Meeting My (Wilt) Cousins!

Cousin Henry (now age 3)

Cousin Oliver (now 2 months) & Aunt Karen

Not to forget "Super-Jason"...I mean Uncle Jason

Bonus meeting: second cousin Amanda, husband Chris & baby Chelsea (now 2 mo.)

Group photo time!

"Come back cousin Sadie!"

"Now stay put my young Jedi."

Papi & his grandkids (Oliver, Henry, Sadie)
"Henry I love you & am so glad I finally met you, but you better not eat my O's! (but that is a pretty sweet helmet)"

Sadie's First Christmas!

Naperville, IL (aka; Nani & Papi's house)

Lisa's traditional Christmas candy cane roses from Adam xox
Christmas Eve 2009Christmas morning; "Look at all those presents!""My first Christmas & I have to eat before presents?!""Ok, enough with the pictures, I'd like to go see what Santa left me.""Good times...finally opening my presents."
"My Christmas outfit. Thanks Auntie D."

Visiting Nani & Papi in Illinois.......

Thanks to generous friends & family we did not need to lug baby must haves like a car seat or buy a bunch of winter clothing...TRULY THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!

Ahhhhh, love from Nani & Papi, worth the 30 hours of traveling.

Exploring Nani & Papi's home.

Why are my Cheerios' cold here?

Boy, this sure is a nicer bath seat than mine in SG.

These jammies are a lot fuzzier than mine in SG too.

Thanks for all my treats Nani.

Where's Papi? I just saw him!

Ahhhhhh, nothing like a Bud Light...we have arrived.

"We're Coming to America"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Singapore Changi Airport December 21, 2009
Sadie's journey to America begins.....

Singapore Air
liking the plane...easy to do at the beginning of 24 hours of flying....

making new friends....

liking the bassinet.....

but not for sleeping......

first stop: Tokyo, Japan

more sleeping needed....

second stop: AMERICA! (LAX)

too tired to enjoy.....

more flying, almost there....

MADE IT!! Chicago, IL

Brrrrrrrrr, It's cold in America....
December 21, 2009 (yes, still the same day...crazy!)

Coming to America

Sadie will set foot on American soil for the very first time this week. We will fly to Chicago to visit Nani and Papi before heading to Minnesota to see Grandma, Grandpa and lots of other friends. Sadie helped get our luggage ready for the long trip:

Its only a 25 hour trip so we requested middle seats in Coach - hopefully it will all work out. If we have time during our trip, we are going to try to see Sadie's favorite band, Sexual Chocolate.

Happy Birthday, Sadie!

Sadie turned 9 months old on December 20, 2009. We tried to celebrate with our customary picture with her friend George, but she had other ideas in mind. Round 1 went to Sadie:

...but George quickly got his second wind and got back in the duel:

We called it a draw but had all worked up quite an appetite so we wrapped up with a Birthday Cookie:

Sadie's New Tricks

Sadie is a crawling machine these days - she favors the stomach down, stealth approach as she sneaks up on her toys. She prefers to stand, though, as shown in this post-bath photo:

...and in her crib:

Her other new trick is to pull herself up on pretty much anything that she can reach - tables, her crib, Mom, etc. Here she is in action:

She also continues to expand her sophisticated taste buds, as we recently added tofu to the menu: