Sadie Rose---8 months!

Last Tuesday, the 29th marked our sweet Sadie Rose's 8 month birthday!

She is such a joyous little blessing to our family. She continues to be such an easy going and pleasant little thing. We are loving this smiley, silly, learning constantly, rolling everywhere and super cheerful stage.

Some Sadie Stats...

wt.: 17 lbs 5 oz

Size/clothes: 9 & 12 month, size 3 diapers

Eating habits: Sadie is a great eater! She is up to eating three baby food meals a day, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Usually oatmeal and a fruit for breakfast, a meat/veggie combo for lunch, and rice cereal, a veggie and a fruit for dinner. She still nurses 4-5 times a day. She is drinking water and juice from a sippy cup. Just a few sips after each meal. She has also started eating "puffs" (for you non-baby people...they are a grain based finger food that looks like dry cereal, that basically melts in their mouths without much chewing).

Sleep: Sadie is a good sleeper, but not a great one. She sleeps from around 8:30 pm until around 8:30 am. She usually wakes around 3-4 am or occasionally 5 for a feed...then goes back to sleep until 8:30. I know technically she is sleeping "through" the night...an 8 hour stretch...but it is still a little rough getting up during the night. She takes 2 naps a day, usually each for 1.5 hour.

Activity: Sadie loves to play...play in the floor, in her exersaucer, in the tub, in the highchair, in the walker....etc. She is learning so much through all of her play time. She really likes her toys that make noise or sing to her. She is not crawling yet, but instead is rolling everywhere. She will get up and rock on all 4's, but hasn't figured out her forward motion. She loves to clap, say "ma-ma-ma-ma" and "da-da-da-da"...she clicks her tongue, and blows "zurberts" (don't know what else to call them?) all the time. Her favorite times of the day are when she first wakes up from sleep, and right after bath time when she is getting lotioned up. She loves her little massage time. Sadie still just has her 2 little bottom teeth. No others in sight, yet.

Sadie loves "face time". She just wiggles, and giggles and jumps whenever you talk to her or look at her, and especially when you go in to get her up from sleep. She gets soooo excited. Her smile makes you feel so loved, happy and important. Funny how a little tiny baby can do that, right?

Sadie-Bug, oh how we love you! You bless us every minute!