Narcoleptic? You be the judge.

My little Sadie woo woo is such a funny little thing. Unlike her mom and older sister, she really needs her sleep. When it is time to go to bed, I tuck her in and lean in for a kiss and tell her to go to sleep. She informs me that she does not want to go to sleep (as she is fighting to keep her eyes open). So I tell her to just lay there in bed and I will see her in the morning and that seems to satisfy her to not throw a fit and get out of bed. She usually has a book or in this case paper and pen. Well, it takes maybe 30 seconds for her to be totally out. Initially when I went in the room she was on her back with the paper on her lap and the pen resting on the paper. She had fallen asleep mid-coloring. By the time I got the camera she had turned on her side but she was still holding the pen. She is just like her aunt Erie, she can fall asleep anywhere and VERY quickly.

6 Months Old and tubes....

Big Boy

Asher turned 6 months on July 22 and had his 6 month check-up that day. His stats are 21.lbs even (93%), 27.7 inches long(89%),and head circumference 45 cm (79%). He is a big BIG healthy baby boy. He is sitting up unassisted, loves to be in his jumperoo or his walker, can't get enough solids in him and is EXTREMELY happy! He is so much fun and really is such a happy boy. Wednesday, he went in for tubes. After 5 ear infections in his young 6 months, it was time. He did really well as the doctor was running a 1/2 hour behind, especially considering he hadn't eaten since 8:30 the night before. At 8:45 that morning, he went in and he was finished by 9:00. When the nurses came into tell us that he was awake and they were going to bring him to us, they warned us that he was really mad. We had gone through waking up from anesthesia with Sadie so we kind of knew what to expect. He has much more of a temper than Sadie did and cried in my arms for about 20 minutes before he finally fell back to sleep. When he woke up the second time, he was a bit better and finally settled down to eat and then he was happy again. He actually did pretty well all day except when he would burp. The air from his burp would effect his ears and he would cry for a bit after each one. It has been two days since he had the surgery and he is back to his old self.

We love this little guy so much and are so grateful that he is in our family.

Chillin' out before surgery in his cute little hospital gown and booties

New York, New York

We had a GREAT time in New York. Asher was a huge hit with everyone that saw him and got us a lot of perks along the way. We got 30% off at the Yankee Team store because one of the guys thought he was so cute and so he remembered how Ryan and him "went" to high school together. We had our picture taken and posted on the Yankee Website, we were able to skip the long line waiting to go through security at the airport. We were able to go to three games, see the fireworks over the Statue of Liberty, eat in Little Italy, eat at a fabulous Dominican Restaurant as well as Grey's Papaya. We visited Hoboken for the first time and had Gelati at Rita's (oh it was sooooo heavenly). Asher was so good the whole trip and so happy. He did great on the plane and at the games. When we got home though, he slept from 4 in the afternoon until 5 the next morning and he did it again two days later. He recovered well and we can't wait to go back and take the girls oh and Cam and Brit!

GO YANKEES!!!

Lost Teeth....

So Sadie had her tooth pulled in May after an incident with scooter handle bars. Addie lost her first tooth the day we got back from New York. I am so glad it hung on until we got home. She was so excited that she was going to get a visit from the tooth fairy and thanks to inflation, kids these days rake in A LOT more than what I got as a kid.
Tonight we celebrated Ryan's birthday, a day early because tomorrow he has meetings and I have a game (the championship game to be exact). Addie, Sadie and their cousin Oaklee were running around when Addie started screaming. I turned to see blood pouring out of her mouth and being Addie, it was SUPER dramatic. I mean, I know it hurt super bad but I had to yell at her to get her attention and try to settle her down so that we could get the story on what happened. Apparently Sadie's klutziness is rubbing off on Addie because she ran right into a door knob and there is tooth enamel embedded in the knob. Her top left tooth (same as Sadie's) was pushed back. Luckily I was able to push it forward and hopefully it will stay. She is already freaking out about going to the dentist because she doesn't want him to pull it. So crossing the fingers that it doesn't develop an abscess and have to be pulled. Besides, we are still paying off Sadie's extraction because insurance doesn't cover well on those types of things.

Sadie will have her "space" for A LOT longer than Addie


Sadie....glutton for punishment


Addie finally caught up with her little sister


After a "run in" with the door knob


Poor little girl....look at that fat lip, she can hardly talk and the worse thing,

she can't drink her chocolate milk out of a sippy cup.

Sedgwick Family Reunion

A couple weeks ago, we had the Sedgwick Family reunion at the Scera Park and pool. We always rent out the pool after 6:00 for a couple of hours. We got to the park around 3:00 to visit and eat dinner. They always have a silent auction to raise money for the next years reunion and this year, Addie found something that she just HAD to have. She put her name on the list and would not leave that spot in fear that someone else was going to out bid her. She stood by it for almost two hours until finally I had to write my name under hers so that we would be sure and get it. That satisfied her and she finally left her spot so she could eat. During all this, Sadie and her cousin Oaklee had been playing at the playground that was near our pavilion. I was keeping an eye on them, or so I thought. Brent, Ryan's brother and Oaklee's dad decided to walk over to the playground because he couldn't see them at the moment. He came back and said that he couldn't find them, that they were not at the playground. I immediately ran to the bathroom's and was in the process of running down the isle throwing open stall doors looking for them when a lady came in and asked what was wrong. I told her my two three year olds had disappeared from the playground. She immediately asked what they were wearing and their names and had her whole group immediately looking for them too. I ran the whole park twice with no problems because my adrenaline was pumping so high. I kept telling myself that we were going to find them and that no one had taken them. I was not going to be the out of control parent running, screaming and crying because I knew that would just make it worse. Ryan had this feeling that they had gone to the pool so he went over there and just as he walked in the gate, he heard a page saying that Oaklee was looking for her daddy Brent. Ryan ran and found Oaklee and asked where Sadie was. Sadie was swimming in the pool without a care in the world. They had walked through the gate, dropped their clothes (swimsuits were underneath) and jumped into the pool. Luckily Oaklee thought that Brent was lost so she went up to a life guard and told him that. We were so grateful that we found them and had a long talk about not going anywhere without telling mom and dad. We didn't have the heart to get mad because we were so relieved to have found them. The other exciting thing that happened at the reunion was one of Ryan's cousins from Kansas fell about 15 feet out of a tree and luckily only broke his arm. It was broken so bad however that they had to put him out in order to set it.

Other than those two exciting events, the reunion was relatively calm and yes, Addie did win her prize that she bid on.

He's not fat....he's chubby.

Those are the words that my doctor said to me today. I took Asher in because he was showing all the normal signs of an ear infection and I wanted to get it cleared up before we go to New York next week. Sure enough, ear infection #4. I was in the process of changing his bum when the doctor came in so I asked him if it was normal for Asher's little "unit" to be somewhat inverted and if it was, is it because he is so fat. My doctor was so funny and I seriously think that he thought Asher's feelings were going to be hurt because his mom called him fat. Anyway, it turns out it is totally normal (whew) and he sees it a lot in little boys his age and it is because he is so chubby. Anyway, my chubby boy weighed in at 19lbs 8 ozs today at his appt (he turned 5 months on Mon). He is so FREAKING huge, and I absolutely love it. I had to move him out of the infant car seat because it was too heavy to lug him around in it. This does however make it hard when we go places. On Saturday, we went to three different stores to grocery shop and I carried him in the baby bjorn at all three. He hasn't totally mastered sitting up yet and so shopping carts are still a little hard. Anyway, because he is such a tub, my back hurts so bad and I can't stand completely straight. Ryan says I walk like an old lady and that is exactly what I look like.

Asher is up to three solid feedings a day, we were going through two Costco cans of formula in less than two weeks, so in order to try and make those last a little longer, we moved him to three feedings a day. He LOVES his food, big surprise I know.

Asher loves to be in his walker and can move forward, backwards and sideways. He also loves his Jumperoo and will jump in it until he tires himself out. He loves to play with toys and will lay on the floor and go from side to side grabbing his toys and playing with them.

He really is such a good baby, who even when he has ear infections still sleeps through the night. He loves his sisters and loves to sit between them in the car. They are both really good with him and love to make him laugh and squeal.

Addie is a fantastic big sister and is so good to feed him his bottle at home and in the car.

So that is the latest on my GINORMOUS baby boy.

Today is my last day of Spanish and I should be studying but I really am to the point where I am burnt out and I am having a really hard time caring. I can't wait till I can go to bed the same time as Ryan instead of 4 hours later. I am excited to be able to get the ironing done on a weekly basis rather than having to iron a months worth of clothes. I am excited to not have to take my kids somewhere different every day so I can go to school. (Thanks so much to Nicole and my sisters for watching my kids and taking such wonderful care of them. It is so nice to leave them with you guys and not have to worry about them at all because I know they are being treated as if they are your own.) They really do well and don't complain, but I am looking forward to being able to go to the pool daily and just hang out and chill and not have to hurry every morning to get everyone out the door and then getting home right before Ryan gets home.

I look forward to being able to make dinner and all in all just getting things together and not feeling so scattered.

So YEAH, here is to two whole months of no school! This is the biggest break that I have had in three years, but it was totally worth it because I will graduate in the spring.

Here is a pic of Sadie with her missing tooth that she had to have pulled.

NYC HERE WE COME!!!

I just had to post that Ryan, Asher and I are going to NYC July 2-6. We wanted to take the girls but the flight would have cost WAY too much so they are staying with my sister Amber and are SUPER excited to be doing so. Ryan had a credit on Delta that he originally thought he had to use by July 9th. We are going on a cruise next May for our 10 year anniversary and we were going to use that for our flights. When Ryan called to use it, he found out that travel had to be completed by July 9th. So NYC was the natural choice. Ryan served his mission there and we have visited 3 times together and I went once by myself when Amber was a nanny in Connecticut. So this will be my 5th trip and I feel that I know my way around pretty well, I have the subway figured out, it is not too hard as long as you know if you need to go uptown or downtown you are usually good. I feel guilty leaving the girls over the 4th of July since they love this holiday. They don't care though since they will be going to Sugarhouse park with my parents and sisters. As long as they are with Grandma Val, they really don't need mom. I am excited to take Asher with us and WAY excited to go to the new Yankee Stadium.