Our fun Tree

I've had my tree up since before Thanksgiving, thinking this baby would come early. This is my first fake tree. I really love it! I just miss the smell but the conveniences at the moment overshadows that. I've always wanted a color coordinated tree so after Christmas last year I bought a bunch of clearance ornaments (that were toddler friendly). It was quite fun to pull them all out this year. So I'm sitting here STILL pregnant enjoying my fun tree.

Congradulations Dana!

My Mom finally graduated from the long grueling program called Nursing School! Yeah! We are all so proud of her!

Man-Leg

Sadie's favorite things in the world are fish and water. So naturally when we go over to the Smiths Sadie loves it when Grandpa takes her to the coy pond to feed the fish. There is a huge yellow fish that our nephew, Jonah ( when he was 4) appropriately named " Man-Leg" and a smaller one he named "Can-Leg". Sadie is always mesmerized by them, it's so cute!

Physical Tharapy

This is Sadie in her physical therapy. I know it looks crazy but she actually really does enjoy it. She loves it when she gets to jump on the trampoline. Her walking and talking is still coming along kind of slowly but we have alot of hope! As far as cognitively she is doing so great! When we first caught her delays she was about 14 months behind or more, now she is less then 6 months behind and mostly caught up in some areas. She is following directions and making eye contact so much better. We have been so excited! She is being more social and I think she is starting to call me "Ni Ni" when her dad asks her to point to me. She knows five colors and her basic shapes. I almost cried the other day when she pointed to the correct shape when I asked her about her peanut butter sandwich I cut with cookie cutters into stars and hearts. We still have a long road ahead but I am so grateful for her progress!! I just love my little babe. She has really taught us not to take all these little milestones for granted. Every little thing she learns is so precious to us. Today I received a link to a study that just came out confirming a link to murcury and Autism. I really hope this is just the start of more studies to come so that we can find out how to help our kids. Here it is if any one is interested:Landmark Study finds: Murcury poisoning causes Autism