Hat Parade, Fritz's, and a Mayor's Christmas Tree

Such excitement has been happening since my last post!  Sadie had a hat parade at Granny Lin's house last weekend.  Granny Lin pulled out a hat box full of exciting things for Sadie to wear.  Below are a few pictures.

Sunday we took Sadie down to Crown Center to eat at Fritz's restaurant and then to see the Mayor's Christmas tree.  She wasn't all that excited about the trains at Fritz's, but of course she loved the hat!  She didn't really care about the Mayor's Christmas Tree, but she loved the fountain display to music!

 Hmmmm, something is missing?!?!

 My hat...there it is!

 Auntie Nell and me

 Most of the gang!

Pretty Fountains

On another note, poor little girl has got her 2nd ear infection (within 1 month), has a cold, and is getting her molars in.  Needless to say she hasn't been the happiest baby on the block (as you can see from her lack of smiles in the above pictures).  We are hoping she is on the mend and will be cheerful for Christmas.  If not, well, we have an ENT visit scheduled for mid January!

Hope everyone has a fantastic holiday season and I will be sure to post lots of Sadie pix after the new year! :)

Speech Therapy

As many of you know, Sadie has speech therapy once a week.  We have the wonderful Stefanie every other Tuesday and the fantastic Stacy on the other Tuesday's.  During this time Sadie gets the opportunity to play and engage in activities that encourage her listening and speaking.  The past few weeks Sadie has gotten to do a lot of things that she really enjoys.  She got to play with markers (AHH!), as well as play dress up.  It is great that the activities are so fun that they don't actually feel like therapy or work at all!

Hmmm, a marker. This looks like something I can make a mess with!

Trying out the marker

Oh yes! I made a mess! (and didn't come off for two days I might add...washable markers, yea right!)

Don't I look pretty?  I got my hat, sunglasses, bracelets, rings, necklaces, and skirt!