Summertime Fun

What we have been up so far this summer.....SWIMMING - lots and lots of swimming! Sadie is turning into a fish, between swimming at Cherry Hill and for the past 2 weeks we have been taking Mommy and Me swim lessons! Sadie has loved swim lessons and every morning she wants to get her swimming suit on and says "water." Her favorite part of swim lessons are jumping off the side of the pool to me and blowing bubbles in the water. Usually by the time we get home for her nap she is tired and I like it!

PLAYING IN THE YARD AND AT THE PARK - we are loving playing outside in the backyard with bubbles, chalk, and in the tree swing. We also loving picking food in our garden, Sadie gets so anxious to pick stuff that she keeps picking out green strawberries and eating them. We also have been playing at the park with friends a lot, she loves the slides and the bridges.

POPSICLES - it is definitely summer because we just have to eat a Popsicle everyday! If you haven't tried the "Popsicle Mighty Minis" you should. They are for little kids and are the size of a lipstick, they are slow melt and just perfect for little Sadie.

PARTIES - here is Sadie at Carson's birthday party eating a cupcake, do you think she liked it? We had a blast at the party jumping on the trampoline, eating cake and playing with cousins.

TREATS - we love making treats at our house and I love my little helper!

WAGON RIDES - we love our wagon and take rides almost daily. Here are Sadie and her friend Leah on the Lagoon Trail taking a ride and eating a snack.

FEEDING THE DUCKS - we love feeding the ducks and Sadie asks to do it almost daily.

We are loving summer and having a blast!

"Bunga Bay Baby"

For our nephew Carson's 5th Birthday my side of the family all went to Cowabunga Bay, a water park here in Utah. As I was walking in holding our niece Brynnley's hand she just kept saying to me, "Bunga Bay Baby!!", I loved it! They kids were so excited, as you can see from the excitement on their little faces. Sadie was so excited she wouldn't even take her nap, we could hear her in her crib saying,"Cars, Brynnie, Popi, Water" and then laugh. It was such a fun day, thanks Mom and Dad!The kids waiting to go into the park, so excited! I think this is the best picture we have ever taken of them, everyone was looking and everyone was smiling, what an accomplishment!

Sadie kissing the birthday boy! Carson would lay on the cement to get warm when he got out of the water and Sadie just kepting going over and kissing him for no reason, we all thought it was so cute!

Our family!

Cute little McKay decked out for the pool, he was so good and happy the whole time.

My Dad and Kyle

What a fun day, we can't wait for Cherry Hill and another water day with everyone!

Father's Day!

Sadie, Devin and my Dad at the Zoo on the Carousel

We had a wonderful Father's Day! Devin was able to sleep in while Sadie and I made French toast with strawberries for Daddy. She colored a card and then we woke Devin up for breakfast and gifts. Sadie had picked out these dog water squirters for Devin at the store to give to him and she was so excited for him to see them. Before he was really even awake she was yelling "Daddy, dogs' and trying to hand them to him. Once he had a look at them she wanted them back immediately, I knew at the store when she picked them out for Daddy that they might have really been for her!! We also got Devin tickets to a Bees Baseball game to go with the guys in my family. That evening most of the Smith family came to our house for a bbq, it was fun to have everyone see our house and all be together. We had a really good day and I am so grateful for the Dads in my life. Devin is such an amazing father, Sadie is one lucky girl. He loves her so much and can't wait to play with her everyday when he gets home from work. We are so blessed to have him. I am also grateful for a wonderful Dad and Father in law, we are so lucky to have them as our dads and grandpa!

National Doughnut Day!

Sadie and I went to Krispy Kreme on Friday for National Doughnut Day and got our free doughnuts. As you can see someone really enjoyed their doughnut! She also really enjoyed watching them make the doughnuts, she kept pacing up and down the glass where they made them saying, "Ooh Mama doughnuts!" Thanks Krispy Kreme!

A Wonderful Mother's Day!

My mom, Sadie, Grandma and I before church on Mother's Day in front of our house- I love this picture of us! We had a wonderful Mother's Day! My day started out great with Devin and Sadie letting me sleep in, that always makes a day a little bit better. Then they made me breakfast and gave me a hanging basket and a homemade card from Sadie. Then my parents and grandparents came up to our house to go to church with us. It was fun to have visitors with us at church and to have a few more hands to manage Sadie. Church is during Sadie's nap time and everyone kept saying that since she was always moving that if she stopped then she would fall asleep! Then after church Kyle, Val and the kids and my cousin Hannah and her husband Michael all joined us for a barbeque in our backyard. Devin and I decided that for our anniversary, mothers day and fathers day, we would combined it all and get one big gift. We got a patio set and barbeque. We love them and it was so fun to have everyone together at our house. We have a big tree in our backyard which gives a lot of shade, so it was perfect weather for the evening. We had a great day and thanks to our family for coming to us! I am so grateful to have such a wonderful mother who is kind, caring, loving, supportive, fun, and considerate. Thank you for being an amazing mom and example to me, I love you so much. I am truly grateful to be a mother, I feel blessed everyday to be Sadie's mom!

Happy 3rd Anniversary to US!

Today is our 3rd Anniversary and I wanted to tell Devin how much I love him! Marrying you was the best decision that I have ever made. Thanks for being my husband and best friend. Thank you for making me happier that I ever knew that I could be. What a wonderful and special day we had 3 years ago, I will always cherish that day as one of the best of my life. I am grateful for the wonderful years we have had together and for the ones we have ahead, I am so glad that I get to spend them with you. I love you!

Sadie is 18 Months Old!

I know that it has been forever since I have posted anything (remodeling, moving and loving our new house, holidays, flowers for 3 weddings - kind of took over my life), but today is an important day and I wanted to make sure that I remembered it! My baby is 18 months old, I can't believe she is 1 and half, where has all of the time gone!

Sadie,

You are so much fun! You make each day fun at our house and we are so glad that you are ours! You are talking so much- mostly about dogs, Cinderella, belle, food and going outside. You love Cinderella at the moment and want to watch her, color a picture of her, take a bath with your toys of her, pretty much if it involves Cinderella you love it! You love going to cousin Brynnley's house and playing all of her Cinderella stuff. You frequently say, "Rella, see Brynnley", I think you two will be best buds once you figure out how to share with each other! You also love your Cinderella shirt, even though it doesn't fit over your belly anymore you still drape it on your back or around your neck and still wear it. Speaking of your belly, you are 24 lbs (55%) and are in the 99 percentile for height- still wondering how you are my child.

You love to eat all of the time. Since Easter you have developed a great love for candy and are frequently coming up to me and saying, "nandy." You are also loving fruit snacks, I think you developed your deep love for them at grandpa and grandma ford's house where they let you eat 3 packs at a time! No wonder you love going to their house, just kidding! But you also still love the healthy food too, you love grapes, strawberries, peas, apples (or appies as you call them), carrots, and beans. Below is a picture of you with a your first pudding pack. I gave it to you with a spoon and then went to wash some dishes, I came back and this is how I found you! You had eaten most of it with the spoon, but were trying to lick out the bottom. Needless to say, we took a bath after a few pictures!

You are loving our new house, you love the space and are constantly running circles around the kitchen and the family room. You love the backyard and always say, "side" , for outside. You always want to be outside and are not liking this spring weather where it is warm and then cold. You love the playground, especially the slide, if we even pass a playground or house with a slide you want to get out immediately. You do not walk anywhere, but are always running. Your run is the cutest because your little legs fly out to the side as you run - we love it! You love the new wagon that we bought with your gift card to TOYS R US from great grandpa and grandma Ford (thank you so much) and want to go on walks all of the time. We go outside and you say "ride" and climb in your wagon, we are probably taking 2 to 3 walks a day- I am starting to walk enough with you that some days I don't even have to go running! Dogs are still your favorite and you are constantly standing at our front screen door trying to figure out a way to get out to see the dog across the street.

You love books right now, weather they are Elmo (or Ernie as you call him), Cinderella (rella), ABC, animals, touch and feel, Jesus books, you love them! We love that you are always finding the church books in the house and looking for the pictures of Jesus. As we turn the pages you say "Jesus" and get so excited for each picture of Him. You love the picture of Jesus and the lamb, but of course you think it is a dog which we think is pretty cute! You love stickers and sticker books - it is the best way to keep you occupied at church. You are starting to also love coloring with crayons and want to get in your highchair and color all of the time.

You are Miss Independent and love to do things on your own. You want to get up and down by yourself, put things together by yourself, turn things on by yourself, brush your teeth by yourself. Most of the time we love that you are independent, but sometimes if scares us a little bit because you are a climber and are kind of fearless. At the park you don't want help getting up or down, but love the high slides of course. We try to help you discretely, so that you don't get mad, but are there so that you don't fall and break something! You are friendly to strangers, like in the grocery store we are rolling along and you are waving and saying hi and bye to everyone. But when we introduce you to some one you become shy. We love your little personality!

(I love this picture of you, you can just see how independent and determined you are!)

Sadie, you are at such a fun age and I wish that we could just keep you small forever. You are going up way to fast for us! We love to watch you learn and go and keep us laughing each day. We love you more than we can express, we love you sweet girl!

Love,
Mommy and Daddy