14 Months

 

 

Sara is BUSY.

 

She does not stay still for long

and is walking more than crawling.

 

She gives hugs and open mouth kisses,

loves her furr sissy,

thinks water is the BEST

(hose drinks, splashing, stomping, bath time, pools)

loves to be outside,

loves reading her books,

and loves playdates with her neighbor friends.

 

 

Daycare is getting easier.

 

Last week,

she cried hysterically when I dropped her off

Today she was upset, but shed no tears.

 

She is starting to interact more,

with the other children.

She is shy at first but warms up quickly

(like both her mommy and daddy).

 

She still loves her sleep.

 

She says a lot of words

and is beginning to put words together.

 

She says:

"hi"

"bye"

"sissy"

"daddy"

"mama"

"more"

"all done"

"nana"

"papa"

"nigh night"

 

Last week,

Matt was leaving her room

and she said, "bye dad"!

 

She does "so big" by raising her arms

and when asked, "where's Sara?",

she points to the mirror.

 

She loves to wave at everything and everyone.

Especially at cars driving past our house.

 

Such a smart girl!

 

She is a good eater and tries everything.

Her favorite is her mommy's banana pancakes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Stepping Stones

 

 

Today is Sara's first day at Stepping Stones!

a.k.a BIG girl school.

 

 

I've never had to wake Sara up in the morning.

In the past, I would let her sleep in
and bring her to Kandi's after she woke up.
I don't think she appreciated my wake-up call today.

 

 

After singing her a few cheery songs

and reminding her about her BIG day,

she was all smiles.

 

She babbled all the way to daycare.

 

When we arrived,

she was excited and pointing at everything.

She likes to point and wave.

 

Only 2 of the 10 kids were there when we arrived.

Sara clung tightly to my finger until she saw the toys.

She walked over to play and never looked back.

 

 

 

I know I overstayed my welcome,

but I really enjoyed watching Sara play.

 

 

She will need to put this boy in his place.

He kept stealing her toy and putting frogs in her hair.

 

Boys are trouble.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I tried to leave once but I ended up

stalking her through the window.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The ladies in her room encouraged me

to call as often as I pleased.

 

So I did.

 

As of noon, Sara has had a great morning.

She has only cried when others in the room were crying.

 

She played outside this morning

and will be doing arts and crafts this afternoon.

 

So far, big girl school seems to be

much harder on Mommy

than it is on Sara Mae.

 

 

 



Big Girl School

 

 

This is Sara's last full week with Kandi.

 

I am happy for her

because she's really beginning to enjoy

the company of babies her own age.

 

I'm thankful Sara had this year

with Mike, Kandi, and Mason.

It was exactly what she needed

and what I needed too.

 

Sara loves them

and I know we will continue

to be involved in each other's lives

forever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's a bird.

 

It's a plane?

 

It's MASON!

 

 

 



Play Date

 

 

 

 

Sara has been spending time

with her new friend Gunnar.

 

They play really well together,

which is great,

because their parents enjoy each other too!

 

 

 

 

 

 



First Concert

 

 

We took Sara to her first outdoor concert.

G. Love and Special Sauce played during Tuckfest

at the U.S. National Whitewater Center.

 

It was a warm day (in the 80's)

We brought...

sunscreen

ice cubes

munchies

summer dress

sun hat

and the Booth family!

 

 

 

Sara & Mommy took some pre-concert selfies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sara beat the heat by sucking on ice cubes

and drinking a lot of water!

 

 

She got a little boost from daddy

so she could see G. Love

 

 

She munched,

and munched,

and munched.

Until we ran out of food!

 

Then she flirted with Gunnar

until he gave her some of his nummies.

 

 

Her first time eating potato chips

and cookies!

 

 

Daddy kept me cool by dunking my toes in the water.

 

 

 

 Thank you Derek, Mandy, and Gunnar

for joining us!

 

 

 



Warm Day Fun

 

Give this girl a bucket of water

and she is occupied for hours.