what i wore wednesday

i haven't done what i wore wednesday in a long time, but i decided to go for it this week! these are some random outfits i've worn over the last few weeks. i'm linking up with the pleated poppy...check it out for lots more fashion inspiration!

dress: anthropologie

shoes: jc penney

earrings: compass?

on miss sadie

dress: dillard's

sweater: old navy

shoes: target
white tissue tee: target

striped tank: f21

skinnies (cuffed): kohl's

flops: gap
grey tank: target

blouse: 201 collective

jeans: 7 for all mankind

shoes: kohl's
mom and sis are in this one!

dress: target

shoes: dillard's

happy wednesday!

toddler time

we have toddler time at our library every wednesday morning, so yesterday danna and i took the kids! it was so fun and interactive. we read books and sang songs and they have this huge parachute that the kids get to crawl under (the parents too). the first week we went sadie was not too sure about it, but she had more fun yesterday and got a little braver walking away from mama.

here we are

this is a total sadie pose. she always gesturing like this and saying "go?" for "where did something go?"

phillip was so sweet to her. she would throw the plastic ball and he would go get and bring it back to her. here he is riding on the fire truck.

i love doing these little learning activities with her. i wish we had more of them here!

new loves for spring

i've made a few purchases lately...i have a little bit of an online shopping addiction ;) blouse, loft

pencil skirt, j.crew

blouse, loft

skirt, j.crew

scarf, the pleated poppy

have you found any new springy looks?

random monday

sadie and daddy at toys r us


well i am still without a new computer....BUT this week i will the proud new owner of a imac desktop!!!! (thanks danna for the suggestion) the desktop mac is going to work for us because we don't take our laptop on the go and it stays in our office all the time. i am beyond excited!!

so a few random tidbits for a monday:

• mike's parents came to visit this weekend and took miss sadie to toys r' us and completely spoiled her with a doll, book, stroller for her babies, and a dora purse. she loves all her new stuff. thanks nama and grandpa!
• sadie is teething the worst she ever has over the last few days and nights. i am running on very little sleep, and i'm just not used to a fussy baby. hopefully tonight will be better. i've been using motrin and oragel but i just don't want to give her motrin every night, so tonight i'm going to use homeopathic colic calm and see how that works. any suggestions would be helpful!!
• today starts our healthy eating plan (again) so i bought all kinds of great healthy stuff at the grocery store today. my snacks will include carrots, strawberries, and sugar snap peas (thanks to erin at sunny side up). i'm trying to include more fish and lean meat for our dinners. and when i need my chocolate fix, i got the 100 cal choc. granola bits. try them, they are delish!
• susanne and i have embarked upon a 3 month shopping challenge. we will call it "90 days of quality"- i just made that up susanne ;)- for the months of march, april, and may, we are ONLY buying quality clothing from stores like anthro, jcrew, banana republic, and the loft. we both have this habit of impulse buying cheap things at target or old navy instead of asking ourselves if we really NEED the item, or did we buy just cause it's $10. now you all know my absolute love of target, so this is definitely a challenge people. at the end of 3 months, we're going to see how many things we actually bought and how much we spent compared to our normal shopping habits. feel free to join in our challenge and let us know your results in may!

happy monday!

technical difficulties

(sadie watching her princess sing a long)

it's been a week since i've blogged...i am having some issues with our laptop. it's old(er) and acting a little weird. now i can't download any pictures from my camera onto the laptop. so for a looooooong time i've been thinking about getting a mac. if you have a mac, do you love it? should i get one?

until i decide what to do i guess i won't be blogging cause blogging is so boring without pictures, right?!

i want to remember...

this post is more for me to not forget all the cute and funny things sadie is doing and saying at 13 months, but you are welcome to enjoy too!

-the other night, she was walking towards her bedroom door not really paying attention to where she was going, and my mom said, "sadie, turn around and watch where you're going" so sadie stopped, turned completely around and looked at us like "now what?" at least she follows directions!

-we were playing in her room and i said, "sadie let me see your eye. it looks like you have a bite on your eyelid." so she reached down to my shoulder and bit me!! all she heard was BITE i guess!

-she now says 'opa' for oops. we have that book red hat, green hat, and it says "oops" on every page. so last week we were reading it and when we got to the oops part, she said opa!

-yesterday she was being a little handful. in the span of 3 minutes she managed to light two burners on my gas range, bite my shoulder, and nearly fling herself out of my arms!

-when i'm putting her to sleep and she's done with her bottle she pushes it away, says "no ma'am" and throws her burp cloth away.

-sadie loves her snow white doll and carries her around all day.

-she blows kisses with the back of her hand and says "mwahh"

-when she's falling asleep, she pats my chest and says "mama, mama"

-she loves target as much as i do (probably because we've been there 2 to 3 times a week since she was born)!

-we've been taking walks with the nice weather, and she can spot the ducks at the lake. she'll say "quack quack"

-my mom frequently meets us at a store or restaurant or the grocery store, so now whenever we go anywhere, sadie looks around and says, "nana?"

-every night, when she hears the garage door open, she stops and says "dada" and waits for him to come around the corner so she can give him big hugs. she LOVES her daddy so much!

she keeps me smiling and laughing! there is never a dull moment with this baby girl around!

gorgeous day at the zoo

saturday afternoon, mike took us to the zoo! it was gorgeous weather, and we had so much fun. sadie's favorite was the giraffe. i still love the cheetah. and mike's favorite was the bear.