. She found out she can hit the little toys hanging from her car seat and gets really happy doing it though she misses a lot and her movement is still slightly awkward. on the 5th she rolled over from her stomach to her back but i haven't seen her do it since.