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.

9 Month Stats!

Weight - 20.59 lbs (80 %tile)

Height - 28.5 in (82 %tile)

Head Circumference - 18.5 in (98 %tile)

So as you can see from Sadie's stats.....she is still chubby, tall and apparently her head is slightly big. We love every inch of her though!

Cascade Springs

Saturday we decided to try to beat the heat and head up Provo Canyon. We got KFC and drove up to Cascade Springs for a picnic. Sadie loved it up there; her little head was turning back and forth trying to take it all in as we walked along the trails.

Don't look too excited guys! Sadie's picnic lunch consisted of mash potatoes and gravy and biscuits...she LOVED the biscuits. You can tell she has southern roots!

We fed the fish some of our left over biscuits. Sadie had a hard time sharing.

Dad dipped her feet in the water to see how she would react. She seemed to really enjoy it. I decided to feel how cool the water was just in case it was too cold and it was FREEZING! We are shocked that she loved it so much.

Just Because

While I was at the grocery store last Saturday, Mike found Sadie in a little predicament. She had opened the drawer and got stuck. Apparently Mike heard her crying and found her like this. Of course he left her there to go get the camara. She knew if she let go she was going to fall and hit her head, good thing dad came to her rescue, even if it was a little delayed.

I had to put this picture in just because it was so darn cute! This was on July 24th and I stayed home with her that day. We spent a very lazy day just napping and playing on the floor with her toys. It was wonderful!

Best friends. Mike had a training in Orlando and came home with lots of goodies for Sadie. Least of which was her life size Winnie the Pooh bear. She sleeps with him every night and talks to him in the morning when she wakes up.

Accomplishments!

Sadie has accomplished some new things this past week so I thought I'd mention them.
She FINALLY got her second tooth.
She began to army crawl - which means she hasn't mastered lifting her tummy off the ground while in motion.
And last but not least....she began saying "Uh Oh".
It definitely was a big week for her!

Xactware Party

Mike's work party was at Thanksgiving Point this year. We went to Farm Country and showed Sadie all the farm animals. The turkeys were her favorite only because they gobbled at her and caught her by surprise. We saw horses, pigs, goats, chickens, turkeys and cows. They had a nice dinner for us and after was entertainment. Sadie only made it about 30 minutes into the entertainment and she was out...so we headed home.

She's ready for mutton bustin'

Dad, Sadie and the turkey's

Notice our matching Xactware T-shirts, even Sadie got one. (LOL)

Ready for bed!

Fourth of July!

I think we packed in as much Fourth of July celebration possible this year. We all had a good time but we were beat by the time the day was over. We started the day at the parade. Russell and Mike were kind enough to stake out spots the day before so that Sadie's first parade would be a good experience. Thanks guys! We wanted her to see it all, even if she won't remember it. This is the first year in a long time that almost the entire family came to the parade and that made it even more special!

(From left to right) Cousins Whitney, Madison, Jessica (holding Sadie) and Ashlyn

Whitney and Sadie

She made it until about 20 minutes before the parade ended. All the excitement wore her out!

After the parade we headed home and had nice long naps to gear up for the second half of our celebration. We had a picnic at the park and then headed to the BYU Bell Tower to watch the fireworks. Believe it or not, Sadie lasted until it was over. She loved the fireworks and wasn't afraid at all. She just watched in amazement and clapped through them all. She was asleep by the time we got home, but I think she had a pretty fun day.

Daddy and Sadie at the picnic

Playing at the Park

Mommy and Sadie

Waiting patiently for the fireworks