6 Months (a little late)

Sawyer,

Six months old baby boy... that's half a year! Holy Cow... I honestly can't believe it. I feel like you were just born yesterday and then I blinked, and now we're here. You have had quite the month.

You sprouted two teeth and chew on EVERYTHING. I mean, you might chew on more things then Oliver, now that is impressive. Daddy discovered that you love playing peek-a-boo. You giggle and giggle and jump excitedly up and down in your seat every time we appear. You and your jumperoo are a match made in heaven. You jump in it for 25 minutes at a time babbling to yourself and shrieking. We started feeding you some solids. We've tried bananas, sweet potatoes, and applesauce. You are not a fan so far...but we will keep trying. We also give you a little bit of water in a sippy cup everyday and you haven't decided what you think about it yet. It mostly just spills all over you ;) For a while you would not want to be rocked to sleep anymore, if daddy or I put you in your crib you would roll over and fall to sleep on your own. It made my heart a bit heavy because I love rocking you to sleep, but now you're letting me rock you to sleep again at times and others you will put yourself to sleep... it's a win-win! Yesterday, you started sitting up all by yourself and wobble over, doing a mini-face plant (hehe).

I can't believe how fast you're growing. I love you more and more everyday, if that's even possible.

xoxo

Mama

Vietnam, Here We Come!

Tomorrow we leave with our sweet friends to Vietnam for our Chinese New Year holiday. Kurt's parents will be joining us as well.  And apparently, I need to start packing... like yesterday. Cross your fingers for a relatively smooth flight with 2 six month old babies! ;)

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Our Chinese Abode

Here is our little abode in China. We are fortunate enough to have an "ayi" who takes care of Sawyer while I'm working and also does housekeeping...otherwise our apartment would not be quite as clean ;) 

Most apartments in China come "furnished" which means that most of our furniture came with the apartment. So, we have to work with what we have. You may notice that every room is a shade of grey/blue.. apparently I am drawn to beachy colors :) We just moved in this past summer so it is still a work in progress! 

Living room

We spend most of our time here, and you can see Oliver sitting in my spot on the couch! There is a balcony outside which is where our washer and dryer are located. 

I love our bamboo tree in our living room. I want to figure out some sort of storage to hide all of those ugly cords underneath the TV.

A close up of our photo wall above the couch.

Got this wooden design in Cambodia

View of our entrance, kitchen, and dining area

Dining area

I really want to get an art piece from one our future travels to put above the empty wall above the table.

Our secret shoe storage

 Kitchen

It is very long and narrow, but I love the amount of counter space we have, esp. for China.

Master bedroom (that we are currently sharing with Sawyer at the moment)
Not pictured: our master closet & bathroom (behind the door)

Sawyer's room

My favorite corner where we rock him and read him bedtime stories :)

Dresser

His changing pad will also go on here when he "moves in" to his bedroom

His book shelves (I want to add a couple of more to this soon, we are quickly running out of space).

 Bathroom #1

Guest room 

Friends & family, you're welcomed to stay with us any time! :) 

Built in storage where I try to make all our "junk" look presentable ;)

Guest bed

Still in search of artwork for over the bed and possibly to change out the duvet cover.
Also, weird design... part of the wall is glass and so is the door. At least it lets more light in the room.

I hope you enjoyed this virtual tour of Casa de Callahan :)