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SadenMitchell
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Name: Sadie
Birthday: 6/16/1982
Gender: Female
Interests: I'm really interested in graduating from college in a year, let's see if that happens. Addiction recovery really fascinates me. I love kids-especially toddlers, but babies are fun too. I'm pretty interested in Shawn, but don't tell him, I need to have the upper hand:)
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Nonprofit
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Member Since:
5/9/2004
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| I'm really just trying to convince myself that it's a good morning since I got woken up again an hour early this morning. I really hope Levi's internal clock changes to real time. I just hate daylight savings so much. hmph. My tiny one is taking a nap at the moment and I've got Levi occupied with some sensory play, so I've got at least a few moments to get some thoughts down.
Shawn's mom was here this weekend for a visit. She got to meet Nolan and dote on Levi. It was a good visit, much different than when her boys come with her because they still need quite a bit of attention from her. Weird that they are teenagers now. When I met Shawn they were in 6 and 7 years old!!
Nolan seems to be mellowing out a bit, much more content this past week. Levi took his first poop on the potty yesterday since having Nolan and we celebrated with a trip on the light rail (MAX). He's been very hesitant to go near the potty since bringing home the baby and I'm just not into having a battle of wills at this point.
Anyone else really looking forward to Christmas? I saw that the Gonzales' family already put up their tree! What the heck guys, you haven't even had thanksgiving yet!! Looks really pretty though. I'm so excited to go to a X-mas tree farm with the boys and get a little tree to decorate. Does a tree represent anything spiritual to any of you? I know it has pagan roots (like most "Christian" holiday traditions) and represents new life to them with the lights representing the sun. For me it's just pretty, bright and fun and reminds me of being a child. We got a little bit of $$ from some of Shawn's family and I've been looking at a few gift ideas online that I wanted to share.
I think I'll get this for Nolan. I love that it's made in Oregon, and the wood comes from the myrtlewood tree which is indigenous to just Oregon and Israel.
Baby rattle/teether
Hmmm, not sure if this would be a gift for me or for Nolan??
Nursing necklace/teether
I ordered a new necklace for Levi, but I think I'll wait until Christmas to give it to him. This time I got the baltic amber/hazelwood combo, which can be tricky, because amber isn't supposed to get wet, but the hazelwood is supposed to stay moist to work. hmmm
hazelwood necklace
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| Wow, blogging takes a lot of time and energy all of a sudden! Any time I have without a busy toddler of a fussy needy (yet completely adorable) baby, I want to clean the kitchen, do some laundry, take a nap or just BREATHE!! As I'm writing this, Levi is quite upset that I'm not letting him sit on my lap and pretend to bite my face. I'm so neglectful. So here's a little update on my fam.
Our roomate moved out, long story, still working through some stuff with all that transpired over the last 5 months.
Shawn is still working at Wells Fargo and volunteering with Luis Palau Association. We both pray and hope that he will one day be on salary full time there, but right now he's just loving being able to serve in any way he can. And they truly appreciate him, which is wonderful!
Levi has grown up so much in the last 6 months. In May, when he turned two, he still was only saying maybe ten words and then, it seemed over night, he began to have full conversations with us. It's so wonderful to be able to really communicate with my boy. He's really smart too, he knows and can recognize the entire alphabet already which makes me feel like all the work I'm doing is paying off! He's really polite and always say "thanks mom/dad/grammie!" anytime we help him with something, and he tells me "no thanks" most of the time instead of just "no". Lately he's really into making forts (although he calls them cages).
Nolan is growing like a weed, and I think I'm going to get my wish of having a chubby baby! He's not a content little guy at all. Completely different than Levi. I wouldn't say that he is colicky, because he is very easily consoled. But he always wants to be attached to me in some way. I think it's a bit of a cruel trick of nature to be given such a mellow content baby first! I was totally expecting that again, and I've been thrown off a bit. But he's still such a sweetie, and I look forward to seeing how his personality continues to change.
And now for some pictures
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this is a clinic in provo, UT!! | | |
| It's gonna be a rough weekend, pray for us. | | |
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