Sadie is 9 months old - Crawling and Standing!

On Sadie's 9 month birthday (1.23.12), she started crawling! Not in the usual, elevated way that babies crawl, but in more of an army crawl fashion. Since her upper right leg is shorter, she drags that leg and pulls herself around with her strong little arms. We are so proud of her!!! She doesn't let this slight discrepancy bother her, as she is right on target with everything physically. Our physical therapist (provided to us by Lake County's Help me Grow program) told us she is actually a little ahead of where any baby should be (not in crawling itself, just overall). I'm so happy for her! I can already tell that she has a very determined spirit about her.
HOORAY FOR SADIE!!!!

I will post a video soon of her crawling!

In 2 weeks we have an appointment with our Cleveland Clinic doctor so that he can measure Sadie's leg and write up the prescription for her shoe lift. I am sure that once we put it on her that she will look absolutely adorable and fabulous as usual. :)

Pics of her standing (holding on) of course:

Sadie and Mommy get Baptized

On January 8, 2012 Sadie and I were baptized together! It was a lovely service and we chose Hope Ridge Methodist Church due to our family history there (my grandparents used to teach Sunday School there, and my parents and aunts and uncles were all married there).

Sadie is lucky to have loving and supportive godparents:
Kelly - also her aunt - Jimmy's sister
Josh - one of my long time best friends from OU

Songs for Sadie

Every night before we go to bed, Sadie likes to hear me sing this song. I think it is beautiful as well, and it stops any fussiness almost immediately. (works in restaurants or public places too, haha)


Sadie is such a great eater! She will eat any baby food I feed her. She loves when I sing this song to her during mealtime. How funny that this same band also did the Scooby Doo theme song!

Sadie's First Christmas

What a wonderful holiday season we had! It was very overwhelming at the same time - similar to taking a trip to Vegas almost. :) For a baby who does not realize completely what is going on yet, she got so many wonderful gifts from her family and friends. Here are some pictures of all of her beautiful Christmas outfits she wore for the 2 weeks leading up until Christmas and all of our family gatherings.