Disneyland - January 2010

In the beginning of January my parents took Sadie and I to Disneyland! We had a fun trip! Sadie got sick with a fever the night before we left, but every time we gave her Motrin her fever would come right down and she would act fine, so we decided to still go! The first couple days she was pretty sick, but then the fever broke and she had a lot of fun! We stayed in a Disney Resort which was really nice because Val and I could walk back everyday and put the girls down for their naps! It worked out great, we loved the hotel! Sadie loved the parades, she wanted to be held because she was a little nervous of the characters, but loved the music! She would dance and clap her hands, she was SO cute! Her favorite rides were Dumbo and It's a Small World. She LOVED Toon Town. She had a huge smile on her face the whole time. I let her out of the stroller to run around and everything was at her level and her size, she just loved it! She wandered into Mickey's House and my mom and I followed her. She loved all of the little furniture and stuff they have through out his house, but she didn't know that when you got to the back of the house Mickey would be there, she was not a big fan of meeting him! It was funny because she would see Pluto and Goofy and say "Dog" and go after them, but when we got up to them she was really nervous and didn't want to see them, funny girl! It was least crowded it has ever been when we have gone, the longest we had to wait for anything was 10 minutes and that was the roller coasters and things, we mostly just walked on to everything, it was perfect! We did miss Devin A LOT and can't wait until he can come with us! Thank you Mom and Dad for such a fun fun trip!

In front of Toy Story Mania, what a fun ride!

The kids in a car in toon town, can you see that Sadie is loving life!

Christmas 2009

Our little Family in front of the Tree

All of the girls in the Ford family on Christmas Eve.

Sadie Christmas moring in front of the tree.

Sadie's favorite gift from Santa, her stroller and dolly. As you can see her ball is in there and a few other odds and ends, she loads it up with anything and everything!

All the Smith grand kids reading a bedtime story with Grandpa.

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! We were not sure how much Sadie would understand on Christmas morning, but we were pleasantly surprised with how much she like her gifts and the whole day! On Christmas Eve we went down to my parents house and had a really fun night. We had dinner, went & looked at Christmas lights, acted out the Nativity story (It was so fun to watch Brynnley be Mary, she was so excited to hold her baby and be the mom! Sadie and Carson were angels and the rest of us filled in the other parts.), read a new Christmas book, got our pajamas on and got ready for bed. The next morning Sadie woke up about 7:00 and we went up and opened her presents from Santa and from us. She got books, the Leap Frog animal sound fridge magnets (which were a hit and still are!), yogurt melts in her stocking (we could have stopped with those and she would have been happy, she pretty much ate the whole bag while opening presents, silly girl!), books, clothes, and her favorite gift of all was her stroller and her baby doll. We were afraid that she would be a little to young for the stroller, but it was her favorite thing. All day on Christmas she kept loading up all of her stuff in the stroller and pushing it around, it was really cute! Devin got me a new Camelback Backpack which I love love love! I got Devin a Swiss Army knife and a sweater and few smaller items! After we did our little family Christmas, Kyle and Val and the kids and my grandparents came from their houses and we opened all of our gifts with my family. Our big gift from my parents was a new TV and we are SO grateful, thanks mom and dad! Sadie got so many fun toys, she is one lucky girl, thank you for all of the wonderful stuff everyone!! Then we had a very relaxing day just playing with toys, eating, talking and being together - my favorite kind of Christmas!

We spent several fun days with my family, we went swimming, went to see Princess and the Frog, played a lot of games and just had fun being together! Then a few days before New Years we went over to stay with Devin's family and had a lot of fun. We celebrated Christmas with them and had a good time! We spent New Year's eve together having yummy soup and playing games. We had a Bunko tournament, I had never played Bunko and had a really fun time! I actually ended up winning, as you know I am really competitive, so I was pretty excited! June and Nicole even had prizes, it was a fun night! It was so fun to be able to have a child this Christmas Season and celebrate with her. We loved watching her eyes light up and her excitement over the little things. We had a great holiday and feel so blessed!

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!