Puffs

Well, Little Miss Sadie met a milestone.  For a few weeks now; I have been putting Puffs on her highchair tray at various meals.  She has been working on grasping the Puffs with her fingers and each time has gotten better and better.  Tonight, she grabbed a Puff with her LEFT hand (I hope she's left-handed b/c I am) and put the Puff in her mouth.  I was so proud of her that I started clapping and she jumped and looked at me and grinned really big.  She loves eating Puffs, but I always put them in her mouth, so now it looks like she's actually going to start feeding herself food.  I'm so excited for this development and watching her motor skills build up.  What a big girl that she's becoming!!! 

Here's a picture of her yesterday after eating a popsicle and having some sweet potatoes. What a face!!!!

She's actually trying to look around the camera at me and just grinning.  So sweet!!!!

Here she is after the popsicle and actually holding onto the popsicle stick.  Probably what happened to it (we shared it).  :)  She would squeal until I would give her another bite, so cute listening to her.  She reminds me of Zachary when ice cream was around.

Fall??

Is Fall really right about to start, wait for it........IN 4 DAYS (Sept 23rd)????  YEAH - I can hardly wait for Fall to start.  My favorite time of year is Fall/Winter.  I am ready to gladly welcome the cooler temps, the beautiful colors of Fall, the Holiday season, baking, cooking, enjoying MORE time with family, hunting season, my anniversary, my birthday, and more camping!!!

I'm so excited; I just can't hide it.  I'm about to lose control and I think I like it; I like it!  Don't remember the name of that song, but what a fun way to let go and have a reason to just dance around and sing while the windows/doors are WIDE open and letting the cooler air flow through our house.

We're all getting over having the stomach bug; thank you Mr Z for passing it onto mommy and daddy.  Les and I were so weak yesterday, but we managed to take care of both of our babies and today feeling much better.  I still have a lingering headache and some dizziness if I move around too much, but other than that, back to normal on the tummy front.  :)

Some fun news - my bestie is moving to TEXAS!!!!!!!  Yay, I was so happy when she posted the news on FB b/c then I didn't have to worry about slipping up and saying something.....HA!  Love you, Christy!!!!  Anyways, they're going to be about 3 hours from us, but that is driving and not flying, so we'll finally be living in the same state.  Christy moved out to Las Vegas after she married her honey back in July 2005.  He got a new job here and she'll be living in Flint.  Can you know how happy that I am?!?!  I'm thrilled and so glad that she'll be closer to her family and of course, me too!!!  Also, she found out today that she's carrying a bouncing baby boy!!!!!!!  I was so hoping that she would have a boy, but I thought with her trend of babies, she would have a girl.  YAY for boys!!!!!!!  I can't wait to meet him and he's actually do between my babies' b'day's - another March baby!!!!  :)

Go outside and enjoy this beautiful day - we'll be back out there this afternoon, but both kiddos are napping and I'm laying down here blogging.  HA!!!

1st for Z and S

We have been so busy the last few weeks that I haven't taken the time to sit down and write.  I miss blogging b/c for me; it's my own personal journey that I let you (my readers) read and experience with me/us.

We love camping and we were talking about how deer season is quickly approaching, but in order for me to go with Les and enjoy camping/hunting, etc; then Sadie must go too.  Well, if Sadie is there; then we want Zachary there with us also.  :)  So we started talking about pop-up campers.  We decided to start looking around to see if we could find one that would fit us and allow us to be together and enjoy the world of camping w/o missing out on nature too much.  Last year during hunting season, it was WAY too cold for Zachary to be there, so he had to stay home w/ my parents; which he loves to do anyways.  ;)  We don't want the cold/hot temps to keep the kiddos from going with us.  So, we found our pop-up!!!  We decided to try it out several times before packing them up and leaving for a few weeks.  We first slept in it in our backyard; which we call the prairie........HA!  Then a week after that, we went to Eisenhower State Park on Lake Texoma and spent 2 nights there.  They both did so well with the camping, so we think we're ready to go.  However, I won't be hunting this year more than likely, but at least I'll get to be camping 1 way or another.  We're also taking 2 cars in case we need to come home b-4 daddy is ready. 

Let's see, Sadie has turned 6 months old and has 2 bottom front teeth coming in.  She has gotten a tad cranky!!!  It didn't help that we were actually camping when those 2 teeth made their grand appearance and cut through AT THE SAME TIME!  However, she seems to be doing really well them, but has bit her own finger at least 1x and she cried so hard.  I felt sorry for the sweet baby.  :(  However, she is still doing well with nursing so far and hasn't bitten me yet with those 2 new pearly whites.  :)  Her weight is about 12 1/2 lbs and she is not on the charts for her weight.  Her height is in the 10-15% and doing well there.  Her head is in the 50% and that's great!  They are pleased with her and think she'll just be a petite girl, so that's just fine.  She LOVES eating!  She eats 3x a day including about 4x to nurse also.  She is loving what we're offering her and enjoying this new world of food.  She is starting to eat more and more solids, so that's fun to see her learn to chew and she's really getting good at it.  So far it seems like she'll be following her brother's road to food and basically jumping straight to real food.  She loves Puffs as does Zachary still..........I think he forgot about them till I brought them out for her to start eating.  He could probably eat 1/2 the bottle in nothing flat if I would let him..........LOL  All in all, she's doing great and enjoying life.  We're so happy to have her as part of our family - we love you, Sadie!!!!

Let's see, Zachary is now 2 1/2 yrs old and doing really well too.  He had his 1st stomach bug yesterday and ended up going to the ER b/c he vomited every 10 minutes or so for over 4 hours.  He couldn't hold any liquids down and no wet diapers.  They gave him some Zofran and he was able to hold a gatorade down.  So, they let us come home, he slept all night, had some sprite this morning and ate some bread.  So far he is doing great, playing, and asking to go play choo choo at mimi and poppy's house.  LOVE this boy!!!  Let's see, more about Zachary, he loves playing with cars, trucks, etc.  He loves brocolli; which is so funny to me that a 2 yr old loves brocolli.  He'll actually eat my brocolli on my plate if I don't eat it first.  He cracks me up!!!!  He's talking ALL THE TIME!!  He has always been a talker, but I couldn't always understand him and now I pretty much understand him all the time now.  His language skills are developing so fast.  He knows all the colors, learning manners, and learning his numbers (he knows, 1,2,3,8,9,10).  I love hearing him repeat them; it's so sweet to my ears.  He loves being outdoors, loves torturing the dog (HAHAHAHAHA), likes to get up at 7 AM, is getting really good at going to bed on his own, enjoys Sadie, and overall a great kid.  Zachary, we love you so much and so glad that you're apart of our family also!!!!!

Overall, we're doing great!  We've been in our house for about 6 months now and feel so blessed at where God placed us.  Our neighbors are great and I've enjoyed visiting with them and getting to know them. 

Thank you, Lord for all your blessings!!!