Monday, December 7, 2009

Again

So I know I enter her in way to may of these but I couldn't resist. People always tell me she be a model and in movies. I have no clue where to start on that so I just do theses in stead, I saw this in my parenting magazine and thought what the heck so if you could please vote for the nugget we would really appreciate it.




Sunday, November 22, 2009

For the love

I came across this video on yahoo home page. I had heard a couple people talk about the video but it was was worse than I thought. This girl is seriously evil, I can understand being competitive and being in the heat of the moment but she is seriously psycho. I can't believe it took this video coming out for her to get kicked off the team. The good news is she defiantly ruined her soccer career and she also lost this game.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

MMMMMMM
















On Monday night we had some friends over and I decided to try some new recipes. I saw these pumpkin pit bite on bakerella website and I just had to try them. I made 40 of them and there was not one left by they end of the night. I have an obsession with any thing mini so I totally loved these, plus they were so easy to make. I have never seen a pumpkin pie recipe that called for cream cheese before, Trav really liked the extra flavor. I also bought spray cool whip for topping them, to me you can't have pumpkin pie with out cool whip.






I also tried this recipe but with my own twist. I made a chocolate mouse to layer it with instead of just chocolate pudding. It was really good and even better the next day. The next time I make this I am going to let it sit over night. Sadie was happy with being my taste tester while I was baking.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Dear Santa,



All I want for Christmas is a Canon EOS-7D, SLR Digital Camera. I want this camera so bad my teeth hurt. It is entirely to expensive but a girl can dream right? I am just putting it out there in case you really do exist.





Also I wouldn't mind a little blue box....Or two.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Oh my child!


On our drive home St George we stopped and got Sadie and yogurt parfait. She of course made a giant mess of it so we pulled over. Her faces were so funny. She was watching Thumblina and was very animated about that, plus she thought Trav was going to let her out. Then of course the tears came.










Sadie has been so goofy about movie's lately. She gets so stressed and scared at any intense parts. She typically tries to hide and plug her ears. I believe she was watching snow white in these pictures, which she has seen a 100 times but she had to plug her ears, lay on Trav, and at one point even needed to take cover in her blanket.










Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Cindy Lou Who






Sadie this year for Halloween was Cindy Lou Who from the Grinch who stole Christmas. My mom made her costume for me while I was in Oregon. It turned out perfect. I was a little afraid on Halloween that she wasn't going to be nice and let me do her hair since she hadn't napped in two day. To my suprise she was really good just watched her movie and didn't even notice me. I had made a hair piece for her, it was the top of a piece of triangle Styrofoam that I had wrapped with fake hair then I also wrapped her hair around it to make it stay in. Then I made to fake hair pony tails and braided her hair into it.
We were waiting for her cousin's to go trick or treating, and Sadie was trying ripe her dress off and wasn't having it. She kept trying to rip and pull her dress off. She only lasted for one block before she was laying on the side walk kicking and screaming. Needless to say I was over it. Let hope next year will be better, I already cannot wait for her costume.

" Vegas Pumpkin Patch"


We also went to a Vegas pumpkin patch (a parking lot with carnival rides, bounce houses and yummy but oh so bad for you food). My friend Ange and her little boy Mason were able to come along and so was her sister Ashley and her two kid Taylor and Carter. Andrea's little boy is the cutest little thing ever, well actually he is not all that little. He is such good baby and so happy all the time. Sadie was so excited she could not stand her self. She liked the bounce houses, at first she was really nervous about the slide and death gripped the guy sitting at the top. Who I think felt to0 guilty to rip her off of his hand. The second time around though she loved it. Trav braved all the bounce house with her, I just took pictures

Leavitt party


Trav helping Sadie play the games
We had the Leavitt family Halloween party on the Friday before Halloween. I didn't get hardly any pictures, probably because I was trying to hold Jamison the whole time and also we are potty training Sadie which meant bathroom trips every 20 mins. The party was crazy and the kids had a blast.

We also decided to finally embrace that it was halloween and Craved pumpkins with Justin and Bethany. Justin finish there pumkin with record time. Trav took his time and also required some help from Justin to get all the pumpkin guts out. He arms were really sore from the trainer haha.


Sadie thinking she is play twister

Pumkin Patch


My mom and me were able to take Sadie to the Sauvie Island pumpkin patch. I really wanted to go to the little people big world farm (a show on tlc), but they are only open on the weekends and I did not want to deal with the huge crowds that I was betting would be there. Sadie could have cared-less which one we went to. She loved the animals at the farm and the little train ride. They had this hay thing you could climb on, Sadie wanted to go to the highest point on it. She has been getting braver lately. They had a cute little field of only small pumpkins, Sadie went running over picking one up and I thought she was being so cute like she loved them. Then right after she picked it up she threw it on the ground and was kicking them. She kept saying that they were balls.
















































Fall

When I went to Oregon for my dads birthday I was able to stay for a little over a week. Although I have come to really like Vegas (mostly for the friends I have here) but also for the great weather during spring. There still is nothing like Oregon in the fall to me. The colors are absoulty amazing. When it is not raining all I wanted to do is go for walks and enjoy the trees. There was a great park that was walking distance from my parents house. Sadie loved it, she kept picking all the weeds along the way. She was amazed with everything, from the little stream and bridge we went across, to the leaves falling from the trees. I hope someday she can come to love Oregon the way I do. The pictures I took don't even do justice to how amazing all the colors on the trees were.



























I love driving through the trees, it is always so pretty.

Happy 50th Papa





This year my dad turned 50! I kind of last second decided to come surprise him on his birthday. It ended up working out that the rest of the family was able to come home to surprise him as well. I flew in on his actual birthday, my mom got him out of the house and we all set up decorations and made him a good dinner My mom really liked the confetti I had every one throw I am sure she will be finding it till Christmas. Later that night my dad's sister was able to come by for cake. We all went in together and got my dad a Bulova watch which is his favorite brand. The next day we wanted to do something small for Natalie and Sadie's birthday as well, my dad's company had told him to take us all out on them for his birthday so we went to claim jumper where we celebrated all their birthdays. We had the girls open presents at the restaurant.



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Sadie turned two on Oct 23, still seems so weird to me that it has been 2 years since I have been prego and had a baby. We orginally were going to go to disneyland for her birthday, but we ended up going about two weeks before that, which was perfect because I surprised my dad and came home for his 50th birthday (next post that I am doing... my post way out of order). So there was really no way we were able to go to Disneyland. So kind of last second I threw together a party just for family. It turned out so well, Sadie had so much fun and it was so nice to see every one. Sadie got tons of present, her top two were gold fish from Karla and all the dress ups Beth got her. Trav set up a little area in Sadie's room for all her dress ups. She has been in heaven with all of her new toys she andplays up in her room for hours on end! Beth also helped me make her ridiculous cute shirt. I cut a 2 out of zebra fabric and sewed it on to a shirt. Then Beth spent like 5 hours sewing sequins on it. Sadie loved her party and she was very happy to blow out he candles (which we have been practicing) but when every body started to sing her big pout lip came out, It was pretty funny.







Sunday, October 4, 2009

Sunday

THIS
(monkey bread with butter cream frosting)


PLUS THIS
Makes for really great Sunday mornings.



Oh my weird child, For some reason she likes to put Ollie's dog toy around her neck. The thing is chewed to pieces dirty and smelly yet she still put it on herself. At times she even fights Ollie for it. She made me laugh for sure.







I also I thought every one should know that I am a changed woman. I HATE anything with characters on them normally, but I have totally given into Sadie on some things. Like for example this night gown. I have yet to given to to shoes or clothing and I am hoping I don't but I am a sucker when it comes to Sadie so if she pitches a big enough fit I just might.




















My baby















I took Sadie on a walk the other day and she was just being a little ham. It keeps hitting me lately how big she is. I can not believe how fast she is growing up. She keeps me laughing all the time. Which I defiantly need between her hissy fits and destroying my house.




I have been trying to take Sadie to lots of parks since the weather has been so amazing. I feel like I have been trapped inside for three months because of the heat. At one of the parks she fell in love with the toy horse that you ride. She would have stayed on it forever. She kept petting the horse and giving it kisses. She loves any sort of animals even the fake ones I guess.

Disneyland

To escape the stress from world market we decided to make a last minute trip to Disneyland. Trav came home from work around 4 we hurried and packed our bags and by 6 we were on the road. It was such a nice trip, we were totally relaxed. We were not stressed about go or doing any ride since we got season passes and because we knew we would be back in a month. Sadie was so much fun this time around she loved looking at every thing. She was a little traumatized because one of the first rides we went on was pirates. She didn't cry but every ride after that she would death grip me and plead "no no no". Eventually she warmed up. Small world and the parades were defiantly her favorites.
This is one of my favorite pictures from the trip. She looks like a such a little person and also like she is very deep in her own thoughts.


We waited in the longest line every so that Sadie could meet Cinderella and the other princess, as of lately they have been her obsessions. She was totally nervous around them and wouldn't let go of me. She didn't cry so it gives me hope that maybe next time she will warm up a little more.


Thursday, September 3, 2009

All girl



The other day went Trav went upstairs to get Sadie in the morning she apparently had to get dolled up to leave her room. She loves her accessories and her new favorite is make up and specially lip gloss.
videoWatching this video I also realized she is in pajamas as well. I swear I dress my child haha.
videoPoor Poor Ollie and all the torture he endures. Sadie figured out that the leash that was on her toy puppy comes off and also works on Ollie. He has been dragged every where today.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009





My friend Brynn was in town and had never been to Vegas. So we had to of course go see the Bellagio fountains. Sadie did not like them, She gets so nervous about the most random things.















We were having a lazy Sunday and this is where Sadie wanted to sit to watch her movie and play with my hair. She has become very girl lately. Any time I put make up on or use hair spray she thinks she needs it as well. My favorite is that she loves to have to toes and nails painted and asks for "pretty" all the time.

Movies

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Sadie's favorite movie right now is enchanted she has the whole movie memorized. The top video is how she likes to sing songs lately, not sure where she got it from. The bottom video is what she sings all day long.
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videoTrav taught her to say "OH NO" at any scary parts in the movie, cute the first time after that no so much. She is watching snow white in the video so she need to say it a lot.

Big Girl

We decided that it was time for Sadie to move in to a big girl bed. She never tried to climb out of her crib even though the bar was always half way down. She would however rattle her crib and jump in it, I felt like she was breaking it. So far she has done amazing, She has only has gotten up one time during her nap after I scared her by catching her she hasn't tried to get up again. She loves all the room she has in her bed, I think her favorite part is the pillows though. For now I just put the box spring and mattress on the ground so if she fell out it wouldn't be to high. We are getting her bed frame at world market next week. Also the best news of all NO MORE BINKY!!!! We finally broke Sadie of the binky I had tried several times and always gave in, she just loved them and I felt so bad. She had started to bite wholes in the nipples so for safety sake I knew it was time. I took a couple of them and cut the nipple of so when she asked for them I could hand her those and also so she wouldn't freak out if she saw other babies. It defiantly did the trick she still was semi comforted by holding them and by the next day she didn't care about them at all.











Friday, August 21, 2009

why do I bother?


Today I was washing our back sliding glass door, I first did the out side and Sadie followed me out. She kept playing out side when I came in to do the other side of the window. Well when she saw me on the other side she thought it was a game and had to come up and smash her cute face against my freshly cleaned window.