Sadie has learned some new tricks the last couple months. She can blow kisses, give hugs, and she can distinguish between mommy and daddy. She's starting to stand for a few seconds on her own. My guess is that she'll be walking in a month! Now, that'll be WEIRD/crazy/fun/TROUBLE! :) Speaking of trouble, she's getting into it a lot lately. She's a speedy crawler and when she sees me coming, she'll jet in the other direction. Too bad I'm WAY faster than her ;) She loves to crawl into our blanket basket and just lay there for 20 minutes at a time. She also climbs into our ottoman and gets stuck frequently. She loves playing with the kitchen drawers and climbs inside of them as well. She fell into the bathtub the other day and got all wet with a nice bump on her noggin. She loves to eat oatmeal, cereal bars, raisins, and fruit squeezes. Oh, and chocolate chip cookies. She'll eat a day old cookie off the floor if needed. Hypothetical situation of course.
I wrote Sadie a letter on her birthday, and I hope to make this a tradition for each of her birthdays. Here it is:
Dear
Sadie,
You are
about to turn one. I can’t believe
it! It seems like just yesterday you
laid on my chest as I looked at you, and you me, for the very first time. I thought my love for you then was
incomprehensible and overwhelming, but now a year later, I have it even
worse! You were and are the greatest
miracle in the world and you are mine. Right
after you were born, I kept repeating, “you’re so beautiful! You’re so beautiful!” That statement is still so true. You are a beautiful little girl with big blue
eyes, tiny body, and the cutest face.
You make people smile, and you’re very good at it. You are everyone’s favorite.
As I
write this letter, you are trying to fall asleep as you talk to yourself in
your crib. You learn and grow so
quickly. I love it, but it also makes me
a little sad. I miss holding you in my
arms and singing you songs. There always
comes a “last” for things that you do. I
have already nursed you for the last time, you army crawled for the last time,
you had a bath in the sink for the last time, and many other things. It’s good that you’re learning to do bigger
and better things, and I’m so proud of you each time you do.
I
remember when you were just a couple months old, I was singing “I Am a Child of
God” to you and you started to cry! It
was so cute and sad at the same time. You
have brought so much joy to me and Daddy.
You constantly make us smile and giggle.
Lately, you’ve been crawling toward the hallway when I want you to stay
in the living room with me, and when I say, “Sadie! Stay in here please!” you
turn your head toward me, smile, wave, and continue crawling toward the
hallway. You are such a stinker, but
you’re a very cute stinker! You recently
learned to clap and one evening when you were fussy, Daddy said to you, “Sadie,
can you clap?” and you stopped fussing and clapped for us with a big smile on
your face. You are always looking to
entertain us! Lately, during sacrament,
you crawl under the pews to find other families to sit with! You love to sit quietly and watch the
kids. You hardly even look back to see
if we’re still there! We’re just happy
you love people. When you have playdates
with cousins or friends, you get so excited!
You smile and wave and can’t wait to play with them. They even steal your toys sometimes, but you
don’t mind because you will either watch them play with that toy or you’ll
steal it right back!
I left
you overnight for the first time a couple months ago and I missed you so
much! I almost cried when I drove away
as you and Daddy waved to me from the front window. It’s hard to leave you because we’ve been
best buddies since the day you were born.
I think we’ll always be close.
I am so
humbled and grateful that I get to be your mommy. I have felt God’s love through you many
times. One day, I was having a hard time
and when I picked you up from your nap, you laid your head on my shoulder as I
cried. You never cuddle or sit still
when we hold you, so I felt comforted in that moment. I knew Heavenly Father loved me because he
allowed you to cuddle with me, and most importantly he let me have you as my
baby girl. I hope you can feel of the
Savior’s love as well. I know how much
He loves you because I know how much I love you, and the Savior loves you more
than I can even imagine.
I am
going to teach you many things as your grow up, but what I hope for the most is
that you will be a nice girl. I want you
to be the friend that is constantly nice to people. That’s one thing about your daddy that I
really love, he is nice to everyone… even those people who are different. Remember to be kind and loving to all. I know you will be.
I love
you, Sadie Marie. I hope you always know
that. Thank you for making me a mother
and for teaching me how to love unconditionally.
Love
always,
Mommy
On Sadie's birthday, we treated her to her favorite restaurant... The Pie Pizzeria. ;) Any excuse to go out, right? That night, we had a family birthday party and she loved all the attention from her Grandma, Aunts, Uncles and cousins. She wasn't too impressed with the cake unfortunately. She spit out the pieces that we put in her mouth. So disappointing!
We love our Sadie!!
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| Sadie loved her card from Aunt Leah, she tried to eat it! |
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| Sadie and Claire are besties |
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| She sure loves her Grandma |
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