A little bit of this, a little bit of that....

Yesterday, my cousin/BFF participated in a craft fair. She is SUPER talented and makes various handmade items. The turnout was a bit disappointing which left her with a lot of items. So, hop on over to so-simply-stephanie.blogspot.com to check out the items she made. In particular, there are lots of baby items that are perfect for gifts, etc. If you see something you like, let me know and I'll pass it on or feel free to leave a comment on her blog. Trust me, the items are even cuter in person than in the pics. Below is a picture of Sadie and I at her booth.

In my last post, I said I was going to start sharing some "Parkerisms", and I have since come up with some more:

-- He insists on using one of Daddy's real guitar picks to play his toy guitar, but he calls it a 'pick-i-nic'.

-- He loves to boss Molly (our dog) around, and will even stand at the back door yelling "Molly, get in here right now".

-- A couple of days ago, he was playing with some toy cars in the kitchen and talking. Once I started listening to what he was saying, I realized it was this...."It's not a race, it's the Piston Cup" - a line from the movie Cars.

-- He says "First of all....."followed by something else.

-- He got the movie Pinocchio for his birthday, but he calls it 'Pick-i-no'.

-- He loves to pray and will say a string of unintelligible things followed by "amen".

I'm sure I will come up with more again because he is seems to be at the age where he is doing or saying something completely new every day that I've never seen from him before. Hmmm....I wish being completely potty-trained would be one of those things. Below is a picture from yesterday when he put on a pair of my boots. I thought he might seriously hurt himself, but he was having so much fun I couldn't stop him.

Little Miss Sadie Lady is also doing many new things:

-- After a while when it was a bit of a struggle, she now LOVES to eat solids. So far she's only had rice and oatmeal cereal, bananas, and applesauce....all of which she seems to very much enjoy. She even makes a "mmm" sound as the spoon is going into her mouth.

-- She smiles a lot. For a long time she just didn't smile much, and I was starting to think that she might be one of "those" babies. Thankfully, she's not.

-- She is extremely ticklish, and really laughs when tickled. And when she laughs, she gets the hiccups.....every single time.

-- Her cry would make you want to cut off your ears. Honestly. Don't just take my word for it. Ask anyone else was has ever had the *pleasure* of hearing her not-so-sweet baby cry.

-- If she was an Indian, her name would be No Hair Little Nose. I'm guessing there is no more explanation needed.

-- She is perfecting her death grip which she uses on everything now, especially my hair, my clothes, anything I'm holding, and anything going into my mouth.

-- She is very interpersonal and let you know quickly if she would like some more interaction.

-- She is sleeping at least 10 straight hours at night. Hallelujah.

-- I am told (a lot and often) that she looks like me.

Overall, she's a really good baby. I can't believe that she is almost 6 months already, and I'm trying to prepare myself for the next step of her becoming mobile. Below is a picture taken tonight after she finished with some cereal.