Fun times!

So I just wanted to post some pictures of Sadie lately. She has had a cold, which turned into pink eye, which has now turned into a double ear infection. Luckily my parents came to visit this weekend and were able to stay with her the past two days so we didn’t miss work. She seems to be doing better so we are hoping we are on the upside. We did get to feed the ducks a couple times and went to a friend’s birthday party. Hopefully we’ll get back in the picture taking mode before too long.

Happy Birthday Charelton!

Sadie and the ducks.

Playing in the backyard

We made it through the week!

We have had a busy week getting Sadie adjusted to her new schedule, but we have made it. She had a good Thursday at P.D.O. and I was more prepared. I posted a few other pictures of Sadie being Sadie that we’ve taken this week. She has a new love of paper products. Not really sure what that is all about, but she loves carrying around the package of paper plates and playing with the cups. She also loves pulling everything out of my purse and bringing it to me piece by piece. Gabe has a book that he has been reading for his classroom and Sadie has taken that up to. She will walk around the living room with the book open like she reading it talking away. Notice the title of the book in the picture. It’s pretty funny! We are loving her more and more everyday (if that is possible) and are excited about what is to come.

Here are Sadie's bags all ready for P.D.O. Wednesday night.

She is REALLy into this book.

The title is "Try and Make Me, for ages 2-12" :)

I just thought this picture was cute.

Here is Sadie with her new friend, Paper Plates. She carries them with her wherever she goes whenever she can get them.

Her is my sweet girl pulling everything out of my purse. Lovely!

Some more paper products. She loves the red cups. I wonder what that means...maybe she'll love picnics or will hate doing dishes. I'm going with the hate doing dishes!

One more picture with the red cups.

These are the days...

We have had a change in sitters for Sadie and this is her first week with a new schedule. We have a friend who is keeping her on M,W, and F and she is going to a Parent's Day Out at a church on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Well, this will be a story Sadie enjoys reading when she gets older.

Jenny has agreed to take Sadie to P.D.O. and pick her up since the hours are shorter than school hours and I am sooooo grateful. So, Gabe drops her off this morning at Jenny's house just as we had planned. Jenny calls Gabe after she drops her off and very nicely says that she didn't see a lunch bag in Sadie's things. Gabe calls me at work and says that we are supposed to provide lunch. I had no idea. So I told him I would figure it out and get lunch to her somehow. Well, I finished teaching my lesson and ran to Walmart. My assistant calls me when I am in Walmart and says that Gabe just called and he had it taken care of. So I call Gabe and ask him where he is and he says, "Walmart." I told him I was there to and he said he was getting a banana. I look up and there he is scrambling around to find some lunch for Sadie just like me. It was too funny! We got her a lunch and Gabe took it to her and I headed back to school.

Later on, I was telling a friend at school about it and she was telling me some of the things she sends with her daughter for lunch because P.D.O.'s don't provide lunch- which I guess is common knowledge. She said that she doesn't send milk because they don't usually refrigerate things. What did I send with Sadie? Milk. She was also telling me about how she has a bag for her that she puts all of her things in like her lunch and her blanket. Guess what? I didn't send a blanket either! So, Sadie's first day consisted of a warm thrown together lunch from Walmart, warm milk, and a nap with no blanket. I'm so glad I have a couple years that she won't remember so I have a chance to learn some of this stuff. It didn't seem to bother her too much. She was the same happy girl she always is and Jenny said she did great. She even got a smiley face stamp on her hand.

Grandma

This past week I went to Loveland, CO to celebrate the life of my grandmother, Katherine Joslyn. She passed away last week and our family all got together this week for her funeral. She was a great woman of God and was an example of being a servant to a lot of people. She also loved to share her faith. I learned this week that Grandma ran off to marry her husband and that her parents did not approve. My grandfather was a not a Christian when they met and she was determined to share her faith. The story goes that she would read the Bible to him so much that he would cover his head at night with a pillow to try to keep from hearing. Eventually, God got through and because of my grandmother’s faithfulness, he became a Christian. (There’s that faithfulness thing popping up again!) I also learned that my grandmother was very competitive and liked to win. She passed that on to a lot of us. I like to say we are not stubborn, but driven. My grandmother was a wonderful person who loved her family very much. She will be missed.

We were fortunate to get to spend time with each other this week and I will treasure the time that we had. I can not remember the last time that all of the six cousins were together. There was a picture in the slide show from about 20 years ago and I’m pretty sure that was the last time. I’ve learned that these times are precious and that we should not take them for granted. I also learned this week that we are family and were put together for a reason. We may not do things the same way or have the same opinions on everything, but God has given us who we have for a reason and we should be thankful.

Beautiful snow.

Here is my newest niece, Evelyn Olivia Fought. This was the first time I had seen her. She is beautiful. Haven't figured out how to rotate the picuture. I'll work on that.

All six cousins.

Ben, Christy, Dad, Mom, and Terri. It's been a while since we've been able to take a picture like this.

Some of my favorites

We have had a great Christmas break. It has been so much fun doing fun things and just all of us being able to hang out together. I just wanted to post a few of my favorite pictures that we took over the break. It’s back to work Monday and Gabe’s first day at his new job. We’ve spent quite a bit of time getting his classroom ready and I know he is going to do great! How many days until Spring Break?????

She loves her books.

Posing at the park.

All dressed up.

Showing off her jean jacket. A friend had it made for her with her name embroidered on the back. Thanks Ms. Faye, we love it!

First thing in the morning, lovin the hair.

Swinging at the park. One of our favoite outings over the break.

Sadie was "helping" me put the groceries away.

...add the red cups. Hours of fun!

Bringing in the New Year!

With a baby it is definitely more difficult to be out celebrating New Year’s Eve. This year, we were going to go to a party for a little while, but due to a couple reasons, I ended up at home putting Sadie to bed and Gabe went to the party. He had to deliver his hot wings which he informed me were a big hit. In case you didn’t know, he has become quite a good cook. He was very sweet and brought me a plate home. Sadie went to bed without problems and I watched a chick flick and talked to my parents until Gabe got home. He did come home early and we watched the ball drop with New York and I went to bed early. I heard a statistic that 40% of Americans bring in the New Year in their P.J.s. I am happy to say I was one of the 40% and very happy about it.

New Year’s day, we went with the Lamm’s to the park and then to Furr’s to eat lunch. The park was great. Sadie went down a twisty slide by herself for the first time. She had a lot of fun and came out smiling every time. Of course, she loved Furr’s too. She is quite a foody like her Daddy. We hadn’t been to Furr’s in quite a while, but it was a great place to take the babies. We could get them lots of different things and they are free until they turn 3. What a deal!

Here are a few pictures of Sadie and Lincoln playing.

Sadie and Teddy

Last weekend we were able to dog sit for Teddy. (Les and Jenny’s dog) Sadie loves him. She walks around pointing to him and saying, “Teh! Teh!” It is really cute.

Here they are playing outside together.

And here is Sadie with Teddy's toy. They traded the toy back and forth all weekend. Sadie would finally get it and then Teddy would get it back.

Teddy just took his toy back.

One of Sadie's favorite spots to sit. Right next to Teddy while he ate dinner. This is her innocent face. She had just been caught playing in his water bowl. Just a note: I don't think dog food is poisonous. Not sure if she ate any, but as many meal times as she spend sitting here, I would be willing to bet she ate at least one piece while we weren't looking. :)

Here they are lounging and watching Tigger and Pooh. I think Teddy was pretty tired of having a shadow by the time the weekend was over.