Growing, Learning & Funny Stuff

Lilianna is growing and changing so much. She's getting stronger and more aware of her surrounds daily. She finds it especially enjoyable to be awake late in the evening with Mamma and Daddy after big sissy's gone to bed. Of course she's supposed to be going to sleep too, but finds it way more exciting to practice holding her head up and looking around. Here is just such an evening. So cute!

Sadie is still thoroughly enamored with her little sister. Lilianna and I went to get her out of bed after one of her naps and I laid Lilianna in bed with Sadie. Oh boy! Did Sadie think that was exciting! She hopped all over the bed covering the baby with her blanket, giving her a bear and squealing in delight. Then she sat down right by her head so she could pat and touch her. So funny!

Sadie loves to help me with the baby any chance she gets. The other day I was burping Lilianna on my knees and Sadie came up and started burping her too. When I went to get her out of bed after a nap the other day, she was being especially affectionate to all her stuffed friends and started burping her bear. I was so happy I could catch it on video. You'll also notice in this video that she "showing" her teeth. We ask her to show us her teeth and this is how she does it. We video taped her doing it the other day and now she thinks every time we video tape her, she needs to show us her teeth. :)

Sadie is learning and figuring things out at a very fast rate now. She's putting things together and trying new things almost daily. I was getting ready to put her in her high chair to eat last week and turned around briefly. When I turned back she had climbed up in her chair all by herself and was desperately attempting to put the tray on too. Haha. Josh caught it on video a few days ago.

Josh has been buying and parting out beat up 4-wheelers the past several months and selling them on ebay in order to make ends meet. None of them that he's bought so far have been running. This past week he bought one that actually runs. It's a noisy racing 4-wheeler and Sadie has decided that she LOVES riding it. She was scared when he fired it up, but as soon as he asked her if she wanted to go for a ride, she ran right over. The faster and crazier he drives, the better she likes it. Here they are going for one of their first rides.

And this was her reaction when it was time to be done riding and come in for supper. Oh it warms her Daddy's little heart! :)

Sadie now has a list of very exciting things she likes to do every time she goes outside and goes down that list asking to do every one of them until we let her do one. They include giving the dog a treat (or taunting her with a treat), going for a ride in the back pack while Daddy mows the lawn, sweeping the shop, swinging like a crazy maniac on the hammock, going for a ride on the 4-wheeler, getting pulled on her little tractor or playing with the ball and bat with the dog. Oh life is so exciting for a little 19-month-old!