What a big girl we have....

Here we are now with a big girl and half way to having another sweet baby. We will find out on the 23rd what baby #2 is!! Aghhhhh can't wait!!! I wanted to update everyone on what Sadie is doing now. I am so proud of my little girl, she is just under 14 months & she already uses TWELVE words regularly!! The list is in no paticular order: Momma, Dadda, Hi, Bye-Bye, Bite, Bubba, Uh-huh, Uh-Oh, Dog, Cat, Papa & Up. She can also knows where her ear, nose, mouth, toung, head, foot, toes, fingers & arms. On top of all of that see signs "more", "thank you", "all done" & "drink". She's blowing kisses, giving high fives & waving when asked to. I just can not believe how much she has learned in just her 1st short year of life. We recently took her to Grammy & Grampy's for Grampy's birthday & an early father's day. She had such a good time eating watermellon swimming (well some) and just spending time with her cousins, Aunts & Uncles. Here are a few pics of my girl enjoying her time.

Has it been a year already?

It is one week and one day until Sadie turns one...I can hardly believe it, how does a year pass so quickly? It seems like yesterday we were bringing her home & doing the up all night thing trying to figure out this parenting thing. But on the other hand I feel like she has always been with us & I don't remember what my life was before her. We have been blessed beyond measure with her & thank God for her. She is such an active fun baby, she has taken a few steps & is trying to figure out the whole walking thing now. It kind of makes me sad because then my baby will be a little bit more grown up. We found out when Sadie was 10 months old that she will be a big sister come November!!! She will be such a great big sister she loves other kids so much. Well I just wanted to post a picture of our big girl before her birthday on April 24th!!

Sadie's Dedication

Sadie was dedicated to the Lord on Sunday March 1st! What a day to celebrate!! We had so many friends & family there, almost all of her grandparents the one's from Hawaii couldn't make the drive for obvious reasons LOL but the rest were there & accounted for. Her Aunts, Uncles & cousins came too!! It really blessed my heart to see so many take time out of their day to come to such a special event for our daughter, we know she really means so much to those of you there & we thank you for loving her. Even her adoptive Aunts (Lindsey, Margaret, Charlotte & Vanessa) & Uncles (Jeff & Bruce) were there with their kids to support us! Sadie loves to be the center of attention so while we were up front (once she got past being mesmerized by Pastor Bill) she was waving to her family in the audience. She got several new bibles very cute picture frames & an album for her photos we took! Sadie had such an exciting weekend that was topped off with this day...Later I will add the photo of the group shot & some of the pictures of her day! Thanks again to everyone who came to church & out to eat afterward! We appreciate you all & love you so much!!! To those of you who couldn't make it we understand and appreciate your prayers for us as we prepared for this day!

My best friend Charlotte her son Bryce with Sadie & I

Flasback Friday 2-13-09

Todays post is from when we found out we were pregnant with our sweet baby Sadie: I had suspicions that I was pregnant the day after we had Jim-Britt's graduation party from the Fire Dept. on Sept. 2, 2007 which was a Sunday. So I decided to take a pregnancy test on Monday the 3rd and it was negative....or so I thought. So things were still feeling "funny" so I took another test, while Jim-Britt was at work again, on Thursday the 6th well it was POSITIVE!! I could hardley belive it so I took 5 more test & went & bought another brand test to be sure. I was so thrilled!! I wanted so bad to call & yell it over the phone but I wanted to tell him in person so I settled for telling our dog Riley 1st that night! LOL! So it had to wait until the next day! After what seemed like the longest work day of my life I was on my way home, I stopped by Barnes & Nobel to get a book "The Expectant Father" to tell Jim-Britt our great news. I got home & said, "Honey I picked you up a suprise." He excitedly opened his bag (he LOVES suprises!!) When he saw the book he just kind of looked at it, I noticed it wasn't clicking...so I said read the inside (I had written a note of what a great dad he was going to be & how excited I was to start this jouney with him) Then there it was the light went off! He looked at me & said, "Really??" Then he just hugged me & the awesome journey of pregnancy began!! And what a blessing the whole process of it & haveing Sadie has been!! So there you have it! The end~

Sadie's 9 months today!!

WOW my little baby is now 9 months old as of today! I can't believe in 3 short months we will be celebrating Sadie's first birthday!! We went to celebrate my niece Raven's 16th birthday out at her house with a bonfire. What a blast!! Sadie had a good time her first day of being 9 months old, she spent the evening with several teenagers holding & playing with her. She is such a social little bug, never meets a stranger, she can be clingy to mom, but for the most part she'll let just about anyone hold her. Here are a few pics from the bonfire.....

I'm an Aunt again!!

My step sister Chelsea & her husband Ross welcomed their beautiful baby girl, Cambree Alise, into our lives on January 19, 2009 at 6:01p weighing in at 4lbs 2oz. Cambree was not due to arrive until March 14th, but as you can see it just didn't happen that way! Mom & baby are doing great, Cambree is breathing on her own but is in the NICU until she is ready to go home. Chelsea is an amazing Mom, what a trooper....the night she had the baby I asked her how she was (after having an emergency C-section) and her answer to me was, "If she's ok, I'm ok" never once complaining about any of the situation. They are just happy their precious little girl is doing well. My sister Brandy & I went today to see Chelsea & meet our newest niece, we were shocked to se Chelsea walk into the waiting room she looked FANTASTIC, she had a glow about her just like any new mother. Brandy went in to meet Cambree first since she lives further away & I had gotten to visit Chels the night they had her, I knew my sister was anxious so in she went to scrub up. After what seemed like an eternity the doors to the NICU opened & it was my turn to go in (they only allow 2 at a time). After scrubbing up Chelsea led me over to where her sweet little angel was resting under the lights....I was amazed looking at her just so perfect.

I could have starred at her forever she is so pretty!! Anyway just wanted to share my first of many visits with Miss Cambree. Thank you Chelsea for sharing your little one with me today, she is just perfect, Congrats to you all again!!

A happy baby already

Flashback Friday, August 28, 2004

So I stole this idea from my good friend Vanessa, I like the idea of looking back at our lives to see how far we've come:

I'm going to do this first post on our wedding day August 28, 2004. After just 3 weeks of planning we had a great wedding day!! We got married at 11:00am because I could not go ALL day know I was about to become a wife, I wanted to step into my new role as Mrs. Brown ASAP!! After being great friends for a year, we had dated for 3 fun filled years before getting married. From the time we were friends & would have conversations about the future I would think, "I would love to marry this guy, what a sweetheart!!" I never in a million years thought he would want to date me.......So when we began dating I was thrilled, he was everything I was looking for: kind, funny, loyal like no one I've ever met (and did I mention smokin' HOT!!) LOL just had to throw that in there! Things have only gotten better with time...I fall more & more in love with him all the time! Anyway here are a few pics from our big day:

Mom helping me get ready
Vanessa & I before the ceremony:
Vanessa,
Thank you my dear sweet friend for all you did for us, you were so supportive from the time you found out we were getting married & were there by my side for it all! You are more than just my friend, you are another sister! I love you so much!! My dad & I about to go Mr. & Mrs. Brown
Yay we are married!!!
On the way to the reception