after her bath

i could just snuggle and kiss her forever!

we are leaving tommorrow for a weekend in plano. yippee! it will be sadie's first trip out of town and let me just tell you i have been packing ALL DAY LONG.

we're staying with susanne and chris and mckinlee, and i know we'll have lots of fun!

have a great weekend. tootles :)

what's in your purse?

*sorry if you got my first published post...i wasn't finished and it posted! susanne did this on her blog, so i thought i would play along! let's see what does my purse say about me?

• i obviously have a baby
• i like my baby to have plenty of toys to play with (and bows to match outfits)
• i like to make lists
• i think it's important to have a matching wallet to my purse
• i love music
• lavendar is probably my favorite smell
• bright nail polish is essential on summer toes
• i tan in a tanning bed
• i frequent HEB almost daily

how fun!! why don't you play along?

and here are a couple of recent pics of sadie with mommy and daddy!

rejoice

"you can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."

hello monday

thank you SO much for your help in deciding which picture to choose...

i finally decided this was the winner! this one and #1 were my favorites!

and in important fitness news, me going to the gym every couple of days was just not working out... making sure i had someone to watch sadie and fitting it into my day was hard, so i decided to order this video and i'm hoping it will help me. there were a bunch of 'body after baby' videos available, but i don't want to try to work out while holding my baby in a sling (no offense to those moms that do)

this one isn't a mommy and baby video, it's just for moms. but it's only 30 minutes so it's realistic that i can do it while sadie's playing or napping.

i was paging through a book this morning "the girlfriend's guide to pregnancy" and at the end, it talks about losing the baby weight. i thought these 5 points were so funny and true:

• 1. it will take longer than you think.
• 2. you will have forgotten what you used to look like.
• 3. you will not get your old figure back until you stop nursing.
• 4. even when you have lost the pounds, you will have to wait for nature to take her own sweet time about tightening your flabby skin back up and pulling your hips back together again.
• 5. do not get pregnant until again until you have lost all the weight from the first baby.

and on that note, have a great day!!

help me choose!

well things didn't go quite as planned today, and i turned out to be the photographer! but that's ok! i think i got some pretty good shots...i'm wanting to get one of these made into a 16x20 canvas to put on our bedroom wall, so can you help me choose? which one do you like best? #1
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#7

#8

thanks for your help!

three months

she's 3 months old today!!a few things sadie is doing:

• putting everything in her mouth...her fist, her toys, her burp cloth
• smiling all the time! she's the only little person i know who ALWAYS wakes up happy
• kicking her legs and moving her arms constantly
• trying to sit up. she doesn't even like reclining in her car seat. she wants to be upright!
• noticing the world around her. it's hard for me to feed her out in public because she's too busy looking at everything.

i knew i would love our baby, but you don't realize just how much you love them until they're born. she is pure delight!

i think she's getting a bit spoiled because we give her SO much attention, she'd rather be talked to and played with than be in her crib by herself. but it's so fun and a little spoiling never hurt anybody right?! :)

here's our family picture for this month!

tommorrow the photographer is coming to do her 3 month pics. i'm so excited! i hope they turn out like i envision them in my head...we're doing black and whites with her on our bed on her tummy in bloomers! i'll let you know how it goes...

the many faces of sadie belle

happy wednesday!