Becoming Domestic

This year I made an attempt at being domestic and decided to learn to can. This has been something I have been afraid of doing and have put off for quite awhile. I intended on doing tomatoes and peaches this year but my neighbor Lorrie told me that she would teach me how to do cherry and apple pie filling. This sounded way more fun than tomatoes and peaches so I opted for sweet rather than practical. This will not surprise anyone who knows me. It was a lot of fun and left me with quite a sense of accomplishment. I'm actually excited for next year when I can try more things.

I've Been Tagged.....

Okay, I don't usually do these, but maybe that's because nobody has called me out on a tag until now...thanks Mandy! I have to list 6 of my quirks, so here it goes. (I may have to call Mike in to help)

1. I can't go to bed with dishes in my sink, actually I hate having dishes in my sink PERIOD, no matter what time a day it is.


2. I can't go to work without making my bed. My mom taught me well I guess. There have been maybe a handful of times when I have left the bed unmade, but I seriously think about it all day until I come home....and then I make it!


3. (The next 2 are from Mike, and that's only because he gets in trouble about these two things all the time) I am obsessed with my kitchen floor being crumb free. I hate feeling crumbs or dirt under my bare feet when I'm in the kitchen. I like to think I have eased up on this one since Sadie came along but Mike would probably disagree.


4. This one is a lot like the one above. I hate having dirty counter tops. Because I have granite counter tops it is impossible to tell when they are dirty so I will wipe them off a million times a day just to ensure they are clean.


5. Since Sadie has come along I am a very rigid schedule follower. She eats dinner at 6:00 and if anything comes in the way of that I get a little uptight. When "Little House on the Prairie" comes on, she knows it's time to eat. I have her trained like Pavlov's dog. (Oh my poor little Sadie) Same goes for her bath time and bed time. Bath at 6:45 (when Little House is over) and bed time at 8:00! It works for us and I like to think that I'm like this because I have to go to work and it makes things easier if we are on a schedule and not because I'm OCD; you can be the judge.


6. Okay this is a stretch but it doesn't have to do with cleaning so....when I go grocery shopping I have to go up and down every aisle even if I KNOW I don't need anything on that aisle. It messes up my rhythm if I don't. The only aisle I skip is the dog food aisle. That may be the reason why I come home with so much more than I need!



Okay, now that the whole world knows that I'm OCD I tag Malissa, Britney, Jesicca, and Michelle. Have fun ladies!

We're Back!

I know, you are all sick of looking at Sadie's 9 months stats. I haven't been lazy just busy and this wasn't a priority on my list. I have updated you below on the last 2 months of our life. It has been crazy to say the least, but we are all doing well and glad to be back in the game. My hope is that I will be more diligent from now on.

Daddy Who???

The BIG announcement this month is that Mike got a new job! Hooray! He is still at Xactware but in a new position. He is going to be a Technical Account Manager (whatever that means) and he will no longer be traveling. We are all excited about the change and now Sadie will get to see her daddy every day, not just on the weekends. Congratulations Mike, we are so proud of you and so thankful for the hard work you put in to support our family! We love you!

11 Months

Sadie is 11 months old. I can't believe that she is going to be one soon. Her latest trick is standing up. She usually pulls herself up to the couch or her toy bucket and let's go. She gets so excited and proud of herself, it is fun to watch. She is still getting into everything and has to be watched like a hawk. She is continuing to try new foods, a few of them are cornbread, pancakes, rice, green beans, peas, french toast - really anything she can beg out of us while we're eating dinner. She's like a little puppy dog, at our feet begging for food. Actually today her sitter Malissa gave her part of a grilled cheese sandwhich and she loved it! She has 4 new teeth that decided to come in all in one week. That was a tough week for mom and Sadie but we're glad they're in! She has 4 on top and 2 on the bottom. She is such a good little girl, we couldn't ask for a sweeter child. She is so much fun and such a blessing to our entire family!

Hogle Zoo

From the post below you know that I was planning on going to the zoo with Sadie and Mike after I got my cast off. Well, I could barely walk but I was determined to go. When we arrived Mike quickly realized that there was no way I was going to make it around the whole zoo walking at the rate I was going so.....he rented me one of those carts you see in Wal-Mart all the time. At first I was mortified but I knew he was right and to make the day nice for all I humbled myself and gave in. I think I would have been okay with the whole thing had the stupid thing not beeped every time I backed up....that was embarrassing.

Sadie loved the animals and was happy until the very end. She pointed to all the animals and ooed and awed at them. Her favorite was probably a little monkey that had white Elvis hair. He jumped up to the window to her and scared her, but she loved it. We had a great family day and it was needed after Mike being gone to England for 2 weeks.

Sadie on the carousel. She loved it and without prompting immediately started waving to everyone as she went round and round.
Sadie and dad with the white alligator

Sadie and mom

Sadie and dad again...the giraffes were probably her second favorite. We watched them for quite awhile.

My Foot Saga

WARNING!!!! THIS MIGHT GROSS YOU OUT!

Around the 4th of July I started experiencing a lot of pain in the top of my foot between my toes. It would swell up and I could hardly walk. Well, after ignoring it for about a month I decided to go see a Podiatrist. Well, I wasn't stupid, I knew I had a HUGE bunion on my toe but the pain wasn't anywhere near that so I didn't think it was related. I was wrong. My lovely bunion was pushing my big toe towards my little toes, as you can see in the picture below. This was causing a nerve between my toe to be pinched, therefore causing the pain. It has been pinched for so long that it built scar tissue on the nerve and the only way to relieve the pain was to remove the nerve. Also, my bunion had to be removed otherwise my big toe would continue to drift towards my little toe and more nerves would be pinched. Surgery was scheduled for August 29th and I was having my bunion removed and the nerve taken out. No big deal right? I think I can go on the record for the most naive patient because I had no idea what it all entailed.

Surgery was great! I would go under anytime, any place. I have never slept that well in my life and when I heard the nurse waking me up I was angry. I wanted more drugs and more sleep. I wasn't in a lot of pain but I had to wear a cast on my leg/foot for 4 weeks. Of course I chose the most obnoxious color there was.....HOT PINK! Those 4 weeks were probably the worst weeks of my life. I had to hobble around on a cast and try to keep up on everything in my life....oh....and Mike was in England for 2 of those weeks which made it harder but, I did survive.

I was so looking forward to the day I got my cast off. I decided to take the day off and go to the zoo with Sadie after it was all over. Here is where I get really naive. I showed up at the doctor's with my shoe in hand ready for the cast to be removed and me to walk out the door. The nurse removed my cast and all the gauze that was wrapped around my foot. It was disgusting! To my surprise when I looked down at my foot, there was a pin sticking out of the top of my foot. Now, from the x-rays I knew that I had pins INSIDE my foot, in fact 6 of them to keep my toe straight, I had no idea that I had one on the outside. I politely asked the nurse what it was and she said, "That's your pin dear....he will be removing that today, don't worry it doesn't hurt." I was sick to my stomach and wanted to run out the door right then. Well, she was right, it didn't hurt BUT the doctor had to use great force in removing it which was a bit shocking. I didn't watch and was bracing myself for the pain, luckily it didn't hurt but once the pin was out, I looked down and there was a geyser of blood coming out of the hole where the pin was. It was awful, I had no idea that was going to happen. Apparently that is normal.

So...needless to say I did not put my shoe on and walk out of the doctor's office that day. I put a lovely black shoe on that I have to wear with my wrapped foot for 2 weeks and then we'll see about putting my shoe on. It has been a long recovery (going on 6 weeks) and very annoying. I will be glad when I have full use of my foot again and can bend my toes. The bright side of this whole saga is that I might just be able to wear pretty shoes that I've never been able to before. Happy Day!

Before

Before


During

After (sorry this ones a little gross)

Crazy Hair Days

Sadie has very versatile hair - here are some of our favorites.......

If you can look past her crazy rocker chic face, this is her usual one curl on top standard

Sadie's hair is naturally curly. This was a very good hair day for her!

Sadie's babysitter Malissa did the ponytail while I was at work. It is so cute, but I don't have the paitence to do it. Malissa has fun because she has 3 adorable boys....but I don't think they let her put ponytails in their hair.