Why Sadie Grace

Antique toy blocks

Gift from Kay at Engraved Euniques

Concentration during burping!

I love this picture with his smile and wedding ring showing

Mike's eyes look so great here

Love her expression!

Catherine gave Sadie this adorable diaper cover and Kelley gave us the tutu

Love that she is looking at us, not loving my double chin

My favorite picture! Her eyes look so alert and adorable!

Second favorite one!

Dodger and his sister

Eating her tutu

Love this candid shot

Here are some of the pictures from our session with Mallory. They turned out so great!

I realize that I never explained how Sadie got her name. I saw it one day at a doctor's office before I was pregnant on a Christmas card and thought it was so cute. I looked it up and saw that it meant "God's princess" and was a nickname for Sarah. It was also old fashioned and not too popular. I have always loved that my name had a meaning and thought that something with a good meaning was a great fit for our little girl. I never liked that there were so many Sarah's and I wanted something pretty traditional but not too popular.

When I found out I was pregnant and having a girl and around that time Oprah named her dog Sadie, that really annoyed me so I took it off the table for a while (I also found out many other people have dogs named Sadie). You know how when people ask what names are you considering, you float a couple and the expressions are annoying. I often got "oh I had a dog named Sadie" when I said that name! In the end I love dogs too so I guess people name their dogs all sorts of names.

I always loved the name Grace and the peace that comes when I say that name and all the meaning it holds. I feel so blessed to be given grace and love the song Amazing Grace. Mike didn't want to use it as a first name because of a girl he knew (isn't that always the case when looking for a name :)) So for the majority of the pregnancy Mike would not commit to anything because he wanted to see her first. I already had stuff monogramed and put her name up so it was Sadie in my mind. I joked with him that we could always just take it down if he didn't like it. Other names we considered; Anna Elizabeth (my middle name), Lily Grace and Avery Elizabeth. In the end we just came back to Sadie Grace and am so glad we did. I love it and it fits her perfectly!