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We will make sure it's updated daily while we're away. Our friend Kate will be doing all of the updating. So if you see a bunch of faces you don't know, just be watching for our's ... I'm sure Sadie will make the cut most days... she has a big following! ;)

It's already up and running - we are leaving this next Thursday, June 25th at 3:25. Pray for safe travels, and many blessings. We hope to come back truly changed by God's amazing works!

Here's a farewell for now from Sadie. She says, "Gimme a great big hug!!!!"

Here's another couple I just love...this is her new sleep position...

Sadie and her new past time...

Sadie loves banging things together as of lately...so I figured, why not? Who needs a quiet household anyway? I gave her a metal bowl, two metal measuring cups, and a wooden spoon...and watched her go to town! She loved it! She was so good at putting in the measuring cup, then taking it out, then eating, then doing it all over again! She's our funny little girl.

She now has TWO teeth, still working on the top ones. These have been tougher on her than the first two... I was hoping they'd come in before we left for Ireland... We still have 10 days as of today... So we'll see.

She had her first ear infection last week... It was caused by her allergies, which were caused by her teething. The fun thing with this one... boogers literally coming out of her eyes. We thought maybe she had pink eye... No. The doctor said her sinuses were SO backed up, that boogers were coming out of her eyes, b/c they had nowhere else to go... YYUUUUMMMYYYY!!! One dose of Amoxicillin, the gunk was gone. I'm a believer!

She's really trying to scooch her way around right now. She definitely finds her way around her crib. One minute she's got her tooshy sticking in the air in the upper right hand corner of the crib, the next minute, she's on her back in the lower left hand corner... kicking the monitor. Lovely sound at 2 AM.

Last night she went down at 9, mommy tried to wear her out...she's been going to bed around 11 or midnight for about a week or so. She was exhausted. However, she slept until 1...and wanted to play. She would not go back down. Really cute sounds coming from the monitor, but not at 1:15, 1:30, puking at 1:45, crying at 2, playing at 2:15... I was utterly exhausted this morning. And b/c Craig goes to work so early, I got her and me ready by myself this morning... My hat goes off to single moms... you guys rock. B/c there are days, I'm not sure I'd know what to do without Craig's help! It was by the GRACE OF GOD that I got up by 6:45, got myself ready by 7:15, woke her up at 7:20, bathed her by 7:30, fed her at 7:40, burped her 3 times (wow for her), and was out the door by 7:57 to go to Daycare. That's all while running my clothes in the dryer to UNwrinkle, making sure the humidifier was emptied. I never got to undo her sheets with puke on them... but hey...I was doing good to do the humidifier.

B/c I'm working Mother's Day Out Summer Camp Mondays and Wednesdays, it's really hard for me to get her to daycare by 8:15, and back up to the church by 8:30. I'm telling you, God's hand guided me all morning. All while feeling as though I needed to puke, as I had caught Craig's bug from last week. I would say I was proud of myself...but it was truly God's hand in it!!!

Pics...most recent

Sadie Loooooooves her bath time!!!

Snoozin' during our busy errand running... wearing her new pink camo tennis shoes...

At my sister Vaughna's house after Sadie's cousin Glen got "Bap -UH- tized".

Sadie's 6 months old now AND cut her first tooth!!!

My big girl is growing up so fast! I couldn't believe it! While we were in the dr.'s office, I was asking him about her cutting teeth, how long it could take, etc. Just then, I felt in her mouth, and sure enough, there it was, as sharp as ever. She weighed 19 lbs 2.5 oz and was 26 1/2 in. long. He said she's about in the 90th percentile for her age. She's gonna be a big'n!! She handled her shots like a champ!
NOW - I think she's cutting another one. She didn't sleep too well last night. She woke up around 11:30 and cried for a good long while and couldn't get settled down. Her nose was really stopped up. I gave her decongestent drops (hated it!), put Orajel on her little gumes, checked her temp (nothing, 97.9), and gave her Tylenol. I rocked her to sleep in her carseat, and she slept the rest of the night like that. Nothing new there... she's only slept on her tummy in her crib for about a week. When she can't breathe, though, she doesn't sleep well. Who does? Can't blame her. Bless her little heart.
Today, as I walked into her daycare Nana's house, I could hear her screaming from the back patio... she was just kickin' and screamin'... Nana was changing her diaper, and couldn't get her pants back on... I picked her up, and she was better for about 2 seconds, but right back at it she went. She hadn't taken a nap since this morning...so she was EXHAUSTED and hurting, I'm sure.
She fell asleep in the car on the way home, thank goodness, but who knows how long she'll be out! I guess until she's hungry! She's been asleep for almost 45 minutes now... in her carseat. I can't wait to see what tonight shall bring....

It's been a while... nothing huge to report...

watching Mickey Mouse Funhouse
Bath time - Loves the water!
trying her hardest to crawl!


ELMO!!! I missed you so much!!
After eating prunes... amazingly, she loved them... you'd never know it, b/c she wears most of it...

Just some cute pics... Sadie is trying her darndest to crawl... She looks like a little froggy. She's drooling like mad right now... Her bottom teeth are bound to come in any day now... her gums are really sore.
She got a new bath tub the other night. It quacks. When I push the beak, she gets this really surprised look on her face like "Mommy! Do you hear that??" So fun and cute. Man, she really likes her bath...she's fearless. I'm really glad! We want her to get really used to being in water.
She's now officially had ALL of Gerber 1 foods... we started over this week on squash and again on peaches. She is getting used to the peaches... She didn't like them at first.
She's sitting up a lot better and stays up a lot longer now. She's bound to start crawling soon...
I'm really trying to get Craig to upload some video for me that I can start putting on here... hopefully soon.

We're sitting by ourself...sort of...

I'll add more later...but I wanted to share our newest accomplishment!!
Yea!!!! I'm sitting up like a big girl! She's getting so very strong. She's really learned to lift herself up from lying down in her bouncy and her car seat. She's 5 months - 2 weeks now. My big girl!

Sadie LOVES those green beans...

Sadie ate an entire 2.5 oz container of green beans the other night, and we're supposed to keep her on the same food for 3 to 5 days... I had to pair them with rice cereal last night just to have more for tonight. She didn't like peaches by themselves, but LOVED them with rice cereal. She really is taking to solids GREAT!! I will have to add pics later....I don't have any on this computer.
She is just a rollypolly now. I will lay her on the floor on her back, walk away, and come back and she will be completely rolled over and hanging out on her tummy. She hasn't quite figured out how to turn over from her tummy yet...those arms keep getting in the way.
She's definitely teething now...slobber is EVERYWHERE. She sucks on her fingers, her feet, her clothes, her socks, any toy she's given... I can't feel anything yet, but I can tell by where she puts her fingers they will be on the top leftish...
She's going to bed on her back and has started waking up every night anywhere from 12:30 to 1:45... She won't go back down on her back...so I have to put her in her carseat to finish the night out. Her breathing at night is not that great either, so she's probably just waking herself up b/c she can't breathe through her nose.
She's really so much fun right now. We are loving all the sounds she's making... high pitched little squeaks and squeals. She's just so darn cute it's hard not to kiss her every time we see her or keep our hands off of her.
5 months is next week...I can hardly believe it! It's going by SO FAST!!!