Christmas

So, we had a great Christmas. Spent the morning with my Mom and Tommy. Had a great time hanging out. Left and went to Mama and Papa's house. Got to see Mary and Kat and Nathan (Kat's Boyfriend). Sadie has a great time there too (we all did). Later we went by my Dad's house and saw him, Carrie and Gma and Gpa J. All in all it was a nice, relaxed, family-filled Christmas. I couldn't ask for better. Sadie seemed to enjoy herself everywhere and we all got some really nice things. Sadie had her 18 month check up yesterday.Dr. Rosi said that she is very smart. above her age developmentally and with her fine motor skills, verbal skills, being able to understand you and follow directions. So, that's great! She is in the 5th percentile for her weight (19.5 pounds) 20 percentile for her height (30.75 inches) and 30 percentile for her head. She said she is small but based on our family size and that Sadie is growing, she isn't concerned. She wants to continue to monitor her weight and height to make sure she continues to grow but she said she wasn't concerned. As far as walking, she is a little concerned about that. She is almost 18 months and should be walking, however, Sadie is EXTREMELY double jointed (Rosi almost could turn her legs 180 degrees with no resistance!). She said that's most likely the main reason Sadie is taking so long to walk. She said she is doing the movement of her legs well and everything, she just 1. doesn't want to walk and 2. has a harder time with her flexibility. So, we have to take her back in a month for a re-check for weight and walking. Dr. Rosi said if she's not really making much progress with walking we will take her to a physical therapist for a little help. No big deal. I kind of figured something like that would be coming. But, Dr. Rosi was very impressed with her and that makes me happy. Sadie got the other half of her flu shot and that was it. So, we'll see how she does and take her back in a month. Other than that not much to report. Sadie is as cute as always. Adam is working his butt off and I'm somewhere in the middle! Well, Enjoy the pics! Loves

Festival of Lights

Last night (Sunday) we went to the "festival of lights" in Ocala, at Silver Springs. It was a lot of fun. We went with my Dad, Carrie, Gma and Gpa J, Carrie's Dad and his Gfriend. We went before it got dark, so Sadie got to see some of the animals. She even got to feed a giraffe! She wasn't scared at all. she squealed with excitement when it took the crackers from her. We'll have to go back there again and see more animals and do the boat rides and everything. It was pretty chilly but we made sure to bundle up and bundle up Sadie as well. She was dressed in all fleece plus I had her snuggled in a blanket in her stroller. She kept taking her hands out though and they were like little cubes by the end of the night. Other than that it was a good Sunday. Enjoy the pictures! Loves.

Hanukkah & big news!

I am posting our pics from Hanukkah. They are from the first night and yesterday at Adam's parents' house. Sadie had a great time last night and we all got some very nice gifts!

now...on to the big news...

Last night Sadie took about 5 steps by herself!!!! We were in Adam's old bedroom at his parents' (where all of Sadie's toys and things are). We had her walking back and forth between Adam and I. She did about 5 steps alone. They weren't like falling down steps. They were REAL steps! I am so happy and excited for her. So, hopefully she'll be taking more steps soon...
Loves.

Santa, baby...

Sadie met Santa today! She wasn't sure about him, but she didn't cry. She actually has on a really cute outfit. There are embroidered flowers and buttons on her shirt and pants, but you can't see them. Anyhow, she was okay with him. We celebrated Hanukkah at Adam's parents' house tonight. Sadie got some very nice gifts (we did too!). I'll try and post those pics tomorrow. I'm sleepy so it's off to bed! Loves.

Funny Video

Yesterday Ross made a really funny elf video and posted it on my facebook. I went and made one today and it's so funny. Scroll down and pause the music (the dog) before you play the video!
I'll try and post more pics later!! Loves

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Oh, Sadie...

Just a few pics from the last few days. Nothing too exciting to report. All 3 of us are fighting colds. Nothing too terrible, just runny/stuffy noses, cough. No fevers, thank goodness! I was off with Sadie today. We ran a few errands, and she took a nice long nap. We colored some "coloring pages" that I printed out from a website. We did a couple of Hanukkah and a couple of Christmas ones. Hers are so adorable. Mostly just scribble, but I'm sure I will keep it forever! Adam is working tonight so I am going to make some sugar cookies for Sadie's class and some peanut butter blossoms for us. I should probably fold some laundry too...blah. Anyhow. Sadie is doing really well. She is standing on her own. She walks all over the house with her little walker thing. She has an appointment on December 29th for her 18 month check up. I hope she's walking by then, although I think it will be more like mid January. She is so smart though. She knows animals and shapes and colors and she talks a lot. Also, she's singing now. She doesn't say actual words but she babbles in a singing way. I'll sing and she'll start singing along. Adam ask her to sing to him and she'll sing and pat his arm like I do to her. It's SO cute. Well, I hope everyone out there is doing well too. Loves.

kinda crazy...

So, unfortunately we forgot to take pics of Thanksgiving...it was fun. We went to my Dad's house for lunch and Adam's parents for dinner. We all had a great time at both places. Nothing too exciting to say about it other than it was a great time and we got to visit with family (which is always wonderful). The rest of this weekend has been a little crazy. We found out that Sadie's crib was part of a huge crib recall. Apparently these (among a couple MILLION others) cribs have a defect with the drop side railing. The support (plastic) was breaking and kids were getting caught between the rail and mattress and suffocating! 1 child died (that's been reported) and quite a dew more have been injured. Anyways, so I hear about this on the news. I go and check, just to be sure and Sadie's crib was on the list! This was Friday night-incidentally I debated waking Sadie up and putting her in the pack and play but I decided to just let her sleep and check on her a bunch. Saturday morning we went to target and returned our crib (as directed by the government website, the crib manufacturer and Target guest services). They gave us a store credit for the full amount of the crib and we bought a new one as well as a new changing table. I was surprised at how easy it was considering we purchased it from Target (the worst place to have to return something) almost 2 years ago and no longer have the receipt. Our original crib was a crib/changer combo so we also had to get the changing table. Anyhow, after all that we found out Adam's car has a crack in the radiator! So, now we'll have to get that fixed. Luckily Tommy (my Mom's hubby) used to own his own mechanic shop so he is going to help us get the part and do the work for us (THANK GOD!!). So...it's kinda been a crazy weekend. Plus, Sadie has been fighting a cold. She has a runny nose and seems overly tired. No fever but just kinda sickly. I am so worried this is going to turn into an ear infection...hopefully not. I just know that when she has so much nose junk she tends to get ear infections. We'll just hope for the best. I know how bad it feels to get them so much. She is in good spirits though. Playing and being silly. Well, enjoy the pics!!! Oh...the pic of her in her highchair, she's eating a banana, she can hold them and take bites now!! We just have to make sure she doesn't bite off too much. she claps and is so proud of herself! Also, the one of her and Adam, they were having "fort" time under our bed.So silly. Loves.

Rainy Sunday

Today's weather was kind of crappy so we didn't get to do too much. Adam had to work for a bit in the morning so Sadie and I went to the grocery store. After Adam got home and Sadie had her nap we went over to my Dad and Carrie's house. We got to hang out with them for a while, it was really nice. Sadie got to love on Mr. V (one of their cats). Later this afternoon we ran errands! Nothing too exciting has been going on (not a complaint!). This should be a fun week. Monday is our Thanksgiving party at work (delicious pot luck), Tuesday I'm off, Wednesday we close at 2 and Thursday is Thanksgiving! I am really looking forward to Thursday. I am happy to be seeing some of my family I don't get to see that often. Plus, it's always fun to show Sadie off!
Loves

Cuteness.

Nothing too exciting to report, just wanted to post a couple of pics from the last few days. Hope everyone is doing well.

loves

Halloween.

Here are the Pics of Sadie from Friday morning and Saturday. Friday she went to school and Saturday Adam, Sadie and I went to "boo at the zoo" at the Santa Fe College zoo. It was fun. It was pretty dark so we couldn't really see the animals. Sadie still had fun though. Friday night was our big work Halloween party. We had our haunted house and it went so well. I had so much fun doing it. I sat in front of this fuzzy tv and chased after people on my hands and knees "ring style". Adam and Henry were in it too. Henry was a man behind this curtain "chopping" someone up, when people can by Adam would slide out from under the curtain and then Henry would pull him back. It was really cool. Anyhow, it's already November, I can't believe it. This morning Sadie and I went to Sun Country Sports center and did this fun morning playgroup. She got to climb and slide and play in the foam pit. Now she napping! Anyhow, Hopefully Sunday will be nice, Adam and I are going to plan to do something outside. Maybe LaChua trail again or Ring park or Cofrin or something. We'll see. Loves.

A Sadie snack!

I took this yesterday morning before she went to daycare. I just thought she looked too cute.
loves.

Tower of Terror 13K

I ran my first "race" this weekend! Disney's 13K Tower of Terror. It was great. I did much better than I expected myself to. I ran a lot of it an walked some (8 miles is a lot!). It felt really good. The first couple of miles were kinda hard, then I just took off. I ran the race with Mom, Laura and Elena. We started together but ended up running at different paces. Adam took a couple of pics during the race. The blurry one is about 7 1/2 miles, the other is at the finish line! Anyhow, I am a little sore today but I am so glad I did it. I want to do some 5K's with Adam soon. Sadie stayed in Ocala with Mama and Papa and had a good time too! Back to work tomorrow. The end of this coming week is our big Halloween party. I am really excited about that! Loves

With the quickness...

Adam took this pic of Sadie this morning before she went to school. I just though it was too cute and couldn't wait to post it! She looks so sassy. She actually let me do her hair this morning and it stayed up all day! Anyhow, enjoy.
Loves

So cool!

Have loved, loved, loved the weather this weekend. It has been so awesome. I was off and was able to enjoy it with the Sad-miester. Saturday, while Sadie was at home napping with daddy, my Mom and I went and got pedicures at the mall. It was fun, my toes are pink and the big ones have a little white flower. So girly! Adam closed last night so Sadie an I just went to the park with my mom and Tommy and hung out. Today Adam had to work again :( Sadie and I hung out in the morning, went to the grocery store, started laundry. She took a long nap and then Adam came home. We ran to the mall and got some "tarts" from Yankee candle company. 3 different kinds! Then we went to the park. Sadie LOVES Westside park. This evening we just had dinner and hung around the house. I think it's going to warm back up again this week. I wish the weather would just hurry up and figure out what it wants to do! Anyhow we're all doing well.
Loves.

Super cute, super cute, she's super cutie!

Not too much to update. We are all well. Sadie didn't end up going to the the Doc today. They called me yesterday and said that the chicken pox shot wasn't available. So, we rescheduled. I was bummed because I had some questions for Dr. Rosi about Sadie's "allergies" and some other things. I was off today so Sadie and I just had a girls day at home. She played and I cleaned. I am soooo behind on laundry, so it was nice to get caught up putting it all away. Although, now, I have a bunch of ironing to do! Oh well. The top 2 pics are from earlier today. The bottom 2 are from Saturday. Adam put these cute sandals on her. He said she did pretty well standing in them. They're like flip flops with back straps. Anyhow, I hope everyone else is doing well! Back to work and "school" tomorrow. Loves

updates...sort of...

So, I haven't posted in a while. Thought maybe it was time to put some cute pics of the wee one. Not much is going on with us. Everyone is doing well. We had been taking Sadie to the park a lot last week, while it was nice. I will be very happy when it cools off for a while. Anyhow. Adam is starting to count the days down until he is done with grad school. His classes end on December 12th and his graduation is December 19th. I am so excited for him. I would like to try and have a graduation party for him. My mom's big 5-0 is coming up in a couple of weeks. I am running a 13k with her and Laura at MGM (well I think it's called Hollywood studios or something now). I have been training when I can. I have a feeling my time is going to be terrible. Oh well.

Sadie is getting so vocal now. She can say a lot more words. She has started saying "cookie" and "quack" obviously they aren't perfectly clear bu good enough to know what she's saying. She is also getting much more comfortable exploring. We had to get cabinets with doors for our DVD's. Sadie was pulling them all down.

well, enjoy the pics.

loves.

Hangin' around

Just wanted to post some pics of Sadie from this past week. They are just really cute. Saturday Sadie and I went to a quilt show in Jacksonville with my mom. It was neat to see all the beautiful quilts. Some were so intricate. Today we just hung out, bought some groceries. It was kind of nice outside this evening, so we went for a walk. Nothing too exciting but relaxing. Sadie had a little ear infection last week so she had been on antibiotics. Since she has taken them, her nose has stopped running! This kid has had a runny nose for about 7 months now and nothing we did made it go away until now! I hope it stays this way for a while. I'm sure it's nice for her to have this reprieve. When we were at the Dr.'s, she prescribed Sadie some Allegra so if her nose gets bad again, we'll try that. It makes me wonder if she has as bas of allergies as we thought or just a sinus infection. Anyhow. Back to school and work tomorrow. We are starting to get things together for our Halloween party at work. Legacy always puts on a big party for the residents. Last year we did a haunted house. It turned out really great and everyone enjoyed it, so we're doing it again this year. I'll be sure to take pics and video this year! Enjoy the pictures.

Pics and stories below!

There are 6 slide shows from our trip to Chicago under that there is info/stories, etc about the trip.
1. the trip up
2. The children's museum and that evening
3. the aquarium
4. pics from walking around downtown later than day
5. Navy pier
6. family pics the last day!
7. stories!

Enjoy...