Birthday Celebration!

Last Friday was Gabe's 30th birthday and we had a great time celebrating. We went to dinner with some friends on Thursday night and they made him get on a saddle to sing Happy Birthday. He did a lot better with it than I would have. On Friday night, I had planned a surprise date night. I made up some poems about where we were eating and the movie we went to see. Sadie even spent the night with Jenny so we could stay out late. The dinner wasn't quite as good as I would have liked. I tried to pick a new place to go and well...it wasn't good at all, but it was a memory none the less. At least we enjoyed the movie and being able to stay out late.

I am so blessed to have a great husband. I know that he loves us so much just as we love him. He is such a great dad. He tries to do extra stuff to help out all the time and wants to be the best husband and father that he can. He takes care of so many things that I know I don't even realize. I love you sweetie and I hope you had a great birthday.

Sadie and Lincoln waiting for dinner.

Happy Birthday Daddy! Of course she has to be wearing my headband which does not match at all!

Happy Birthday!

This week at the Gillespie's...

Well…we just thought Sadie was done being sick for a while. She got an infection last week and has been sick for about a week. She finally started feeling better on Monday and I am sooooo glad. When we took her to the doctor he said that kids get an average of 13 infections/sicknesses between 1 and 5 and if they don’t get them when they are young they will get them in kindergarten. She did start going to P.D.O. in February and it was the first time she was around a lot of other kids so there is an explanation. Not that that makes it any easier to see her sick. I think the doctor told us all that to help us feel better about her being sick and I appreciate him doing it.

This is one of those times that I have struggled with working vs. staying at home. I know that I love teaching and that I would want to be working if I was at home. I know that teaching is one of the ways that I take care of myself. I always thought that I would stay at home and at times I felt like it was my responsibility to stay home, but I feel differently now and I am so grateful that I have been able to make the choice that is best for me. We have been so blessed with wonderful people to take care of Sadie while we are at work and I truly believe that she has been blessed to have other examples in her life other than us. I also know that my time with Sadie is precious and I truly appreciate and try to really be in all of the moments that I have with her. I believe that God gave Sadie to us as a gift, but ultimately she is His child and we are just trying to guide her to him and help her to learn to seek him and listen to what he desires for her. To me this means that we seek his guidance and wisdom as we make decisions for her and do the best that we can to raise her. I have been so comforted by the truth that raising children does not look that same for everyone and as my wonderful mother-in-law has told me many times, “You need to do what’s best for you and your family unit.”

So…are we finished with sickness? I know that we aren’t. But I also know that God is guiding us and that as long as we are listening and obeying He will take care of us.

We've taken Sadie's temperature so much that now she knows what to do with the thermometer.

And she loves to play with it now too.

Checking the numbers. No fever! Hooray!!!!

We were so excited.

Aren't they too cute?

Now she was just being goofy.

Definitely feeling better and wanting to be left alone.


Posing for the camera.

Oh well!

So I just realized that I have written just about the same thing in two posts. I really don't want to go back and change it so it is what it is. I figure that's real life and Sadie will look back some day and laugh just like I did when I read it. I think all the sickness really threw me for a loop. It is very stressful for me to have a sick baby. Once again, I am soooooo thankful she is better.

Gotta love winter!

We have had a lot of sickness at our house the past couple weeks with Sadie changing environments and Gabe getting use to a new school. We have made it through our first double ear infection (3 days of antibiotics to go) and two colds. We were able to get out some this weekend since the weather has a gotten a little warmer and we are so ready for spring. Only two weeks until Spring Break. Sadie is definitely feeling better and I am so thankful to have our happy little girl back.

She loves to push whenever we will let her. Strollers, shopping carts, doesn't really matter.

Whenever we say "So sweet" she puts her head down like this. I just love it! It's kind of like Pavlov's dog at times. We can just say "Night Night' and she lays her head down on our shoulder. That is until a couple of days ago when she has learned to shake her head no :)

Ready to go and feeling so much better.

Playing with Daddy.

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.