Someone was AFRAID of SANTA!

I think this picture explains Sadie's feelings about Santa, but don't we all need a crying Santa picture from our childhood!

Christmas Cookies and Zoo Lights

We have been having so much fun this Christmas season, I love this time of year! It has been so fun to have a child this Christmas and to see Sadie's reaction to everything, it has made it that much better. A few weeks ago we made sugar cookies, decorated them and took them to family and friends. Sadie really enjoyed eating them!

She loved the cookies!

We also were able to go to the lights at the Zoo with my family. It was a cold night, but we all wore a lot of layers and stayed suprisingly comfortable. I think Sadie thought we had lost it with all of the layers that we put on her, but she was warm! As you can tell from the picture her arms are straight out to the sides because of all of her layers. We all really liked the lights, Sadie "Ooed and Aahed" and pointed at all of the ones that she liked (i think the giraffee was her favorite). After we all went out to dinner, it was a really fun night and a fun tradition for our family!

Our Thanksgiving!

For thanksgiving this year we were with Devin's family. Sadie and I were able to go and stay at Devin's parents house after the wedding through Thanksgiving weekend. Devin went back home for a few days of work and then joined us on the Tuesday night before thanksgiving. We were able to have a lot of fun with Grandpa and Grandma and all of the Smith cousins. On Tuesday we got all of the kids together to make oreo turkeys for the place settings for Thanksgiving. It turned out being a little bit harder than we thought so the adults and Azelynn (our 4 year old niece) made the turkeys and the rest of the kids just ate candy. They did turn out pretty cute though!

On Wednesday I was able to go to Kneaders and help hand out all of the ordered pies and rolls which was fun to be able to spend time with my family. It was a little crazy at times, but with that many orders it is bound to get a little crazy - we were happy to say though that we didn't have a single lost or messed up order which is pretty amazing for that many orders - good job guys! The night before thanksgiving we had a pie party to celebrate of the birthdays in the Smith family in November (4 all within a few days of each other, including Devin's) which was really fun and I am always excited to eat pie when ever! Then on Thanksgiving day all of Devin's family was here and we had a wonderful time watching the parade, eating, playing and having fun. Sadie took a nap during Thanksgiving dinner, so Devin and I had a very relaxed dinner, we loved it! When Sadie woke up she ate her thanksgiving and loved every bite of it. We had a great week and here is a cute picture of my cute sweeties on Thanksgiving!

Slowly Catching Up!

I have been a bit behind on my blogging lately, but I am trying to catch up, so bear with me. I wanted to catch up on Thanksgiving and the fun activities we have done since then because I know there will be many Christmas pictures coming soon and I don't want to fall that far behind!

The weekend before thanksgiving Devin's youngest brother Sean got married and it was a wonderful day! We are so glad that Jean is part of our family now, we are glad that Sean found such a wonderful person to spend forever with. I was able to do the flowers and that is always fun. They got married in the Draper temple and it was a beautiful special ceremony. Then they had a luncheon and reception at the White Willow in Provo. It was fun to have the whole family together and watch Sadie run around and have fun with her cousins! It was a special day and we were grateful to be a part of it! Here are a few pictures from the day.

Sadie is ONE! and Trick of Treat!

Sadie eating her first Oreo, do you think she liked it?

On October 29th Sadie turned ONE, I can't believe my baby is one!! Her actual birthday was on a Thursday, but we decided to have her party on Saturday which was Halloween. On her actual birthday I decided that we should do something fun, so I took her to a fun center in Layton that has big blowup bouncy toys. She was a little hesitant at first, but then got into it and had a really good time. I would have to say that her favorite thing at the fun center was Skee-ball, they gave us tokens when we paid and all she wanted to do for the first half hour was play Skee-ball which was funny, but fine by me because it is my favorite arcade game! She won a slinky which she also loved and you can see she has with her in the above picture! Then that night we decided to not give her, her cake but we gave her an Oreo which she loved. I think she liked it more that her cake, so I was wishing I just gave her a pack of Oreos instead of taking a few hours to make her pumpkin cake!

The witch and spider cupcakes from Sadie's party

Devin and Sadie opening presents!

Sadie poking at her cake and my hands showing how to really get in there!

On Saturday we had her party over lunch and both our families came. Sadie was a little overwhelmed and confused, but I think that is normal at every one year old party. I tried to get things that she lived, so I put jack-o-lantern punch balloons around and that seemed to make her happy! We had a yummy lunch and we made spider web cupcakes and witches for dessert, Sadie had her pumpkin shaped cake. She loves to eat, so we thought she would dive right in, but then realized she was nervous with everyone watching her, so she kind of just poked at her cake. When I put pieces in her mouth though, she did seem to like it! While Devin opened her presents all she really wanted to do was suck on a carrot, but now that we are home she is really liking all of her toys, books and clothes! Thank you to everyone who came, thank you for all of the wonderful presents and for celebrating with us.

Sadie the Butterfly!

After the party Sadie took a 3 hour nap, she partied hard, and then we got ready to go trick or treating! She looked adorable in her butterfly costume, but it was hard to get a good picture of her because she just wanted to chase my parents dog, Kosi and feed her crackers. So I don't think I really got a still picture of her the whole night! In my parents neighborhood they have a big park and everyone brings their cars and goes trunk or treating. It was so much fun, Sadie loved trick or treating with Carson, Brynnley, Daddy, Grandpa, Aunt Val and me (Grandma and Uncle Kyle manned the candy). I don't think she really knew what was going on, but when Devin showed her the sucker, she knew she liked what ever we were doing. I think most of all though she loved all of the dogs, she just loves dogs! A lot of people had brought their dogs with them down to the park, so she was really excited and would say "Dog, Dog" every time she saw or pet one. We had a really fun night!!

Sadie in now 20.72 lbs (45%) and 28.94 in (45%). She is loving being able to walk around and get into everything, she is pretty much running. She loves music and dances every time it comes on, I love it! She loves her stuffed animals, especially her giraffe that she sleeps with. She would love to have him with her every where but we make her leave him in her crib when she is not sleeping. Right now she loves carrying things back and forth to us and showing things to us. She loves balls; all kinds, big or small, she gets excited about all of them. She is babbling all of the time, but the words she can say are; Mama, Dada and Dog. She loves dogs and started off calling just dogs, dogs, but at the moment all animals are dogs! She makes us laugh everyday playing peekaboo behind doors, she thinks she is so funny. She also loves hitting her mouth and making "Indian noises", which is pretty interesting during church! She likes running away and then being chased and caught! We love her so much and are so grateful she is ours! Happy 1st Birthday Baby!

Carving Pumpkins 2009

Sadie helping get all of the seeds and guts out, what a good helper!

My two favorite people with our cute pumpkins!

The bat and the butterfly!

Tonight we carved our pumpkins, one of my favorite Halloween activities. It is funny that I love to carve them because I am really not that good at it. I usually do the scraping out and Devin does the carving, but this year I had to carve Sadie's for her! We decided to do a bat, I guess just for Halloween and then a butterfly which is what Sadie is going to be for Halloween. We set Sadie up on the table, so that she could help and she was in heaven. I thought she would want to get down or stand on the table, but she just sat there and helped. She was fascinated watching Daddy cut the pumpkins and then amazed as she looked inside. When Devin took the tops off she hurried to look over the edge inside and then looked up at us amazed with what she saw. Then she got excited as I started the pull all of the seeds and guts out, which actually is my favorite part. She is definitely my daughter because I think this was her favorite part too, she took a big spoon and was trying to help. She looked kind of shocked when I let her play in the guts and seeds, looking at me like mom you usually tell me no when I get into messy stuff! Then as Devin and I carved she sat and watched and sucked on the chunks we cut out, that's okay right because pumpkins are edible?! It was a fun night , Devin did an awesome job carving (thanks for carving ours Sweetie!) and Sadie liked it a lot more than we had anticipated. Happy Carving and Happy Halloween!

Fall Fun!

Sadie and I at the Barnyard Boo!

The kids and I jumping on the big pillow at Cornbelly's, I love all of their faces!

On the hayride at Cornbelly's!

A couple of weekends ago Sadie and I went down to stay at my parents for the weekend, we had a blast! We went down on Thursday morning and I had a consultation for a wedding that I am doing the flowers for in December for a stranger, it is really fun to be getting some clients (thanks mom for watching Sadie)! Then that afternoon I made a bridal bouquet for my soon to be sister in law, Jean. She was getting her bridals taken and she looked gorgeous! Sadie had a good time playing at Grandpa and Grandma Smith's that afternoon, she was Grandma's shadow! Then on Friday I was able to go to lunch with two of my good friends from high school, Angela and Mary. Angela was in town for a few days, so we got together for lunch. We had a blast talking about life then and now, I am so grateful for such wonderful friends! Then on Friday afternoon Val, my mom and I took the kids for The Barnyard Boo at Thanksgiving Point. Sadie had fun looking at all of the animals, she was calling them all "dos" aka dogs. It was fun to watch her get so excited! Then Devin came down that evening and we had a fun dinner at Kyle and Val's. We have a blast watching all of the kids play, I love that Sadie can play with the kids now. Then Devin went hunting with his brothers on Saturday and Sadie and I went to Cornbellys with my family. The kids had a blast and so did the adults, I think I had just as much fun on the big bouncy pillow as the kids! We jumped on the bouncy toys, went down the slides, took a hayride, went in a 3-D haunted house, rode the animal train, shot pumpkins, watched the chicken show, and did the cornmaze. What a fun day and such a fun weekend!

SCaRy HiLL

Sadie running away fron FRanKEnStEIN!

Sadie and her two balls, one the guy at the front gave her and my ball that she kept picking up off the green!

Devin and Sadie under the SPooKY OnEYeD SpIDEr!

On Monday for family night we decided to go minature golfing, we went to SCaRy HiLL! It is a minature golf course near our house that they turn in to a halloween course and we thought it would be fun. Sadie loved it! Even though she didn't golf, the guy at the front let her carry a ball around and she was in heaven. She loved walking up and down the greens and looking at all of the halloween stuff and trying to get our balls after we hit them! She loves being able to walk around on her own, she liked it a lot more than we thought she would. We had a blast, Devin won and I got a hole in one!

The Pumpkin Patch

This past weekend we went to the pumpkin patch with my family, we had so much fun. I look forward to this every year, but this year was even more fun because Sadie and Devin were there. Last year Devin couldn't come with us and Sadie was still inside me, needless to say this year was a lot more fun! We go to the pumpkin patch in Pleasant Grove called Hee Haws and love picking our pumpkins out of the patch, taking the hayride, searching for gourds, and going down the big slide.

Our family at the entrance

Sadie and I playing

Kyle and Devin racing down the big slide, the big and little kids had just as much fun on the big slide and yes dad I did beat you!

Sadie on a pile of pumpkins, what a cutie!

Grandpa pulling Carson and Sadie in the wagon. Carson was so cute holding on to Sadie making sure she was safe!

Thanks for another fun year at the patch!

11 Months

Her cute giraffe robe!

Her penguin that she loves and carries around with her 75% of the time!

Sadie is 11 months old, time goes by so quickly! She is really walking now, she walks every where and prefers it to crawling. She is still a little wobbly, but stays up most of the time! It is so fun to watch her walk and get excited about walking. We have noticed that she always likes to be carrying something in one hand when she is walking, usually it is either a ball or a stuffed animal. She is talking more and babbles to herself a lot. Her favorite word to say is still Da Da, but Ma Ma is happening a little bit more these days, she also loves to say "D" when she sees or we talk about dogs. Right now she is loving animals, especially dogs. Whenever we are on a walk and she sees a dog she gets so excited. This past weekend we were at my parents house and she just followed their dog Kosi everywhere. Now that she is walking she can actually keep up with her and just laughs whenever Kosi even touches her! Her favorite food at the moment is black beans, she loves them and gets upset if she runs out of them on her tray - we are trying to teach her patience, so far it hasn't been going so well! She was also introduced to candy, daddy let her suck a lollipop and now whenever she sees us with candy she wants it, Halloween should be interesting! We are loving this stage in her life, it is so fun to watch her change and grow everyday and we are just glad to be her parents!

I Love The Fall!!

I just love the fall, it is my favorite time of the year! I put out my fall decorations today and it made me SO HAPPY! I love the cinnamon smells of fall, the colors, leaves changing and falling, yummy breads and soups, fall clothes, fun family tradtions, being thankful, baking, and candles burning! It is just a magical time of year and I am so glad that it is here!

She did it!

Sadie has officially taken her first steps!!!! She has walked 3 or 4 steps by herself now several times, so I think we can now count it as her first steps! We are having so much fun watching her, keep walking Sadie, we are so proud of you. XOXOXO

Our Labor Day Trip to Duck Creek

For Labor Day Weekend we were able to go to Duck Creek (it's in Southern Utah) with Devin's whole family. There were 14 adults and 5 kids all in one house, it was really fun! It was really nice to all be together and to just be able to play! We played a lot of games, ate a lot of food, went four wheeling, fishing, of course watched the wonderful BYU game and just hung out talking and laughing. We always have so much fun when we are together. Sadie had so much fun with her cousins, she is the youngest but that did not stop her from trying to keep up with them! This was our view from the top of our 4 wheeler ride, it was beautiful.

Here is everyone fishing along the lake. This cabin is the perfect location because the lake is only a 5 minute walk up the trail. It was fun to be able to just go back and forth whenever we wanted to.

This is Sadie's new ride and her new favorite activity. She is so close to walking, so I thought it would be fun to get a walker for her. Some people in our ward were having a garage sale and had this little one that went from a car to a walker and they sold it to me for $5. I think is might be the best $5 I have ever spent. She loves it! The cabin had a big front porch on the front and she loved just walking back and forth or riding back and forth. All of the kids had scooters and bikes, so it was fun for them all to play on the porch.

It's so cute to watch her walk, I love it!

Here we are at the lake fishing.

Sadie and I at the lake, what a happy girl. She was so happy the whole trip, we are glad she is such a good traveler.

Sam and Camille, this is right after Camille caught her first fish.

Devin looking cute fishing, he was just reeling one in!

On Sunday afternoon we celebrated Camille, Diana and Brad's birthdays. Nicole planned this really fun butterfly party for the kids and they LOVED it. They all had so much fun playing games, going on a bug hunt and just running around. They are all at such a fun age and get so excited. Thanks Nicole for planning such a fun party, Sadie had a blast.

We had such a fun trip and miss everyone already, we can't wait until the wedding when we are all together again! Thanks Steve and June for providing such a wonderful weekend!

Wedding Flowers and Sleepless in Seattle!

In the first week of August Sadie and I were able to take a trip to Seattle. Our family friends, The Gamblins, son was getting married and they flew me up to Seattle to do the flowers for the wedding. Devin wasn't able to go with us and we missed him a ton!!! My parents and my brother and his family all came as well. The first couple of days we were there I pretty much did flowers most of the day, I think Sadie was pretty confused why I kept leaving her and not returning for hours, but she did have a great time with Grandpa and Grandma, cousins, aunt and uncle, and the Gamblins. It was hard for me to be without her, I missed her like crazy while I was doing the flowers. Thank you to everyone for your help watching Sadie while I was doing flowers!

The Bride and Groom outside the Seattle Temple with Alan and Jeri Gamblin (grooms parents)

The wedding cake, I thought it was such a cute cake!

Sophia with her bridal bouquet, she picked some really fun colors. Her dress was amazing, these pictures do not do it justice!

The day after the wedding we were able to go to the Seattle Aquarium and Pike's Place Market with just my family and we had a blast! Sadie loved the aquarium, here we are!

Sadie and I being scuba divers, it was hilarious she kept trying to chew on the wood cutout, my mom had to work hard for this picture!

Grandpa and Sadie outside the Aquarium on the docks. It was pretty cool while we were there and it made me excited for fall, I love the rain and I think I really could live in Seattle.

Sadie loved the big tanks. Here she is with her cousins Carson and Brynnley pressed up against the glass. She would squeal with delight as stuff swam by and tap on the glass. I think she could have stayed there all day, she was pretty mad when I made her move on to the next exhibit. It was really fun to watch her.

While we were in Pike's Place Market we just happened to eat at the same restaurant where they filmed a scene from Sleepless in Seattle. This just happens to be one of mine and Val's favorite movies, so we were pumped!! Here we are sitting in the exact stools that they sat on at lunch, we just kept saying that this made our day! I think it was fate that we were led there. We had a wonderful trip, it was fun to be able to do flowers, visit with friends and family, and see Seattle, but were very happy to come home and be with Devin. I don't think I can do another 5 days without him for a long while!