Wednesday, April 23, 2008

I know everyone says it...


My mom took me shopping today to get a pair of jeans for my birthday. I am sad to say that I don't fit into the ones I really like, but I got a good enough pair. (thanks, Mom!) This is not the point of my post. At lunch, a man approached us to get a peek at Sadie, as she had been serenading the restaurant with very loud babbling since we arrived. He said she reminded him of his son at this age (almost 9 months). He then proceeded to reminisce about his 3 children for about 5 minutes. It was sweet, and I know without a shadow of a doubt that that will be me someday, telling complete strangers about the things my kid(s) used to do...
It's going by so fast! I already can't believe that since she's crawling, Sadie is technically past the stage of needing me and Andrew for everything. She can get around and into stuff just fine on her own, and she even pushes off of us to be let down onto the floor. She has heaps of energy and I keep joking that I'll lose the rest of my baby weight by chasing her around once she learns to walk and run. Maybe then I'll fit into the jeans I was trying to squeeze into today...
Here is a shot of her after our ladies' day out. She was bushed, and was asleep on my shoulder taking her from the car to the crib. I almost didn't want to put her down!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

you can't make this stuff up...

Today, I took Sadie to an "open swim" at the aquatic center we've been going to sporadically for a couple of months. She loves the water, and I even brought her most recent favorite toy - a rubber ducky. We splashed and played on the shallow steps and I floated her out in the the deeper area a bit. There were a couple of ladies on a bench about 15 feet away the entire time, presumably watching their kids in the water.

A little while later in the locker room, one of them approached me to say how cute Sadie is, which I thought was really nice. It was a pretty quick exchange, but it was too good not to post a blog entry about. (I've been needing something to get me back here after a *gulp* 4 month hiatus!) Props to Crystal and K-Lo who I had lunch with today and also prompted me to get back to the blog...

Anyway, back to the weird locker room convo:

Lady: "Your baby is so cute!"

Me: "Oh, thanks; that's really sweet...Say 'hi', Sadie! Say 'hi!'"

Lady: "She's really really adorable...you must hear that a lot."

Me: "Well, yeah - I guess we've heard it before...thanks so much..."

Lady: "Probably at least twice a day!"

Me: "oh, I don't know about that..."

Lady: (leaning in closer) "She's really beautiful. (pause) She must take after
your husband."

* awkward silence *

Me: "...uh...um, well...yes, actually she, uh...she's got her daddy's eyes, and lips..."

Lady: (almost inaudibly) "I was teasing..."

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Seriously. Ya gotta love it when a complete stranger decides to tease you about your looks.