So Cute

So the cutest thing....the other night I was putting Sadie to bed, we read a story, said her prayers and said goodnight, when she said, " mom you forgot something," I thought to myself what did I forget, then I remembered, she can't go to sleep without the cute bear that her dad gave to her for Valentines Day a couple of years ago. So I picked it up off her dresser and gave it to her. Her day of school, dance, playing, and the couple hundred cartwheels, and round-offs she did wore her right out, not even five minutes after I tucked her in, I went in to check on her and this is what I saw..She was totally zonked out, with the bear on her head, and her arms folded...luckily I had a camera close by and snuck a couple of pictures of it before it fell off...so cute. This is one of the joys of being a Mother!

Good Weather...Finally

Sadie has been dying to ride her motor scooter that Santa gave to her this past Christmas, so the weather finally cooperated with us..it was warm enough that we could stand being outside without turning into a Popsicle. She was a little hesitant at first,but it only took her about five minutes before she was going as fast as she could around our block. I was sitting in my lawn chair watching her..and I soon noticed that she was coming around the corner standing up on it..freaked me out. I quickly put a stop to that...she is little dare-devil. She absolutely loves it..can't get enough. She rides it for hours..until the battery runs out. It is fun to see her have such a good time.. Good Job Santa.



It is actually really fun to ride...I love it too.

Long time, no see

OK so I know that it has been a long long time since I have blogged, but I have a good reason....During the holidays it was just too crazy. So after all the hull-a-baloo, when I finally had a moment to sit down and blog, I went to turn on my computer and it didn't work, I couldn't get it past the login screen. So I tried to fix it, didn't work, Matt tried numerous times to fix it, didn't work...needless to say we went a whole month before Joe, my brother in law, was able to come over and fix it. He is a whiz at computers. Thank you Joe, I was going insane. In the process of fixing the computer somehow we lost some of our pictures from the holidays, so I won't be able to blog those fun pictures...oh well, I will just start with my newest pictures I have taken.



This past week Sadie was the STAR of her class. So Tuesday I made a poster of pictures of Sadie to tell her class about her and the fun things that she likes to do at home. It was fun and Sadie felt special. Then for Friday Sadie was able to choose a ROYAL READER, anyone she wants to read a book to her class, and she chose her dad. It was so cute, the class lined up on either side of the doors, and presented Matt with a ROYAL CROWN, and a ROYAL CAPE, then as he walked the ROYAL CARPET they sang him a welcome song. He then read them a book that Sadie picked out called "Bad dog Marley." Cute Book. The kids loved the book and Sadie loved showing off her Dad.


The kids thought that Matt was hilarious..do you blame them, look at that face!

Happy Happy Birthday

If you can believe it or not my baby turned seven....I can't believe it. She is growing up to fast. What a joy she has been to mine and Matts life. We feel very blessed that our Heavenly father sent her down to us. She is so fun to be around, so smart, so caring, so full of energy, and the list could go on and on forever. Thanks for being such a good girl! We love you so much Sadie!!!!

We wish you a Merry Christmas

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We did it!!!

Well, we finally did it!! With all the tears and bribes and coaxing and begging, we pulled Sadies dead tooth out!!! She has had a dead tooth for three years now. We were wondering if she needed it pulled by the dentist but he said just let nature take its course, and let it fall out on its own, so we waited and waited for it to become loose, and it finally did a couple months ago. She was happy that it was loose, but kind of nervous at the same time. It was finally wiggly enough to get out, and she had had it with the tooth, so we pulled it Thursday night. She was so excited to get that black tooth out, and so were we. She took her tooth to school the next day to show her class and friends , and everyone was so happy for her, no more pirate tooth. Then the next night she put it under her pillow and the Tooth Fairy brought her three dollars, and boy was she thrilled.

Friends

What can I say about these two beautiful girls? I love them so much, what supportive friends they have been over the many years that I have known them. They were a blast to hang out with in High School, we have many stories that we still laugh our heads off about, like the time that we spied on Cami to see if she would get a kiss at the door after a date using our binoculars that we got from a Wendys kid meal, or the time we secretly put Dr. Pepper in Mandy's water and she thought that the waiter had brought her dirty water, she was so disgusted. All the fun dances that we went to, all the boyfriends we went through. They have always been great examples to me, even to this very day. Cami has always been a strong person, someone who wouldn't budge on her morals, and her faith, if there is anyone in her life that needs anything Cami is right there. I love her for that!! Mandy also has been a great example to me, she is such a funny person to hang out with, she says the funniest things, and she has always been there for me. I can always count on her when I have a question about the whole infertility issue. They both are very crafty, I call them mini Martha Stewart's. They both can whip up a very extravagant Halloween costume like nothing. I am so grateful to have been able to have these two in my life, and I am grateful that we all live somewhat close to each other, so we can still hang out. Thanks for being such great examples to me, I love you both so much!

Halloween at the Marchbanks

Halloween at the Marchbanks


Here we are carving our pumpkins, as much as Sadie said that she hated the goo...she couldn't get enough of it!!!

Here is my hot, sexy, redneck of a husband. I couldn't get enough of him that night!
Git'er done hon!!!

We had a Witches brew on our porch for Halloween, it was a big hit, but only lasted half the night!


Sadie the vampire, ready to get some blood...I mean candy!!!

Were going on a Witch hunt!

Every year we (my mom, sisters, and their kids) have a tradition to go to Gardner Village to see the Witches during the month of October. This year we went on a Witch hunt, the kids had a blast doing it!! My mom found it on their website, you had to go around the whole village looking for certain witches, and when you found them all your prize was a Chocolate chip cookie at the Bakery for .25 cents. Then we went and ate at Archibalds(the restaurant there) it was good, and then we topped the night off with a trip to Sweet Aftons(the candy store there.) We all got to pick out a treat, I got myself a Caramel Apple.....YUM, and Sadie went for the more traditional Fun Dip.
We always have a great time up there and look forward to it every Year.

White Stuff

If you can believe it this is what we woke up to yesterday morning. Our first snowfall of the year.....Yikes!!
I don't think that I am ready for this. Cold is not my favorite thing in the world, but I am looking forward to the Holidays. I love Christmas time, and being with family, all cozy around a fire, drinking hot chocolate.....Yum!