JC's Visit

Enjoying Easter Egg Sugar Cookies that Amy decorated! Yummy!

Sharing with Skip of course....

JC's Basket I gave him

Close up! How HANDSOME!

Paper is yummy.

JC's table dance....they were both very excited....LOL...Tom was NOT so excited...HAHA Crazy Dad of a daughter already!

My beautiful Godson JC came to visit! His mommy and daddy Christine and Gene were driving to Florida for Easter and they stopped on by! Sadie was a little under the weather and mostly slept.....but she did have a little time playing with him. It is amazing to watch the two of them communicate! JC actually looked at Sadie...paused....and said..."Heeeeeyyyy......." LOL And Sadie got up on the table and danced for JC. I think we need to watch these two closely!

Looking forward to our play date in Charleston, SC soon!

Silly Silly Girl!

Sadie's mobile she made at daycare with Mama JoJo!

Tom and I had our patio poured, which looks great. We decided against the stamped/stained concrete look because it just doesn't fit with the neighborhood or home, and we wouldnt get our money back when we sell. Tom started his outdoor soccer league two weeks ago, but because of all of the rain they have only had one game and they lost. :-(

Sadie is wonderful as usual. SO talkative and full of energy. I love this age. She will be 15 months on April 9th. She uses a spoon AND fork already and dont you DARE try to help her! She sleeps 11-12 hours a night and takes a 2-3 hour nap every day.

We are gearing up for all of our trips planned this year. It will be interesting with Sadie. She is usually a GREAT traveler and weve already been on several trips with her, but now that she is older she is not going to want to sit still on the planes I fear. We shall see!

Sadie has a cousin!!! Johnny was born on March 1, 2009 at Good Samaritan Hospital in LA, CA. He was born early but is doing well at home now with his mommy and daddy. He is absolutely adorable. His parents, Uncle Jack and Aunt Kelly are Sadie's godparents. Uncle Jack is Tom's only sibling. We are looking forward to seeing them all again soon and meeting Johnny!

Great Grandma "LuLu" is coming to see her Sadie Cakes in June! YEAH!! We are looking forward to having her with us. She calls us just about every day to check in on her Sadie and I know Sadie will enjoy having LuLu here to spoil her even more!

Visit From Grandma Kern

What an awesome past couple of weeks! Sadie now has 12 teeth, 4 of which are molars! She is very ahead of the teething schedule but hey! At least we are knocking it all out at once and will be done with it! No dragging it out. Sadie has 11 words in her vocabulary, plays kick ball with daddy, and can point to her teeth when asked where they are as well as point at ducks when asked where they are while making quack quack noises! She doesn't just stack blocks, she actually puts the big legos together to build them. According to What to Expect the First Year she is at twenty months! I am soo proud of her! (yes this is my brag time about my baby) Everyone keeps asking about her hair color. Well, it truly has every color you can imagine except black. Red, blond, light brown, a few dark brown strands....and the more she is outside in the sun the redder it is becoming! :-) Who knew there was red in the genes?! But I do have uncles and second cousins with red hair so I guess I shouldn't be surprised...plus she is Irish!

Grandma Kern cam to visit for a week! YEAH! And what a great week it was! Tom and I enjoyed LOTS of extra sleep and being that I only have to work one day this week (Friday), I got all of our "to do" list accomplished! Tom and I also enjoyed a night out to dinner and a show. Jeff Dunham performed here in Savannah and it was FUNNY! I am not really a puppet person but he is uber famous and Tom really wanted to go. We had pretty good seats! And I can honestly say it was hysterical! I would definitely see him again! I know that Grandma Kern and Sadie are well bonded after a whole week together. We just LOVE having family we adore stay with us.

We are getting a nice sized patio poured next weekend, YEAH! And we may go with the stamped concrete look; we will put up pictures when the project is complete.

Days at Home

Another day at home with my Princess. She is cutting her first two molars on the bottom, so she has been a bit fussy and in pain. Thank goodness for Motrin and Tylenol! But the two molars are already popping through the gums, so hopefully not too much longer!

Tom's soccer league has finished. They made it to the playoffs undefeated and then lost! :-( He has decided to continue with the outdoor season.

My days are getting monotonous. You can only play inside for so long and then outside for so long. You can only take so many walks. I think Sadie needs a sibling! :-0 Don't get any ideas though people! Not gonna happen for a LOOOOOONG time!

We took Sadie for ice cream with the ice cream money her Bapshi and Grandpa sent. We took her to Coldstone and she ate stawberry ice cream with sprinkles! Yummy!

After lunch today, Sadie ran up to me and gave me the biggest hug EVER! And, I though gee! This is a LOOONG hug!....When I realized she was fast asleep on my shoulder! How sweet! And fast! My heart melted and I will forever remember that moment!

Another WONDERFUL day with my baby girl! Here are some recent photos of Sadie. She loves to wear her princess crown every single night after bathtime until bedtime. She leaves it on and gets upset if it falls off. It was 99 cents at walmart, but it is her favorite thing right now....she IS a Princess afterall!! Thomas plays on an indoor soccer league called SuperGoose and his team "Da Foosball" is number one and undefeated in the league! Go Tom! I am so proud...:-) I have taken Sadie to a couple of his games and she loves it. Sadie cheers on her Daddy even when it is quiet and all the people just laugh! She cheers quite loudly. I think she is such a great cheerleader because she has heard Tom and I during NFL season cheering on our team the great one and only COWBOYS :-) and she picked up a few things. The day has finally come where Skip and Sadie can play together. They play tug of war with his rope. On the area rugs, Skip wins. On the floors, Sadie wins; but he does drag her all over the place!

We are really settling into our neighborhood. Almost all of the homesites are sold and phase two was passed which is great market news. There are several young couples and young families. We have met in particular a young couple with a nine month old baby girl! We will have some play dates set! (the mom's name is Amy too) And so far, all of our neighbors have been so friendly, talkative and nice. They even came to Sadie's birthday party! It seems that a lot of people take walks at the same time everyday with their kids and dogs like we do, so it is nice to socialize and see the progress going on.

To Spank or Not to Spank

To Spank or Not to Spank.....that is the question of the day. Thomas and I decided before we were even pregnant that we would not spank our children. I must say though, that lately with Sadie testing me every second, I have thought about it. But I remain the adult and have not spanked her. I can't stand to see a child being hit. I always look at that adult and think....I do NOT want to be like that. SO impulsive and teaching that if you are mad it is ok to hit. Any advice out there from non spankers? I bought a time out chair. Supposedly you are to put them in time out for the number of minutes that match their age. So far it is working. I get really annoyed when I hear people say that just because you don't spank your child, they will be spoiled. That is their excuse to make themselves feel better about spanking their child. Anyway, just my personal opinion. But I could use some advice on how to help a one year old understand the word No! :-)

P.S. I know this is a touchy subject because many people do spank. It is on my mind because I just witnessed a little 3 or 4 year old boy get beat repeatedly on his butt by his mother and it made me sick to my stomach as I watched him cry telling her to stop.

My beautiful Sadie! We had another wonderful day together. It gets so tiresome, but it is so worth being able to be with her as much as I am. She is truly the love of my life. I am sure all mothers feel this way about their children, hopefully?