Thanksgiving time!

Thanksgiving!

Sadie had her first Thanksgiving. It was great. She got to see her cousins and look at all the kids running around. First we went to Gigi and Granddaddy's house. Sadie got to see the kitties and "play" in the yard. After we ate we went for a nice walk and tried to move our food around! Next we went to Poppa and Grandma Carrie's house. Sadie got to meet her cousins Xavier, Brooklyn and Natanya for the first time and she got to see Amalise and Jerilyn. All the kids are getting so big. I can't believe that Thanksgiving has already come and gone. Sadie's first Hanukkah and Christmas will be next! I hope everyone had a great weekend. Peace. Loves

Sadie, baby

Another week gone!

Well, another week has gone by and almost another month! I can't believe that Thanksgiving is this week. Sadie's first Thanksgiving. Pretty crazy. We're having a long lunch at work tomorrow and everyone is bringing something. It'll be nice to have a yummy lunch and to relax and enjoy it. Thursday will be busy. Lunch at my mom's and dinner at my dad's. Adam's parents go to Tampa for Thanksgiving and eat at a restaurant. Adam and I are both working on Friday, so there's no way we can see everyone and neither of us want to try and drag Sadie all the way down there (especially since half the time she can't make it from our house to 34th with out screaming!). Last night Sadie and I visited Mama and Papa at the Hilton here in G'ville. They came to town for a party on Friday and the Gator game on Saturday. It was a nice visit. Sadie was cute as always! Today Adam worked in the morning and I cleaned. Later we went to the grocery store (yes we have a very exciting life!). I took Sadie to the playground to swing today and she enjoyed that. Anyhow, it's about 10:30 and I'm really sleepy so..Peace. Loves.

Cutie Patootie!

Adam and I are both sleepy, just wanted to post these cute pics of miss Sadie. Peace

sweet potato

Something new

This weekend flew by. Saturday I was off, but Adam had to work. Sadie and I hung out, ran errands and I met with the Avon rep and got set up with my stuff. So, I am officially an Avon rep. Anyone that wants to buy or sell Avon PLEASE let me know! Today was a long day. Sadie was up a lot last night, Adam had to be to work at 6 am and I went to my Dad's to have a yard sale so we've been up since about 5 am. I'm not sure why she was up so much last night. Maybe she is about to go through another growth spurt. Anyhow, the yard sale was alright. We only made like $13 and I still have a bunch of stuff I'd like to get rid of. It was cold this morning, so I bundled Sadie up really well and she seemed to be fine. She was so cute in her winter clothes. Adam finished with work about 10am so he came over to my Dad's and helped us out. We thought we'd get some traffic after noon, from the after church crowd. Unfortunately we were wrong! That's okay though, at least we sold some stuff. After the yard sale Adam, Sadie and I came back home and I cleaned up a bit and took a shower. We had a one day, 70% off coupon for JC Penney, so we went there and got Sadie a super warm winter outfit. We also went to Toys r us and looked at high chairs. Now that we have a real dining room we can get whatever size high chair we want. Everything is so cute, it's hard to decide. We didn't really see anything we were crazy about (price). That's okay, Sadie has her bumbo and she should be fine in that for at least a month or 2. We ran by publix to get cereal and then we came home and cooked dinner. Tonight Sadie got to try sweet potatoes for the first time. Dr. Rosi had said we should start getting Sadie used to the texture of food and the spoon. She said Sadie probably would eat or swallow, but it's good to get her accustomed. We decided to try it out. She actually ate some of her potatoes! when I first put her in her bumbo we were eating and she was getting bored so she was having a temper tantrum (see the pic!) so then i put a little taste of potato in her mouth and she totally stopped and as all into eating. She was actually opening her mouth a little and swallowing! Obviously this is new for her, so she was making a bit of a mess, but I was so excited for her. Well, back to work. This will be a bit of a long week, but hopefully a good one. I am super sleepy and Sadie just went down before I started this, so I am going to get some nice, wonderful sleep. Peace. Loves.

Mad Sadie

Sadie had her 4 month check up with Dr. Rosi yesterday. She is 11 lbs 15 oz (if she hadn't pee peed right before they weighed her she probably would've been 12lbs!) she is 24 inches long and her head is 15 3/4 inches. For hr head she is in the 25th percentile, height he is 45th percentile and weight she is the 12th percentile. Dr. Rosi said that she is growing well, she's a small little monkey but she looks good. Dr. Rosi also said we should start getting her used to spoons. To try giving her a bit of squash or sweet potatoes so she can feel a different texture in her mouth. I'm not sure I'm quite ready to stat her with the foods yet, but I will be getting her some rubber headed baby spoons to suck on and play with so she can become acquainted with them. Yesterday Sadie got some shots. She was so cute and cuddly and then they had to poke her and she got very upset. She was doing this super sad shriek-cry. It was awful. She cried and screamed for about 3-3 1/2 hours. I tried to nurse her, give her a bath, put her in her swing, cuddle her, we sat in the laundry room with the washer and dryer on...nothing worked. Finally, I guess she just decided she was done and from then on she was okay. About 20 minutes later she took a nap, woke up and she was fine. Today she seems better. Her leg is a big puffy, but she's alright. Anyhow. After Sadie went to bed last night, Adam and I moved our office into our bedroom and out of the dining area. So now we have an actual dining room. I am so excited. Adam closes tonight so we haven't had dinner in there yet (since we've moved it around) but I am looking forward to fun family dinners in there! Our room is a bit cramped now, but we don't spend much time in here anyways. I have read that it is "bad" feng shui to have electronics in your bedroom, supposedly it decreases the ability to get a restful night's sleep. I wonder if that is true. I tried not to think about it last night. I didn't want the power of suggestion to interrupt my sleep. Well, I hope everyone is well. We're supposed to have a yard sale this weekend, but the weather channel says it's going to rain. Everyone keep your fingers crossed that it won't rain until Sunday! Peace. Loves

Giggling Sadie

Sunday pics

Beautiful Sunday

Today we went to the downtown fall art and music festival. It was great! Sadie actually was okay being in her stroller for most of it, she fussed a couple of times but we just took her out for a bit and she was just fine. Adam got to hold a baby alligator! We got some yummy food and watched this blues band at the band shell. Since it was such a beautiful day and we didn't really want to be indoors, we came home and took Sadie out to the playground. She got to sit in a "baby" swing. She is getting better at sitting up so we were able to let her swing. She must have had a fun time because she was smiling and giggling (the video). Anyhow, Later, Sadie took a short nap and I cleaned up the house and cooked dinner. She has actually been really fussy this evening, but I am sure it's because she has had a long, activity filled day. I finally got her to sleep about 10 minutes ago. She was fussy, calmed down so I gave her a bath and then she was looking sleepy, but she kept waking herself up. Oh well, She's resting now. I am sleepy myself and it's back to work tomorrow. Sadie has her 4 month check up on Tuesday, so I'll let everyone know how that went. Plus this coming weekend we will be having a yard sale at my Dad's house. We need to clean some stuff out of our house (plus extra money is always good). Anyhow, I hope everyone had a great weekend and has a great week. Peace. Loves.

Happy 4 months Sadie!

Sadie is 4 months old today! She is getting so big. We were going to go downtown to a free blues concert this evening, but we were kinda tired. We ended up running to Target to pick up a couple of things, then chilling on the couch. Sadie is sleeping. It seems that she may be coming to the end of her colic. She has been much happier the past few days. I am glad that she seems to be feeling better. I hope that her tummy problems continue to ease up. Gigi is coming tomorrow to watch Sadie while Adam and I are at work. Then, Sunday we are supposed to go to the downtown fall arts festival. Hopefully the weather will be nice. I have been considering selling Avon to make some supplemental income. I am not sure that many people will buy it, but I figure it's worth a try! So if anyone needs Avon, or knows someone who does. They have a lot of really neat products and their cosmetics are some of the best (and the price is great!). Anyhow, I hope that everyone has a good weekend. Peace. Loves

cheeky monkey!

Today was a good day. We voted, ran a few errands went for a walk and just hung out. Adam is at work now and Sadie is sleeping. I am listening to Dave Matthews Band and blogging! Th picture of the sun that I posed is a painting downtown that Adam took a pic of this past Sunday. I just love this painting and I would love to have this sun as a tattoo! When I look at it I just feel calm and there is something reassuring about it. I can't explain why. Maybe that sounds weird. Anyhow...Sadie's personality is developing ore and more every day. She is starting to be a little cheeky monkey. She will arch her back and act like she's going to cry, then we go to pick her up and she smiles and giggles! We have started just trying to distract her attention to something else to head off any monkey business. I noticed that she was finally pulling the toys on her swing, which activated the lights and music. She did it once and got so excited, but her arm are just a bit too short still to be able to get a good enough grip to set it off every time. So, I put an extra link on each side (from another toy) on the pull toys and now she can activate the lights and sound really easily and she loves it. It's so funny to see her get excited every time. I think she forgets that she is the one that made it happen. As far as her tummy goes, we have been switching between breast and formula. It seems to be helping some. She has fuss days and better days. I'm thinking that if we just replace some of the breast milk with formula and I stay milk free, it may be enough to keep her tummy troubles at bay. Last night was a bad night. She didn't even enjoy her bath, she screamed the whole time. Tonight was better. Adam and I also think Sadie is going through a growth spurt. She has been eating a lot more that in that last couple of weeks. She is eating at least 6 ounces at each feeding (from the bottle). I am glad she is wanting to eat more. I can't wait until her 4 month check up. I want to see how much she weighs now. Well, I am going to do some laundry and dishes. It's weird to know that tonight we'll know who our new president will be! Hope ya'll have a good day. Peace.

week of cuteness!

Long week

This has been a long week! I am so happy that Adam, Sadie and I have a whole day together. This past Thursday was our Halloween party at work. We had a big haunted house, food, pumpkin patch. It was really cool. All the residents seemed to have a really good time. I was at work late every night this past week, so I haven't had much time with my two sweeties. This week things will be back to normal. Sadie had a good first Halloween. Adam dressed her in her costume that Gigi got for her and brought her to the party. Last night we went to see a Grateful Dead cover band at the band shell. We didn't get to stay for the whole thing, Sadie was getting really fussy. We had a good time though. Anyhow, since it's been pretty chilly this last week, Sadie has been able to get all bundled up. She looks so cute with her little jackets and hats on. I can't believe that October is over. Thanksgiving will be here before you know it. Well, I am sleepy so I'll post a good slide show and go to bed! Go Gators!!