more fun as we wait

happy b-day aaron!

i apologize to all the sadie fans out there for not updating with news or pictures.....
not sure what happened
i could blame it on the pregnant brain or i could blame it on being busy or being lazy
all of which apply
so i have a lot of catching up to do right?
lets start with #2
he is getting bigger and bigger by the day the minute and second
i thankfully have kept my ankles have lost sight of my feet and can not tie my shoes
the big BIG difference between sadie and #2 is the movements
sadie was a BIG kicker
#2 is a BIG lottery player
"lets see if we can find what vital organ is behind door number 4"
what this means......is a quiet dinner at home.....all of a sudden i am bouncing out the chair wincing and holding my side
aaron and sadie look at me wide eyed wondering if this is the moment if everything is okay
of course everything is okay.....he just found some body part, some rib to poke his little feet into
ah the joy of motherhood
its all about sacrifice right?
aside from that we are still on schedule
i have decided not to do school this semester opting for a less than hectic schedule to just a somewhat busy schedule
i have taken on some web design projects to fill in those free minutes
b/c what is one really suppose to do if they have five minutes to spare right?
sadie continues to amaze us as she has grown from baby to toddler to little girl....
and it is happening WAY to fast
she is aware that something great is about to happen and she seems excited and reserved
she is clinging to both aaron
she plays a lot by herself and has a large imagination to keep her going
her current favorites is of course painting
she paints everyday......morning, noon and night
dancing....her favorite band right now is the clash
reading....her favorite book is "i love you stinky face" and "i love dirt" (or as my dad say "i love soil"
oh and she LOVES snow
loves it!
we finally had our first big snow
almost a foot so we went out and she helped aaron shovel
she has been practicing in the house since x-mas and finds that shovel a great way to move mom and dad.....
new years was good
quiet as always....just listening to the gun shots in our neighborhood......and if we have not told you the stories about this you will have to set aside at l;east 5 minutes for us to tell you how about three years ago i think a cannon went off....
our latest and greatest story is of course aaron's 21st b-day!
happy b-day!!!
he has grown so much in the past four years!
we all love you very very much!
it was a great b-day once again relaxing.....
how did we celebrate our crazy night
sadie had a sleep over at mimi and bumpa's (who is slowing being renamed to pop pop)
and aaron and i went to pacific east (which is an awesome sushi place)
we ate and ate and ate YUM!
than we went home were in bed by 8:00 watched a few movies and feel asleep
what can one say....getting 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep, watching a movie in peace these are the things all 21 year olds are asking for now....
and this will probably be the last time this year that we will get a chance to really relax
b/c in just a month the marathon of diapers begins!
enjoy the day, the pictures, and all things winter
PS. sadie made aaron a bird house for his b-day the best bird house! all the birds will love making a home in the fluorescent painted house!
PSS. no we have not picked a name though you can see from the poll what names are most popular....also #2 has dropped which means i can BREATH!

week 34 and the bump keeps growing

x-mas is over but someone is still playing.......
the other day sadie made aaron a sunny side up egg and brought it to him at the table
she is becoming a very good "imagine" cook
her favorite is still broccoli which is wonderful
aside from that we are adjusting to a little quiet now and getting ready for phase two
phase two of course is omen #2
and really we don't need to do much to prep
except perhaps sleep...... and sleep a lot
i am starting to slow down waddling from point a to point b as best i can but doing it a little slower
sadie has lost most of her lap space but still tries to find room
which means she pushes on #2 till he moves to one side
than #2 starts pushing back
i feel like i am in constant inner turmoil
the weekend was great
saturday cleveland got a typical winter december day of 65! which of course meant we took our new LL Bean Canteen out for a walk (thanks dad)
sadie had fun picking up all the rocks and leaves so we would walk about three feet stop and she would say "whats that?" than hand us a bunch of stuff move a few more feet "whats that?" so a 1/4 mile walk took about 2 hours
no problem it was wonderful out and fun to watch her splash in the puddles when she did move a little faster
afterwards we went to CandyLand at the metro parks
thanks michele for the suggestion it was wonderful and sadie was awed at just about everything
we also went to the children's museum to play in the sand room
which is really an understatement
the sand room is about 900 square feet, 4 feet deep of cat poo free sand!
sadie had a blast
you get a little hard hat and a shovel and just dig and play
not sure though who had more fun sadie or aaron.....
sorry no pictures from that but there will be many more occasions
lets see...sadie's latest and greatest statements:
"let's see....."
"sadie where are you?"
"mimi where are you?"
"row row row your boat"
"no, no, no, no....(sung to the elmo theme song)"
"elmo's world la la la la elmo's world"
"tickle"
sadie does know the alphabet, can identify most of the letters and is learning how to spell elmo and sadie
she can count easily to ten and likes to wake up counting like this morning at 4 am "1, 2, 3, 4 (insert the count's laugh)"
she knows all the primary and secondary colors we are working on the tertiary colors figure we will know those than start looking for a job as a CEO
so if you get bored i have uploaded yet another 200 some pictures.....so enjoy
keeps my days entertaining
enjoy the days
chat more come new years!