A Few Pictures (25 months)

Sadie's 2nd Birthday

I'm a couple weeks late posting this but on February 21st Sadie turned two!  We had a laid back day - a couple friends stopped by for some cake.  It was unseasonably warm for February and we were able to keep the front door open.  She is a huge fan of pumpkin bread so I made this cake that has similar flavors. It was my first attempt at making a cake from scratch, and despite some bumps in the road I think it turned out okay.   From Mom + Dad she got a big stack of books and this camera.  She got a doctor kit from her friend Ellie and a cute doll from her friends Cohen + Flora.  She had a great time playing with her friends and eating cake.

Christmas

We wanted a simple Christmas with just a few gifts that we knew Sadie would love.  She has a play kitchen that she LOVES at Nana and Papa's so we decided to get one for our house as well.  She got some fake food, dishes, and a broom and dustpan to go along with it.   She got a few little stocking stuffers including some big girl underwear that hopefully she will be able to start using soon.  We had pink grapefruit for breakfast and relaxed around the house until afternoon when we went to my parents for a big Christmas dinner.  It was a great day and even Kevin (who hates Christmas) seemed in good spirits.

22 months

Wow, what a difference a month makes.  All of a sudden Sadie can say the word for just about everything in her world.  And she is stringing together words and making sentences.  Some of her favorite things to say:

She exclaims "I wanna see Dada!"  or "I wanna see Mimi!" and then she will grab my hand and drag me to wherever Dada or Mimi is in the house.

Santa Claus she calls "Ho Ho" and Mrs. Claus she calls "Nana" (I guess she looks like my mom?)

All stars are called "Ba ba high" because when she sings the song Twinkle Twinkle she says "Ba ba ba ba ba ba high!" instead of the actual words.

Bed time has become a long excruciating ordeal where we have to say "Night night" to everything in the house (to Mimi, to Dada, to the kitchen, to the records, to the Christmas tree, etc.)  She is still nursing to sleep but she now also must be holding her sippy cup of water and her baby doll.  If one of these things falls from her grasp as she's falling asleep she jerks back awake.

She loves going to the library to play. She loves going to visit Nana and Papa. She loves going to the art museum.  She loves going to the book store.  She HATES being stuck in the house all day and will moan and whine until we take her out.

She loves to help me cook.  I will give her something to stir or a small job like throwing the vegetable peels away.  If I'm doing something at the kitchen counter she just has to be involved.  "Help, mama, help!" she will say as she tries to push the stool over to the counter.  She loves helping her mama.

I can't wait until Christmas as this will be the first one that she will really enjoy.  Until then...

A few pictures from October

19 months - a walk to the ravine

17 Months

I can't believe my baby is almost a year and a half!

She is starting to say more and more words each day.  For a while now she has been saying "Whazzzzz thaaaaa?" (What's that?) while pointing at various things.  She is still doing that (all day long, every day.)   Other words she says:  Dada, Mama, Papa, Nana, Hi, Bye (sounds very similar to hi), Fishy, Kitty, Cheese, Eye (while pointing to her eye.)

She loves singing songs and is constantly humming.  She loves to clap her hands and stomp her feet.

She knows just about every body part and if you ask her where a part is she will point to it.  Although she sometimes gets "neck" and "knees" mixed up.

She also loves to bark like a dog and when we go on walks she'll bark at any dog she sees.

I love her more than words can say!

Lake House

A few weeks ago I mentioned to Kevin that I would like to have a “technology-free” day once a week where we turn off our phones & computers. Little did I know that I was about to get an entire week of no internet and no phone reception when we visited family at a small beach cottage in Door County, Wisconsin. It was quite an adjustment at first but ended up being a great, relaxing break from the daily electric glow.  Lazy days spent by the lake. Family. Fireworks. Sand castles. Fourth of July parade. Mojitos. Campfire. We had a great time. 

Sunny Saturday

Country Fun

Yesterday we left the city and hung out at the country property of friends of ours.  We had a blast.  Sadie especially loved bouncing on the trampoline and freedom to be able to run around.  Hopefully we'll be spending more time there this summer.