Jill, Tom & Sadie

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

ABC's

Today was Sadie's birthday. It is hard to believe that two years ago today Jill and I were hanging out in the hospital just learning to change little newborn diapers. We were watching the video earlier today that we took right after Sadie was born. It is truly awe-inspiring about a newborn. She was so tiny, fragile and completely dependent on us. Jill and I feel very lucky that we have this little doll in our life. She just makes everything brighter. We love you Sadie!

I took some pictures and video of her birthday, but haven't downloaded them yet. (Hopefully) I will do that soon. In the meantime, here are some cute videos of Sadie saying her ABC's. She's been working on this for a while, and a couple of weeks ago she said them all the way through. It seems like everytime we would try to get her on camera saying them, however, she got distracted by something else. After several attempts, we finally got it. Turn on your volume.

(The second video is my favorite. Sadie is somewhat obsessed with band-aids right now. She looks for any excuse to say she has a boo-boo and needs a band-aid.)

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

It's been two months?

I can't believe that it's been two months since my last post. We've been busy as usual. Probably the funnest thing that we've done was our vacation to Maui with Jill's family. I'd say the best thing about Hawaii is that the warm ocean water. Sadie loves to go in the ocean. Here in San Diego, I feel like I'm going to get frost bite chasing her around in the freezing ocean. By comparison, the water in Hawaii feels like a hot tub. Here are a few pics from Maui and a few others.

Did I mention how she loves the ocean? I mean, she really loves it. Just look at that grin. She's practically delerious with love.

Don't they look cute in the morning? This was our first morning in Maui. Sadie was still on California time and woke up around 4:30.

Sadie's still not very cooperative when we try to do family pics. This was the best we could do. At least she's not crying!

A friend from church gave us a pretty big wading pool last fall. I hate it. It turns my backyard into a swamp for three days every time I empy it. But little Miss Thing here loves it - almost as much as she loves the ocean. She especially when I spray her with the hose, which is what I'm doing in these pictures.

Sadie is very helpful around the house. It's like we've got our own little Cinderella.

A couple pictures of Sadie's Easter outfit.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

When will they run out of leaves?

We've got a couple of avocado trees in our back yard. In December, some leaves started falling off. They haven't stopped. Every weekend, I'm out there raking them up. It's been four months now. It's getting old. At least the kid enjoys it.

(And yes, for those of you keeping score, that was two posts in one day. See you in August.)

Nice shades! (and some bonus pics)

For about the last year, Sadie would never wear hats, bonnets, headbands, sunglasses or anything else that you might try to put on her head or face. Recently, though, she will let us put them on her - at least for a few minutes. We've bought her several pairs of sunglasses, and this Sunday she actually wore one of them for a while. Actually, most of the time she just wanted to put them on top of her head instead of on her face, but that was pretty cute too.

"This is how you rock a pair of sunglasses, dad."

And for the bonus pics...

The little stinker's cute, and she knows it.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Just a couple of pictures

It's been a while, so I thought I would do a quick picture post.

Sadie's new favorite game: "Where's Sadie?"

Practicing her karate moves. Hi-ya!

(Actually, she was just catching her balance. It didn't do her much good. She still fell. For a kid who's been walking since 9 months, she can be a little clumsy.)