Silly * Sadie

So I got some new material to use as backdrops today and Sadie was actually being a good model so I could play! Turns out that I got some pretty good shots of her! Hope you enjoy these as much as I do!

Our Trip to Big Bear, CA

We got to take a few days off and we headed to Big Bear, CA. A couple in our church let us stay in their beautiful home there. We just hung out and relaxed. It was so much fun. There was still some snow left, so we got to take Mersadie tubing! She had a blast and we heard belly laughs from her like we have never heard before. It still amazes me that we can drive just an hour and a half from our 80+ degree weather and get to see and play in the snow. Enjoy the pics!

Mersadie and the "Big Bear" in John & Nancy's front yard. At first she wanted NOTHING to do with the bear. I don't blame her. That thing is like 3 times her size!

Brian and Sadie heading down the hill - Sadie's first ever tubing experience. I will have to say she was enjoying herself. What do you think?

Sadie and me coming down the hill!

The sun was SO bright reflecting off the snow, so it was hard to keep our eyes open for pics, but thought this was cute anyway!



Sadie and Mommy



We also got some great video of Sadie tubing and having snowball fights. I'll have to see if I have the patience to upload it tomorrow! Good Night.

The Many Sides of Sadie!

Here are some pictures of Audra and Sadie together! These girls definitely have a love/hate relationship. One minute they are playing fine together, the next one is stealing something from the other (as you will see in the pictures to follow). Sadie is so funny - she can be so lovable...she LOVES to hug all of her friends when she sees them! P.S. - the technical side of these photos aren't that great because it was SO sunny that day, but the pictures were too cute not to share!

Audra was sharing her cheez-its with Sadie...

Sadie stuffed all of hers in her mouth and went after Audra's cheez-its!

Sadie can go from lovable to rough and tumble in a matter of mere seconds. Here she is burying herself in wood chips. Can't stand the sand, but she will bury herself in wood chips. She must get that from her dad.

Here's Sadie eating the wood chips. Hmmm. Maybe I should feed her more.

After the wood chip incident, she was off to the flowers and she changed to being sweet and handing me a flower. Wow! This girl has so many sides to her, but I LOVE each and every one!

Sweet * Audra

Sadie and I went to the park the other day with our friends Kristie and Audra. I got a chance to get a couple of good pictures of Audra inbetween the girls playing. She is so sweet! I found out that Sadie is not the only 19 month old that doesn't really want to be still for pictures! I am working on some pictures of Sadie right now, so I will post them when I am done. For now, enjoy Audra!

Craig * Boys

FINALLY ~ my friend and I got together to take pictures of her outrageously cute boys! Here are Nathan and Timothy - just a sneek peek of some of the shots we got today! Thanks for putting up with me, boys! You guys are the best and I owe you some ice cream!

Timothy loves to read!

So GQ - Nathan loves to skateboard!

And because I'll get in trouble if I don't post at least one of Mersadie...

Hey Auntie Reece - the Rock Angel shirt FINALLY fits her! It's super cute. I have more pictures of her wearing it ~ will post later. Maybe with the finished product pictures of the playhouse. Love ya! Enjoy!

I've Got a Package People!

Sadie LOVES to go outside. I always let her go out with me to get the mail. We went out on Wednesday and to my suprise, there was a package for Sadie from my mom. I didn't even know this one was coming - mom usually tells me when she puts something in the mail. Sadie was SO excited to get to open something. Thanks for the clothes and flash cards mom and mimi!! She loves it all! Enjoy.

Oooo, a package!

Let's see what's inside!

Yeah! Clothes!

Look! I got some clothes from Mimi!

Sadie was handing me the clothes. All she really wanted to do was rip into the "toy" part of the gift. Typical.

Just One

I got a chair the other day to use as a "prop" in pictures. Got just one of Sadie sitting on it. Enjoy.

Bathtime Fun

Some random pictures from bathtime the other day. Happy Saturday! Enjoy!

Mersadie LOVES when I just let the water run - it splashes everywhere. She gets really mad when I turn it off, so I just I decided from now on I'm just going to let it trickle so she can play longer and we won't have as many fights.

"Hi" from Sadie

The poor girl gets confused. She doesn't know when I have the video camera or when I have my digital camera. Here's Sadie waving and saying "hi" to the camera. Makes for one cute picture, though, I must say.

This is precisely why you shouldn't teach your child to say "cheese" to the camera. This is the kind of picture you end up with. Please, no comments about my lack of make up. Some days I just can't get it together. This is one of the many "self taken" pics that Sadie and I will have throughout the years. Brian is not much of a photographer.

Again, don't ask your child to say "cheese".

Mersadie is still on the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" kick.

So, I got some backdrop stands and backdrops - Fed Ex delivered them on Friday. I promptly set them up and thought..."oooo, I have the perfect model"....only "the model" didn't think that posing for mommy was such a grand idea. This is the best shot I got. HA!