Fall, Halloween, and Sadie's Birthday

We went to St. George for a weekend and saw The Little Mermaid. Sadie loved it. She didn't move an inch the entire time, and sang along with most of the songs. Ariel is her favorite princess right now. We also did some hiking in Snow Canyon and just had fun being with family! Here's Grandpa Smith telling Sadie how to feed the ducks.

Sadie Also had a really fun time riding her scooter..

One of Sadie's favorite movies right now is the Wizard of Oz (I thought it was kind of creepy when I was little, but she loves it), so that's why Sadie chose to be Dorothy for Halloween. We went to 4 Halloween parties in October including the Ward Halloween Party which we (the Primary Presidency) were in charge of. Sadie went to two more Halloween parties- one at her daycare and the other at preschool. We definitely celebrated Halloween this year! At least Sadie got good use out of her costume.

She loved playing in the pumpkin guts more than carving her pumpkin! 

Sadie's 4th Birthday! 

Notice the 4 fingers on each hand!

Sadie was the princess and special helper at school on her Birthday.

Drew and I took Sadie bowling.

Sadie was very happy to get a Taylor Swift DVD. Sadie can sing just about every Taylor Swift song! 

We needed to move Sadie out of the nursery before the baby gets here, and figured her Birthday would be a good time to give her a "new room", so about two weeks before her Birthday, we had her new room painted and then Drew and I worked on having it all ready for her Birthday. We kept the door locked all the time, so she had no idea. She was very surprised and I love how it turned out! 

Sadie loves helping Daddy, and I love it when Daddy lets Sadie help him! 

Of course work is no fun without a little play! 

It's a BOY!

A beautiful bouncing baby boy is coming to the Wilson home on February 25, 2012!

....now what to do with all the boxes full of pink clothes that I've been storing for the last four years??

Sadie Sings and makes an announcement!

This video is Sadie singing two of her favorite songs along with some spectacular dance moves! She also makes a surprise announcement at the end of the video!

P.S. I took this video on a Saturday, so please ignore the messy hair, and mismatched clothes that Sadie has on. :)

The Fuzzy Stuff

Drew was recruited for a new job in the same industry that he is currently working in, but with a different company, Shaw Industries, as a distribution sales rep. He made a switch in product- he was selling hard surface flooring and now it's the fuzzy stuff (carpet). It's a good career move for Drew with a reputable company, and better for our family with less overnight travel, lighter workload, and better salary. The only two negatives about him leaving his previous company are 1) no more awesome and amazing trips, (i.e. no more Australia, Europe, or exclusive resorts) however, we may get to sneak in a Hawaii trip every once in a while with his new company, and 2) we will miss his co-workers. We developed lots of friendships with amazing people that we will truly miss! We are feeling very blessed and grateful for this opportunity, and are looking forward to this new experience! Thanks Drew, for being a wonderful husband, hard worker and supporting our family! and......What's a post without pictures? So here's a new family pic!

All the cousins made these t-shirts at the cabin!

Cabin pics

We spent a couple days at the cabin for Memorial Day weekend. Sadie had a blast with her cousins!

Gymnastics

Here's some pics from Sadie's gymnastics meet today...

Ironman

We went to St. George a few weeks ago to watch Drew's cousin, Keb compete in the Ironman. It was a great experience, and very inspiring. Keb has the perfect excuse for not exercising, and yet he pushed himself to do the Ironman. There was a story written about him in the Daily Herald. Here's the link-

Eagle Mountian Man overcomes four-story fall to complete Ironman.

What Sadie thinks of me...

Sadie's preschool teacher wrote down some things that Sadie said about me:

I like to give my mom hugs and kisses.
It makes me happy when my mom plays princesses and ball with me.
My mom's a queen and I'm a princess.
My mom likes to play "blankies" (I have no idea what this means??)
My mom's favorite food is bananas. (I actually don't care that much for bananas but I'm always trying to get Sadie to eat them, so she must assume that I like them.)
And my very favorite: For work my mom talks to herself at the city offices.

New Dog

Here's the newest member of our family- Jessie. She's a Drahthaar German Hunting dog. She's just a puppy right now, but she'll get really big.

Sadie really likes Jessie.....
And this is one of those bad mother moments. I had to beg Sadie to hold the puppy so that I could get a cute picture, and Jessie, being a puppy, wanted to chew on Sadie's head! It's really not that bad- this picture makes it look worse that what it really was. Jessie only left a tiny scratch on Sadie's forehead.
Despite this, and the incident where Jessie peed on Sadie's princess sleeping bag, (another very dramatic event) Sadie really does love Jessie. She talks about her often and wants to play with her. Sadie also really enjoys shouting out commands such as "No", "Down," and "Sit".

Marriage....

This is a conversation I had with Sadie after driving past the Mt. Timpanogos Temple.

Me: There's where mommy and daddy got married.

Sadie: I want to be married there.

Me: Yes, that would be very nice.

Sadie: Who am I going to marry?

Me: I don't know. You get to pick someone when you're older.

Sadie: I want to marry daddy.

Me: Sorry, mommy is married to daddy. You'll have to pick someone else.

Sadie: Oh...Who?

Me: I don't know. You'll have to pick someone.

Sadie: You pick for me. (Yes! I'm writing this down, so I can hold her to it!)

Me: How about Bowen (6 year old neighbor boy). He's cute.

Sadie: Yeah. He is cute. I will marry Bowen....when he is bigger, cause right now he is little....but he will be bigger....not huge....just bigger.

Me: okay. good idea....wait until he's bigger.

Preschool and Waking Up "Early"

Sadie started preschool yesterday. She's going to Learning Dynamics in Saratoga Springs (my family is an investor, so we pay next to nothing for tuition...which is good, because it's a little pricey for a preschool). Sadie's teacher is awesome, cute, fun, and sweet. My hat's off to her, because she has to have an extra high level of energy to keep preschoolers attention and make learning fun! (something that I defiantly lack). And thanks to my wonderful mom, who is helping me out by taking Sadie to and from preschool.

Now I have to actually get Sadie ready on Tues./Thurs mornings. Before Sadie started preschool, I just dropped her off at daycare and they got her dressed and did her hair- which happened after all the older kids had left for school, (and still happens on Mon/Wed) but now that Sadie's part of that group that goes to school, I have to have her ready for the day before dropping her off at 6:55 a.m. Which means I have to get up at 5:50 a.m. on Tu/Thur. (as apposed to my usual 6 a.m.) Yikes...I know it's only 10 min. right? but there's something about waking up before 6 a.m. that just makes me grouchy. I am not a morning person. Never have been, never will be. (Note: not only is waking up early hard for me, but staying awake and focused for 10 hours straight behind a desk can be very difficult when I'm lacking sleep, especially when I'm trying to type meeting minutes.) I was so spoiled over the Holidays when I took time off work. We would put Sadie to bed at night really late and then she would sleep in until 9 a.m.....which means we slept in till 9 a.m.!!! I will admit I felt a little guilty for doing that....but it was the holidays, so I'll just chalk it up to one of the many guilty pleasures I indulged in during the Christmas Break!

Jumping back to dropping off Sadie at 6:55 a.m.......sometimes I feel like I'm the only Mormon FULL-TIME working mom in the world with a "little one", but it's not true (obviously)....there are others out there. I know this because there are actually other small kids at daycare when I drop Sadie off at 6:55, which means there are other moms that have more then one "little one" and have to be to work before I do!! See, I knew I really didn't have it that bad. :)

I guess what made me think of all this was that I overheard a conversation between 2 other preschool moms that were saying it was so difficult to have their child to preschool so early (early being 9 a.m.). and then I started feeling sorry for myself because I wish I could say that 9 a.m. was early for me! Oh how quick I am to feel sorry for myself, when really I need to do a better job of counting my blessings- because there are many, many blessings in my life.....a wonderful hard working husband, good jobs, financial stability, good health, a beautiful and smart daughter, knowledge of the restored gospel, and helpful family close by! Just to name a few :)