Bye Bye Jeep

We sold our Jeep this week so now we are back down to two vehicles. Joella can gloat now because her minivan has all of the great features and I get the Camry. The funny thing is that for the last year and half many of the great features on the Jeep starting breaking anyway. It would have been fun to take the Jeep out off-roading and really beat it up, but this way I got some good money out of it. I used this picture to post it on Craigslist, and come to think of it, this may be the only picture that I have of my old Jeep. Ah, I can still remember when Matt took me out to West County to go pick it up.

Well, enough boring talk...I know that I will get into lots of trouble if I don't post some new video clips of our little Cutie Pie. Sarah did not nap yesterday afternoon very well, so last night she was all riled up and didn't want to go to sleep. When Joella got fed up, I took her into the nursery and rocked her in the dark. Well, Sarah just looked at me in the dark and babbled away for a good 15 minutes until I got fed up. Joella finally got her to sleep after 11 pm so from now on we are going to work hard in order to make sure that she naps during the day.

Here is a clip of happy Sarah being quite the talker...

And this is how Sarah talks when she is hungry and wants to give mommy the business...

Finally, here is Miss Sarah practicing how to roll over from her back onto her belly. Sarah really wanted to get her hands on that mirror.

All Bundled Up

Sarah got bundled up this morning so we could go to church and complete our second baptism class. She was a very good girl during class, but by the end she sure was hungry. Sarah made us pay later in the day for making her wait to eat because she had two diaper blowouts. The second time daddy got the poopy diaper and Joella ended up rolling on the floor as Sarah pooped and peed on me right after I cleaned her up, but before I got the new diaper on. Good thing that stinker is so darn cute!



Here are a few more bonus pictures of Miss Sarah being so cute in her bouncy chair just a few minutes before her first blowout...

Another Great Doctor's Visit

Sarah had great visit today with the physical and speech therapists. They both said that she is acting like a 3-4 month old baby which is quite a bit better than they expected. They gave us a few more specific exercises to try, but in general, they said that Sarah is doing great. Joella also took Sarah by the St. Luke's NICU for a few minutes, and the nurses and doctors were very happy to see her.

It is amazing to see how much Sarah learns every single day. The following are a few pictures from the last week of Sarah in her bumbo seat. The last two pictures were taken today and you can see just how much better Sarah is doing holding her head up.

A Few More Video Clips From Our Vacation

Here is a clip of Amelia singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" while Maggie and Uncle Karl play Dora with Sarah.

And Sarah squirming in her bouncy seat.

So you think that the E-Trades baby is cute? Check out Miss Sarah.

Our New Puppy Dog

Things have been pretty crazy here ever since we got the new puppy. If you don't believe me then just look at the cute pictures below.

In case you were wondering, Joella and I didn't dress Sarah up last night just to get candy from all of the neighbors. Sarah was definitely the star of the show with the ladies in the neighborhood, but she couldn't out-dress Christian across the street because he actually cut his real hair into a mohawk so he could be Mr. T for Halloween. Here are a few more bonus pictures from Grandma's visit today...

Finally Some Video of our Cutie!

Here are a few videos from our vacation...enjoy!


Playing with Checkers the caterpillar...

Showing off my moo-moo outfit...

I'm such a big girl now...

Back From Our Nice Long Vacation

If you don't know already, I have not been adding blog entries for the last few weeks because we all went on a nice long fall vacation. Joella and Sarah actually went to Arkansas for a few days to see my brother Karl and his family over two weeks ago while I tied up some loose ends and home and at work. Then I met up with Joella and Sarah in St. Louis and spent a few days there before we went to the Lake of the Ozarks for a week with some friends. We all then returned to St. Louis for a few more fun days before returning home. If you have not figured it out yet, we did drive to St. Louis separately and I really doubt that we could have fit both of the dogs and all of Sarah's stuff in our big minivan even if my work schedule would have let me take off more time.

Trust me when I say that we now have plenty of pictures and video clips to fill up this blog every single day for the next month. For now, though, I will just give a brief recap through pictures...



Cousin Amelia did a great job holding baby Sarah.





Look at those three little angels...Amelia, Sarah, and Maggie all hanging out together at Uncle Karl and Aunt Loretta's house.



Storytime with mommy and cousin Amelia.




I love my bouncy seat!





Sarah sure loved playing with Aunt Lisa.





She especially liked being held during naptime.





Sarah was so happy to finally meet her Uncle Kurt. She can't wait to celebrate her birthday with him in May!




I love snuggling with Uncle Kurt!



Grandma Diane and I had so much fun playing with Checkers the caterpillar. Grandma even let me take Checkers home with me.




We had a great time at the Lake of the Ozarks with Matt and Mia. Matt obviously couldn't get enough baby time and we had to constantly pry Sarah out of his hands (NOT!). I had a great time getting beat by Matt in tennis and losing lots of golf balls in the Ozark woods. The weather was great for almost the entire week and the only real downer was living with the early 80s condo decor (just look at that great glass wall in the picture).





Sarah has grown so much in the past 3 weeks...she has become much more interactive and she even surprised mom by learning to roll over from her stomach to her back. Thanks so much to Kris and Leann for letting us spend the night in Rolla (your house is looking great!), sorry that I don't have any pictures to post, but Sarah loved rolling around with Miss Megan. It was also pretty strange for Joella and I to drive by our old college town especially with all of the campus changes that have occurred.

After the lake and quick trip to Rolla, we all returned to St. Louis to visit for a few more days and pick up the dogs. Grandma, Aunt Lisa, and Uncle Kurt did a great job taking care of the puppies and they probably ended up getting spoiled with all of the attention. Grandma loves to give them gravy on their dog food and Aunt Lisa and Uncle Kurt gave them plenty of walks.





Here's Lucy panting away after Uncle Kurt gave her a nice walk.




And here is Mollie trying to figure out if Uncle Kurt has a tight enough grip on the leash to prevent her from going after the squirrel down the street.



I hope that you enjoyed the brief picture recap of our vacation. We will try and get some video clips up by the end of the week and I will add a few miscellaneous pictures every couple of days this week.