Happy Birthday, Sadie!!!

Where o where has the time gone the last 3 yrs????  My baby girl is going to be 3 yrs old tomorrow morning at 7:59 AM.  I was so ready for this sweet baby girl to come b/c my belly button had already popped out and I was in active labor at home for 2 days before they delivered her by C-section on a Friday.  We had just arrived to the closing of our house and I started having labor pains and after all the papers were signed; we called the doc and they told me to go home and rest and if it got worse or changed places; then to call her back.  About 4 hours later or so, my mom took me to L&D to be monitored and see what was going on in there.  :)  Sadie was doing well and I was too, so the doc on call wanted to wait for me to see my doc on Thurs morning before she did anything.  So, they sent me home after monitoring that sweet baby girl and I for an hour or so.  I saw my doc the very next morning and said that I was still in active labor; however, I was STILL not dilating at all.  So, she scheduled my C-section for the next morning at 5:30 AM.  After we got all checked in, got the blood drawn, iv's started, epidural/spinal started, a BIG drop in my blood pressure; which I finally recovered from with 4-5 doses of something to get it stabilized.  My parents walked in during my low blood pressure problem and I'm sure it was scary for them to see me like that.  Once the blood pressure was stabilized; then off to surgery we went and out came that sweet baby girl. 

These last 3 yrs have been awesome, crazy, frustrating, loving, and all the emotions rolled into one at any given time......LOL  Sadie is a beautiful, crazy, funny, loving princess.  She loves to kiss me and she'll usually tell me before she does "I kiss you".  She loves Snow White, Hello Kitty, Meerkats, & talking/walking animals (she has a rabbit, dog, & horse).  Sadie has been learning the alphabet, can count to number 15+, loves watching Shaggy Dog (black and white version), Hello Kitty, Snow White, Mater's Tall Tales, "My" Cartoons, Thomas the Train cartoons, RV, Nanny McPhee, and so many others.  Those are the ones that come to mind offhand since we watch them pretty frequently.  Sadie has also been learning to say," Yes ma'am," so that's really fun listening to her say that.  We have been working on picking up our things and she is doing pretty good at it.  She'll refute some, but overall, she'll do it.  Her favorite books to listen to are: The 3 Little Pigs, Goodnight Moon, I will never, not ever eat a tomato, Harold and his Purple Crayon, 3 Billy Goats Gruff, Peter Rabbit & Book of the Body inside (I always tickle them at the end when reading a certain poem).  She loves to be read to and I can't think of other books, but I know there are so many other stories that she loves. 

She will start prek in 1 more year besides what she wants to do while working with Zachary.  She's growing so much and I have enjoyed being with her the last 3 yrs.  She's very much so a mommy's girl.  If she could, she would never leave my side...HA!  Oh, she potty trained completely back in September 2013 (30 months old).  I'm so glad to have both kiddos out of diapers and love the stages that we're in right now.  I love you, SJC, you mean so much to me!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are a few pictures of my sweet pea from when she was a little tike - enjoy!!!

 

19 weeks along - love this picture!!!

 
This was the night before Sadie was delivered!!

 

After Sadie was given to me, so sweet!!!

 

Here Sadie was on her way to the NICU.  The nursery nurse was so sweet and brought Sadie by to let me hug and kiss her before she was taken to the NICU.  I wasn't going to be able to see her till the next day when I was all un-numb.  Thank you, sweet nurse!!

 

Here is Les and Sadie after birth - she's no more than 5 minutes old!

 

Here is Sadie right after she was delivered.........HA!