A Long Summer Update

Well, the summer is flying by and Sadie is growing and changing everyday. Sadie has had a lot of firsts this summer. She starting crawling at the beginning of summer and is now starting to walk! She had her 15-month appointment a couple of weeks ago. Thankfully she only has one more shot to go and she will be finished with vaccinations. She will not get anymore until she is 5. She now weighs 20 pounds and is 31 inches tall. She is getting taller and slender. Her height really shot up from her 12-month appointment to her 15-month appointment. She grew about 4 inches! Her hair has also changed. It is now lying down. I know that will upset some of those who loved her “wild” hair. Sadie is completely off the baby bottles now. She loves her “nubby” sippy cup. She is still sleeping well at night. Now we are struggling with afternoon naps. She wants her Momma and lets me know she is not happy with me for the first hour of naptime. I figure it is just a phase. Who knows? That is what I am learning. There are sometimes just things that have no explanations. One minute she’s fine, the next minute she’s not! By the way, she has VERY healthy lungs. The girl can scream. Keith and I now refer to her unhappy moments before naps (or occasionally at bedtime) as a “Scream fest”. Otherwise she is a funny girl with a lot of personality. I think she knows now that she is really cute because of all the attention she gets.

Sadie has experienced the beach and pool some this summer. We went with Keith’s family to Destin and had a great time with family. We also visited with some of our China travel families in Atlanta. That was awesome! It was so much fun watching Sadie with the other girls.

The biggest adjustment is coming up. Sadie starts school Monday. I think she will have a blast. It will probably be hardest on me since it has been her and me 24/7 for the past 5 ½ months. I’m excited to go back to the classroom. This will be good for Sadie and me.

Enjoy the pictures! It will be awhile before we update again. We will try to update once a month. This blog will also become a private blog. It will be for our family, friends, and travel buddies from China. If we don’t know you personally, we’re sorry, but there are some weird people out there, and we want to protect our family’s privacy.