Meredith

We were graced with the presence of my sister Meredith for 10 whole days. It was SO great. I love having someone to help me bring the girls on outings each day. Plus, Meredith is awesome. We did a whole lot while Meredith was here: park trips, the Provo Farmer's Market, lots of swimming, Sadie's first movie in the theater, fireworks, bbqs, shopping at Old Navy and loving on the mannequins, toddler birthday parties, visits from friends, and more. Do you have a drink and a snack ready? Because this post is gonna be a long one. As usual, pretty much all the pictures are of Sadie. I only got a few with Meredith.

First up- we returned to the Highland splash pad. We ran into Toni (and Anna and Eliza), which meant Sadie followed Anna around giggling for a while. That is, until she fell for the 20th time and hit her head. It is really slippery- especially for a 1-year-old trying to keep up with an older kid. At that point I forced Sadie to wear her Crocs in the water, which apparently, is akin to torture.


Another morning we went to a birthday party at Airborne, a new trampoline arena in Draper.

Sadie and her little friend Jenna LOVED it.

They have a little toddler arena perfect for kids

Jumping with the birthday girl, Winni


Just a picture of crazy Sadie- she is really so nutty

I caught some pictures of Sadie on one of our park trips

Nielsen's Grove park in Orem is absolutely gorgeous

The playground doesn't have much shade so it's not good for super hot days (like the day we were there), but Sadie enjoyed the pond

Another birthday party was at Veteran's Memorial pool in Provo. They had the whole place rented out and Sadie was in heaven.

She went down the little water slide over and over. I love this picture Daniel caught. Makes me laugh every time.

So does this picture. This kid was showing crack all night. Sadie was clapping for herself for climbing up the stairs alone.

Sadie spent a good portion of the party following older kids around. Here she is with one girl who never actually acknowledged her. They just sat together for a while. I took this picture when they asked all the kids to get out of the water to sing "happy birthday" to the birthday boy. Sadie was not about to leave the water for one second.

Later on Sadie made a friend! Her name was Sadie too. Sadie was overjoyed to have attention from an older girl.

Daniel even came on this outing (a rare occurrence- I guess that's what happens when you have a job)
We actually stayed at the pool for the Stadium of Fire fireworks. Sadie was excited to wait at first, but that excitement quickly waned and we ended up watching a few fireworks from the parking lot and calling it good.


The Cottle family spent a day with us. Sadie and Briz took a while, but finally connected once they could play in their diapers together.

Another post on Brizzy's visit is coming.

Finally, a few random shots from other days:

Sadie's newest weird habit- plugging her ears. There doesn't appear to be much reason for it. It occurs at random times.

Elise and Meredith- the whole reason for this blog post

Meredith, we LOVED having you here! Please come back soon. As in, tomorrow. Even if Sadie did get mad at you a few times when you tried to make her obey rules. We cannot wait to find out if you are having a boy or girl (Meredith is due the beginning of December).