All Bundled Up

We are getting ready to go to cold Ohio to visit Brian's family for Thanksgiving. Because we live in "sunny southern California", I borrowed a coat from Kayli (thanks Noelle) and we bought a hat and mittens for Mersadie. I just couldn't resist putting it all on her to see what she thought about it...and isn't she so cute? I can't wait to see what she thinks about the cold weather...maybe it will even snow!?! Wishful thinking...

Anyway, the first picture is how I found Sadie one morning when I went in her room to get her out of bed. Yes, I know she is 5 months old, but I still swaddle her...this time, though, she broke free and seemed to be pretty proud of herself! She also scooted herself down so much that her head was inbetween the sleep positioner where her torso should have been...guess it's time to just let her sleep in her bed without any help from swaddling or positioners!

First Taste of "Real" Food

"Feed me, feed me"
Very first bite!!

Almost time for Thanksgiving - here's our little turkey!!

Sadie had her first taste of real food a week ago - mmm rice cereal. The first feeding was funny and I think she probably wanted to say - "why are you feeding me my milk with a spoon?" - because it was so thin. By the end of the week, she was eating from a spoon like a champ! She's got it down and we are going to start feeding her cereal twice a day this week!

Sadie's 2nd Visit to Kansas City

I LOVE this picture!!

As you can see, at first Sadie DID NOT like the idea of sitting in a pumpkin.

She soon gave in to her crazy Mama and let me take a few pictures.

Papa and Sadie

Great Grandma, Peppy and Sadie

Pastor and Carla Slayden with Mersadie - sorry Geoff they got to see her first!

Sadie loves her Grammy!

Sadie's Auntie M

Double the Love!!

Sadie is only just under 5 months and has already flown to K.C. twice to see family!! We got to see Grammy, Papa, Auntie M, Great Grandma and other Aunts and Uncles - some we didn't get pictures with, but we will at Christmas time. Also, as a wonderful surprise, we got to see Pastor and Carla Slayden. They were in K.C. at Lance and Rebecca's church, so we had breakfast together and they got to meet Sadie! While I was at my mom's we bought a pumpkin, gutted it, cut leg holes in it and sat Sadie inside. I really wanted to take pictures of her in the pumpkin outside, but it was too cold for her to only be in a diaper, so we took them inside. Ended up with a few good pictures and there is no other time that she will be able to fit inside a pumpkin!!

Mersadie's First Halloween

We took Sadie to the Fall Festival that the Friends Church puts on every year. Of course, she wasn't really able to do anything, but she sure did attract A LOT of attention. Our little fishy loved looking at all of the people and taking in all the sites of the rides. In a few years she'll want to ride them all. No trick-or-treating this year - it was church night for us and I really don't need the candy anyway.

Nothing to Do

We stay pretty busy most of the time, but the other day Sadie and I didn't have any plans, so I just snapped a few pictures of her. I hope you enjoy looking at her as much as I do!

Teeth, Rolling Over, & Santa Ana's, Oh My!

If you look really close, you can see one of Sadie's teeth on the bottom. She has 2, but she is covering one of them with her tongue. I've been trying for a month to snap a picture of her teeth and this is the best I got! I'll keep trying. Sadie has also been busy learning how to roll from her tummy to her back. This is her second attempt...
Starting on tummy...(she HATES tummy time)
Okay, she's got her head down and to the side...
Now she's completely on her side and got a little "sprinkler dance" action going on...
And she made it! It was a very exciting time in the Moore house!
That's one proud baby!

Now about the Santa Ana's. Well there is this phenomenon here in Southern California called "the Santa Ana's" (winds that is). First, the winds come in off the ocean and somehow turn around near the city of Santa Ana and come back toward the ocean. That is what is fueling all of the horrible wild fires right now as well as knocking over some trees like the one that has been uprooted in our yard. Brian and I don't quite know what to do, so we are going to wait for the gardeners to come on Friday. If they don't do anything about it, I guess we'll try to figure things out.

My Little Pumpkin & Halloween Preview

My mom came to visit this weekend and we took Sadie to the pumpkin patch for the first time!! We got a couple of good pics, but she was too interested in everything else going on around her...

Fish out of water...We got Sadie's costume in the mail the other day and I just couldn't resist putting it on her and snapping a few pictures. She didn't quite know what to think. We tried to take her to Picture People this weekend to get some good pics of her in the costume, but she didn't want anything to do with it. We'll have to try another day.
Grammy and Mersadie having fun at the pumpkin patch!

Sadie in the fall dress Papa sent for her - thanks Papa!