In Motion, originally uploaded by cheryl.
It was a Christmas gift, and it's been hung up in his room since sometime in January. But it's only been in the last few weeks that he's really started enjoying it - on his own, anyway.
Perhaps it just took some time to get used to it, feel comfortable with it. Or perhaps it just took a few months - a few heavier cousins test-driving it (and stretching it out) - to make it just right. For whatever reason, Sawyer has finally found his own way of getting into and enjoying his swing.
Early in the morning, when he knows the rest of us are still sleeping and will not appreciate an early wake-up call, he bounces around his room. Late at night when he doesn't want to go to bed with the rest of us, he wraps himself into his swing and bounces around his room. In the middle of the day when his brothers noise and activity gets to be too much for him, he retreats to his room and his swing. He will stay there for hours and hours, and it's fun to watch him lose himself into something he clearly enjoys.
Tight spaces. Motion. Good things. Simple things that make one little boy incredibly happy.