Wednesday, October 29, 2008

7 months

Our baby turned 7 months yesterday and has been a busy bee.


She got to visit with her friend Lawson this past weekend. Our friends the Braggs were briefly in town from Evansville, and we were excited to meet them for lunch. Sadie and Lawson exchanged some notes on teething (Lawson is 2 months younger than Sadie, but has two teeth already!). Lawson is just as cute as they come, and we so wish we got to see the whole family more! Then she graced everyone with her presence at the Mundt's Fall Party. We didn't last long there, since it was late in the evening, but we were glad we could go for a while and bring Sadie. She very much enjoyed and appreciated Rob's bonfire! :)

Sadie and I were supposed to go with the rest of her daycare cronies to Stonycreek Farm for the Fall festivities yesterday. However it ended up being a super cold day and Daniel and I just decided it was a bit too cold for Sadie. I know the other, older kids were undaunted by the cool weather and had a very good time, and Sadie is looking forward to going with all the kids next year. This year instead we enjoyed a day at home together. It was nice and makes me really wish I could do it every day. I do get the next two Tuesdays off for Election Day and Veteran's Day, respectively, and I am looking forward to more quality time with my girl!

Another note, Daniel hit a deer yesterday morning on the way to work, or rather the deer hit him. He was in the Explorer, and it hit on the pasenger side. Usually, Daniel takes Sadie to daycare every morning because her babysitter lives just outside Sheridan where Daniel works (and is in the complete opposite direction of where I work), and usually he is in our Honda Accord. So we were very thankful he was in the Explorer, and very thankful Sadie was not with him.

So on to the 7 month updates....

Sadie has one tooth as you can see in the previous post. We are expecting a second tooth ANY day now. You can see it just trying to bust out! So very soon....

Sadie has been learning cause and effect. She has a particular toy with ducks that spin. She will spin one of the ducks and watch it spin and as soon as it stops, she spins it again.

She and I play a game where I kinda head butt her, gently of course. Well, now if I do the whole routine she will move her head to meet mine.

Sadie is also making progress toward crawling (I so need to get the house, or at least downstairs, baby-proofed!). She has been sleeping on her knees for some time now, but she is now getting up on her knees during play time and is busy hitting all kinds of funky poses, particularly what I think is a 'downward dog' in yoga. She can somewhat scoot backward. This has all developed so quickly that I'm not certain what to expect next.

Sadie now eats three full meals a day, and eats them all as if it were her last! :) She is so much like her mommy and daddy in this respect!

Well, sleep tight our sweet angel (I can hear her breathing in the monitor and it just makes me smile to know she's in the next room getting rested up for another fun day!). We hope all is well with everyone else. We were excited that our Aggies finally pulled off a win last weekend. Boy are we ready for basketball season to start!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

A Tooth!

Sadie has a new addition today....she finally got a tooth!!! A what? A tooth!

Yea! We've been checking every evening and could tell she was close because her gums were getting whiter and whiter on the bottom. When Daniel picked her up today, Jane (Sadie's lovely daytime caregiver) said, "Sadie, you'll have to show your Mommy and Daddy what you have in your mouth." Sure enough, there is a tooth. It's kinda hard to see in my opinion, but you can definitely feel it.

We'll see if we can't catch a picture of it in the next few days to share with everyone (maybe I'm a little delusional to say that).

Hooray to finally having ONE tooth! Oh Steak here we come! :)

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Pumpkinfest


We went to Pumpkinfest yesterday and had some fresh cider and homemade, warm apple-cinnamon donuts! Yum!
Still no teeth for Sadie, though I think she'll have some very soon. She is always rubbing her tongue along her bottom gums. We can't get her to take to a teether. She usually just uses her hand or a blanket to rub along her gums. She learned how to splash in the tub this week. So we can now have a shower while she is bathing! :) She's talking non-stop! She especially likes to squeal alot! And it doesn't matter where she's at.... daycare or home, church or the grocery store. She makes sure everyone can hear her. She's eating three "meals" a day now and doing very well at it. It is impressive how much she can eat. She is still such a happy baby. We just love her to death! Our Sweet Sadie!


Cousins

Sadie loves her cousins. Here's a pic of her that we thought was funny. She's fascinated with Livy....


and a pic of her and Bea, a couple of beautiful babies.....


Weekend in College Station

We took a quick weekend trip to visit some friends from college last weekend and enjoyed getting to see everyone. The Aggies aren't going to win the National Championship this year; however, a football weekend in College Station is still a great time.




On our trip, Sadie had the chance to stop into the 'world famous' Dixie Chicken, College Station's most well known drinking establishment. While she didn't get to partake, that didn't stop Craig from offering to share his drink with her. Just wait Craig - paybacks are coming!

Sadie also made a new friend this weekend. Here is a pic with her and Natalie, Billy and Anne's little girl, sharing toys at the tailgate.

We had a great time and are looking forward to seeing everyone again soon, and, of course, some brighter days for Texas A&M football!

Sunday, October 5, 2008

It's October

Sadie's first Halloween party....

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Six months


Sadie's halfway to a party!!! She had her six month check-up on Thursday.....17 lbs 6.5 oz, 27 in long, and 44 cm head circumference (80th, 90th, and 93rd percentiles, respectively). She didn't cry nearly as much from her shots, but just passed out pretty quickly there after. The doctor said she was just perfect, and we couldn't agree more! She is really sitting up on her own now and only falls if she gets too excited. :) She's eating solid foods like a champ. We think she MAY finally be getting teeth for real now. She has been super fussy at bedtime and not sleeping hardly at all in the middle of the night the last two nights and has a very distinct bump on her bottom gums. So we will see in the next couple of days. Here are some pics we took today. Sadie's not too sure what to think of the grass....you can tell in the pictures.