Newsy things

Sophie has learned to write her name all on her own. It's so amazing and fun to see her do it all by herself! It's something that she learned at preschool, I have not been working on it at home with her. I was so impressed! She's growing up so fast!
Sadie has noticed her toys hanging on her activity mat and her bouncy seat now. She likes to grab at them or make them bounce. It's fun to see her so interested in them. She also loves to listen to the musice on her activity mat and gets upset sometimes when it stops :) She is really beginning to dialog with us more and more with her little "oohs" and "aahs" and we love it!
I'm still trying to get back into running...this is going to take awhile! Wow. I took Sophie with me on my run this morning. While it didn't make it any easier it was nice to have some little person to talk with ;) I got out in the yard for 2 hours on Saturday and it felt so good to move some dirt around and get some new plants in the ground. I have only planted deer resistant things, of course, but am still nervous for them all. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Tom was home all weekend and we loved having three days with him! I love holiday weekends!

Sleep!

Last night was the second night this week that Sadie slept for 8 hours - from 8 pm to 4 am! Hurray!!!! I feel like a new person ;) What a blessing having a big baby is! Thank you, God!

I decided to try a run this morning - for the first time in literally 2.5 years...needless to say it didn't feel good. I got out the door around 6:15 before Tom had to leave for his golf outing. I would run a little, walk a little, run a little more. Eventually it will feel better...but that's definitely going to take awhile! I am very out of shape! I guess 4 months of bed rest will do that to a person.

Sadie's so BIG!

We had Sadie's 2 month check up yesterday...and she's a big girl! She weighs 13 pound, 13 oz. ... so almost 14 pounds. I thought as much, but it was fun to see it! She's 22 3/4 inches long. Her weight is 90-95 percentile and her height is 70-75th. She did great at her appointment...but of course I still have to take her to get her shots next week at the health dept. That won't be such a fun appointment.

Happy Mother's Day!

This photo was taken last week at Sophie's Mother's Day celebration at school. We had a fun time being together in her classroom!

Happy Mother's Day to all my friends and family that have the privilege of being moms. Enjoy your day!

Growing

Sadie is growing every day...just look at those cheeks. I don't see a lot of me in her, but she does have my dimples :)

We had a good weekend, great weather today. Tom built some shelves in the basement to help us organize all the stuff! I'll be using diaper boxes to re-pack some things and put them on our new shelves this week!

My walkers

Here's Tom and Sophie at the big walk last weekend! We had such a fun day there. Thank you to everyone who helped us meet our goal!

Great site for creative fun ideas

I found a site for great craft ideas with preschoolers. They have a weekly email that they will send to you, too. The web address is http://www.kidscraftweekly.com/index.html. Last week we made the alphabet letters with glue and cheerios! Sophie loved it. We also started going through magazines and cutting out letters...we will get around to using them in a collage sometime soon. Enjoy!

My little chunk

Here's Sadie Joy relaxing in the sunshine last week. She is such a little chunk, and we love that! She has graduated to size 2 diapers already and is bursting out of some of the smaller 0-3 outfits. Especially the ones with feet. How fabulous to be big and healthy! She is feeling much better (we all are) and is sleeping better now that her cold is gone. She's making some Ooo and Ahh sounds and focusing in more on people that are talking to her. Tom came home last night and when she heard his voice she was craning her head and looking for him! That made his day :)