Side story about our flight - Sadie Beth does as well as could possibly be expected of her. However, by the takeoff of our second flight she was obviously very tired and we forgot to get Bunnybear out of the bag for the takeoff. Then came the turbulance that kept the seatbelt sign on for an extra 30+ minutes. Well, after Sadie Beth had been "that crying kid" for 20+ minutes I decided heck with it, I'm getting the bear. I got her bunny bear and she fell almost immediately asleep. I could hear everyone around us breathe huge sighes of relief. Who could blame them? Then about 15 minutes later, I kid you not, the socially awkward man in his mid-late twenties who had been playing video games then entire time in the window seat of our aisle said to David, "I need to use the restroom." Literally, my friends, I heard people sitting nearby gasp in dismay - personally, I wanted to tell him to hold it, but obviously that would not have been appropriate. So I try to stand up as gracefully as possible for a 6 month pregnant woman holding a sleeping toddler but we were out of luck - Sadie Beth's little eyes popped right open and away to Oregon we flew with sleep no more. Sheesh. That's all I have to say about that.
She was quite the trooper and stayed about this cheerful the rest of the day even with not nearly enough sleep and being very overwhelmed with new places, faces, and things. This was close to bedtime and she was quite excited about her new "pridacess" potty seat that Deanne had picked up for her.
Sadie Beth never lacked for attention while we were visiting family...not once...are you surprised? :)
She really liked playing in the pool Grandma had gotten for the back yard. Deanne had been thoughtful enough let it sit for a day or two to warm up some water for her. Sadie Beth got in it the first time and said, "please cold." And the first day we decided to just let her play sans swimwear. She didn't mind.
Blueberries for Sal! This became a favorite book of Sadie Beth's very quickly and asked Grandpa to read it probably a dozen times a day. Especially fun for her was when she would get her own pail with some blueberries to snack on while Dan read.
We enjoyed visiting at Laurel Community Church and seeing some old friends. However, by the end of the morning, the jet lag caught up with Sadie Beth and she decided she was DONE.
Fun with Great Grandpa....note the state of "not lacking for attention" continues. :)
Sadie Beth had a very important phone call with Aunt Darla. She marched around the house holding the speaker phone while talking with her. Pretty funny.
We had fun at this same park last year. It was crazy to look back at my blogs from last years trip and see how much she's changed since being at this park the last time. 
Stopping to smell the hydrangeas.... 
Each time she would sniff she would say, "mmm...Preettty"
Family picture! If only David remembered to take off his sunglasses. Again, see last years blog!
Family time! Sadie Beth had so much fun playing with her cousins - Lani, Shera, and Emily. Lani and Shera quickly became her new best friends and she had so much fun with Emily. Sadie Beth kept pointing to her and saying, "Baby" - never mind the fact that Emily is twice Sadie Beth's age. 
In the house we stayed in on the beach, there was a pickle ball court in the backyard. I'd never even heard of pickleball, but it was quite fun. 
Imagine ping-pong on a tennis court with a bigger ball. I just had to remind myself that diving for the ball while 6 months pregnant was in fact, unnecessary. 
We had lots of fun on the beach. We went out 4 or 5 times while we were there. A few of the days were really cool - foggy and low 60s, but then we had a few days creep up into the 70s which made for some great beach weather. 
Sadie Beth took it upon herself to hose off after returning from the beach. She thought she was big. 
Every morning/nap time Sadie Beth would wake up (in her closet) and say, "Lani! Shera! Please Lani-Shera!" I had it easy during our time at the beach. 
One of the better pictures of the 3 (4) of us. 
And just to commemorate the fact that there were, indeed, four of us at the beach. Most of the pictures of me during this week make me gasp in horror. Here's a decent one...(I suppose).
Sadie Beth was an "active" observer for many of the pickleball games...(read: she was prone to run out in the court to "help daddy" at any given moment in time). 
Four generations....
Sadie Beth wasn't quite sure what to think about the kitty at Great Grandma and Grandpa's house. It took a minute, but she warmed up. :)
There's a first time for everything! Here, it was ketchup. I'd kindof been avoiding ketchup, because, well, Sadie Beth didn't know it existed and was quite content living life without it and the messes that I imagined would accompany such condiments. But I decided to open up this big new world on our trip and surprisingly she does great with it! Occasionally, she does think its fun to drop blueberries in the ketchup...such is life. :)
And my girl is getting quite adept with using a spoon, for which I'm thankful. I was worried about going to her 2 year old well-checkup and the pediatrician asking about it and feeling the need to make all sorts of excuses. She still much prefers a fork, but is getting there! 
More to come soon, hopefully....
2 comments:
Looks and sounds like you guys had a great time. Sadie Beth is so sweet and she is getting so big!
Sounds fun. The picture of the 3 (4) of you by the tree was great! Hope you've been feeling well, pretty soon the little girl will be here :-)
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