Three Years and Counting

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Here's to growing old together...

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5 Months

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Sadie you are 5 months old. Five Months Old. FIVE MONTHS OLD. Every month has gone by so fast but this month really flew by fast. I have been a little emotional over you getting so big. I do love this age but you seem to be growing up too fast. I just want to keep you little forever.

You have gotten so big too. You still have the best "sweet rolls" on your thighs and arms. I love them. You're the best of both worlds. You're chubby and cute but still somehow "little". I don't know how much you weigh or how tall you are because your next well visit isn't until 6 months.

You wear size 3-6 month clothes for the most part. You can still wear some 3 month things and you also wear some 6 month things.

You wear a size 2 diaper.

After your 4 month well visit your pediatrician said to start you on solids. There's an entire post coming about that. Right now you get cereal with pear juice in the morning and veggies at night. You take 5, 5 oz bottles during the day but because of the food you can't keep it all down. Since you get full fast you're only eating a little solid food at a time.

You are ALL about what we're eating. You can't take your eyes off of anything we put in our mouths. Soon enough you'll be eating what we're eating but for now we'll stick with baby food.

Your reflux is better. You still spit up some but you don't cry out in pain. I no longer give you Zantac at night. You sleep just fine and don't seem to be bothered by it. Hopefully you'll get off of Nutramigen and Zantac at your 6 month appointment.

Teething has been bothering you quite a bit lately. When you're really in pain you refuse to take your afternoon or evening bottles. If I give you Tylenol you'll eventually take them. You drool all the time and chew on everything you can get to your mouth. You still don't have any teeth but I'm praying they start to come through soon. You do pretty well with the pain as far as fussing goes so that's good.

Speaking of fussing you really are such a good baby. You talk, laugh, and spit most of the time you're awake. You love to smile and laugh but when you are unhappy it is normally an easy fix. 95% of the time if you are crying or fussing it is because you are tired. When you are tired you are DONE and are ready for someone to toss you in the bed and leave you alone.

You are still a great sleeper. You go to bed around 7-7:30 pm and wake up around 7 or 7:30 am. I'm so glad all the hard work of getting you on a schedule has paid off in the sleep department.

You are a little vain these days. You love looking at yourself in the mirror. You smile and laugh. If you're upset I can put you in front of a mirror and you turn the crying off and the smiling on. When people tell you you're pretty you get all giddy.

You're starting to move into the "big girl" stage. You can pick up anything in front of you. You've been practicing taking your paci out and putting it back in. You can even switch hands with it. As if that wasn't enough you are almost sitting up by yourself. You can sit up for a little while but you get a little wobbly once you get tired. I will admit, when you start sitting up it will be nice. But that's it. No more growing up after that.

You have done so well at "school". I was concerned it might completely mess you up but you still do great on your schedule. You love school and all the older girls in your class. You think you are as big as they are. You love riding in the Bye Bye Buggy and playing in the exersaucer when you're there.

You've started getting scared very easily. When I sneeze it sends you into orbit. It's not like I have an obnoxious sneeze but you seem to think the world is going to end with it happens. You're very dramatic and it gets worse every day. Bless us all.

Sadie Lady...what on earth was life like before you came along? Boring I guess. You are so sweet and so fun. You are learning new things every day and it's amazing to watch. Every morning I can't wait to go into your room and see your smiling face. A smile from you cures any ailment. I could spend every second of the day kissing your chubby cheeks. I'm thankful to have you as my daughter. My days are bright because I spend them with you.

Your daddy and I love you to the moon and back!

Teething Toy

I know this is very random and I will post our vacation pictures and Sadie's 5 month pictures soon but I wanted to share something quick.

Sadie has been teething and at times it's been rough. She has almost every teething toy or ring known to man. None of them do her any good except one.

This is a Born Free teething toy. It's wonderful and Sadie loves it. She can hold it really well and it gives her instant relief. A sweet blog reader actually sent it to me soon after I announced I was pregnant. Thanks again, Ashley.

Anyway I just wanted to pass along this information to all you momma's with teething babies.

Nursery Prints

Hello, everyone! I've just returned from vacation so I will be posting about our fun trip in a few days. First I wanted to share something with you.

Before we left to go out of town I ordered some nursery prints for Sadie's room. Let me back up a bit and tell you more of the story.

I've been trying to get Sadie's room decorated. I have several things left to do but I'm almost finished. I bought some floatng shelves to hang on the wall so I needed things to put on them. I decided some neat prints with scripture on them would be perfect to go with a canvas of her newborn photo I ordered. I googled the prints and then I looked on etsy. I found some I really liked but I decided to wait. Several days later I searched again and the ones I really liked at first kept coming back up in my search. I knew they'd be perfect but I wasn't ready to buy yet. I ended up on the seller's blog by way of her etsy shop. I saw a tab on the right that said "The Twins Story" and I clicked on it.

Wow. What a story. I won't give away any details because I want you to read for yourself. I will tell you though when I read one of the twins was named Sadie I knew I had to buy the prints. :) So I did.

I e-mailed Amy at amyjdelightful on etsy and I was impressed from the start. She's the real deal. She obvsiously makes great prints (and other things) but her faith in the Lord is solid. She was an encouragement to my from our first e-mail exchange.

I wanted to share the prints I bought. I'm very excited to put them up. I still need to find frames but I'm looking.

(my favorite and the theme for Sadie's first birthday party)



It is important to me Sadie has TRUTH all around her in the form of scripture. It's a reminder to me to pray them over her. She is fearfully and wonderfully made, God is mighty so save, and He is the light of the world.



You really should check out Amy's store and her blog.

While Mom's Away

Taking a little vacation but thought I'd share a picture.

I left Sadie with Josh for the afternoon and so Josh decided to fix Sadie's hair like his own. With product.

My little rocker.

Random

There are several pictures on my phone I'd like on my blog so here's a random post full of cuteness.

Sadie got a spanking for this (kidding...but she should have). She threw out a "hook'em" horns during nap time one day. I'm choosing to believe she was saying "I love you" in sign language but the picture doesn't lie.



Sadie likes to hold her bottles. She can only do that of it isn't full. She thinks she's a big girl.



She also thinks big girls ride in umbrella strollers.



She likes watching TV with Big D at his house. We call this her recliner.



She has taken a liking to a certain pink blanket. It just so happens her momma has a blanket like it too (she might still sleep with it). Proud momma moment.



Sadie loves her Auntie Court. Auntie Court got her this outfit in case Sadie forgot. Impossible to forget. She can't wait to see her again.

WPS

Today is bittersweet.

The bitter part is Josh and I gave up our season tickets this year. I've been a little sad about it. This will be the first time in 11 years I will be without tickets. *tears* *ugly cry*

The SWEET part is SO much sweeter though. We get to watch the games this year with our little Hog fan! It's important we start early at teaching her to develop a love, passion, devotion, respect, etc for Razorback football and the SEC. We are responsible, as her parents, to raise her right. We do not take this lightly and will do our best to shape her.

GO HOGS!!