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!"