Sunday, March 24, 2019

One Half Of A Year!

Our sweet and happy Tucker Joseph is a whole half a year old!  I think time goes faster and faster with each kid because it sure seems like I just had him a few weeks ago!


He is just the sweetest lil guy though.  He is super laid back and typically only cries when really necessary.  He smiles easily and loves to be talked to.  Even if he's across the room and I start reading a book or something to Summer and Sawyer, he perks right up and looks over and smiles.


He's not sitting up on his own yet, but he does great on his tummy.  If he's on the floor he'll spend most of his time on his tummy, pushing himself up to see what's all going on.  He's not a great sleeper but not terrible either.  Typically we have to stick his paci in anywhere between 1 and 3 times.  Up until he was three months old he didn't even like his paci and would go for 8 or 9 hours at night without making a peep.  Then one day he decided he liked it and now he's so dependent on it to go to sleep:(  I try to make him go 8 hours before I feed him but sometimes it's just not worth it and he only goes 7.


One of his favorite people ever is Summer.  She can make him laugh like none other.  It's pretty cute to watch them interact.  Sawyer really likes Tucker, but I'm not sure it's mutual.  Sawyer tries to play with Tucker like he is another two year old and that usually results in some tears.  First from Tucker because Sawyer sat on his head or something, and then from Sawyer for getting in trouble for sitting on Tucker's head.  All in good time, buddy, all in good time.

We sure do love our lil buddy!

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

A Farm Boy He Is Not

Ever year about this time my dad gets a fresh batch of baby turkeys.  And it's always a good day if we happen to be out there when a new flock comes in.  It makes me laugh though, the difference between Summer and Sawyer in the turkey house.

Sawyer just walks along, paying no attention to where he's going.  More than once I had to rescue a poor little bird that was suffocating under his boot.


He's way more interested in the gadgets and equipment than the turkeys themselves.


He has no interest at all in holding one, even if I'm right there with him.  It was a stretch to get him to touch it while I held it.


Meanwhile..... we have the turkey whisperer.


If she's awake in time (and she usually is), she goes out to help dad with the chores.  Mostly she'll just sit and play with them if they're still at this stage.  But she'll also help him carry any dead ones to the door!


She will gently hold them and dutifully tries to get them to eat and drink.


Polar opposites, they are!