Sadie's AZ Photoshoot

My very talented sister Rachel took some pictures of Miss Sadie Pearl. Since I haven't been good about updated my blog, I'll just send you to hers:

http://rachelbuttonphoto.blogspot.com/

My Valentine

Last week at play group Sadie decorated sugar cookies for the first time ever. She loved it, especially eating all the sprinkles off the cookies. Yum, yum!

I Need A Snow Day!

We got about 6 to 8 inches of snow this weekend and we had 2 days of family fun in the snow. The video is a little long, but if you can't spare a couple minutes, then skip to the last 30 seconds or so for Sadie's wipeout while sledding. Mike got a little too enthusiastic with his pushing (don't worry - it's not too bad - no injuries, just a tipped sled).

Sadie & Abby

A few weeks ago, Sadie had one of her best friends, Abby, over to play. They had way too much fun playing together and I was able to get some video of them in action. It's just under 2.5 minutes if you have the time.

Update: For some reason the video has been unavailable the past few days. I've tried to fix it - hopefully it's working now...

Match Party!

The much anticipated results are in... Mike will be staying at Wake Forest for an Ophthalmology residency! We are so excited that he matched and that it is a place that we love.

We had an eye ball party in his honor. Thanks to all the friends who came and humored us by really getting into it:

Stacey came all the way from AZ. Now that is true support! (So maybe she just happened to be here for work... )

Matt & Baby Wilder

Laurie, Randy and baby on the way. (Yes, he is wearing glasses in the womb!)

John Adam and Melanie with Oliver and Finn (they are studs, glasses or not!)

Liesl & Brett

Suzi & Emma

Emerson, Luke & Elena

Sadie sneaked a taste of the cake while we were taking this picture.

We won't find out about intern year until March, but as for July 2011 - June 2014 we'll be here in NC!

Marathon

On December 12th I ran in the Charlotte marathon. Thanks to these girls who inspired me to run. They made the months of early morning training fun. Since I had never had the goal of completing a marathon, I was surprised that I could do it and actually enjoy it. Will there be another one in my future? We will see!

(Please note that this photo was taken after running 26.2 miles and is not the most flattering!)

New York

This month Mike continued his travels. Sadie and I were able to join him on a trip to NY. Sadie and I spent a relaxing day in the hotel while Mike interviewed, then we all ventured out that night into the city.

We took the subway.

And decided not to go into the Ripley's Believe it or Not exhibit.

But we did see Time Square.

We saw people ice skating.

And we saw a big Christmas tree near by.

We loved the decorations.

But the Rockefeller Center tree wasn't as amazing as we had always imagined.

Neither was the Empire State Building.

The next day we went to Central Park and were surprised how beautiful it could be in the winter.

We went to Strawberry Fields.

And to Serendipity.

Then we went to Grand Central Station and took the train back to our hotel.