Almost Christmas!

I know I said my next post was going to be of Christmas, but there were too many non-Christmas pictures that I wanted to include. I just have too much fun taking pictures of Sadie Beth. In fact, I tend to take the same picture over and over again trying to get smiles on camera that very soon I am going to have to go through our picture files and erase a lot of the repeat pictures.
Sadie Beth sometimes hangs out in the pack-n-play while I am getting ready in the mornings or trying to accomplish some task or another. Around the time these were taken she had just figured out that she REALLY liked the mobile. Unfortunately, it isn't battery powered so I just walk by regularly and spin it for her. She would get SO excited about it!
"This...is...really...interesting..." says Sadie Beth. :)
Note the mysterious white tongue is still sticking around....it comes and goes now. Weird huh?
We have frequent play dates at the Mullin's. I look forward to them each week. I think it's safe to say the moms definitely have more fun than the babies! She doesn't have her daddy wrapped at all, does she?

Giving the sleep sacks a try during nap time.
So, the story goes like this. One Saturday I leave for a little while to go shopping at Kohls. I come home and here is how I find Sadie Beth...wearing only a diaper and chilling out in her car seat watching the 1/2 decorated Christmas tree. I don't fully remember why she was naked or why David put her in the car seat like this, but they had fun...that's what matters.
Sadie Beth sleeps through her last feeding of the night. I wake her around 10:30pm to feed and she is always so sweet the whole time. Since I spend like half my day feeding her in our rocking chair (or so it seems...but no worries, I love it), I insisted that our Christmas tree be placed where I could see it while I nurse. It adds such a nice touch to the room...I pretty much just LOVE all things Christmas tree related. A HUGE thanks to mom for letting us borrow her pre-lit tree...it was SO much easier than my usual Christmas tree process, which in the past has taken about 30 hours each year. My trees are beautiful, have at least 200 lights, and are a true work of art, but not really possible with a new baby! Mom's tree is really pretty too, as you can see in the picture below.
Happy baby girl!

Here are a couple of "stunned" faces.
I love Sadie Beth's big bright blue eyes. I think she is going to have her Grandpa Terrell's blue eyes. Then again, David and I both have blue eyes too. Lauren came over to visit one afternoon. Sadie Beth likes Lauren a lot!
Hanging out with mommy. Sadie Beth is just now starting to like tummy-time. She used to get so fussy afterwards.
This is Elijah Grissom, born 9/9/07. Heather brings him over occasionally and we have fun during our visits. This picture is a bit blurry, but Elijah's smile was so fun I had to include it

Here is try #23 to get a good picture of Sadie Beth for the Christmas cards. You have to understand, my baby smiles pretty much all day long. Lauren came over to take some pictures of her in her Christmas dress for me to put in Christmas cards. Lauren tried for an hour and we couldn't get a SINGLE smile. Granted, she wasn't feeling well, but oh the irony!
Poor thing will not be very happy with me about this when she is 12, but isn't she adorable? :)
Not sure if you can see this or not, but note the yellow goo dribbled all over her mouth. Those are her vitamins. Bless her heart, they smell HORRIBLE! She use to throw them up every time I gave them too her. We've gotten past that, definitely it's not her favorite activity. Sadie Beth loves her hands! Oh, they are so exciting...its funny watching her because she discovers them anew at least 5 times each day. It's like you can see her thinking, "wow, what are these? These are great!"

Sadie Beth is lots of fun!

...so much fun that I have been a total slacker when it comes to posting on a regular basis. I have lots to put up from Christmas, but I thought I'd do an "interim" post with some pictures from the last month or so. Sadie Beth is 3 months old now...14 week actually. She has changed so much over the last month, her sweet personality showing more each day. I guess we should label the next few pictures, "Sadie Beth chilling out..."

Hanging out one Sunday before church. Sunday mornings are usually an adventure for us...we can't ever make it to church on time. It seems that Sadie Beth thinks it's the perfect time for messes. :)
Trying to wake up from naptime...aww...:)
Big smiles from the swaddled baby! We are slowly trying to move away from using the SwaddleMe blanket. It has been great to help Sadie Beth to sleep, but now she doesn't like it as much and tries to fight it sometimes. Right now she sleeps with one arm in and one arm out. Occasionally she will nap with both arms out, but they aren't usually good naps.

We still wake Sadie Beth up at 10:30 to feed her. She's always really cute because rarely does she wake up, but sleeps through the entire feeding. I don't care for this picture of me, but she is adorable...a little buddha baby.


Another buddha baby pose!
I walked out of the room for a minute and this is how she was when I retured. It didn't seem to bother her at all, which I thought was funny.

I loved this little outfit. Now she has outgrown it...amazing how fast that happens. We've put away almost all the 0-3 mos. outfits.
Here is Sadie Beth in her first pair of blue jeans that my friend Erica got for her. She acts like she's not real sure what to think about them when she wears them.
We get so many smiles from her...I love it! I try endlessly to capture them on camera. Sometimes I have more success than others. We have so many pictures of the same thing from where I am trying to get smiles. David says I have to erase some of them!
Her first spa treatment! Not really...just kidding. She has had some cradle cap and I read online the olive oil helped. So, here she is with her head smothered with olive oil. She looked at me like she thought I was crazy...though for awhile she did that during every bath. Now she loves them.

Daddy time...he sure loves his girl. And I think the feeling is mutual! Sadie Beth's new trick is that she has figured out how to scoot off her body when I lay her down on it like this. She gets a kick out of it. I will walk out of the room and she will be laying on the floor when I get back with a huge smile like, "Look what I can do!"

She's starting to get into toys a little bit more. It's fun to watch her check them out.
Hopefully more will come very soon. I have so much I would like to put up, but don't ever take the time to do it. I'm very impressed with those who have multiple children and post regularly.