The Bump!

20 weeks!  I'm half-way there!  Can you believe it??? I can't!  A couple weeks ago, I met a fellow preggers girl.  Our belly-bumps were identical!  I was all excited to see if our due dates were close!  ....they weren't close...at all.  She'd due about 2 MONTHS before me! Uh, that's A LOT!

Oh well, I've learned to love my growing belly.  It's kinda fun wearing fitted shirts not having to worry about sucking in. :)  I'm feeling my little buddy kick more and more, which is so fun!  I'm well into the easy 2nd-trimester, so I've got SOME of my energy back.   - Enjoy these happy pregnancy posts while you can.  I'm sure in a few short months I'll be cursing my belly and pleading for this baby to come out!

Look Who's 2!!!

 Okay, fellow moms, how come nobody told me that babies grow up???  Okay, fine, I read it on ALL of your blogs, but I was hoping it wasn't going to happen to me.  I was hoping that maybe, just MAYBE, mine would stay my baby forever...and ever!  I've always had a tough time with Sadles (pronounced "say-dulls") growin' up.  Remember when I had to buy bigger pj's EXACTLY like her newborn ones because I couldn't bear boxing them up??? (click on "remember when" to see the post). 

 Well, here she is!  My little baby girl!

  

Birthday pj's!  Love the tu-tu jammies! 

Sade found her pinata early. 

She thought it was just another gift!

She loved to pretend eat it. 

Apparently she only eats pretend sweets... 

she still turns down real desserts for peas.  

Silly girl!

 Spent the day at the Splash park!

With her fave cousins, of course!

 

Not too fancy of a cake, but Sadie liked it!

Really, she loved everything!

From the presents....

 

To the pinata!

 

I'm just left wondering....

...when did THIS...

 

 ...turn into THIS????

I don't know, but I'm glad she's MINE!

 

Happy Birthday, Sadie Rose!

Riverton Knows how to Party!

Who knew little Riverton, Utah could be so fun???  They do a Fourth of July celebration that gets BIGGER and BETTER every year!  Here are some highlights:

No, that's not Cory holding Sadie.  That's my bro-in-law, Aaron.  Cory was on a dirt-biking trip, at least he wasn't gone for school!

My little Sadie Rose is the world's BIGGEST scaredy-cat, bless her heart!  So I didn't know how she'd handle the rides...  She was quiet on the carousel, but I *think* she liked it...
 

 

After the carousel, Sadester was LOVIN' all the rides!  They had lots of perfect, puny rides for her! They even had some roller coaster-ish rides and Sadles would shout out, "RIDE IT! RIDE IT!"  Too bad she didn't quite make the 48" height minimum.  Sorry girl!

 

Sadie was a loves merry-go-rounds,  she was a little impatient waiting for it to start.  Let's get this thing going! 

(the horse conveniently hides my growing bump, belly picture coming soon, I promise)

LOOK AT THAT FACE!!!  LOVE!!! 

Next Day: PARADE

Toddlers aren't known for their attention span, or at least my toddler isn't.  So I didn't know how long she'd stay put for the parade.

 

But she did PERFECT! Her favorite part: waving at the "princesses"  (beauty queens from all the neighboring cities)

Thanks cousins, Kennedy & Madelyn, for inviting us!

 

Had to get a pic of her festiive outfit! 

I love baby flip-flops!