New Sadie stuff

Well, we are growing so big, even though clothes still are having a hard time fitting. Sadie is trying to turn over, not quite there yet, though. When we lay in our bed with her she can almost do it all the way, but I think that is just because the bed sinks in for her to move easier.

We had a ROUGH day the past 3 days. Sadie was constipated and started being very uncomfortable yesterday. The doctor told me what to do and had a tiny bit of relief last night. BUT, after trying again today, we are all feeling MUCH better! I didn't realize some of the stuff that you would go through with infants!

Last weekend we took Sadie to church for the first time, by the way, it was a GREAT message! I'm so glad I finally got to go back!!!! Everyone kept commenting to us how great she was in chuch. She slept almost the entire time. When we were leaving Jeff wanted to take her out of her carrier and carry her himself... he's such a proud daddy! Here is a picture of her at church and then a few from today!

Sadie is 1 month today!

Here are a few pictures... the first is from Portrait Innovations. She is doing much better with sleeping. I think we are making progress towards a real schedule! I've only been waking up at around 1 or 1:30 and then again around 4:3o or 5:00. Then we sleep until 7 or 8. Its getting so much better. We laid on her blanket that Aunt Elaine made us today... we use that blanket EVERY day! Its wonderful! But, today we laid down on our belly and Sadie was pushing on her legs so much and kept lifting her head up! I was impressed! She was also moving her head from side to side. She's growing up so fast... and its only been a month!

Sadie's first run in with boys!

This picture was taken about 2 weeks ago. Our friends Tawny & Paxton, had a little boy, Jaxson, 3 days after Sadie. Its really funny how it all happened. Tawny and I both had wanted to get pregnant and both of our husbands had won a cruise for us to take in August. We had it all planned out so that we would get pregnant at a certain time and have the babies in time to go on the cruise. Every month we would talk to each other and no positive pregnancy test! Finally we had figured out that we had to "stop" trying so that we would still be able to go on the cruise. You can only be up to 5 months pregnant on a cruise ship. I can remember a specific conversation while the boys were gone on a Farm Bureau trip. We said, watch, this will be the month we get pregnant. Sure enough... I met for dinner one night with Tawny and she kept encouraging me to take a test. I thougth it was pointless and I was SICK of wasting money on pregnancy tests. BUT, I took one anyways... sure enough, it was positive. It didn't dwan on me that she was pregant too! Anyways... we went through pregnancy together. It was really nice having someone that was right there week by week at the same stage as me... not to mention it was her 2nd so I could ask advice on so much. Well, they are now moving to San Antonio... which I'm so happy for them, but very bummed! Our little ones were going to be so much fun together! BUT... we will still have Farm Bureau trips to look forward to!

Sadie is 3 weeks old!

I can't believe how fast 3 weeks has flown by! Today I took some pictures of her in her Boppy! She loves to lay in it. The swing, she's not quite sure of! She finally noticed the bears hanging on it, but still doesn't like it too much! Her bouncer chair is the same way... she will lay in it longer though while she decides if she likes it... but usually ends up screaming. The boppy though... SHE LOVES! Here are a few pictures from today!

YIPPIE!

I want to thank Kathy and my sister for all their wonderful advice! Last night went GREAT! I guess I need to thank Jeff too... He let me go to bed at 8:30 and stayed up with her until she went to sleep at 9:30. Then she woke up at 11:30, 3:30, and 6:30. I did a lot of what my sister and Kathy adviced me to do... and low and behold, Sadie slept in her own room and i got 7 hours of sleep! Oh, and hats off to the dryer... that baby put Sadie right to sleep during the middle of the night! Now, maybe I wont go insane!

My mom is coming up here today to help out so I can rest and relax! I have a wonderful mother! Then I plan on going up to the mall this afternoon to get my work out in! :) I need to lose 5 more lbs and its NOT coming off! Maybe if I didn't eat 2 cookies a day it would... oh well! Eventually! I'm hoping that within the next 4 weeks it will. We leave for Alaska on August 16th. I have to wear a formal one night and don't want to look tubby in it!

sleepless nights...

Well, thankfully last night was way better than the night before. If I talked to you yesterday, you probably thought I was having a nervous breakdown because I had only got a few hours of sleep for the past couple days. Sadie did have her days and nights mixed up, but seems to be doing better with it now. The only problem? She wants to only sleep on my chest now. I have had so many people say, so, let her. My fear with that is when she is 6 months old she will still want to sleep on my chest and still at 1 year. I need some advice! I tried the "let her cry for a little while" thing... didn't work! Here's a picture from this morning that Jeff took as he was leaving for work... please excuse how gross I look!

Sadie's first bath

We gave Sadie her first bath the other night... at least her first bath that Jeff and I gave her. She did a lot better than I thought she would... Only a little crying. She HATES to be naked! Jeff says thats a good thing :)