Baby Steps...

"Hello Ocean!"

" Still don't think I like my feet in the sand!"

"Nope, don't like standin' here and WOW that water is C.O.L.D.!"

Evidence that she tried walking in the sand for a 2nd time.

Sadie liked it just fine standing on my chair.

It always seems that when Sadie and I take pictures together, the best ones of her are the worst ones of me. So, here it is, me wanting her to look super cute. I give up me looking half-way decent!

Well, we tried once again to take Mersadie to the beach. She did much better this time, even let me take her in the water. She was still not fond of the sand, but she loved jumping the waves with me in the water - as long as I was holding her. That's okay. It will take these baby steps. She has her whole life to learn to love the ocean.

Photoshop Fun!

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So I have been playing a little in photoshop and these are the photos that I have been able to "edit". Hooray for photo editing software! Now my orange bathtub pictures can actually turn out looking okay! I still have some work to do with trying to brighten pictures that are too dark. Enjoy the pics anyway! Sadie was being a pretty good model yesterday. I guess she wanted to give me a taste of my own medicine because she tried to pick up my camera today and take pictures, but the thing was too heavy for her. She got really frustrated and screamed at it!

Never a Dull Moment

For as sweet as this little face is, Mersadie sure does get into quite a bit around here...

Sadie LOVES her da-da! When she hears the garage door when Brian gets home, all you can hear around here is a high-pitched "da da, da da, da da" until Da da comes through the door. Brian went to youth camp for a couple of days last week and here is what Sadie did while he was away.

She got a balloon from the grocery store and carried it around everywhere! It was so funny because she could hardly get her arms around it and when she did, she couldn't see where she was going - one time she ran right into the cabinet and bounced back and landed on her toosh - it was hilarious!

Sadie and Da da shopping at Best Buy (this was while Brian was home, obviously)

Sadie has a fascination with turning the lights on and off - the switches are just at her level right here. She's looking to the left to see if they are working.

Here are Sadie's clean clothes ready to be folded. I was folding another load at the time and Sadie got curious. Next thing I know, I see no sign of the basket on the chair. I walked around the bed and this is what I found.

She kind of blends in with everything. She had pulled the basket off the chair and it landed right on top of her. It was FUNNY because she couldn't get it off. Did I help her right away? Nope :) I took some pics!

Sadie tried SO hard to get that basket off of her, but nothing worked. Not even this attempt. I ended up helping her take it off.

"Why are all these clothes on the floor?"

Jumping on the guest room bed.

Sadie got a hold of my blush the other day. Although I know that I was already running out, there used to be blush in the bottom left corner. What happened? Oh, Sadie ate it while I wasn't looking.

Here she is helping me with laundry again...:)

This is the face that I get to see all the time that says "I want what I want and I want it NOW!"

Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes, but Mexican at Heart

We were at a Mexican restaurant on Sunday and the minute I put Sadie in her high chair, she grabbed the chips and started dipping them in the salsa. (It was not hot) She must have Brian's Hispanic roots deep within her. She was so cute with her little pinky finger in the air... Little Miss Priss!

I wanted to add these cute bath tub shots from the other night. Sadie LOVES the bath!

First Beach Day of the Summer

So it's been a busy summer for us so far and we hadn't taken time to go to the beach until today. I've been waiting for this for weeks - I LOVE the ocean and I was so excited to take Sadie this year beacause I thought she would enjoy it. We got her this cute swim suit with a matching cover-up and she completely looked the part of California girl and when we arrived at the ocean, she was all smiles - squeals of delight and all. There was only one problem. This happy baby you see.....

....wanted absolutely NOTHING to do with getting down and putting her feet in the sand!

Look at that face and those curled toes - she's not gonna do it! In fact....

This is precisely what she thinks of putting her little toes in the sand. No words needed. The face tells the story.

Sadie was very content on the beach towel, in the shade, munching on some teddy grahams and sipping some water.

Here is our family picture from the day. Sadie is not too excited because she thought we were going to try and put her down in the sand again.

Happy as can be in Daddy's arms, high above the sand and water.

Looks like we weren't the only ones who wanted a relaxing Saturday at the beach!

Siesta!

Hard to believe that just 10 minutes ago she was screaming so loud that I was getting a major headache!! Oh the bliss of naptime! She'll be a much better person when she awakes from her siesta!! Don't we wish we all had time for one?

How to Beat the Heat on a Hot Summer Day

Sadie has this toy that she absolutely loves. When you push a button, it blows air and makes balls fly out of it. When there aren't any balls in the toy, she pushes the button and looks down in it and it blows the air in her face. These are some pictures I got of her playing with it the other day. I just love the 2nd and 5 ones!! Notice the balls on the floor in the background of some of the pictures. Who needs the balls? Just a toy that blasts air equals hours of endless pleasure!