merry christmas!

sadie wants to wish everyone a very merry christmas!!!!














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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
what is more exciting presents or wrapping paper?

week 25!

someone is taking BIG cutie pills every morning
we think she knows that this time of year is the time for presents so....if she looks extra cute and says things like
"mom maaaaa" or "da" than she might get something that lights up and sings to her
sadie wishes for a baby grand piano but......
we are thinkin' about getting her a walker but keep it a secret.......we don't want her to know about it until x-mas day!
all is going well in collinwood
we have the tree up
bec is done with school!!!!! and she got an A in both classes which means she was able to maintain a 4.0 even with a cutie pie in the house distracting her
aaron is about to start a new shift at work (its temporary)
3 pm to 11:30 pm
bec is sad that she will not see aaron

for two months but aaron does get more daddy time
sadie does love her daddy
sadie has started to reach out or up for people when she wants a hug or to be picked up
her personality is really starting to emerge and she does have a sense of humor
sadie is teething so everything goes in her mouth....and everything has drool on it
she wakes up laughing and singing than spends about ten minutes telling you all about her dreams
what do you suppose she dreams about?
she has discovered frankie
frankie on the other hand has not discovered sadie or at least pretends sadie does not exist until a loud squeal of delight scares her away
sadie is trying to crawl her little legs and arms are going but she has not figured out how to lift her belly up off the ground
she also does secret undercover agent baby stuff......she will only roll over if no one is watching, she stops crying as soon as the camera or phone is within vision
she does say "ma maaaaa" alot and she loves to eat peas
the following movie is her first taste of peas

we like to call her green beard!
i think that is all the new news for now
we do wish everyone a relaxing time as we head into the holiday of food, wrapping paper, and festivities

week 23 & 24 happy 1/2 year!!!!!

this is what happens when your child puts everything in her mouth!
yup sadie decided it was time to eat the camera......
this past weekend we continued our tradition of driving to doylestown which is an hour south of us to hunt, kill a tree and strap it to the top of the car!
every year we go specifically to buy hand blown glass ornaments. last year we bought sadie an emperor penguin and his baby this year we got her a panda bear with bamboo!
it was fun we ALL bundled up because of course this is ohio which means.......super chilly! she got a little red nose and red cheeks....
but had fun watching the reindeer and all the x-mas lights......
we got home and trimmed the tree making sure her panda was clearly visable and out of reach
the new amazing things sadie can now do:

eat corn - which is by far her favorite - sadie HATES yams
put everything in her mouth - she tried to eat frankie but was discouraged
she can pull herself up and hold herself up in a standing position
she can sit up
she rolls over lots - but does not like anyone to watch her do it very secretive this little one
she sings songs at 6:00 am on a saturday when her parents are trying to sleep
she loves rattles and brown paper bags!

i apologize ahead of time there will be a lapse in sadie photographs...not sure why but our camera is broken so as not to miss any great moments and achievements we are in the process of looking for a new one.
bec has only one more hour of class left and she is off for x-mas break! one month of nothing but....cleaning the house, doing twenty loads of laundry a week, going to work, feeding the family and perhaps some home repairs thrown in there.....its all worth it!
nothing more to report......enjoy the days of snow, icy rain and blah blah weather