Friday, December 31, 2010

The Christmas Program

We had a great time celebrating Christmas with my family up at my parents house. I'll try to blog more on it later, but I have to blog about the first ever Christmas Program. It was... hysterical and so much fun! Macey and Sadie were Angels and Jordan and Case were Shepherds.

The Shepherd's entrance!
The program pretty much consisted of Macey saying she was Angel Gabriel and was here to bring joyful news! Then she sang some songs while the other kids looked on. The songs ranged from 'Away in a Manger' to '10 little pumpkins' to 'fast, fast goes the squirrel'.

Mean while Case wondered around and would randomly fall over stiff as a board face first onto the ground. It was so funny, we have no idea what prompted him to do it, but he'd just stand there and then boom, fall flat on his face! Sadie enjoyed most of the action, and surprisingly all the kids were pretty good about wearing the outfits, but she did start to lose it by the end.


One tired little shepherd...

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Half Birthday Party

We have a little tradition in our family to do a little tiny half birthday party for the kiddos on their first half birthday! It's really small, just the aunts, the kids and the friends who are also "aunties". I wasn't going to do one for Sadie because December is just so crazy and all. But then I started feeling bad, thinking that eventually she'll realize we had one for the other kids and I did really want to do on for her! So... Brooke, Alisha, Nachelle and the kids came over for a little half birthday party! They even fought one of the big snowfalls we've had this winter. We missed Kari and Hannah, but still had a great time!

Opening presents... Macey was very exited to give Sadie the presents she picked out for her!
The party girl!

All the cousins!!
I'm so thankful that we got to be in Minnesota to continue this fun little tradition!

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Booger Buddies!

Some great friends of ours, The Darlings, are always up for watch Case and Sadie for us! On Wednesday, I got the chance to repay them. Their girls, Hazel and Sylvia, came over for the evening. We had a great time playing, reading books, watching Toy Story and staying up past the normal bedtime! I got this great little sequence of Case and Hazel watching Toy Story together.

Hannah B was here to help me with all the kids and we were laughing so hard, I could barely take the pictures!

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Caser-Man

I decided after all the pictures of Sadie lately, it was time for a little Case update!

Case has become quite the little helper! He loves to help sweep and help "clean". One afternoon while I was feeding Sadie, Case was playing quietly on the kitchen floor with his Lego's... or so I thought. I couldn't see him from where I was sitting and when I got up, I saw he was standing on a chair we have in our kitchen and standing by the stove. I walk over to him, he looks up at me absolutely BEAMING, "Look mom, I cleaning!". He had taken all of the butter from our butter dish and spread it all over the entire stove including inside each and every groove of the four burners. Needless to say I had a long afternoon of actual cleaning after that!

His hair has become quite shaggy as we haven't cut it since July! We love his "hockey hair" and they way it curls, but it also makes for some amazing bad hair days. I had to take this picture after one of his naps, he was not too excited for picture time!
One of my favorite sayings of Case's is how he named his running nose, "nose yuckies.". So he'll say, "mama, I have nose yuckies" when he needs his nose wiped. Today in the car he said, "Mama, fix my nose yuckies, please." Sometimes I think I spend all day laughing at him!
Today, as Brooke was helping him with stickers and she asked him, "Is this the sticker you want?" He turned to her and said, "You betcha, Brookie!" He is just constant entertainment!

Saturday, December 4, 2010

6 months old!

Last Friday, Sadie turned 6 months old! I can't believe my little baby is already 6 months, man it's going fast. I was reminded just how much she's grown when I saw my friends one week old twins. They were so cute and so sweet and little. Sadie looked humongous next to them! She's just changing so quickly. So here's her 6 month little photo shoot I did - before the haircut.

I haven't had her 6 month appointment yet, so I don't have any official stats, but I do have a few milestones. She started sitting up on her own at 4 1/2 months and rolled over at 5 months. She is super strong, with an iron clad grasp! She's eating rice cereal and vegetables and is all business when it comes to food. She takes your hand and helps guide the food to her mouth as fast as she can.
Sadie had her first ER visit, and to no ones surprise, it was all thanks to Case! She was playing so nicely in her exersaucer while Case was playing around her. He really has been doing a great job of playing with her and showing her things. All of a sudden, she was BAWLING. I wasn't quite sure at first what happened. Case had been playing with this random sun shade thing that goes over his pool floatie and whacked her with the end of it that has a hard plastic thing. It was right before her nap so I calmed her down and laid her down for her nap. When she woke up, she wouldn't open her right eye. She whimpered all day and her eye kept watering. When Matt came home and saw how bad it was, Sadie and I headed into the ER. The doctor put a few drops in her eyes, turned on a black light and there it was - a really huge scratch right down the middle of her eye. It covered her entire eye that we could see - poor Sadie! The doctor gave us some eye ointment so it didn't get infected and said it should heal pretty quickly. It did and she was back to her happy self in no time!
Sadie continues to be such a great baby. She is becoming quite the mama's girl. It happened so quickly, all of a sudden if I walk by her without picking her up, she starts crying. She just wants to be with me at all times. She loves Matty and will play happily with him until she see's me, then it's all over unless I take her. At dinner, she wants to join all of us at the dinner table, so she sits on the bench next to me. Her favorite move is grabbing my hair and pulling me towards her - did I mention her amazing grip!
Sadie doesn't have too many nicknames, because Case thinks her one and only name is Sadie Belle. However, she was earned the nickname, Growly Bear. Like most babies, Sadie coos and babbles. But, more than anything, she growls. Seriously, it's hysterical. When she's happy or playing or whatever, she has this deep growl she does. I love it! She's doing it less and less, and I'll miss it so much when it's gone.
She brings so much joy to our family! We love her so much and can't wait to see what God has in store for our little Sadie Belle!


Wednesday, December 1, 2010

First Hair cut!

Ahhh! I cut Sadie's hair tonight for the first time! With Case, I should've cut it earlier then I did and with Sadie - well, maybe I should've gone to a professional! It's not bad or anything, she looks cute no matter what, right?! She was definitely rocking the mullet, I mean her hair in the back was all the way down in between her shoulder blades.
Before:




So I attempted a bob. It is at least pretty straight all the way around. One side looks super cute, but the other side looks a little like a bowl hair cut. So I'm not sure if that was me, or just the way her hair is right now. I do think that it will grow in a little bit cuter now, and it definitely looks a lot healthier. So here it is!
After:


At least I did a little photo shoot of her today before I cut her hair for her turning 6 months in a couple days (I'll post them later once I'm done editing!)

Jumping




This is the kids' favorite activity together! It started out very small and then I realized Sadie LOVES it! We let Case jump in his crib. I know a lot of parents don't, but in this apartment - it's a great way to let him get energy out. One time when he was playing in his crib, he wanted Sadie in there with him. I said sure, but no jumping when Sadie's in there! Of course, once my back was turned, he started jumping a little. I wouldn't have even noticed, but Sadie was giggling. So now the rule is, he can only jump by Sadie's feet. It gives her a little bounce up and down and she absolutely loves it. Here's some pictures!
Pure joy!! She can't get enough!
Then he always leans over her to talk to her, I love this picture, it shows how much she just adores her brother

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