Christmas Shopping & Toddler Bed

It was an eventful and exciting weekend for Sarah this past weekend. Saturday morning, Andy converted Sarah's crib to a toddler bed. She loved helping Daddy out. She looks at the two little rails Daddy put on and says "Dada, Dada." She is very, very excited about having a big girl bed. We thought we would do the transition a few months before the new baby gets here.

After we converted Sarah's bed, we headed out to Castleton to do a little Christmas shopping. Sarah LOVED shopping and seeing all the deocorations and people plua the holiday music. She was clapping along to the music and had a huge smile on her face as we strolled in her stroller through the mall. Andy tried on a winter jacket, and we asked Sarah what she thought and she said "ohhh!" She fell asleep on the way home from our exciting morning shopping and having lunch out at the mall. The first nap in the toddler bed went smoothly since she stayed asleep from the car.

That evening, Sarah slept excellent in her bed. The next two nap times were a bit more challenging. I would go in there and she would be twirling in the middle of her room or looking out the window just going "ya ya ya." However, today, while we were reading our stories before naptime, she hopped down from my lap and ran over to her bed saying "night night" and layed down in her bed. I kissed her goodnight and shut the door and then didn't hear a peep.

We've enjoyed a week of 70 degree days last week; everyday going to the park. Andy had Veteran's Day off so we made a very fun trip to the park. I love grocery shopping and shopping with Sarah. It seems like just about every time we're out, someone comes up to me and tells me what a beautiful little girl Sarah is (I just have to be a boastful mom for a minute!!). We're working on having Sarah clean up before naptime & bedtime and leaving the house and she is doing a great job when asked to put toys away. She does best when we ask her to pick up specific toys. Hopefully this will continue. Yesterday at Glamma's when she played with every single toy upstairs, Glamma was nice enough to let us go home for a nap since she was very, very sleepy and ready for a nap and not able to clean up.

Andy and I had a very fun date night on Monday night. We saw John Melloncamp at Clowes!

Looking forward to Thanksgiving next week!

Christmas Card 2010

Our little ladybug

A little sneak peak for Halloween....

Over the past couple weeks, just about everyday, Sarah requests to put on her ladybug custom Gramma Sue got for her. She runs in her closets and starts tugging on the custom and making her little ladybug noise. We can finally wear it out in public this week! She wore it Wednesday night to Pasta Night and handed out candy from her little black cat personalized bag to EVERYONE:-) She did a great job going around to our family and our favorite staff and then to other tables around the dining room. On Friday, we went to Daddy's office to give out some Halloween cookies. They liked seeing her. They tried to get a good photo of Sarah put she is just too quick. We have been trying very, very hard for Gramma Sue to get a good photo but Sarah buzzes around in her custom. Here are a few attempts in Sarah's 19 month album.

Tomorrow afternoon, we have a Halloween playdate with afternoon snacks. Should be lots of fun!

Finally Some New Photos & Videos

This time my excuse for not writing and updating photos/video is that our camera was M.I.A.. We found the camera and tried to capture our beautiful little girl in action. It is getting harder and harder to get good photos since she is so active (as you can see in the 2 videos in the 19 month album, Sarah Margaret RUNS from one thing to the next).

New Photos & Video

Sarah's schedule has changed over the past couple weeks. She is down to one good afternoon nap (usually a good 2-3 hour nap). She wakes up in the morning when she hears Daddy in the shower. We hear the cutest "dada, dada" coming from her room in the morning when Andy runs the water and turns the light on in the bathroom. She come in our room for a little bit but then loves going down with Andy to make coffee and eat her banana while Daddy gets the coffee ready. She wakes up ready to go. She loves the park and can do the slide (her favorite) all by herself. She also likes to point out the holes in the mulch that most likely she says a doggy dug. She loves looking through her Bible at bedtime (especially the story about baby Esau & baby Jacob). You can't say bathtime unless it is time to give her a bath. Sarah has loved having Chloe the dog as a playmate. She'll throw the ball or Chloe and enjoys running around the backyard with Chloe. Inside, she'll set toys by Chloe to play with. She also enjoys putting Chloe's leash on and feeding the dog.

Baby Tresize #2 is doing well now at 14 weeks and through his/her first trimester.

New Photos

Finally able to post some new photos and videos. Click here to view.

Sarah Margaret did great at her holiday photo shoot at Janie & Jack. She looked beautiful in her holiday dress and patent leather shoes with white tights. The photos won't be ready for 6 weeks. She was a little distracted by the clothes all around her and really wanted to look through the clothes while we were there. She loves trying on Mommy & Daddy's shoes at home; her favorite are my Uggs. She learns new words everyday. Thanks to Bon Papa's iPhone, she loves saying oh man!. She also learned from Super Readers the word oven and hot. She does a great job saying the oven is hot as is Daddy's coffee. It was a beautiful morning at the park. Sarah does well going down the little slides all by herself. Such a big girl!

For little baby tresize #2, I go to the doctor this week!

Happy Fall!

Aunt Carol took the above photo of Sarah with Raggedy Andy.

It is hard to believe that fall is here! Little Baby Twiggy is 11 weeks and I'm feeling much better; back to working out and cooking.

We had a wonderful visit with Aunt Carol and Beth. We got to share a few meals together and do some fall & holiday dress shopping for Sarah at Janie & Jack. Beth got Sarah a beautiful straw hat and summer dress for Mackinac. The best part was that they surprised me with a matching dress for a baby (if the baby is a girl). Just want to be prepared.

I have some cute videos of Sarah to post but need to go to Glamma's to upload them.

Today at the park, Sarah climbed the steps and went down the little slide all by herself (I was close by just in case:-)) She did it about a hundred times.

BIG NEWS!

I know that it has been some time since my last post but I have a very good excuse:-) We found out a few weeks ago that Sarah is going to be a big sister! I'm due April 17th.

Click here for new 17 month photos & video.

Last week, I definitely felt pregnant with some tiredness. It also happened to be the week that the little peanut decided that one morning nap would do so I couldn't lay down in the afternoons.

We had lots of fun telling the family. We were up in Toledo two weeks ago and had Sarah put on a shirt that said big sister. The video of Grama Sue finding out is priceless! Sarah already has her Halloween costume thanks to Grama Sue. She is going to be a ladybug. It is so hard to get a good photo of her in it because she buzzes right along and doesn't stop to pose.

We're amazed at Sarah's language developing each day. Some new favorites are oh-no (when she drops something or something spills) and nana for Glamma. The pool is still one of her favorite activities and we're trying to go as much as possible before the pool closes labor day weekend.

I'll keep everyone posted when we update our blog address.