My Junk Yard Dog

For those of you that don't know Sawyer well I thought I would try to help you understand our nickname for him. It really is a compliment to him. Well, kind of.

Ben came up with this nickname because of the old song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and movie Sandlot.

For the first 9 months of Sawyer's life he was the most laid back kid you had ever met. He was content to just sit and watch Charlie all day long while lounging in his bouncy seat. He would go to bed like an angel (not sleep through the night mind you) and wake up happy as well. He thought life was great as long as he had his Mommy close by and Charlie was entertaining him. We had many people comment that they couldn't believe we ended up with a baby that was more well-behaved than Charlie. They thought we would get the typical "second baby". We were so proud! Hah!

Then Sawyer learned how to crawl. That was the end of his calm demeanor. We didn't realize that it was the freedom that changed him at first. It really literally happened within a week while we were in Texas. We came home with a different child. It was that drastic of a change!

He now will not sit still for any longer than 2 pages of a book, possibly 30 seconds of a cartoon and we are lucky if we can get his diaper changed without having to body-slam him back onto the changing table. He is constantly in motion and very verbal. He doesn't say too many words yet but he babbles CONSTANTLY.

He is a very physical boy. He loves contact. He wants to be held or to wrestle at all times. Some contact that has caused a problem is his habit of biting. :( He has chosen this as his means of self-defense against Charlie and neighboring stray dogs. I finally bit him back at one point and he literally threw his head back and laughed at me. Ugh. He now just starts to cry when Charlie starts screaming but it is over in a matter of seconds.

All of his physical motion has led to a number of split lips and bloody noses. I am guessing he will be the cause of our first trip to the E.R.

In the end Sawyer is tough, mean at times and fierce but he is also loyal and super sensitive. He loves to give big smooches and adores his brother. Just like the dog in Sandlot his smooches are always open mouthed with lots of drool! :)

I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley but I won't trade him for the world! So for the rest of you rest assured that if you ever need someone to back you up you can count on Sawyer our own Junk Yard Dog.

Ok this has totally nothing to do with this post but it is still hilarious. I wanted to find a clip of the dog from Sandlot "The Beast- Hercules" but couldn't find one. I did find this however. It is classic. I forgot how funny this movie is. Warning, they do say a cuss word in it so you might not want your little ones to watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr5lHZQz-Z4&feature=related

peace out,

a