Some Things

Here are some pictures of the goings on in our house lately.




Today (September 7th, 2010) was Isaac's first day of pre-school. It was a dramatic morning. The whole way there Isaac kept telling me that he didn't want to go alone, that I needed to stay with him. I kept repeating that I couldn't go to school with him, that I would come back for him as soon as school let out; all of the things that moms say to their kids to calm them down. When we got to the school he started to cry and kept saying "don't leave me, don't leave me". He was so worried the whole walk in; that is, until we got to the door of his classroom. His teacher said "hi Isaac!" and he turned around, waved and that was that. There were none of the hysterics at the door like I expected.




Sadie has discovered that she LOVES food. She will eat anything. In this picture she is chewing on a corn cob. Grandma Greenway introduced her to corn cobs and she loves them. She doesn't suck on them like Isaac did, she chews on them and gets all of the left behind corn. She loves any kind of food that she can pick up and get into her mouth. I am sure that if I put it on her tray she would eat it. For now, we are sticking with baby treats, baby food and crackers (and the occasional corn cob).



Sadie has also been working on some teeth. She totally surprised us with these chompers. Unlike Isaac, there was no fussiness, no runny nose, no sickness. She didn't even get swollen gums. One day there was a little dimple in her gums and the next there was two little sharp things that you could feel when she chewed on your finger. Hopefully all of her teeth will be this easy.





This little one is keeping me on my toes. She has decided that she can't sit still. She is one busy little girl. If she isn't trying to crawl, she is rolling from here to there and she gets to where she wants to go. For the moment, she isn't getting into too much trouble. I am sure it is lurking on the horizon.




These last two pictures are my new hobby. I have learned that I like to quilt. I love to find quilt block patterns and then put it all together. The top quilt is the first quilt top that I finished. I found a quilt block that I liked, I found some material that I thought would go together and had at it. It didn't turn out too bad. Now I just need to get the back on it and then get it quilted. The bottom picture is the quilt I learned on. Each block used a different technique and this is the end result. From a distance it looks pretty good, but don't get too close or you will realize that there are a lot of mistakes. But, I am pretty happy about these two "firsts".

Sadie at 6 months!

Sadie has a new love in her life - FOOD! She absolutely loves to eat. She gets very excited when she sees a bottle, but she gets estatic when we put her in the high chair and put her bib on. She knows what is coming. So far the only thing we've found that she doesn't like is peas. She likes everything else that we have tried. But she LOVES bananas, carrots and mixed veggies. We can't get those in her mouth fast enough.

She also (finally) mastered the art of rolling over. She now rolls everywhere! But, this is her new favorite position.

Sitting UP!!



She has been sitting up now for about 2 weeks and she awesome at balancing. In fact, she would rather be sitting and has figured out how to not tip over unless she wants to.



She is even getting good at reaching for what she wants. (Poor Isaac!)

Cape May Getaway

For Ty's 40th birthday, we decided to go on a "no kids" mini-vacation. We knew we had about 30 hours and we decided that we wanted to do something different. So after many discussions and debates, mapping, reading and studying, we decided that we would go to Cape May. Ty had never seen the Atlantic Ocean and Cape May came highly recommended. So we dropped our kids off at the Hintze's house and took off.
We had an enjoyable time. We learned some valuable lessons though. We learned we are not beach people. We went to the beach and after about 1/2 hour we were done. We learned we are picky when it comes to overnight stays. We stayed at a historic inn which ended up being a lot of money for a run down room that was smaller than our bedroom (We'd have preferred a Marriott or Hyatt). We learned that we would rather "go for rides" rather than get stuck in traffic trying to get somewhere (or get home).
All in all, we did have a good time and we learned that that isn't the type of vacation we would do again.



Here are the pictures that we took of us at the beach. It was beautiful! The water was warm, the sand was nice and we found some fun seashells to take home to Isaac.