Thanksgiving in New York

We had the best time with family in NYC this past week. Sadie loved spending time with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Jenny, Great-Grandma Bev and many other relatives as well as seeing some friends. She was very interested in her five year old cousin Sam and her three year old cousin Isak, although they weren't quite as interested in her as she was in them.

Some fun memories from Sadie's First Thanksgiving...

Playing on the roof playground with Grandma's class:

Sadie really liked the tunnels!

At the parade with Daddy and Mommy:



(While at the parade, Sadie ate a NYC hot pretzel from a street vendor!)

Mommy and Aunt Jenny saw a "celebrity" at the Rangers' game:

It is Jason Priestly of Beverly Hills 90210 He's probably grumpy because they won't let Donna Martin graduate. It couldn't be the results of the game because the Rangers won following an exciting shoot-out!

We were too busy feeding Sadie to get pictures of her on Thanksgiving night, but Grandma did, so we'll scan some pictures in when she develops her film. Sadie ate sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, peas, cranberry sauce and a little bit of turkey. Birthday cake too!

Even more memories: visiting Grandpa's office and Auntie Lauren's office (it's the same office, believe it or not!), seeing Kate and meeting Ryan, lots of Hanukah shopping with generous grandparents, visiting FAO Schwartz with Mommy and Daddy, general big city fun!

More pictures, if you want to see them!

Some of our favorite pictures from this fall.

Almost birthday time...

The celebrations have begun for Sadie's first birthday, which is less than two weeks away. Today, we had a nice playdate and lunch to jointly celebrate the first birthdays of Sadie's and her special friends, Natalie and Tavyn. Katie and Clayton were going to come and celebrate too, but at the last minute, neither could make it. We had fun, but we missed them!

Here's Sadie, eagerly awaiting her friends' arrivals.

Here are some pictures from the party.

Daddy's Little Helper

Sadie helps Daddy with yard-work.

Swinging

Sadie enjoys a quick swing before going to the Library on Monday. Can you see the wind ruffling her "hair"?

Hi!

Here I am inside the new 3-season porch at Nana and Grampy's house. Daddy was outside and I was waving to him. I'm going to have a fun excursion today to Montpelier and Stowe...you can see pictures of it later!

What's New?

What's new with Sadie now that she is 11 months old?

*She is walking everywhere and is getting to be quite speedy on her feet.

*She loves to eat and now eats most table foods. She has 7 teeth.

*Books are so fun! Sadie will happily spend long periods of time "reading" her books. She especially likes books with flaps to lift up and see what is underneath.

*We are hearing lots of babbling, with a few words. She calls Dan "Da-Dee" and Ann "Da-Da". Her cup of milk is "muh muh". She points and says "Dat!" (that). Sometimes she says "Hi" and "Bye". She is beginning to repeat us when we say something.

*Lots of hand motions: waving, clapping, pointing, rolling fist over fist (from the 5 Little Pumpkins Rhyme), "open shut them" and more. We're working on holding 1 finger up for "how old are you?"

*We are seeing a little bit of imitating our actions. She feeds her baby doll a bottle. She likes to hold her plastic phone up to her ear.

*A new game is that she picks up a toy and brings it to one of us or offers us some of her food.

*Everything is fun! Sadie loves to explore her world, especially checking out grown up things, like a basket of napkins, car keys and anything else interesting.


*She is starting to give hugs.

We love her more and more every day!

Halloween Round-Up

Sadie "trick or treats" at Beth and Jake's house (yes, this was the day before Halloween).


Sadie and friends at playgroup.

(left to right: Dinosaur Riley sitting, Octopus Sadie standing, Butterfly Madelyn crawling away)

Walking with candy at Powerhouse Mall Trick or Treating.


Sadie ran into her daycare playmates at trick or treating...Griffin had a cool flashlight toy!

(left to right: Ethan, Sadie, Griffin)

We met up with some of Sadie's special friends at the Mall. Here they are posed on a bench...we had to take this picture quickly before one or more kids jumped off the bench!

Sadie is interested in Natalie's antenna.

(left to right: Charlie Brown Tavyn, Lobster Natalie, Octopus Sadie)

The girls smile at each other, while Tavyn looks on.


Our last stop before coming home was Isaac's house.


And finally, what you've all been waiting for...
Little Miss Octopus in action!