Christmas so far

We started the holidays by making our cookies.  We always make just one gingerbread man per person, and this year Sadie put on her own sugar.

On Christmas Eve, we went to my mom's in the evening.  Sadie got a lot of toys and books.  She helped open her presents a little, but she was just more interested in playing with them once they were open.

Christmas Day we went to Frank's.  He got Sadie a table for her room.  She just needs to grow a few more inches...

As long as we were opening boxes, I decided to take out Sadie's potty so she could start getting comfortable with it.  She had no problems at all.  Hopefully that means potty training will be easy!

Yes, that's a nuk in her mouth.  She hasn't really been interested in them before, but lately she's been sucking so hard on her hand with her teeth coming in, I figured the nuk was a better option.  Hopefully she will give it up easily once she stops teething.  She is just now getting her fourth molar, so she just has her canines and back molars left to go.

On the 26th, we went to the Packers/Giants game.  Kevin and I had tickets from work, so we had great seats.  Stefanie and Meghan went to the game too but they had different seats.  We got to see Rich and Jodi for just a little bit after the game was done.

 Today she finally started playing with her vacuum!

Miller Time

Sadie just loves Miller, and he is such a good dog with her.  He lets her do pretty much anything to him and doesn't get upset. 

She likes to feed Miller now.  I still put his food in his bowl, then she picks the pieces up one by one and hands them to him.

If he tries to bypass her and go straight for the bowl, she pushes him away.

She has also started giving him her toys.  He just sits there, I don't think he knows what she's doing.  She sets them down right in front of him if he's laying, and if he's sitting up, she puts them right under his belly.  At least she's sharing! :)

Tis the Season

Sadie tried on her Christmas outfit the other day, and I tried to take her picture for our Christmas cards.  She wasn't really happy about it.  She was more interested in looking at the tree than anything else.

So then I figured I'd try it in her Christmas pajamas and sitting in her chair.  She didn't really cooperate there either.

Oh well, we will do our best with what we got I guess!

Sadie has a beautiful wooden advent calendar in her room that her Grandma bought in Door County.  Instead of filling each day with candy, I put a coin behind each door.  Each night before we go to bed, she gets to open the door and take out the coin, then she puts it in her piggy bank without any help!

We got our first blizzard last night.  We only had a dusting of snow on the ground previously, then it dumped about a foot last night.  What ever happened to the snow building up slowly over the winter?  We decided to try playing outside anyway, even though the snow in spots was up to Sadie's waist and Miller's belly.

This was her first time wearing her snow pants.  Not a fan.

Once she had everything on, she was the spitting image of Ralphie's little brother... it was either standing or laying, no in between!

"OK, Mom, I'm ready."

As I suspected, she didn't really know what to do once we got out there.  She pretty much just stood wherever I placed her.

Oh well, maybe next year!

Growing Up

Sadie is really growing up to be a big girl!  For her Christmas present, we decided to get her a chair for the living room that is just her size.  We took advantage of a black Friday sale, so she got to have it a little early.

She has already gotten bored with coloring, and now she likes to just pick through the crayons in the box and gather up the ones that don't have labels on them.  She puts them all in one hand and keeps cramming them in there until she can't hold anymore.

She's also starting to get pretty good at making her puzzles.  The ones that have interlocking pieces are a little tougher, but she does well with the ones that just have single pieces that fit into holes.  She can do the vehicles puzzle all by herself.

She used to be so good at getting her picture taken, but now she's too busy to sit still for the camera.  It's a two person job- one getting and keeping her attention for a few seconds while one takes the picture.  This is the best we could get for Thanksgiving, she didn't want anything to do with that turkey-