Did I mention We had a Baby

So did I ever mention we had a baby???  Yes, we did and it has been almost 9 months since the beautiful day that our sweet Sadie entered the world.  She was born on October 1, 2013 at 3:15pm.  She weighed 7lbs 4 oz and was 18 in long.  While starting all over with a baby has been challenging plus we moved twice we have loved and adored her.

Shelby and JP have taken very nicely to being big sister and big brother to Sadie and she loves them to pieces.  It is so much fun to watch Sadie light up and smile when she sees them walk into a room.

So now next week she will be 9 months old!!!  NINE MONTHS!!!  Where does the time go?!?!?!  I vowed when I was pregnant with her to enjoy every minute as I knew it would be the last time I would go through the pregnancy stage, the labor stage, the newborn stage, etc.  And I am doing exactly that. 

Sadie, you are a precious gift from God and we are so honored that He gave you to us. 

We love you!



The Things Out of A Child's Mouth

Yesterday on the way to a party Shelby, JP and I were discussing Shelby's upcoming root canal and somehow we got on the subject of Pratt and how many times he has had surgery and been sedated for various procedures.  Here is JP's take on it:

"Daddy has had a lot of things done to his body.  He had this shoulder and his knee and that one where he had to put frozen peas on his privates."

I almost crashed into a tree!!!  The best part was that he just said it so matter of fact.  He wasn't trying to be funny or make a joke.  He just was listing out all the things that daddy has had to have done to him.

First Soccer Season

I can now officially claim the title of Soccer Mom.  We just completed our first soccer season in this house and it was an amazing success.  I can't tell you it was a success necessarily by our teams record as I have no idea in the end what the official record was, but I can tell you it was a success in fun!

JP took the plunge this year into soccer. After spending many, many days on the playground at school kicking the ball around with friends he decided that he wanted to give it a shot and we are sure glad he did.  He had the time of his life.  It was such a joy to watch him run around on the field and every game he had the biggest smile on his face at the end.  He had Coach G and what a blessing he was.  You could tell he truly enjoyed all the children on the team and loved getting the opportunity to encourage them and coach them.

This is JP before his first game.  He was so excited to discover that on almost every team we played he had a little buddy and he would spend some of the time socializing with them and a couple of times got distracted by planes and birds flying overhead.  We also got quite the kick out of his tendency to run parallel to the ball and give the appearance that he was making a move for the ball but in actuality it appeared that he was just trying to stay away from harms way.  Towards the end he finally started to get more aggressive and go for the ball more.  A couple of times he would catch a hard kicked ball in the belly but he would bounce back and keep going at it.  His game and confidence really grew with each game and we are so excited to see what next season will be like.



Congratulations JP!  You were great!!

Music

Today I decided to take a detour from our usual music choices and put on some music that would take me back to a day where times were easier as I was a meer child unaware of all the resposibilities adulthood carried.  That's right....it was time to put on New Kids on the Block.  Immediately I was transported back to a time of roller skating until all hours of the night at a friend's house and hours of dancing and dreaming of meeting NKOTB at another friend's.

As I was singing and dancing my little and not nearly as young heart out Shelby walks into the room and the following conversation insued:

Shelby: "What kind of music is this mom?"

Me: "This is the music that kids listened to when I was younger; around 11-14."

Shelby: "I like it. It's groovy." (insert shoulder shake)