Busy weekend w/ the aunties and uncles

It was a fun filled weekend!  On saturday, Aunty Kara and Aunty Cheryl came to visit.  Aunty Cheryl brought baby Noah, who is now 4 months old and looks almost the same size as Sadie (and not to mention wears the same size diapers as her!)  He was such a good sport....he just sat quietly in the bumbo chair while Sadie pulled his hair, patted his head, and poked him!

Sadie got her (early) first b-day present from Aunty and Noah...a TWEETY BIRD ROCKING CHAIR -- just what she wanted (although mommy got more excited than Sadie did). We were so bummed when we took it out of the wrapping and noticed that one of the parts were broken....oh well, amazon will have to send a new one!  Aunty Kara (who always get the biggest smiles from Sadie -- somehow I think Sadie knows her first beanie and blanket were made with love by this aunty) also brought Sadie a present - Humu's colorul ocean (book), which Sadie played with all afternoon.

On sunday, the whole family was off to accompany daddy to his NFL fantasy football draft at Uncle Ryan and Aunty Jenn's new home.  Sadie had the time of her life there (after an initial crying episode when we first got there).  Next time we go there for a visit, Sadie will have a new cousin, B-boy, who is set to make an appearance in October!

Defective book, lol 

Start steppin'

A big day for Sadie...as she took her first official step tonight!  Everyone was so excited, but it seems Sadie was even more excited!!   Overall, she is very cautious with standing and walking, so her falls so far have been minimal and relatively painless....hopefully that continues.  Such a bitter-sweet moment, as I was excited for this day, but it also signifies the end of the "baby" stage.

"Tough Customer"

Today, Daddy sent a video text message titled: "Tough customer."  It's one of the funniest videos I've ever seen...

All I can say is, NO WONDER it takes daddy an hour to feed her sometimes! LOL.  It's crazy how patient and calm he remains as she is being what I call "gently uncooperative."  She's also been doing a lot of that "smirking" recently, which daddy says is her being "cocky."

10 Months & a BIG SCARE

Two bottom teeth in full-effect, with 4 more coming in on the top

Sadie is now 10 months old...and with that we got the hugest scare of our lives.  The three of us were driving home from the Damien fundraiser car wash (for Eddie K) and going to make a stop at Sam's Club to buy Sadie's soy formula, when all of a sudden we both heard a strange noise coming from the back seat.  We turned, and Sadie seemed to be CHOKING.  The whole incident is quite a blur because it all happened so fast. But basically Vail pulled over, and as he was pulling over I jumped into the back and took her out of her car seat.  As I was taking her out, I could see her hair pin in her mouth so I pulled it out, and as I did that she simultaneously vomited.  I'm actually not sure if she really was choking, or she was gagging from the pin hitting her throat, but either way.....it's a lesson learned (that should have been avoided) but will never happen again.  RULE #1 for riding in the car: NO eating or playing with any small objects (or having any objects that are accessible to baby)!  Needless to say, we skipped the trip to Sam's and went straight home to clean up / change clothes.  On the drive home, Sadie was still sobbing a bit and while I was telling her "mommy shouldn't leave the pin in your hair, mommy won't do that anymore," she kept turning her head side to side saying "no, no, no, no"....so hopefully she's learned her lesson as well  :]

GRINDER

A few days ago, I freaked out when I heard the sound of rocks clanging together....coming from Sadie's mouth!  I checked out her mouth throughly and was puzzled when I did not find any foreign objects, so I concluded that it was my imagination playing tricks on me.  Fast forward to two days later...I heard the sounds again, and then realized that she is sprouting new teeth from her upper gums, and she was GRINDING her teeth!  AIYA!

Just to be sure it wasn't a problem, I gave our dentist's office a call and according to Aunty Shari, the grinding is nothing to be concerned about, it is "just Sadie's way of releasing stress and tension"....what stress and tension?....she gives US stress and tension!  LOL.  This whole grinding thing just reinforces what we all know about her....she is very inTENSE!   :)

Update: there are FOUR teeth coming out on the top!...that's a lot of grinding!

Big girl stuff...

A few weekends ago we were at Bryce's first birthday party where there was no shortage of babies and toddlers.  There was so much to catch up on with all of our friends...some of whom have also recently made the extreme life change of becoming parents.  While you try not to compare your child to others, it's hard not to notice developmental differences in them.  Well....there was one baby there (Kanoe's daughter, Kaimi)  that was only 7 months old....and she....was drinking from a cup w/ a straw!  OMG / LOL, I felt like Sadie was so "behind."  But low and behold....Sadie can do it, she just hadn't tried it until now!!

Trickster

Can't believe she actually did some of her tricks for me, although you can tell she is somewhat reluctant to!  She must have REALLY appreciated her dinner tonight!  (Thanks to tech-savvy Aunty Jenn....I now have a trick of my own to get these videos to come out nicer!)