Sisters

Look at our girls!! These are genuine smiles, not glued on for the sake of a photo. Sadie just adores Zoe and although she doesn't say it, Zoe shows that she feels the same way. I makes me so happy!
Sadie sings, smiles, and has two bottom teeth! She is VERY close to crawling. I was hoping she would wait until after Christmas so that we don't have to fence in the tree, but...
I've been gone for the past 4 days. I could not get home quick enough today. I missed them both like crazy.



I HATE cold weather, but there is just something about this kid in a coat! We are looking forward to spending time camping with my family for Thanksgiving. There will be 4 under 12 months, so it should be entertaining.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sadie the Butterfly!

Sadie was absolutely adorable last night! She did such a good job even though it was the hottest Halloween that I can remember. I can't believe she is almost 7 months. It feels like I just posted on this blog, yet it has been almost 2 months!
She measured in the 97th percentile for her length and Aaron is SOOO proud! She skipped all of her 6th month clothes and is onto her 9-12 month stuff. It is so sad. :-( She is still wishy washy on when she sleeps through the night. Some nights she makes it and some she does not.
She is eating ALL stage 1 and stage 2 foods. She does NOT like peas or meat still. We are working on it, though. We stopped nursing and are totally on formula. :-( It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. It just shows how fast its all going.
Sadie is almost sitting up on her own. She gut laughs with Aaron and is starting to reach to people. There are certain behaviors she repeats like playing with my hair EVERYTIME I hold her and ALWAYS reaching for her butterflies above her changing table. Sadie wakes us up EACH day to squealing which is so sweet.
I'm sure the next time I post, she'll be crawling- hopefully not walking!

Has it been a month already?!

I can't believe how fast the time is going! Sadie will be six months soon and Zoe just turned 13. I hate it!!

Things have been so busy around our house. Aaron went back to work, I'm back in school, and Sadie STILL isn't sleeping through the night. We've tried going to bed later, going earlier, more food, less food... I can NOT figure her out! Naps are just about the same.

One of the funniest things happened a few weeks ago. I left Zoe alone with Sadie for a short time while I worked upstairs. Much to my surprise, Zoe dressed up Sadie in mismatched clothes and put a dreaded head band on her. We all died laughing and Sadie cried. :-)

She laughs out load and rolls over all the time. Her newest accomplishment is kicking her legs in the pool. She has not cried in the water at all. Good thing Aaron likes to take her swimming. It gives me a chance to get stuff done inside. What are we going to do when its gets cooler???

I plan on posting a very cute video within the next few days. We are trying to take it all in and not miss a thing.

Food, toes, screams, and Greats!

I can't believe its been almost 4 weeks since I've posted the latest on Sadie...well, actually I can! We have been so busy. Sadie is now almost 15 pounds and 24 inches long. She screams on purpose, laughs when you kiss her neck, and "tells" you what she wants.

We were up front with the Dr. and let him know that we've been giving her rice cereal and sleeping her on her stomach- against his orders. Since she looked so good, the Dr. said to begin her on solid foods. She LOVES carrots, sweet potatoes, squash and even green beans. She's not so thrilled with peas, though.

Her sleeping was great UNTIL her 4 month shots. Since then, she's back up to waking up in the middle of the night. The GOOD news is that she now goes down pretty much on her own. We had to let her cry for about 3 nights. It was tough, but man was it worth it!

We are all enjoying each day with her. We all 'fight' for who gets to go get her in the morning because she smiles so big first thing. She's found her toes and loves to chew on her clothes. Are teeth in the future soon? She rolled over one time when she was really mad, but hasn't since.

Sadie got to meet her two remaining Great Grandmas (Ganny Werner and Great Baker). Great (Baker) was not shy to tell me that 'she favors OUR side of the family.' My grandma, Granny, even admitted that she looks so much like Aaron.

I hope this month doesn't go by as fast as the last!

Where has the time gone?

We've seen July 4th, a few more cousins, and survived a week without Daddy! Man, has it been busy!

I screwed up royally on July 4th. I left the rice cereal at home and boy did she let us know that she was NOT happy about it. She screamed all the way from CK to home and then some. I didn't realize how much she really does depend on it.

She stares at everything...so hard you'd think she can stare through it. I'm hoping that makes her smart. :-) She gets excited around certain people now, especially Zoe. Big sister can do almost anything and Sadie loves it!

The last few days have been rough. Aaron went camping for the week in NC. I didn't realize how much I depended on him! I haven't submitted school work, cooked a decent meal, or gone to Wal- Mart all week. :-)

Sadie squeals, laughs, coughs, and sticks her tongue out. She has lots of new hair starting to come in, too. Everyone now has a different opinion about who she looks like. We are trying to absorb as much of her as we can each day.

Sadie Saying "Hi"!

Three months old yesterday... Wow, has the time flown by! Things are pretty good. Sadie teases us all with her lack of consistency. Just when I think we have some sort of schedule...she goes and changes it. I never know when we can eat, grocery shop, go to the bathroom (lol), etc...

She has been 'talking' to us a lot lately. She LOVES to lay on her changing table to talk and squeal. We've learned to lay her there when she's fussy and low and behold....she calms right down.

Overall things are going well. We are looking forward to getting a pool, which should make for some really good Sadie footage. :-)

Yippee!!!

New good habits by Sadie equals happy mom and dad!!!

Sadie has found her thumb, slept through the night, and has stopped crying (for no reason)! It has been a really good week and a half. I feel refreshed now that I've gotten some sleep. I look forward to getting her in the mornings because she now smiles at me! My mom has been promising me that things would get better at 12 weeks. She is 12 weeks tomorrow!

Sadie coos all of the time and actually tries to mimic your sounds. This has been quite a fun change from just staring at us all like we are crazy. Although, I've broken the rules by giving her rice cereal AND sleeping her on her tummy, she is happier and well rested.

Happy 4th of July!