Sadie's Frist Drink in a Bar

Lyndie and I went down to Athfest for a little while on Friday night. We didn't stay long because we wanted to go to James' game. Before we left for the game, we stopped by Trappeze Pub so we could all get a drink. (Just for the record, Lyndie had an americano and I had the Augustinerbrau Maximator which is virtually perfect.)

For those who may not know, Trappeze Pub just bought what used to be Hot Corner Coffee and expanded into that space. They are now serving food and coffee. It was nice to sit and look out the windows at the people passing by. We saw several families out, and it was fun to think about having Sadie at Athfest as she grows up. (As I am writing this post my 13, yeah that's right, 13 years of grammar is coming back to haunt me. I realized that I just ended my last two sentences with prepositions. My final word on that "rule" is that it is a habit up with which I will not put.)

Sadie's First Wedding

Sadie's first dance with her Dad. They looked pretty cute! I was so proud to belong to them!


Grandpa and Nonni with Sadie. Apparently, she didn't like the song. I think the band was playing the hokey-pokey.



This is Sadie with Jacqueline, who was my mom's next door neighbor and best friend growing up and has been apart of our family ever since. She is one of the most witty and funny people I know and is one of my favorite people in the world. We don't get to hang out that much, but every time we do; there is a story to tell. (Trudy, Toranado, and Bruce)

I might be a bad blogger!

When we started this blog I was scared that I would be bad about keeping it up, and I think I am!

Sadie and I had a pretty busy week. We had lunch with Jessica at Marti's, visited Cynthia at the bank, went to Grandpa's work, went to lunch with MeMe and visited Polo, shopped with Kelley, and went to House Fellowship. Friday was the only day we were at home during the day!

Friday night we went to AthFest for about an hour before we went to Sadie's first baseball game. My brother James is on the Allstar team for Jackson County. She was awake and alert for just about the whole game! My mom is usually pretty loud at ball games, but we told her she couldn't yell if she held Sadie. She decided she would hold Sadie and keep the cheering down a little! We had a good time and James won his game! They played again yesterday and lost, won this morning, and played again at 5 tonight. I haven't heard the results yet.

Little Miss Thing

We took Sadie outside for a little while Saturday afternoon to hang out by the pool. James enjoyed floating around in the pool while Sadie enjoyed being held in the shade. Unfortunately the sun was still bright in the shade and Sadie didn't want to open her eyes. She had just received these glasses as a gift from James' co-worker, Dan, so we decided to try them out. She actually liked them and opened her eyes when she had the glasses on.

Don't worry - we didn't keep Sadie out in the hot too long. Her uncle James took her inside while we stayed by the pool. Nonni and Grandpa came over later with some homeade ice cream. It was a wonderful summer day.

Daddy's Girl

I took this picture when we had been home about 30 minutes. They were both exhausted. James is such an awesome dad! He definitely knows how to soothe her when she's upset. He's a pretty good diaper changer, too! Sadie loves to be on her Daddy's chest.

Who Needs Big Brothers?

I used to say that I wanted to have a son first so my daughter could have a big brother to look out for her. Sadie doesn't have a big brother, but she doesn't really need one - she has Uncle James and Jeb. These guys are a little crazy about our little girl. They came over to our house to help James out in the yard some more. We had to pull over half way home so they could switch seats to get equal riding time next to Sadie.

We went over to my parents house to cook out Friday night and James didn't really like letting other people hold her. Sadie is a lucky girl to have such an adoring uncle.

James isn't her only adoring uncle, though. John and Paul haven't got to meet her yet, but we're letting her know that Uncle John and Uncle Paul are pretting amazing, too!

First Week Home

James stayed home with me this week and we had a great week despite some crazy sleep
patterns! We came home from the hospital for the second time last Saturday. Sunday, Grandpa and Nonni came over to help us with Sadie and some yard work. Our yard was starting to look like a jungle! After the work, Sadie spent some time with her grandparents outside - I think she already likes it outside!
Sadie also had her first bath this week. She didn't fuss as much as I expected. I remember watching my little brother get his first bath and he hollered a lot more than Sadie did. Here are a couple of pictures from that adventure!