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Sawyer is changing everyday. He still loves his outdoor time & bath time. He even mows the lawn! Mommy still tries to make him look like a little baby instead of a little boy. He is the cutest TIGGER in his newest P.J.'s!


He is teething (2 molars on top) so we let him have a grape popsicle. He loved it. Needless to say we headed straight to bath afterwards.


He also has learned to find his belly when asked. Daddy will say "Sawyer, where's your big belly?" Sawyer will lift his shirt and pat his belly.

We had a trip to Williamston, MI several weekends ago to spend some time with Jammie's family and Sawyer has his picture taken with J.C. We are not sure how much longer J.C. ( the dog) will be with us as he is getting us old. He is 15 years old (people years that is). Jammie wanted to make sure she had Sawyer's picture with J.C. in case we did not get another chance.

Ireland Trip 2

(For some reason, we're continuing to have some difficulties with posting pictures to the blog, so we're breaking up the postings of Ireland into two.)

After the conference was over, we took some day trips to the South of Dublin. We had a few days to spend and we choose to venture outside of Dublin on some day trips. The first day we took a bus tour of the Wicklow Mountain area, about 2 hours south of Dublin. Here we visited the Powers Court Gardens, which is the former estate of the Slazenger family (famous for tennis and golf equipment company). They apparently were found of things Italian, and their estate, set in the mountains of Ireland, has a lot of Italian influence.



From there, we travelled to an area called Glendalough, which is the site of one of the oldest monastaries in Ireland. Remains of the original church are still standing, and the two lakes that surround the area provided some gorgeous views.

After that, the bus took us on a path that weaved throught the Wicklow Mountains, which is supposed to be some of the most beautiful scenery in Ireland. It had begun to rain, but even still, the views were breathtaking when we got off the bus along the way to take pictures.




The next day, we took a self-guided tour along the East Coast. There was a train system that was easy to navigate, so we bought an all day pass and headed South again, this time along the coast. There are several small coastal towns situated south of Dublin with beautiful views of the ocean as you looked one way and the mountains on the other. We rode the train about an hour south to a town called Bray. This was our favorite and we spent a good chunk of the day there. First, we just walked along the shore, where there are lots of shops, restaurants, and homes. There is a small mountain/large hill (depending on how you look at it, I guess) called Bray's Head that overlooks the town. We decided to hike up to the top of it, which took about 40 minutes. But it was worth it to get the views we had of Bray back down below.











After lunch, we hopped back on the train and started heading back towards Dublin, stopping off at each town to see if there was anything else fun to see or do. We walked around Dalky for a while and then decided that the next town, Seaside, was in walking distance. So, we walked there and found an expanse of these large rocks along the coast and decided to venture out for a better look. We were able to position our camera for a few shots of us on the rocks.


After that, we caught the train back into Dublin and called it a day. We relaxed and began looking forward to our return back home to Sawyer. We were very excited to see him. Thanks again to G.G and Papa for watching him while we were gone. They did a great job (as we knew they would)!

Ireland Trip

Here's another attempt at getting our pictures up from Ireland. It was a great trip. We stayed in Dublin, which is on the east coast of Ireland.

We did the "tourist thing" in Dublin and visited things like the Guinness factory (here I am learning to pour the "Perfect Pint"!). By the way, Guiness does taste different in Ireland; much much better!



We hit the other sights like St. Patrick's Cathedral, Trinity College, and Dublin Castle.














The conference was all about ankles (injury, rehabilitation, prevention) and was called the International Ankle Symposium, which I'm sure to most of you would be very boring. Here's how we made it more interesting.





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First Hair Cut and More

We have not had an entry in a while so we have lots to blog! Sawyer is a growing so fast. At his 1 year check he was 27 pounds 12 oz and was 32 inches long! He is off the charts for his height and weight. He enjoys playing outside (swinging, sliding, taking wagon rides). He is walking faster and with more balance with each passing day. He loves eating all the table foods and tries to spoon and fork feed himself. He is no longer drinking from a bottle! He brings us books to read to him and glows with excitement as he turns the pages. He recently has started to enjoy watching video tapes and is mesmerized with Barney. He will dance and clap to the songs on the screen.

Sawyer received his first hair during the last weeks of August. His GG (aka Grandma Martha Gribble) assisted with the cutting of the hair! To the right is the before picture. Note the length and the curls!












The North Carolina Grandparents spent some valuable time with Sawyer as we traveled to Dublin, Ireland. Phillip had a conference to present at (all about the ankle), so Jammie tagged along. We were gone 8 nights! We toured Dublin city center, traveled to castles north of the city, took a train along the coast south of Dublin and hiked for some beautiful views.


We even had time for a Guinness or 2...or three...well maybe four. The Guinness factory was a interesting place to visit as Phillip got his certificate of "Perfect Pint Pourer". Fish and chips was our main dinner! Yummy and oh so healthy!

While we were gone, Papa (aka Grandpa Bill Gribble) helped Sawyer work on his golf swing and learn all about choo-choo trains.

We're having some problems getting some of our pictures loaded on the blog, so stay tuned for more pictures!