Official One Year Pics

I think she thinks she's a model!

June 2008 ~ what a dfference a year makes!

June 2007

Yum-E!

"Gasp - Where's my shirt?"

Again ~ She thinks she's a pro at this picture stuff!

Brian and I took Sadie back to the lady who did her newborn pictures for her one year photo shoot. Mersadie is going through the phase where she really has to warm up to people. She didn't quite warm up the whole time we were there, so the pictures turned out okay, but not what I had imagined in my head. I'm not sure what I imagined. Oh well. Enjoy anyway!

Along Came Sadie - One Year Later

June 8, 2007 ~ Still hadn't met Mersadie yet...

And here she is - boy, do little babes grow too fast or what?

Takin' her home!

"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you..."

"Happy Birthday, dear Mersadie. Happy Birthday to you!"

She's goin in for the kill.

Note the difference between this face and the face from the party we had for her in K.C. I think she got used to this getting messy thing. No problem this time!

Don't cha just want a big piece of Sadie pie? Mmmm.

Sadie says, "oh, no! Do I have something on my face?"

Finger-lickin' good!

I pray that all of the children we are blessed with are as easy-going as Sadie. This girl let us take her cake away, mid-piece and wash her up with no fight. Weird.

Sadie even shared her yummy cake with Nathan.

Sadie and her adopted Aunties - Auntie Carie, Auntie Kathryn, & Auntie Bridgette - love you girls!

365 Days - That is how long Brian and I have been blessed with our little love - Mersadie Faith. It was one year ago that we got to meet our daughter for the very first time and tell her how much we love her - something she has heard now probably a million times! We had so much fun this year with a year of "firsts"! She started her second year off with her "first" step - walking a step and a half to me today! And I have plenty of witnesses!!

What an awesome thing that God gives us through children. Enjoy these pictures from her little birthday party we had here at home with our "family". The staff from church came over to help us celebrate along with some friends of our that are missionaries to Indonesia. Thank you to everyone who loves our little Sadie - it does my heart well to know that she is so loved. Please continue to pray for Brian and I as we raise our little daughter. Happy Birthday to you, Mersadie ~ you bring us more joy and laughter than you will ever realize!

First Taste of Dirt...Mmm

I took Sadie outside this afternoon to play and take some pictures. Before long she discovered the dirt and, of course, had to taste it. So, here you go. Mersadie ~ my precious little girl eating dirt. Yum.

Hmm...is this chocolate?

"whoa, that's not what I expected. it looked like chocolate to me."

"how do I get it out?"

This face was not because of the dirt, but I thought it fit mighty nicely in the sequence.

Dirty and snotty. Where's the sugar and spice?

Mersadie's Early Birthday Party!

WARNING: THIS IS A VERY LONG PICTURE POST

Okay, so I couldn't help myself and I put a ton of Sadie's 1st Birthday pictures on this post. Even though Mersadie won't turn 1 for 2 more weeks, we took advantage of the time that we were in MO with my family to throw her a party. She had a great time and we were so glad to have been able to visit everyone! Enjoy the pics!

Sadie was eyeing down her presents before the party even started!

She really wanted to open one.


How can you say no to those eyes?

My Aunt Lois made Sadie's birthday cakes! They matched the paper plates perfectly!

Sadie wasn't sure what to think of the cake.

She didn't want to eat any of the cake, but she sure did want to share it with me!

I think she was trying to tell us that she was done with the cake. The boredom is written all over her face.

"Seriously, guys, what's the big deal?"

We've been sooo busy!

I know, I know. It's seems to have been an eternity since I have last posted. Like any other thing in my life, I have an explanation. Busy. Yep, if you can believe it, we have been busy. After my mom left in April I posted the pictures of Sadie's room and then I seemingly fell off the face of the earth for the past 3 weeks. Well, I'm baaaack!

My aunt and uncle came out to Cali for a conference at the very beginning of May and I have some way way cute pictures of Sadie to post - but they are on my computer at home and I am in K.C., MO at the present moment so you will have to wait for those.

In the meantime, here are some pictures from Mother's Day, Brian's graduation (Master's Degree), time with Grandma and Grandpa Moore and more! Enjoy and come back after Saturday to view the way cute pictures of Sadie with my aunt.

Also, we had a birthday party for Sadie on Saturday (she'll actually turn 1 June 8th, but we were in K.C. with family and couldn't resist throwing her a party) and I have to sift through the hundreds of pictures to find the best ones to post. I'll try tomorrow. In the meantime, just know that we are alive and well!

Sadie and I are so proud of our graduate! All the long hours and hard work paid off!

Posing with Grandma and Grandpa Moore

Me and the little one who made Mother's Day a reality for me!

Grandma Moore and Mersadie

Brian was bouncing Sadie on our bed at the hotel and she was lovin' it!

You can just hear the "pomp and cirumstance" playing in the background.

Woo Hoo - He's done (or is he?). Do we see a doctorate in our future?