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Uncategorized | June 22, 2016

Sadie Mae: 12 Months

One just seems so old, don’t you think? Sadie is official a toddler now. Someone please hold me while I cry in the corner in disbelief. 

Girlfriend is sugar and spice and everything nice. And sass. And sweetness. I just can’t get enough. She says “mama” “dada” and “kiki” (kitty). She’s started to point to things she wants and it’s the cutest…except when she’s pointing at my ice cream sandwich that I have no intentions of sharing. Then she’s mad. 

Like really mad. Sadie can throw a tantrum like no other.

It’s a redheaded girl thing. Or a one year old thing. I can’t decide. Sadie is mama obsessed and unless she is playing, wants me to hold her all the time. And gets MAD when I put her down or try to leave her with a babysitter. She’s happiest when I’m holding her and she typically has one arm down my shirt. And if you don’t give her what she wants, when she wants it, she’ll bite you with her 6 teeth (2 on top, 4 on bottom). 

She still refuses to walk more than two steps. She pulls herself up on furniture and cruises around, but is still perfectly happy to crawl instead of walk. Or do this weird crawl walk thing. This girl is a trip!

Official stats have her at 29.8 inches tall and 22 lbs 14 oz. Which is pretty much exactly what her big brother was at this age. 
Knock on wood, but she pretty much sleeps 7:30pm (ish) until 6:30 a.m. and takes two good naps. But now that I’ve put that in writing she’ll probably change it up. 
She eats basically everything we eat, but her favorites are blueberries, strawberries, raisins, goldfish crackers, green beans, mac n’ cheese, cheese quesadillas, and pizza. And she FLIPS OUT over ice cream. She has a very refined pallet, as you can tell. 

Sadie is still breastfeed and we will keep going until she decides to stop. She’s a mama’s girl so I don’t think that will be any time soon. 
We love this girl to the moon and back a million times forever.


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Comments

  1. Vanessa says

    June 22, 2016 at 1:12 pm

    Gahhh, she's such a cutie!!! I can't believe she's ONE!

  2. hello erin says

    June 22, 2016 at 2:00 pm

    Happy ONE Sadie! And I'm pretty sure she says "Kiki" because she wants to come visit us. And if tantrums are a redhead thing I'm off to dye k's strawberry hair black.

  3. Ashley Brickner says

    June 22, 2016 at 2:02 pm

    Happy one!!!!! She is precious!

  4. Vanessa Esperanza says

    June 22, 2016 at 3:59 pm

    I can't believe she's one!! I feel like it was just yesterday you announced you were preggers!! haha Time sure flies! Happy 1st Sadie!! xoxo

  5. Whitney @ Work it Mommy says

    June 23, 2016 at 2:14 am

    Kiki is what Brielana calls Kinsey, all the heart eyes over that one!

  6. Hall Around Texas says

    June 23, 2016 at 2:33 pm

    Goodness, she is a doll! Happy one sweet Sadie!

  7. Hannah says

    June 27, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    It must be because they share a birthday, but Sadie and Oliver sound so similar! Loving mama so much, eating all the things, getting so angry when they can't get what they want… they are so cute. I love this age!

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