Sadie's Blog

Well, it's been over 6 months since I posted and I don't know if anyone will read this anymore (except my friend Ellie) but it's a good way to record our life! I'm going to try to get better at posting more often in the future.

We've had a good and busy 6 months. Sadie is getting so big--and so funny with the things she says. My favorite line for a few weeks was, "I beary, beary wuv you." She also likes to say, "thank you TOO much". Tonight she told me she was "exhausted" after riding her tricycle. And last week she said, "are you thinking what I'm thinking?" I'm just amazed at the stuff that comes out of her mouth and that she is putting together.

Along with that comes trying to figure out the hard things in the world. Why she doesn't have a Daddy like everyone else, why her skin is a different color than Mommy's, what death means. All the things you'd like to put off for a while. The most touching comment was one night when we were laying in bed and Sadie asked me who my brother and sister were. I said that my sister was her Aunt Gail but that she had died and now she lived in heaven with Jesus. She looked concerned and said, "she died?" When I nodded, she thought for a minute and said, "I know, I'll be your family!" How sweet is that? I followed up by saying, "my brother is Uncle Bob." She looked pleased and said, "he has his own Chick Fil A store!"

She still loves to be active. We've recently completed swimming lessons and she's doing great. By next summer I'm sure she'll be swimming the full length of the pool.

We've taken 2 trips to the beach and one to Little Rock since I last posted. And we're looking forward to another trip to Disney in November.

More stories and happenings in our life are noted below!

We hung out withe the Santa's when they were down over spring break. Sadie's giving Michele a skeptical look!


Coloring Easter eggs at Jen's house

Easter egg hunt with Anna and Lyla. Sadie doesn't mess around when there is competition taking place. In fact she's a bit of a poor loser (and winner). We're working on that...

Apparently likes what she found in her Easter Basket

All ready for church

Sadie loves to pick flowers for me. Whenever we go out on a walk I come home with all sorts of weeds in my hands!

Smelling the trees at Grandma and Grandpa's place...

At one of the numerous birthday parties you'll see pictures of...

School friends

At the beach over Memorial Day. Sadie and Lyla loved playing in the waves.

Story time with Nana Julie though obviously no one is listening..

At the T-Rex restaurant at Downtown Disney. This is a fake smile as Sadie wasn't too sure about all the dinosaurs and noise...

Another birthday party and her first visit to Chuck E. Cheese!

Just being silly.

We took a trip to Little Rock this summer to visit my brother's family. This is my niece Shawna with Sadie and Olivia who is my niece Christy's daughter.

Olivia and Sadie with Olivia's brother David

Olivia and Sadie had fun in the sprinklers one night!

My favorite picture of the trip!

Fun with Olivia

Eating one of Christy's yummy cupcakes!

All of us on the 4th of July (except Christy who is taking the picture).

We accessorized well for the 4th.

My nephew Bobby with Sadie and Olivia

Waiting for the fireworks to start. Once they started Sadie's face was buried in my neck....not a fan of lound noises.

Ready for church. Sadie obviously wasn't in the mood for a picture.

Back home and torturing the dog!

Concentrating on the tricycle riding.

Just being silly.

At a party at a colleagues house. Sadie LOVES the piano. This is her little friend Olivia.

At our friend Julie's baby shower.

Lyla, Sadie and Anna on a mission to decorate with their drawings on post-it notes. They were very intent.

Sadie crosses her eyes like this all the time--totally cracks me up!

Showing her attitude.

Now that swimming is over we start a dance class on Monday. Sadie's practicing her moves.

Julie with our friends Hadley and Salay.

First Bulls game of the season. We have season tickets and Sadie loves going to the games keeping her eye on Rocky the Bull!

Feeding a giraffe at the zoo.

Riding a camel at the zoo!

Not a great pic but with our Guate tot friends at the Guatemalan restaurant to celebrate Guatemalan Independence Day!

We took another trip to the beach in September. My friend Dianne came to visit for the day.

Fun at the beach. Apparently I need to retire this dress! She really does wear other things!

Brady's birthday this time.

My rock star!

At swim lessons.

And another birthday and another trip to Chuck E. Cheese. Can you tell that Brady is Sadie's bff?