9 Months Old

It is amazing to notice the developments from week to week. Sarah Margaret is still a very busy girl as you can see from her 9 month photo album. She has mastered waving hello and goodbye and has been waving for the past two months. She loves standing at the changing table (on the ground) and going through her baskets on the changing table taking her diapers out and anything else she can pull out of the bins. Also, the refrigerator and kitchen cabinets are another favorite pastime. She knows how to open the cabinets (and doors too!) so we keep Tupperware and other kitchen items that she can play with as toys. She'll crawl over to you and lift her arms up like little wings to be picked up or tug on your pants leg. She loves peek-a-boo with Daddy and loves her peek-a-book book where she turns the pages (on her own!) and opens the flaps to find who is hiding behind each flap (thank you Brady, Casey, & Buckeye Baby Girl!). We think that walking is around the corner soon since she'll shuffle along the coffee table--mainly towards the remote or cell phone.

Enjoy the holidays! We are truly blessed by our wonderful family and friends.

Happy Holidays

Our Christmas cards will be a bit delayed this year but wanted to post this to wish you all a delightful December.

Sarah Margaret's First Wedding

Sarah Margaret is exciting to have another wonderful aunt in the family. She loves her Aunt Anna and now has a lovely Aunt Niki. It was a delightful wedding weekend for Uncle Ty and Aunt Niki's wedding in Toledo, OH this weekend, complete with snow flurries (just a light dusting).

The rehearsal dinner at Sylvania Country Club was the perfect start to the festive weekend and catch up with family and friends.

The wedding day began with bridal party getting ready all together at SCC with lunch and then photos at the church (Sarah Margaret ended up taking a nap for the afternoon so she was in a good mood for the ceremony).

Aunt Niki & Uncle Ty had a beautiful ceremony and Sarah sang along with the vocalist. Glamma & Bon Papa were a huge help because both Mom & Dad were in the wedding party. She didn't quite make it to the wedding reception but had a fun sleep over at the hotel with Glamma & Bon Papa and fell asleep in the comfy bed to the movie "White Christmas." Mom & Dad enjoyed the reception. Niki and her mom did an amazing job with the centerpieces. It was a great day and on Sunday morning the Alexanders hosted a very nice brunch at their home and there were fun stories to tell about the wedding day.

Soon, I'll have a link to the professional wedding photos taken during the day. There were quite a few photos taken by the photographer. But here are a few that I snapped during the weekend.

For Mary's photos, CLICK HERE

CONGRATULATIONS UNCLE TY & AUNT NIKI!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

It was Sarah Margaret's first Thanksgiving and we had a wonderful time celebrating up in Toledo with the Tresize bunch. She started cruising on Gramma Sue's sectional couch and was so silly trying to make people laugh. We got to see Gramma Sue's new house that hopefully she'll be moving in this week. Thank you for such a nice holiday! We are so thankful for our family and friends this Thanksgiving.

Click here for photos from Sarah Margaret's First Thanksgiving.

Some more videos!

We hope these videos and new photos make you smile. They sure make us smile.

NEW PHOTOS AND VIDEOS, CLICK HERE!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

8 Months!

With each new month, there comes lots of exciting developments that we (her parents) just love noticing. Just before she turned 8 months, Sarah Margaret starting pulling up to her feet on our coffee table, boxes, and anything else she can reach with her little arms strected out. She also started feeding herself little Cheerios and Sweet Potato Puffs at the table. Also, Dad (Andy) taught her how to open doors if the door is slightly cracked, she loves opening up the door and discovering what is behind the door. She is still a wonderful eater and tried turkey, cauliflower, potatoes, and green beans with meat (just in time for Thanksgiving!). We're going to try to get some more 8 month photos posted but here are a few videos of Sarah Margaret in action for the family!!

Eating her sweet potato puffs while at lunch at Cafe Patachou:

Opening a door:

COMING SOON!!

What's New?

A fun 7 months for Sarah Margaret for she....
- Waves (to herself)
- Gave Mommy a kiss (leaned over while I was holder her and gave me a kiss on the cheek. Glamma witnessed it)
- Very busy climbing over everything
- Pulling herself up to her knees
- Crawling getting more coordinated
- Still laughing & smiling lots
- And as always inspects tags ever so gently.

Food:

She is making great progress with food and trying new foods every three days. I'm still having lots of fun making all of her food. This week, we're going to try asparagus and green beans with mint.

Likes:

Butternut Squash & Summer Squash

Zucchini

Sweet Potatoes

Pears

Peaches

Rice Cereal

Dislikes:

Peas

Apples