Almost 5 years old, and she’s still got it.
Hang Up The Heels
The Sadie Lynn Experience
Tagged with english bulldog …
birthday dog.
Yesterday was Berkeley’s 4th birthday.
She’s had a big year, and I am proud of how well she has handled it.
She has dealt with staying up all night because of a crying newborn, she got kicked out of the bed, and eventually kicked out of the bedroom, she gets less one on one time, she lets Sadie pull and tug on her skin and ears, she puts up with Sadie playing with all of her toys – even though she can’t play with any of Sadie’s and she moved out of the only home she’s ever known.
You’re a good girl, Berkeley.
Thanks for all the love and fun you’ve given us these past 4 years. And thanks for putting up with the baby. I swear, someday you guys will be inseparable.
Today we play.
Sometimes the girls just gotta get out. So Sadie, Berkeley and I did just that. We packed up a blanket, some water for Berkeley, some milk for Sadie and a camera for Mom and we were off.
The laundry can wait.
It’s easy to fall behind on dishes, laundry and taking out the trash when you are carrying around a 14 pound attention hoarder all day. It’s much easier to get chores done when there are two of you to do it, i.e. one person entertains the baby while the other cleans. But Monday – Friday that task is almost impossible with Devin working from early morning into the night. So, weekends have morphed into the allotted time in when the house gets a little face lift. But not this weekend.
Sadly, Devin leaves us later this week to head to Austin, Texas for SXSW (the nerd portion of it, not the cool rock & roll part). With his upcoming absence in mind we decided to really suck all that we can out of this past weekend and enjoy it. The laundry can wait.
The weather was beautiful so we headed over the Aroyyo Seco in Pasadena for a walk. Berkeley was stoked, and stayed a good 20 feet ahead of us the entire walk to lead the way.
Watching her prance like a deer through the streams reminded me of the last time I had gone walking there with her. I was 7 months pregnant and Berkeley jumped into a deep part of the pond. She can’t swim – so it was obvious she was going to sink and drown. Without even a blink of an eye, I hauled butt and jumped into the pond and hurled my gigantic pregnant body into the deep end and dragged her out with one hand. Mom strength.
Venice Beach is notoriously “touristy” but we thought it would be fun to walk around and people watch for the afternoon. And it was a beautiful day for the beach. It also was a beautiful day for crazy people and there was no shortage of them out.
Mr. Mom
Out of all the truly bizarre things we saw in Venice Beach, this was definitely the winner. Ladies & Gentlemen – I give you, a TWO-HEADED TURTLE!!
To finish the day up… we ended at one of our favorite spots, Royal T. This place is an art gallery/ tea room/ restaurant/ gift shop. And it’s also the last place I ate before Sadie was born. It got me a little emotional bringing her here for the first time. I’m a sap, I know.
And to wrap it all up. I have two random things to share. One – Sadie is starting to hold her bottle herself!
And two… I went out with my best girls the other night for dinner. It was my first time EVER leaving Sadie since she’s been born. I was a wreck. Even though she was going to be with Daddy, I was still worried sick. When I got home this note was taped to the front door. Devin loves messing with me when he knows I’m freaked out about something.
*The Gold Room is a bar.
Thanks Devin.
Fur Baby Needs Love Too.
This little girl here started it all for me. She marks the beginnings of my maternal extincts & my love of being in love. When I was pregnant with Sadie I sincerely thought that my relationship with my original baby, Berkeley wouldn’t change at all. Of course I still love her just as much as I did the day I brought her home for the first time. But for the time being – Sadie is in need of a lot more affection and attention than Berkeley is. Plus, Berkeley was lucky enough to have me all to herself for the last 3 years.
Simply, I just wanted to make a shout out to my stinky little love bug. Because, sometimes fur babies need a little blog love too.
