How a dirty Mersadie cleans up!

Saturday was a busy, outdoor day for us. Because of this, our little Mersadie got VERY dirty. I didn't know a girl could get so dirty and not even care. This girlie was in serious need of a good bubble bath. Here is the progression from dirty to clean...

Dirty hair.

Dirty feet.

Dirty face.

Clean hair.

Clean face.

Clean hands.

Clean feet.

Happy girl.

So happy!

Clean Mersadie! Yeah!

Friends!

Sadie had a blue sucker the other day and was totally fascinated by her blue tongue. She kept wanting me to take pictures so she could see it!

"Gimme a kiss!"

So sweet!

Brian and I don't get many "family" pictures in, but here are a few... Sadie was actually smiling! It's because Carie and Jessica and Eric were on the other side of the camera - she LOVES them!

Eric and Jessica Myers got to come and visit last week - it was like having part of our youth group back together again! What fun it is to know that so many of the students we worked with in Oklahoma are now in full time ministry!! God is so good! While they were here, we took them to see the sights. You can barely make out the Hollywood sign in the background if you look really close.

Jessica is so cute - I don't think she's changed a bit in the 10 years I've known her - wow - to always look so young!

Sadie LOVED Eric and Jessica (she could remember and say Jessica's name, but when it came to Eric she either called him Bert or Jessica).

Givin' lovin' to "Bert".

First Beach Day this Summer!

We headed out yesterday for our first "Beach Friday" this summer. Friday is Brian's day off and we love to just hang out at the beach. It was overcast for the first part that we were there, and then the sun came out, but it was still only about 70 degrees. I sure hope it warms up out here soon! Although, I'm not complaining...

Here are a few shots I got of Sadie today. The first one is my favorite. I like it in black and white better than color. What do you think?

I don't know what I'm going to do with this girl's hair! Sometimes she will let me put it in pigtails and sometimes she won't. At those times, it's just in her face.

It's no secret that Sadie has not been a fan of the sand the past few summers. Well, we FINALLY got her to get down and play in it just a little. Notice she's sitting on a blanket with her shoes ON. She wouldn't take them off the whole time we were there, but hey, at least she played with the sand a little. As you can tell by her face in this picture, she was not thrilled at first.

Then she realized that she didn't actually have to touch the sand to play with it - she discovered the shovels!

After working up an appetite, it was snacktime!

YEAH!!! Who doesn't love a yummy snack at the beach?

And for my last picture. My mom sent me the wonderful little gadgets. They clip your towel to your beach chair so the towel won't blow away or slip down! They work great! Thanks Mom!

Money, money, money!

So this morning I’m going through papers, receipts and such while Sadie is wondering around and Brian is on the tredmill. Sadie comes over to me and our conversation goes a little like this…

”Mommy, dat one?” (Sadie asking me if she can have that one – which happens to be a $20 dollar bill.)

“Sure, honey, whatever.”

“Mommy, Sadie’s?”

“No, Sadie that is for the church.”

“Oh, Mommy, dare” (points toward the window)

“Yes, Baby” (thinking she means we have to go out there to take it to the church)

(Brian enters conversation)

“Shannon! Sadie just shredded 20 dollars!!!”

Yes, fellow blog readers, our precious angel who never does anything wrong shredded a 20 dollar bill this morning. I’m considering taking it out of her college fund to repay the church (just kidding). Anyway, she was reprimanded, but I just couldn’t resist laughing, pulling out all the pieces I could find and blogging about it.

Brian reminded me that at least it’s not as bad as him using two 100 dollar bills on two separate occasions at church for an illustration and losing BOTH of them. Yes, folks BOTH!! Needless to say, Brian isn’t allowed to use money as an illustration anymore.

Do you think if I taped it all back together someone would accept it?

Mersadie's 2nd Birthday!!

I know everyone says things like this, but I cannot believe that it was 2 years ago that Sadie was born and I held her for the very first time. I was carrying her up to bed last night just thinking of how much has happened and how much she has grown. I can't hold her with just one arm anymore. What amazing things happen in just 2 short years! Sadie knows her colors, a lot of shapes, and she can read more than 30 words - seriously!! I am just so proud of her and she adds so much spice to our lives!! Here are pictures from her little bitty family party that we had for her last night. All of the plans I had fell through, so she got a cookie cupcake from Mrs. Fields and a gift from the Disney Store (that didn't even get wrapped) - oh well. The best laid plans...

Happy Birthday Sadie-Sue! We love you!

Here's Sadie blowing out the candles. Did she need help???

Nope! She conquered them all by herself!

Both of them!

Daddy putting the ring from the cupcake on her finger.

Ahhh - isn't it beautiful?

The best part for any kid - the icing. And, let me tell you, there was A LOT of it!

Opening her gift.

I love this because she took time from seeing what was in the bag to grab the cupcake. This girl loves her sweets. She probably gets that from me.

Here it is! Her new Minnie Mouse shopping cart!

It's a hit!

"Hello Everybody, I'm 2 today and..."

I'm going to be a...

in December!!!

So, we are going to be adding to our family around December 8th! It's taken so long for me to "post" about this because I never did get a good picture of Sadie in her big sister shirt and we have been so busy with friends and family in town and traveling that I haven't been blogging about anything lately. We still have a few weeks until we find out the sex of the baby, but we are SO excited around here.

Yes, We're Still Here!

and Merdsadie is as silly as ever! On Sundays Sadie likes to entertain the people who stand outside of the nursery and look in like the kids are on exhibit. Here she is smooshing her face against the window. We all get a great belly laugh out of this.

It seems like things have not stopped around here since before Easter! I have oh, so many pictures to post and oh, so little time. So, I will post them as I can - a few at a time. Brian's family got to come and visit the first week of May and we had a VERY eventful week showing them around So. Cal. and trying to cram everything in to one week. I think they went home more exhausted from their vacation than when they came. I have a few pictures to post of them here...those will come. Right after they were here I got to go home to K.C. to visit with my family. I didn't take as many pictures as usual, but did have fun doing a "maternity shoot" with Rebecca Harrington - I need to get those edited. And I also did a photo shoot with my mom and two of her sisters - those will be coming soon too! So, if you've actually read this far down, I am off to edit and post more pictures. Have a wonderful day!