take your time

tonight i was reflecting on the fact that our tater is almost one years old. it seems in so many ways it's gone so incredibly fast but in other ways i feel as if we are always waiting with bated breath for the next big milestone or change in sadie's life. one lesson i have had to teach myself is to just wait for it, sadie will do what sadie does when sadie wants to. no matter how many times i ask her for kissies, or wave bye bye if she doesn't want to, she won't. she's a little like her father like that. it's been frustrating in some ways knowing that a lot of babies her age are walking or even using more language than she is right now. i need to constantly remind myself she'll do everything her way when she wants to. somehow along the way i've gotten caught up in what sadie's is not doing, comparing her to other babies her age. that's not right and certainly not fair to her. there's a very fine line between being viligant on their developmental needs to make sure they are meeting milesones, and being a freak-a-zoid mom who worries about everything. i'm working on taking each day as a gift to see what sadie will be that day. i'm sure not many babies her age can make the "grumpy pants face" on command the way she can, or pick up a stuffed animal and hug it like she can. or how we play little games and she follows along really well. she yells for me when i'm not in the room "ma ma ma ma". the thing about sade is she's so incredibly laid back, she always goes with the flow. breaking her from the bottle wasn't hard at all. she sleeps like a champ and eats like she's in those state fair eating contests. not many babies can be in a room full of adults like sadie can and be okay with it. somehow she always gets passed from person to person and for the most part is really okay with it.

i ran into a friend from high school the other day who was telling me about her baby who is about a week older than sadie. i didn't realize it but they have really struggled with their child. you always hear about children who are mentally and physically handicapped but it almost seems unreal to know someone whose child is struggling. i was once again reminded by that chance encounter to be really thankful that sadie is crusing along the furniture, that she imitates people and observes EVERYTHINGs around her.
oh my gosh that girl loves turkey. and by love i mean she will actually start to cry when she sees it if it's not on her plate. i was reading another friend's blog last week about how their daughter loves cottage cheese and whined until she got some on her plate? that's sadie with turkey. it makes me laugh out loud. tonight i got it out of the fridge to get a little for myself. she was in the kitchen with me and cried the whole time she was crawling from the kitchen to the living room then climbed all over me to get to my hand to get the turkey. she laughs when she sees it. i'm going to try to get it on video if i can. but man that girl really loves her some poultry :) take care everyone and be thankful

she fell asleep with her coat on while i loaded the car

word up
man we both look rough
yes i actually walked in to find them sleeping in the couch like this both with pacifiers in their mouths

she just heard she's getting turkey

this is the famous grumpy pants look

car ride to thanksgiving

sadie and great grandma flaherty

sadie and uncle kevin

admiring cousin sophie's tights

she loves that american girl doll

she's sad sophie took her doll and left

she's back :)

trying taking all three of these in a picture

just michael and sade

now michael has the camera