super money friday rainbow love

Peace out, homiez!

meating of the minds

When the P-town crew comes to Bend, we don't mess around. If the quality of a good time is rated by the number of meats consumed, last weekend gets five stars. Heck, it gets five stars anyway...it was Ken & Shawn, after all!

four month stats

Sadie's as healthy as can be, and tracking perfectly on all of her developmental milestones!

Height: 24" (50th percentile)
Weight: 14.8 pounds (75th percentile)

The exciting topic of solid food came up, and the doctor said we can start her on rice cereal at any time. We'll probably wait until after 5 months, but it is nice to have options...

happy birthday sadie

Happy Four Months!
It has been for us, that's for certain! The past few weeks have been filled with all kinds of amazing developments---your smile has turned into a laugh, your hand movements have become coordinated and deliberate, and you can pull up (while holding someone else's hands) from a lying-to-sitting-to-standing position. In fact, "standing" is your favorite thing to do, so as soon as you hit the 16-week mark we installed the Johnny Jump Up in your doorway. You haven't quite figured out the jumping part yet, but you love to just stand there, swaying on your tiptoes in the enormous puddle of drool that collects on the floor below you.
By far our favorite thing these days is to listen to you talk. You can go on for twenty or thirty minutes at a time, and even though we can't understand a word of what you're saying, it's clear you're making conversation. We talk, and you talk back---or, talk over us, is more like it. Even at 6 am when we're trying to sleep and hoping you'll do the same, we can't help but laugh at your animated ramblings. You're obviously going to be an extrovert like your parents!
Tomorrow, we go to the pediatrician for your 4-month checkup. I can't wait to see how much you weigh---my money's on 15 pounds, but your dad thinks you'll be closer to 14. It's true that you've stalled out in your 6-9 month clothes, so maybe he's right. But wow...look at how much you HAVE grown...!

t.g.i.f.

Ready for the weekend and rarin' to go.
Sadie's clearly excited to meet Ken & Shawn for the first time, who are rolling into Bend later this evening. Woo hoo! Time to get our party on!

stealth roller

We have this agreement with Sadie: we place you on blanket, you stay in one place, sweetly kicking your legs and playing with toys. It's simple, really. Or at least it used to be.
Yesterday, everything was going according to plan as Reid did yard work and I messed around in the kitchen making a flank steak marinade. I'd look over every few minutes to see Sadie on her back in the center of her quilt, picking up rattles and books and putting whatever she could get her hands on into her mouth. Until the next time I look up, and she's not ON her quilt anymore. She's not even facing the same direction! Best we can calculate, she would have had to complete 2 half- rolls (back to front, front to back) at about a 45 degree angle to get into the position we found her in. And, all in less than three minutes, since that's about how long I had looked away.
Of course she won't do any such rolling while we're watching, no matter how many tempting and tasty toys we dangle just out of her reach. Clearly, she's working on her ninja skills.

welcome, lily

Another beautiful little girl has entered the world!
On May 10th, my long-time friend Nicky and her soon-to-be hubby Aaron welcomed sweet lil' Lily into their lives after a loooooooooooooong and difficult labor. But wasn't it worth it? She's amazing! Sadie can't wait to meet her east coast buddy and start getting into trouble just like their moms did in high school...

Hmmm. Maybe it's a good thing we live 3000 miles apart!