Sick Puppy...

My poor little peanut came down with a fever last night! I feel so bad for her because there's not much I can do for her - just lots of snuggle time and movies out on the couch. Daddy even surrendered his spot in the bed so she could snuggle momma.... what a guy! We're going to see the doctor this afternoon to see what's up - kind of a weird time of year to be getting sick. We all made it through flu season healthy (despite not getting the shot - stick it to the man!)

I leave for camp a week from tomorrow - I actually feel somewhat prepared. That's a little scary. I'm excited, though, and not nearly as nervous as last year.

Ok, this wasn't today, but I had to get this on here somewhere. Too cute to pass up!

Hooray! I'm back for more!

So I know anyone who reads this can tell that I'm obviously not a "professional" blogger. I'm not on here nearly regular enough to actually remember how to change stuff (it only took me the last couple weeks to get the background the way I want it and I just now, after much struggle, got our picture at the top to not be ginormous).

Anyhow, Miss Sadie is growing like a weed and the weather's finally really nice here so we've been spending a lot of time outside. I finally have a jogging stroller (thanks to a friend of mine who managed to find a great one at a garage sale) and it's been working out for Sadie and I really well. She kinda gets the better end of the deal, since she gets to ride while I sweat my butt off (hopefully that's what is actually happening - that's the goal, anyway). But it's nice to get into the habit of running again. I've managed to do about 45 minutes 3 times a week and haven't collapsed yet!

Other "news" of late is that I finally finished our wedding album! It's only been 6 years, give me a break. I'm pretty excited to see it finished, it turned out pretty nice. Now onto the honeymoon album! I'm also in search of a new album for Sadie after her first birthday... still got some work to do.

I'm getting really excited for camp this year! I feel way more prepared than I was last summer. I may even include some pix this year - after all, there is more to my life than just being a momma (but that is a pretty fun part!)

Another iron in the fire is homeschooling. I know, psycho, she's not even two yet.... I'm just doing some research now so I feel like I've got a little handle on the process before I actually jump in with both feet. I welcome any suggestions for reliable Christian homeschooling resources! The more prepared I am the better. I didn't realize how many different methods there are and there is TONS of support in this area alone. I'm excited to start, but I don't want to rush things, either. I'm definitely enjoying the toddler phase!

On the mend....

After a couple days on the couch (and LOTS of time at night needing extra snuggles), Sadie is starting to perk up a bit. I was happy when I came back home after just a couple hours away to find that she had made a nice mess again with her toys in the living room - a true sign of a happy kid!

Cookies with Momma

Ok, this was WAY too much fun to watch - Sadie and cookie dough! Although she wasn't much help with the actual production of the cookies, she was pretty helpful with clean-up.

A nice day to be at home

I really gotta get better about updating... I would love to be as talented as some of my friends with their super-cute blogs, but I have to admit, I'm a little ADD. I just can't seem to make myself actually keep up on this and make it witty and fun to look at.

But, I do love taking pix of my favorite little girl. She is getting so big! She loves to watch the Christmas tree and tries very hard NOT to touch the ornaments. But they're so tempting that she sometimes has to put her hands behind her back to resist the urge to grab them.

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OMG!! Nobody wants to see that...

Ok, I admit that until now all I have talked about is my daughter which - as anyone with children knows - is pretty much par for the course. A little back-story...

I have worked very hard over my first year of mommy-hood to lose my "baby weight". I am very proud to say that it took me nine months to gain the weight (with baby, close to 50 pounds) and nine months to lose it all. Now, I am stuck at where I had been before I got pregnant, which is trying to lose another 15 pounds. After having a "fat day" yesterday and slacking on the healthy eating for a while I have decided that now is the time to crack down and get rid of the weight I want to get rid of. I am just going to take this one week at a time, but my goal is to go to the gym at least 3 days a week.

Now, going to the gym for me means getting up at about 6 so I can be there and back before Aaron has to go to work and Sadie is up and around for the day. So I was already pretty proud of myself when I made it there this morning.

Anyone who has worked out in a gym knows about the locker rooms and the fact that there's always at least one person who is WAY to comfortable in their own skin and feels the need to walk around totally or partially naked. Mind you, I have not been in the gym in at least 3 months. I managed - today - to see that same woman that I have seen on numerous other occasions in the same lack-of-clothes doing "the dance" that you do when you're putting your underwear on after taking a shower. Yuck!!! Right as I walk in after running on the treadmill, I've already made it in and out of the locker room once already, and there she is! I don't ever really see her actually exercising, just baring all in the locker room.

Needless to say, I am not that excited about going back tomorrow. Maybe I can just leave everything in the car....

my baby is now a little girl...

I've just been noticing recently that Sadie is really starting to look like a little girl instead of a little baby. I love watching her figure things out and do things for the first time. She's started walking a little - usually 4-5feet at a time - and yesterday she walked all the way out to the car holding hands with Aaron and I. She was so proud of herself. We've officially reached "toddler" status.

Aunt Rachel (my little sister who lives in Boston now) sent Sadie this super-cute hat the other day. I thought I'd take some pictures since it fits just perfect right now and I don't know for sure how long that will last!

a visit to Gramma & Grampa's

After a full day without a fever, we decided to have some R&R at gramma's... who better to make you feel better after being sick? It was a lot of fun because we broke out a bunch of toys that I used to play with as a little one - Sadie had lots of fun with them.

I got to raid my mom's stash of scrapbooking goodies and catch up on some pages I haven't had much chance to work on. And then there was this experiment with an ear of corn...

Grampa is always lots of fun to play with, too!

We've spent today catching up on laundry and hanging out at home. Sadie can't wait to visit Gramma and Grampa again really soon!

so what is croupe anyway?

So Miss Sadie has been battling (and winning!) with a fever the last day and a half, so last night we took her to the ER and after lots of tests and prodding in various orafices (she was NOT happy!) they came to the conclusion that it must be something viral - which has apparently been going around - and/or the early stage of croupe (is there an "e"? I don't know...). Yuck! So the poor kid got tylenol, motrin, and decadron and today is feeling TONS better. Outside of her schedule being a little out of whack, she seems to be back to her old self - praise God!

Now, I feel like I'm some kind of bad mom for "letting" her get sick and am now in the process of sterilizing all of her toys as well as our entire apartment. :-)

My gross feat of the day was cleaning out our garbage tote that sits outside on our porch. It was growing things in it... nasty buggy-type things. I went through three cleaning rags (I threw them away - I'm not cleaning those things!) and LOTS of disinfectant and made all kinds of oogey faces in the process, but I think we are sufficiently de-bugged.

Side-note on something funny that happened last week... Sadie got bit by some little boy in the nursery at church (NOT funny - but she didn't get hurt and I don't think it phased her) and of course, the ladies working there felt terrible but he managed to bite two kids in about 15 seconds. The funny part was what instantly popped into my head - I need to teach my daughter how to fight. If I teach my sweet little princess to give a mean right hook to the chin, we no longer have an issue. Is that wrong? I found myself telling her as she smiled at me, "that's okay honey, you don't ever start stuff with anybody, but you're not gonna get in trouble for finishing them". Aaron definitely agreed, but had a few choice words he wanted to share with the little boy's dad. And so it begins....