Yep, that's my girl....

...with a worm in her hand! Ahhh! Okay, the girl can't stand having dirt on her hands, but she will pick up a worm?? When my family was visiting and we were trying to finish the playhouse in the rain, Sadie was wandering around the backyard and found a worm. She thought it was pretty interesting, but cried to get the dirt off of her hand once she put the worm back down. Crazy girl.

If you look closely in Sadie's right hand, you'll see the poor guy.

Nice.

Sadie couldn't quite figure it out.

Too funny.

See, Auntie Reece...

...mommy does give me baths. I won't be the smelly kid in class.

Lori * Belly * Kiddos

On Monday I got a chance to take pictures of my friend, Lori and her kids! She has 3 kids and is pregnant with Caden, her 4th! This was my first time doing anything like this, and I'm pretty excited about how they all turned out, although I already know I need to make changes the next time around. Enjoy!

We can't wait to meet you, baby Caden!

Here is Lori and Caden's 3 older siblings...Cameron, Cole, and Chloe - I tell ya, these are some of the most excited siblings I've ever seen! They cannot wait to help with their baby brother!

Cameron - such a cutie and so willing to do anything!!

Miss Chloe - she is even willing to take the "night shift" when the baby comes! Lucky Lori!

And Miss Cole - she's gonna be one great big sis!

Extreme Home Makeover: Playhouse Edition - Sadie's Help with the Project

During the playhouse project Sadie was a very good girl and a big help as you will see - still no "finished product" pictures. There were too many pictures in this post already and I sort of like to have a "theme" to each post. This one is about Sadie helping. She is SO stinkin' observant!!! Doesn't miss a thing!

Mom, Dad and Marisa cutting the first window.

You can't tell it with how small this picture is, but my sister looks pretty proud of her work in this picture. I am super proud of her - she's amazing with power tools!

So Sadie wanted to give this whole measuring thing a try. She had been watching us for a few days and got ahold of the tape measure. Love this face!

Here is our little "forewoman" making sure we have done the job correctly.

"Lookin' good guys - by the way, I told you to get this done YESTERDAY!"

Auntie Reece helping with the measuring.

What a team!

I love how Sadie is doing her own thing in this picture. She is such a good girl - really great at entertaining herself most of the time!

Extreme Home Makeover: Playhouse Edition

So here is Part I in what will probably be a several part session on Sadie's playhouse.

So, Brian and I have this gazebo in the backyard that we just couldn't figure out what to do with. It's too small to put a table and chairs in and we don't have backyard parties...so one day when Mersadie was just a few months old, Brian said that we should make it into a playhouse for her one day. Well, my family came out to visit last week and "one day" arrived!!! YEAH! Here are some pictures of the construction, I haven't downloaded the final pictures yet...

Sadie's Playhouse Makeover Crew!! We LOVE you!

"BEFORE"

Mom and Marisa were trying to get the 2x4 to fit, but couldn't figure out the right pattern...that's okay. They had 7 more tries to make it work...

The 5th try was finally perfection and they were so proud!

A victory hug.

The first wall finally going up.


Dad and I pretty much just helped with the painting of the playhouse and the occassional "holding" of something for Mom and Marisa. My dad has recently had surgery on both shoulders, so he couldn't hold much above his head...

Ahhh, pink paint! What little girl wouldn't want a pink playhouse?

This is the reason I'm usually behind the camera - I am NO GOOD at "acting natural".

Dad painting - don't you love that sunshine? It didn't last long...the last half of the week it poured rain and we had to finish building soaking wet. Memories. What fun.

More pictures to come in part II of Extreme Home Makeover: Playhouse Edition

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!