Sadie & Jake

Here's Sadie sitting on a red chair looking maybe a little worried. Why is she looking worried? Scroll down....

The Late Night Sadie Show

Sadie is fighting sleep tonight. She's sitting in front of me, in her little baby lounger, looking at me with wide-open eyes. I took her for a walk after Jake went to sleep, to give Ali a break. She was quiet in her stroller, but wide awake. We'd go for long dark stretches between street lights, where I could barely see her face and kept hoping she'd nod off. But every time the street light shone on her face again, there were those big open eyes staring back at me. For a while she even had her neck craned up as if she were trying to get a better look at her surroundings. Don't worry little Sadie, you won't miss anything if you go to sleep.....

Back Home

We got in around five o'clock tonight and it's good to be home again. Even when you go someplace like the Grand Canyon or Venice or even the neighborhood ice cream shop, it's still good to get back home. We had a great time at the lake feeding the fish, going to the Strawberry Festival, kayaking, swimming and doing a little relaxing, too.

We use one of those baby monitors at the lake because with everything that's going on, it can be hard to hear when Jake wakes up from his nap in the downstairs bedroom. We don't need one at home, so it's interesting to listen in on him when he's just woken up, before he yells out for one of us. At home we can usually hear him talking and playing by himself for 10 or 15 minutes before he's ready to get up, but we can't make out what he's saying. Yesterday, after a good 3 hour nap, we finally heard some tossing and turning on the monitor. Then, we heard the following:

"Ha......Ha.........Ha" (spoken slowly, and sleepily)

"Funny"

"Jake Funny"

Yes, Jake, there's no need to worry. You are funny. "Big Funny," as you would say. You crack us right up.

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