Our Trip to Missouri

We had a great vacation to Missouri a few weeks ago. My whole family was able to be there for a family reunion and it was so great to see everyone. It was busy busy busy with about 40 people there, and there were lots of late nights, but it was super fun! After everyone else left Tanner, Sadie and I had a few days to relax with Mom, Dad, and my younger brother Joe before we had to head back to Arizona. It was really nice and Sadie had a great time getting to know Grandma and Grandpa Nevels and playing outside and having lots of fun! I didn't use my camera much during our time there, but here are some pictures of what I did get. Enjoy!

Sadie loved playing in the sandbox at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Sadie likes to pretend to roller skate at home, so we told her if she
was a really good girl for our trip to Missouri, then we'd get her some
roller skates. These are training ones for toddlers, and she did
really well with them!

Daddy helping Sadie roller skate.

Sadie loves to have pretend birthday parties, so when one of her
cousins had a birthday while we were there, Sadie was so excited to
have some birthday cake and ice cream. Can't you tell she's totally
loving it?

The lodge where we stayed for our family reunion had a little
creek at the bottom of the hill that all the little kids loved to
play in. Sadie had a blast getting wet, throwing rocks,
and digging in the mud.

Sadie and her cousin David, playing in the creek.

Digging in the mud. So much fun.

Grandpa Nevels, watching over everyone.

While at our family reunion, we did a ropes/climbing course called
the Edge. I didn't get to participate this year, since I'm pregnant, but
I went to watch and took a few pictures. You may have to click on
these pictures to see them well, since they aren't very close up.
This one is my brother John, climbing to the top of the "Leap of Faith",

This is my brother Joe, mid-air, jumping from the "Leap of Faith".

My brother Charlie found this huge beetle; everybody was fascinated with it.

Yum, Yum, Sadie having ice cream after a swim on a hot day!

All the cousins gathered together to watch a movie while they waited for dinner.

Back at Grandma's house, Sadie and cousin Raina had fun with
Grandma all to themselves.

Sadie playing dress-up!

So pretty!

25 Weeks

Here's my 25 week pregnant belly picture! This was a few weeks ago, I'm actually 27 weeks along now. But my belly is definitely getting bigger! I've been feeling pretty good, except the last several days I've had some back pain just like I did when I was pregnant with Sadie. We are getting excited for the baby to come in September though! I can't believe the time is going by so fast!

Cuteness!

Here are some random pictures I've taken of Sadie in the last month. She is so cute and is learning and growing so fast! She talks so much better than she did just a month ago. Its amazing the things that she remembers and the things that she says! I'm always getting on to Tanner to watch what he says around her because she's getting to that stage where she repeats and remembers a lot of what you say. Well, I'm the one who got burned on that one. I was frustrated the other day and said Oh crap when she was right beside me. So of course she had to repeat it. So I told her I shouldn't have said that, and its a naughty word and not to say it again. I didn't figure she'd remember it past that, but sure enough, today we were at the park and Tanner heard her saying Oh crap. I couldn't believe it! So i guess I learned my lesson! Anyway, she's our sweet girl and we love her to death! Here's some pictures of her cuteness!

Grandma and Grandpa Branham got her these giant blocks.
Now she's constantly saying "Mommy, build a castle"!

Eating Chocolate (pronounced chalk-it) pudding!

We got some new outfits for Sadie and she spend all afternoon trying them on! She would put one on and say "it doesn't fit" or "its too big" or "its cute" before trying the next one on!

This is what Sadie always inevitably does when she plays with markers!

Sadie had an emotional breakdown one day and this is what
I found her doing afterward. (not really) :)

Our Trip to Michigan

At the beginning of May we went to Michigan to see Tanner's parents. It was a long day of traveling there, and another long one traveling back! We drove to Phoenix the day before and stayed the night with my brother John's family. Then the next day we flew to Milwaukee, and then had to drive five hours (through a rainstorm) to Michigan's upper Peninsula, where they live. But we made it without too many problems. Tanner's parents both had the entire week off of work, so we got to spend lots of fun time with them. Sadie loved getting to know her Grandma and Grandpa Branham again, and followed them everywhere! We did a few touristy things, and saw lots of beautiful country! And we really enjoyed the cooler weather. Actually it was kind of weird - it was kind of cool here when we left, so it was warmer in Michigan than it was in Arizona. But by the time we left it had cooled off significantly and had actually snowed! But it was nice and we enjoyed it! Our trip was lots of fun and we are bummed that we won't get to see them again for a long time. Anyway, here are a few pictures of our trip! (some of these are courtesy of Grandpa Branham, thanks!)

Grandpa blowing bubbles with Sadie

Sadie had to have a try!

I did it!

Sadie and Grandpa dancing!

We went to Eagle River, WI to look around. It was cold
and we weren't very well prepared for it!

We found a neat little toy store. Sadie spent pretty much the entire time at
this little table where they had a bunch of wind up toys. She loved them!

Sadie and Grandma on a big seesaw!

Sadie sitting in a giant lawn chair!

Sadie with a giant cow!

Sadie riding an elephant!

Sadie and Grandpa looking through a telescope!

The whole family!
Grandpa, Katie, Tanner, Sadie, Grandma, and Great-Grandma

And of course, we can't forget the snow! This is what
happened on our last day there!

Super Bunny

Sadie really likes the PBS show Max and Ruby. Its about two bunnies that are brother and sister. Max is the little brother and is always into mischief, but usually ends up saving the day at the end. She absolutely loves it - its basically all she'll watch these days. Anyway, in a couple of the episodes, Max puts a cape on and pretends to be Super Bunny, be a hero, save the day, etc. So now Sadie likes to pretend she's Super Bunny. She'll bring me a blanket to tie around her shoulders, and she runs around the house with her finger pointed way up in the air, saying "Super Bunny to the rescue!". I eventually made her an actual cape to wear, but the silly girl still prefers a blanket for her cape. Its really cute though. If she has a friend over, sometimes she tries to make them wear a cape and be Super Bunny's sidekick Zoom Zoom. Its funny. And for awhile I could fool her into doing things for me by asking Super Bunny for help - like telling her I needed Super Bunny's help to pick up all the toys. But that didn't really work for very long! :) Anyway, here are a few pictures of our little Super Bunny!

Super Bunny!

Super Bunny.......

......to the RESCUE!!!

Here's the cape I made for her.

I figured the S could be for Super Bunny, or Sadie,
when she grows tired of being a super hero!

Our Little Helper

Lately, Sadie has loved to help me - with anything! She says "Sadie help!". She especially loves to help me in the kitchen - cooking or doing dishes. Here's a few cute pics of her helping me cook!

She likes wearing her apron when she helps me cook!

Mmm... there's nothing like licking peanut butter
cookie dough straight from the beaters!

Gotta get it all!

Popsicles

So, Sadie's new favorite treat is popsicles. She calls them sicle - bee's (kind of popsicle backwards). She's gotten really good at eating them without making much of a mess - mostly because she just eats them really fast. Last week we watched her friend Kale for a few hours and they played in the pool and ate popsicles and had a blast! Here's some video of the two of them eating their popsicles! They are so darn cute!

Isn't she the cutest thing?


Mmm...savoring the cool flavor of those popsicles! So Yummy!

Easter

Okay, so I know this is super old by now, but I just thought I'd share some cute pictures from the Easter egg hunt we went to at a friends house. Sadie had a blast, even though she wasn't feeling the greatest, and she was a total pro and finding all those eggs! It was fun!

Sadie on the lookout!

Finding eggs on the swings!

Are there any more?

Going through her stash!

Sadie with her friends Kale and Kenady.

Camping Trip

Here are some pictures from the camping trip we took a while back. We just had one night, so we found a place close to home and had a great time! There were no other people around, so it was so quiet and calm, it was great! Sadie loved it, but was kind of not feeling well at the same time, so she did her share of fussing and whining and not sleeping at night. But she's excited to do it again and hopefully we'll be able to go again soon before it gets too hot!

Tanner setting up our tent. Notice there were actually trees in our
campground! That's kind of amazing here in Yuma!

Sadie had a ball playing in the dirt and finding sticks to poke things with!

She got kind of bored after awhile.

Katie and Sadie. I bet you can't tell that Sadie's been eating
chocolate! And she loved these little light sticks!

Tanner taking care of the fire!