MORE SADIE

Alright I'm ready to blog! I must admit I feel like a loser... seriously who has their husband update their blog for them?! But I feel, especially now that we have our little girl, that it is my duty to keep everyone updated on our little family! I usually just stick the pictures up on facebook, but it seems really fun to be able to write and let you know whats going on with us. I really love reading everyones elses! So here I go, my first attempt at a blog post...


Of course this is mostly going to be about our little princess... doesnt she look like one? we didnt turn her into one on purpose! I think that due to our lack of parental wisdom we have spoiled her as much as a baby can possibly be spoiled. And it doesn't help having her be the first grandchild on my side and my family around. She pretty much gets held whenever she wants, and it has made her such a cuddle bug. Definitely her favorite way to sleep. But what can I say? We just love her so much! Sadie has brought so much joy to our lives and Dan and I dont know what we would do without her. She makes me smile so much she is so funny and precious!

I love this picture. Sadie right after a bath... her hair is so fluffy and sticking straight up from washing it, nothing you can do about that! I tell you her hair is wild. Apart from being old man hair (tons on the sides and just some wispies on top) it's just so soft and fluffy, I dont know what to do. I try making a little curl on top but it doesnt really work out. Good thing she is cute! Oh and she finally didnt cry during her bath today, she loved it!

She is definitley plotting something here.. probably how to get a bottle sooner than she is suppose to. Also she has been smiling a lot lately but i have not been able to catch one on camera yet! Soon enough...

BURP TIME! I guess we have been extremely lucky in that Sadie never spits up. She chugs her bottle in about ten minutes and then lets out a couple good burps afterward. Our doctor said not to worry, our next kid will probably throw up all over the place. Even without the spit up,certain smells are everywhere. it's crazy how EVERYTHING now smells like either formula, or wet diapers. I can't remember what life was like before this. But it's great!

superwoman! I dont know if Dan should already be starting up with the stunts?

So... can a person possibly look any more comfortable than this? I dont think so. She has been getting a little more fussy lately, and so our friends let us borrow their baby swing. She LOVES it. I love it too. It helps keep her content so I can get things done...when I'm not being lazy.

Gettin held by grandma!

I know this is mean but I couldnt help putting this pic up! it's so cute when she cries. Well not her real cry, that's not so fun, but her fake cry. It's like she doesnt even know what she is crying for and doesnt really want to cry, but just loves the attention she gets from it!

My little sister Corinne, she is a senior in highschool. We went to her Christmas choir concert tonight. She is so good on the piano and she played a few of the songs tonight. Also i didnt take a picture but she is an amazing singer. She is in madrigals and they sang a few really pretty Christmas songs. Good job!

The view from my parents house in Diamond Valley. It's about ten degrees cooler than in town so they got snow and we didnt. It was so pretty i had to take some pics. And there is Bella blending in with the snow! She loved it, she was running around everywhere. Well thanks for reading! Hopefully i'll get the Christmas cards sent off tomorrow:)

Sadie Jayne

Well the beautiful girl finally arrived!! She is so precious. We named her Sadie Jayne. Sadie was the only name the two of us agreed on, and Jayne is for Lauren's mother Jayne. We love this girl so much.

We were scheduled for an induction for November 5th and we thought there was no way she would come earlier. At about 10:15 Halloween night Lauren's water broke. We weren't sure what was going on or if we even needed to worry since we figured Lauren wasn't ready. We called the hospital and they told us to come in. We got admited about 10:45. Lauren started feeling contractions around 12. She started pushing around 7:10 am and the baby was born at 7:37am November 1st, on my Aunt Joyce's bday. Looks like you'll have to share it with Sadie Aunt Joyce! So Lauren was in labor for a total of about 10 hours. I know you math geeks are thinking I can't add, but daylight savings happened to be that night... which I thought would make it an even longer night, but all in all the night went by pretty quick. Here's the first picture taken of our beautiful little girl!!!

Here's the nurse weighing her. She came in at 6 pounds 10 ounces, 19 inches long... and for those of you who know or care... her app guard test was a 9.

Now that you have the gist of the story I'll just let you look at the pictures and I'll throw in a comment or two...

Look at all that hair!! Just like Lauren!!!

Because of the swine flu the hospital has a rule that only two people can visit... not at a time... only two specific people. So Lauren's mom and I were the only two people that were allowed to be in the hospital. So all of Lauren's family had to wait till we left the hospital to see the baby. We got away with a fast one though... one of the nurses that took care of us is in Lauren's family ward... She suggested that because Sadie's billi ruben score was high, that Brad come and help me give her a blessing. So we did just that and Brad got to come see her... And believe me... he was dying to see her. It took us a half hour to do a 5 minute blessing.

We were able to leave the hospital even though Sadie's billie ruben was still in the high risk zone... but as you can see below we had to take a tanning bed with us... poor thing has to stay under those lights unless being feed or changed. She is such a trooper... she hardly ever cries... Please keep her in your prayers so that her billie ruben count goes down and we don't have to keep her under the lights.

Just like in the tanning beds... which it really isn't a tanning bed... just some warm lights... Sadie has to have her eyes covered... and this is the only method they have to do that...

I keep thinking Sadie is already going to roll on to her stomach. She loves to sleep on her side... it kinda scares me...

2009 Pumpkin Carving

Who carved which pumpkin. that is the question... i bet you'll be surprised. let's put it to a vote... we will call the top pumpkin "Jack Sparrow" and the bottom pumpkin we'll call "Jack Skellington." We'll reveal the answer on Halloween.