Sadie {10 Months}

And here we are at 10 months old already! We've started affectionately referring to her as "Hurricane Sadie" this last month. She is *everywhere* and into *everything*! But she couldn't be sweeter! 💕

Just a hint of that crinkly nose smile we love so much! 

We didn't take any weekly pictures of her this month! 😔I think it's because getting her dressed is like a full body workout. Quite the challenge! I want to do better for next month.

- She's wearing 6-12 month and some 12 month clothes. We can still squeeze her into some 9 month pajamas, but she's mostly in 12 month ones. She's still in a size 3 diaper.

- Sadie is eating so well. She's eating food three times a day. We're still doing mostly purees since she still has *zero* teeth {what?!}! We will give her little bites of whatever we're eating, too. We ate at Taziki's for Emery's birthday and Sadie *loved* the chicken, rice, and pita! Some of her favorites seem to be apples, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, and mangoes. It seems like she'll eat anything as long as it's mixed with one of those.

- She is still taking a bottle four times a day and usually drinks the full 8 ounces.

- Sleep is going great! Her schedule is becoming more and more consistent which is nice! She wakes up between 7:00-7:30, takes her first nap around 9:00-9:30 {usually 1.5-2 hours}, takes her second nap around 1:00-1:30 and will usually sleep until 3:00-3:30. Then she takes her last bottle around 6:30 and is usually in bed by 7:00. She usually handles changes in her schedule pretty well, too. We can sometimes push a nap or bedtime a little later if we need to and she does okay. One Sunday, she completely skipped her first nap {and was still happy!}, but then she made up for it that afternoon by taking a 4 hour nap!

- Sadie is jabbering away all the time! Lots of mama, dada, baba, yaya, lala, and she added nana! I don't know how much she associates mama and dada with us, but it sure is sweet to hear her say it! She smiles big when we talk back to her!

- She absolutely loves her pacis and we use them as a way to get her to come back to us. If she's going somewhere I don't want her to, I'll show her her paci and she'll come crawling right back to it.

- Sadie can dance, wave {very energetically with both arms!}, and cruise all over the place if she's holding on to something. She will pull up on anything and everything which means we really can't take our eyes off of her! She's even stood without support for a few seconds a couple of times. We finally had to put a gate at the bottom of the stairs because she wouldn't stay away!

- If the dishwasher is open, she makes a beeline for it! I was right there beside her unloading it, and before I knew it, she was standing on the door!!

- Her hair is getting so long and is getting little curls in the back and on the sides. It's precious.

- She clicks her tongue! She used to do it back to me all the time, but now she really only does it back to Emery. Emery loves that!

- Sadie can't enough bouncing. She loves bouncing on her sit-to-stand elephant and it's just the cutest. She also loves bouncing on our laps. If we stop, she starts kicking her legs until we start again. 😂

We couldn't be more thankful for our sweet Sadie. I'm hoping these next couple of months will just crawl by so we can enjoy every last second of her being a baby!

  

Sadie {9 Months)

Our little Sadie is 9 months old! It just seems so darn close to that first birthday that I'm totally not ready for. So much has happened this month with Sadie! She's growing up way too fast.

We have gotten really behind on our weekly pictures of Sadie and this is the only one we have from this month.

38 Weeks - Our little valentine 💗

- We had her 9 month checkup on 2/20 and she has grown a lot! She was 21 pounds 14.5 ounces (90th percentile), 30.75 inches long (95th percentile), and her head circumference was 17.25 inches (50th percentile). She's already almost as big as Emery was on her first birthday! 

- She's wearing 6-12 month and some 12 month clothes. Her 9 month pajamas are almost too small, so she's been wearing mostly 12 month ones. She's still in a size 3 diaper.

- Sadie *loves* to eat! We're doing food 2-3 times a day now and she's doing great! She's tried carrots, peas, turkey, cheese, fresh green beans, yogurt melts, watermelon, strawberry, apple cinnamon oatmeal, banana peanut butter oatmeal, and probably a few other things that I can't remember. She didn't like the carrots and peas on their own at all, but would eat them once we mixed another fruit or butternut squash with it. She gets excited when she sees us with her bowl and spoon and if she's really liking something, we really can't feed her fast enough! Her mouth goes open so fast and she leans toward the spoon! The only thing she doesn't like about eating is when we clean her face afterwards. *Hates* it!

- She is still taking a bottle four times a day and usually drinks the full 8 ounces. We have a hungry girl! 😂

- Still no teeth! What in the world?

- Sadie is usually a great sleeper! We have started to cut out the third cat nap completely even if she doesn't take a good afternoon nap because we found that if she took a third nap, it took her forever to go to sleep at bedtime. So she usually goes to bed around 6:45-7:15 and will sleep until 6:30-7:00. She will occasionally sleep later (sometimes even until 8:00), but she's been waking up around 6:45 most mornings lately. Her naps are usually 1.5-2 hours with a short one every now and then, but she's become a pretty consistent good little napper. 😊

- She became an official crawler on January 30th! She kind of half crawled for a few days before, but she really figured it out that day. She's been unstoppable ever since. She's everywhere, into everything, and pulling up on anything she can! She's even taken a few steps while holding onto furniture. She absolutely loves standing with my help and leaning back and forth toward me. I've gotten a few laughs doing that, and she doesn't laugh easily!

Not completely confident yet...

And a couple of days later, she had no fear!

I love how it looks like she's peeking inside! {She was actually just licking the oven door. 😂}

- Now that she's crawling, it seems like she goes for everything that we don't want her to have. A few of her favorites are cords, nightlights, the pantry, and our Apple TV remote. We can give her our other remote, but she doesn't care about it! She only wants the Apple TV one! One afternoon I left her in the living room for a minute with cartoon songs on YouTube and when I came back she had the Apple TV remote and Jimmy Kimmel was on Hulu! 😂We don't even watch Jimmy Kimmel so I don't know how she did that!

- If something or someone is in her way, she will just climb or crawl right over it to get where she wants to go!

- Sadie started to babble a *lot* this month! It started with a lot of "bababa", but we got "mama" on 2/19 and "dada" on 2/23!! She also says a lot of the "g" and "y" sounds and "lalala". I can't wait for "uh oh"! I think that one is so cute!

- Sadie loves to play with things that aren't toys, but she really does play with all of her toys, too. Sometimes we'll block off the living room and she's very content crawling around in there playing with her toys and exploring what's in the cabinet. She still really loves her sit-to-stand walker and loves to pull up on it.

- She also loves to watch Super Simple Songs on YouTube, just like Emery did. Thankfully, Emery still likes to watch them, too. 😊 Sadie really seems to like Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star {it was always one of Emery's favorites, too} and will smile when it comes on, but she really seems to like all of them. Skidamarink is also a favorite! We've definitely been using the songs to help on those nights when she wakes up early from her afternoon nap and we're trying to make it to bedtime. She likes to be in the swing with her paci and watch them. 💕 

Emery likes to make sure she's nice and cozy...

- I already mentioned that Sadie doesn't laugh that often {she is super smiley, though}, but she will laugh like crazy at Emery! And that's wonderful, because Emery loves to make her laugh!

- Sadie loves being outside and gets excited when we walk out on the deck. She kicks her little legs like crazy--it's so cute! There's really not much for her to do outside yet, but she absolutely loves swinging!

- Emery is still just a precious big sister most of the time. She almost always wants to help give Sadie a bath or put her to bed. She loves to help feed her and wants to share treats with her {we've told her we can't do that quite yet 😊}. The other day we made cookies and when I gave Emery one she immediately started to break off a tiny piece because she wanted Sadie to have some. So sweet! It has opened a whole new world with Sadie crawling, though. She can get into more things and mess up stuff that Emery's playing with, so we've definitely had some impatient moments for sure! But I'm thankful that most of our moments are pretty sweet! Sadie adores Emery, that's for sure. She lights up in the morning when she first sees Emery. It's so precious!

She always wants to see what Emery is doing. 💕

  

Sadie {8 Months}

Oh my heart! How can it be 8 months?! We are in such a FUN stage right now with Sadie! I wish I could freeze time. She is just so happy and interactive!

And she's always trying to go somewhere... 😂

32 Weeks

34 Weeks - Dark picture, but I just love this face!

Such a little cutie pie! 💕

- We won't go to the doctor again until her 9 month checkup. She's definitely done some growing this month. She has the cutest chubby little thighs!

- She's wearing mostly 6-12 month now. I'm about to get out some 12 month pajamas for her because the 9 month ones probably won't last much longer. She's still in a size 3 diaper.

- For her bottles, she's still eating about 8 ounces every 4 hours. Every now and then, she won't finish her bottle, but she usually does. She has to have something in her hands while she eats, otherwise she gets super squirmy!

- She took her time in the solid food department, but it is official that Sadie loves food! She gets so excited when she sees us with the bowl and spoon and is eating like a champ. She's tried lots of new foods this month--mango, green beans, zucchini, yogurt {LOVES it!}, blueberries, peanut butter, prunes, peaches, spinach, and puffs. She's liked pretty much everything, but she preferred the green beans and zucchini when they were mixed with other things. We mixed the green beans with butternut squash and the zucchini with banana and she liked them much better then!

- She's still doing great with her bedtime sleep. Naps are still hit or miss--she'll do a short one sometimes, but we can usually count on at least one long nap every day. Her schedule is pretty much the same as last month. Most days she takes two naps, but sometimes three depending on what time she wakes up in the morning and how long her naps are.

- Still no teeth!

- I've been trying to get her to say some words, but nothing yet. I mainly just say "mama, dada, and Emery" to her. She always smiles, but she hasn't really started babbling yet.

- I thought for sure she'd be crawling really well by now, but she's still mostly scooting and rolling everywhere. She's done a few little crawls, but not much at all yet. I'm pretty sure by next month, she'll be crawling everywhere!

- She is trying to pull up on things! She can't pull herself up on her feet, but she can get up on her knees. She's also learned how to sit herself back up from being on her tummy.

Standing up with a little help from Mommy... 

She get so proud of herself!

- Sadie is pretty content most of the time! She likes to sit on the floor with a basket of toys and just play. One of her favorite things to do is pull a basket over and take everything out! Then she usually puts a toy in each hand and claps them together.

- She loves the sit-to-stand walker she got for Christmas {especially the little door that says "peek-a-boo!"}

- She thinks it's hilarious when we do the monkey and elephant sounds! She also loves the song "Skidamarink"! Sadie is usually playing on the floor in Emery's room when I'm getting Emery ready for her nap. Emery almost always picks "Skidamarink" as one of her songs because she knows Sadie loves it. As soon as we start singing it, Sadie gets the cutest smile and claps! 💕

- Sadie can pretty much get wherever she wants to go and she loves to go over to the vent in the living room and the fireplace...of course, two places we don't want her to go! 😂 She also goes for anything of Emery's. She's super curious and wants to see everything!

- She absolutely LOVES screens {uh-oh, right?}. If the monitor screen is on, she will do anything to get it in her hands. She does the same for my phone! She likes to watch TV, too. If Emery is watching a show, she'll usually watch it, too, and she really likes watching Super Simple Songs on YouTube {just like Emery!}. If she gets fussy, I can put her in the swing with her paci, turn on Super Simple Songs and she's a happy baby. Emery still likes to watch those songs, too!

- She still doesn't laugh that often, but there are a few things that will always get her to laugh. Daddy and Emery are both really good at getting her to laugh! She loves it when I lift her in the air over and over again, too.

- There are a few things she doesn't love. One of those is getting dressed! It is so hard getting her dressed. She tries to flip all over the place on her changing pad. Sometimes I just put her on the floor to get her dressed because it's a lot easier. When I'm changing her diaper, I always have to get her a toy to hold, otherwise she'll roll over! She also doesn't love being by herself. Some mornings I'll put her in her exersaucer while I go to Emery's room to get her up. She'll play for a few minutes by herself, but she starts fussing if we're gone too long. As soon as we come back out, she's happy again!

- Emery is still the sweetest big sister. It is so cute to see them actually be able to play together a little bit now. She loves to help feed her, give her a bath, and she calls her all the names we call her {Sadie Girl, cutie pie, sweetie pie...} along with a few of her own {Sadie Googy?}. She always makes sure Sadie has plenty of toys around her and that her paci is close by. She doesn't love when Sadie tries to get into her things, but she's definitely becoming more tolerant.

  

Sadie {7 Months}

Here we are at 7 months already! Our smiley little Sadie is still pretty smiley, but I feel like she's going to be getting her first tooth any day because she's been showing her fussy side a little more often here lately.

27 Weeks

We didn't take pictures for 28 weeks...oops. :(

29 Weeks

30 Weeks

Clapping all the time!!

- We went to the doctor last week for Sadie's second dose of the flu shot, but they didn't weigh and measure her, so I'm not sure how much she's grown. I don't feel like she's grown a ton this last month. I always gauge it by her footie pajamas, and some 6 month ones are still fitting her. When I took her to get her shot, she didn't even cry! She just made a little noise and then put her paci in her mouth! She's an angel baby!

- She's wearing 6 month, 6-9 month, and some 6-12 month clothes. Some of her 6 month pajamas actually still fit, and she is wearing some of her 9 month ones. We did move her up to a size 3 diaper.

- She's eating 8 ounces every 4 hours. We took her off of her Zantac and she's been doing just fine without it!

- We took a little break from oatmeal and then tried her with avocado and sweet potato. She just didn't seem interested at all. She wouldn't open her mouth and any food we managed to get in her mouth would get pushed right back out. There was plenty of gagging, too. Her doctor said to wait until 7 months, so we took another couple of weeks off. A few days before she was 7 months old, I had a ripe banana, so we decided to give it to her. She opened her mouth for the first bite and ate it all! There's been no turning back now. She's liked everything else we've given her {butternut squash, pears, apples} and is the cutest little eater now! I guess she was just taking her time!

- Sadie's still sleeping pretty well most of the time. Her naps the last couple of weeks have not been great, but I'm wondering if it has to do with her teething? We can still usually count on at least one good nap every day. She has continued to sleep really well at night! Her schedule is pretty much exactly the same as last month.

- She did hit some big milestones this month. She can sit up all by herself {sometimes she still topples over after a little while}!

- She can scoot, roll, and army crawl wherever she wants to go! She even gets up on all fours and will move back and forth like she's trying to crawl. I don't think it will be too much longer before she's officially crawling! It won't really be too much of an adjustment because she's already all over the place! She'll just be a little faster!

- She also started clapping this month {on 12/13}! We hadn't really been practicing with her, but she started doing it one afternoon and she hasn't stopped. She claps all the time! When we go in her room to get her in the morning or after naps, she claps! She'll do it any time we ask her to or if she gets excited or happy about something. It's just so sweet and cute!

- She still isn't a big giggler, but she always laughs when we clean her hands and feet during her bath! She also loves it when we lift her in the air!

- Sadie is always looking around and wants to know what's going on, so things like changing her diaper and feeding her have started to get difficult. As soon as we put her on her changing table, she tries to roll over and grab anything she can reach. We've started to give her a diaper or tube of lotion to play with so she'll be still. She also has to hold her paci while she's taking her bottle or else she gets too wiggly. If anyone is talking or making noise, she tries to roll over and see what's going on. I remember Emery was exactly the same way!

- She loves my phone and the baby monitor! If the screens are on, she will do anything to get them!

- Sadie really likes to play with almost all of her toys. As long as she has some toys within reach, she's pretty happy. She loves to scoot her way over to a basket and pull it over so she can pull everything out. She also loves to get to Emery's things, especially Emery's build-a-bear named Sprinkles. Emery is usually pretty good about giving Sadie toys and sharing her things with her, but she doesn't love sharing Sprinkles. She will, but sometimes it takes a little convincing.

My sweet Christmas girls!