We Miss You Already!

My wonderful family got to come out and visit last week! We had so much fun and the weather was GREAT for the first part of the week, so we got to "play" outside and get some photo shoot time in. Brian had to work all week, so the pictures are just of my family and Sadie. :( While the fam was here, we got to do Christmas (I'll post pics later) and we built Mersadie a playhouse in the backyard (I'll post those pics later too). My family is awesome because when they come in town they always help out with things Brian and I cannot do on our own. I love them and miss them already! When are you guys coming back to visit?

Mimi and Sadie

Papa and Sadie

"Beece" and Sadie ~ Sadie calls my sister Beece instead of Reece - which is my sister's nickname. It's super cute!

Me, Mama and Sis - Marisa

Me, Dad and Sis

Mini Me

***Edited*** So, I had to add this picture that I found of my mom and Sadie. It just seemed to fit under the "mini-me" heading. My mom may just shoot me for this one, but I'll take it because I love this picture!

I realized that I hadn't posted much of Sadie recently, so here are a couple of pictures of what she has been up to - which is following me around wanting to do everything I do. I pulled out the step stool the other day so she could stand at the counter while I was making dinner. She pulled all the measuring cups out and started pretending to pour them into a bowl. I can't believe how much she takes in. It's truly amazing. These aren't the greatest pictures, but I thought they were funny because Sadie has heels on and everything. I don't know where she got that because I DO NOT wear heels while cooking. I HATE wearing shoes, so that's the first thing that comes off when I come in the house. Anyway, enjoy the pics. I'm sure when she's finally old enough to help cook and do the dishes she'll be well past the stage of wanting to do everything I do!

Photo Shoot with J & J!

I got a chance to go take pictures of my friend's little ones on Monday. It was so much fun! These 2 are so precious! It was hard to get good ones of them together because of their ages. The 2 year old just wanted to run and play - until we got to the trains. I think he could have stood there all day just watching. And how precious the little 6 month old was - LOVE this stage - just sitting up and oh, so fun! Here are a few of my faves from the day.

Mersadie's New Kitchen

Sadie's new kitchen - she pulled everything out, as you can see!

Dialing up Grammy and Papa!

Saying "thank you" to Grammy and Papa for her new toy!


Sadie took the drawer out of the kitchen, filled it with stuff and dumped it on the floor on purpose...

...then picked it all up and did it all over again! We are having tons of fun around here!

These are some "thank you" pictures for my parents (Grammy and Papa). They bought this kitchen for Sadie for Christmas and it finally came in and I put it together Friday while Sadie was napping. She LOVED the thing. Played with it practically all night. So, a BIG THANK YOU to the grandpeople! We love you! Can't wait to see you in a week and a half!

Warm Weather Clothes!

Here's what Mersadie is wearing today - I cannot believe I am dressing my child like this on January 15th - but I love it. She's looking so much older to me now! Where did my baby go?

Fall Leaf Pictures

These are the pictures I took of Sadie while we were in Kansas City for Thanksgiving. We had beautiful weather on Thanksgiving Day, so I took Mersadie outside to play in the leaves and do a mini-shoot. She had a ton of fun and I ended up with some pretty good pictures. Even though the leaves are now gone and we are in the dead of winter (hee hee it's 87 here today) I thought I would go ahead and post these pics.

Twist and Shout & Pigtail Princess

Sadie has learned how to twist caps now...and the first thing she got into was my mascara, of course. I HAD to take pictures. Hey, at least she knew where to put it.

Here's Sadie's "Cheese" smile.

Look at those lashes! BEAUTIFUL!

Mersadie FINALLY has at least a little bit of hair, so I decided to try for some pigtails. Even though they look ridiculous, I thought they were cute. This picture is way off focus-wise, but I love the expression.

Here's Mersadie today with more pigtails. She actually doesn't pull them out!

I could just eat her up, couldn't you?