Can't find a decent toy ANYWHERE!

This is a video of Sadie's new hobby...emptying her toy box while sitting IN it!  She does this to both her toy box and her book box on a daily basis.  She's always on the look out for a new, more interesting toy!

Social butterfly

Little miss social will not miss a party.  We went to Uncle Alika's house to celebrate his 1st anniversary since his bone marrow transplant and Sadie stayed up almost the entire time.  We thought we caught a break when she went down at about 8:30, but 20 minutes later she was up....and she was refreshed!  She passed out again for a few minutes on Uncle Koa's shoulder, but the minute he tried to put her down, she was wide awake again!  She ended up staying awake for the rest of the night (till about midnight), when we finally gave up and decided we'd better head home.   The party animal also got a surprise from Aunty Lei....a Hello Kitty water bottle and backpack, which she LOVES!  It's always a blast with the uncles, aunties, and cousins!

Eli & Sadie - so hard to get a good pic of these two since they're always on the go!

Good job Uncle Koa (experienced daddy of 2!)

Ready for school!

Walking update

Sadie is getting braver and is taking a few more steps each day, but she still loves knee-walking :)  She's quite an expert at standing up and now enjoys wearing shoes.  

Not too sure what she was so mad about, but she is half Korean!  Joked with Uncle Corey (who thought these were Gucci shoes) and said - she just found out they're Guess and not Gucci!  ;)

Sadie also has new Hello Kitty leg warmers (totally unnecessary in this hot/humid weather, but so completely adorable, thus a total "must have").   She was thrilled!!!........with the plastic wrapping that is, and as for the leggings....uuuhhh, she didn't even notice them.  

Miss. Energetic

Sadie's walking is progressing so rapidly!  She now can get to a standing position in a variety of ways...from a squat to standing, or from all fours (butt in the air) to standing.  It's so amazing to watch her develop new skills everyday, and she understands so much!

Here are some things that she's been up to:

-crawling up stairs

-points to things when you ask where they are (bumbo, little quack book, fluoride bottle)

-babbles constantly when playing

-tries to imitate sounds or words

-has a (little bit) longer attention span, and will sit through a series of books 

-loves "Wheel of Fortune" and "Oprah," she enjoys clapping whenever the audience does 

-loves the weather report on the news (nice graphics that look like cartoons)

-enjoys being "roughed up" - chased, wrestled, flipped, poked, body slammed, etc...

Stepping up!

We knew for awhile now that Sadie could probably walk if she wanted to (with those big/thick feet to help her balance), but her extra cautious personality was preventing her from doing so....until today!  Here she goes, with a whole audience to cheer her on!