16 Years of Wedded Bliss

That's right 16 years!

I wouldn't necessarily say it's been bliss but it's been an interesting ride so far.

Our good friends offered to watch Sadie for us on Saturday night. So Steve and I got to visit Famous Dave's. That's some good eating right there.

We decided to invite some friends over on Sunday night for a BBQ.

Sadie and Atley really enjoyed the red wagon....
...FASTER, FASTER!!

It was a lot of fun. I'm glad we got to celebrate with friends. We will definitely be BBQ'ing a lot this Summer. It was too much fun not too.

It's Springtime in Bakersfield

Ok well it started out being springtime earlier in the week. And this morning I looked out the window and decided it was perfect lighting for pictures. So I loaded up the princess and headed to the park...however when we got there the wind started blowing a little too much. So we only got one picture in the true outfit.

It's a beautiful park and it has a lot of great areas for pictures.

Showing a little skin.

Sadie's Tent

Sadie has a new thing lately. She likes to lay in her crib and watch a movie...specifically Cinderella or Little Mermaid. Well today I was checking on her and she was trying to make herself a tent. Now what kind of mom would I be if I didn't help her?!

She was a bit disheveled after all her hard work.

Now let's see the inside...

Crawling to inspect her new digs

Now all is right in the world.

She laid there in her tent and watched the rest of her movie.

Girlie Girl!!! FINALLY!

That's right I have a Girl!

Today during Sadie's bubble bath I was playing with and she started to wash my hands with her baby brush. She did a really good job. She gave both my hands an impressive manicure. Considering she knew nothing about that and she's never seen me do it.

So after she was done I thought, hmmm, and stuck my feet in the tub. Sure enough she gave me a great pedicure. I'm training her early I guess. So in the spirit of girl bonding I decided to try my hand at painting her toenails. I was a bit leary considering she is like a fart in a skillet and doesn't stay in one place too long. But she did REALLY good. She sat and in my lap and I painted her toes. Then her hands. I told her to pretend she had wings and to flap them. She loved it. And I'm so happy I had a girlie moment with my beautiful daughter.

I love hands. And I always wanted a picture of my hands and Sadie's. I like this one but I think I'm going to keep trying. I just want a picture so she can look back when she is older and see if our hands are similar.

St. Patty's Day

For St. Patty's Day our family decided to go for a drive. I have a wedding this weekend that I'm doing the photography for so we thought we'd drive to the Church and take a look around.

We had a lot of fun just walking around and snapping some quick pictures.

Wow I actually got her say cheez and look at me all at the same time.

See usually it's like this...

Dancing with her shadow

I'm free! Get out of my way Mom!

But I don't want to go home.

A Little Dirt Never Hurt! Right?

So Sadie wanted to play outside today. After I was done cleaning up the yard, this was the scene I turned around too. So me being the person I am thought, "I could use this one day". haha. So I grabbed my camera.

YUMMY!!

My pretty pretty Princess!

Here's a video of snack time!

Remind me again...I had a girl right?!

Hart Park

My friends, Emi & Virginia, & I loaded up our three daughters in Emi's new car and headed out to Hart Park today. We were determined to feed the ducks. We had a nice little picnic until the girls saw the playground equipment. Then all they wanted was to play. So we played a little and then headed on our trek to feed the ducks.

Here is Emi pushing Sadie and her daughter Nina.

I'm ready for my close up!

Little Nina

We found a nice spot and started the feeding frenzy.

Here is Sadie, Emi, Nina, Atley & Virginia

The girls loved it!

There were more ducks than this but you get the picture.

At some point Sadie got bored with the ducks and decided playing in the dirt was more interesting

Oh and then she found her precious stick...I had a girl right?!

Here is the true shot. Both the other girls feeding the ducks while Sadie plays in the dirt.

Then we decided to go for a walk to the bridge/dam. The girls were absolutely enthralled with the waterfall and the bridge.

Then Sadie decided she needed to teach little Nina a few dance steps

Since Sadie can't stay in one place very long, she and I headed over to some turtle statues. She liked them because they were high enough that she had to climb but low enough that she didn't get scared or frustrated.

Then all of us headed over to a little patch of grass with dandelions. Nina and Atley loved them and picked the beautiful flowers. Sadie, well lets just say i may have watched the Addams Family while I was pregnant with her. She only picked the flowers that the blooms were gone. That's right the dead ones!

Little Nina picking Flowers

Atley picking her flowers

Sadie showing off her bouquet

Then we headed back to the car and stopped for a few pictures on the rocks next to the pond.

"The Three Amigos"