Sadee and her first Elmo

We showed Elmo to Sadee for the first time yesterday and she went crazy and loved it! Still no crawling yet!

Putting up the Tree

This year we decided to venture away from the pre-lit artificial tree that we used last year and went for a real one. After going back to the store to get more lights and constantly vacuuming up more and more pine needles, I say it is safe to say that we are going back to an artificial tree next year. Although the smell of the Christmas tree brings a lovely feeling to our home, all the work that went into it along with chasing all the kids around makes me exhausted. Oh well...all in the spirit of the season I guess....right?


Somehow Peyton got stuck with clean-up duty



Teamwork


Little Helpers



Having a blast together!



Sadee's 1st Christmas tree


All of our little angels


Daddy putting the finishing touch on the tree


Our finished product

The Holidays

Well, I have been horrible at taking any pictures during the beginning of the holiday season. I am just extremely worn out by Sadee's teething. Her top two teeth have finally cut and it seems that they come in two's. She has been pretty uncomfortable and the late night screaming has exhausted me. Thanksgiving night those teeth kept Scott and I up until 4am. I will definitely NOT miss her teething days.

On the bright side, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my parents and Scott's parents'. Although it was pretty hectic driving all over the place.

Sadee has finally started rocking back and forth on her knees and can actually scoot herself around on her bottom. Once she figured out that she was traveling on her own, she got pretty excited. Last night she scooted herself all the way over to her excer-saucer and pulled herself up onto her knees. Kind of crazy. After she got up there she couldn't figure out what to do next so she would plop down onto her bottom again. She pulled herself up onto her knees about 3 times and then figured that it was pretty boring after that. She will either be crawling any day or pulling herself up to a standing position. Maybe both...who knows? Kaily and Peyton are both great big brother and sister to her. Whenever I need a little break to clean the house a little or have a somewhat peaceful lunch, I just have them play with her until I am done and they don't complain one bit. Kaily and Peyton have both proven to be the best little helpers I could ask for while Daddy is at work all day long.