Two Peas: Sadie's birthday

Little Sadie is one now! Can't believe it. She is really coming into her own personality--very happy, easygoing, and talkative! Sometimes she wakes up from a long nap and you can just tell she's starved for conversation. She'll start pointing at pictures on the wall, sign different things, or emphatically say some of the words she knows to get you to talk to her. Her words so far are:

cat
big buck (says "buh!" anytime she sees something with horns)
dog ("woof")
dada
Willa ("yaya")
scream (there's a song we sing and in it it says "don't forget to scream" and everytime she goes "ahh!")
roar (same song--"don't forget to roar", and she roars)
more

She can say "mama" but hasn't said it to me yet. She wags her finger at you for no, shakes her head for yes, and has sign language signs for: more, all done, ceiling fan, drink, and food.

She's really into animals right now and starts making all kinds of noises whenever she sees animals on a page. We haven't taken her to the zoo yet but can't wait! She likes to hug all of the stuffed animals in the house.

She's not walking yet but has taken a few steps. She can stand herself up and if you say, "Sadie, can you walk?" then she'll usually look down at her legs, grin at you, and then try to take some steps. Harley has been having a terrible time with all this talk about walking--anytime someone says "walk" he thinks we're talking about taking him on a walk and he gets all excited!!

I think she got the memo that kids start having temper tantrums around age one. Sure enough on her first birthday she decided that she did NOT like baths anymore and threw her very first tantrum. It's been a couple weeks since her birthday and she has a couple of tantrums each day--we call it turning into a wet noodle. She flails her head back and makes her whole body go limp while she cries...I think it's funny though and it doesn't bother me...yet!

She loves both the girls but really laughs hard for Willa. Joel and I joke that Willa regresses a few years whenever she plays with Sadie. She is so good with all babies and will just sit and sing, talk, and play with her forever. Half the time you are left wondering, "What the hell is Willa even talking about with her?!" Like today Sadie was bouncing up and down while holding onto the couch, and then Willa started saying something like, "Oh Sadie, you are bouncing! Up, down, up, down! (while making funny faces and body language) Ride 'em little cowgirl! Swing your lasso!! (starts swinging arm wildly) Yeeeeeeehaw!" and then Sadie just about died laughing.

Balancing all three is a lot of work sometimes, but we wouldn't trade her for the world!! I'm excited to see what her next year brings because each day just gets better and better!