735 days. 97 Days. 26 days.

735 days is how long Chance will have been gone when he gets back, therefore the number of days since my entire family has all been together. 

97 is the number of days I will have been away from my family by the time I get back. 

26 is the number of days I have left here. 

I'm so ready to have my family together again. 

Can't wait for the late night talks, the Sunday night game nights, the hikes, the sarcasm, the comfort, the laughs,  the L O V E. 

I've decided to do a tribute to every member of my family. 

I can't get the dang people off my mind lately, so I'm hoping this will help! 

I'll go along with the very old family rule: youngest to oldest. 

So here's to Miss Mae. 

aka Sadi Ladi

aka Miss Mahelma-hay

aka Sadi Mae Trotter

Sadi, you are so beautiful. 

You've heard that approximately 23 times a day since you've been born, but that's because it's so true. 

I love this story of  you:

Dad: "Sadi, you're beautiful". 

Sadi: "And I'm cute, and precious, too"!

(that was at about 5 years old)

You're so confident, missy. Stay that way. I know you still are at age 7 because of this story:

As you and mom were listening to Kasey James sing the song, When A Man Loves A Woman, 

Mom: "Sadi, make sure the man you marry loves you"!

Sadi: "All men are going to love me". 

Mom: "Oh ya, why"?

Sadi: "Red hair, brown eyes". 

Mom: "Just make sure you are a nice girl, and they will love you". 

You crack me up, girl. 

As pretty as you are with your red hair, brown eyes, dimples, freckles, and smiley face, you are so nice to everyone. A little bossy, but it might have been me that taught you that one so I can't really complain too much. 

I can't believe you wrote this song:

any time you're feeling sad, open your eyes, look in your ♥, you can see your famally and love. So any time you're feeling sad or bad just open your eyes, look in your ♥ you can see your famally and love. 

How does a 7 year old get so deep and so wise?! 

You amaze us all, Miss Mae. 

I love you. 

 Sadi, I hope you and Seth fall in love one day. Wouldn't that be so cute to look back at this photoshoot and be like, ahhh look at us. I think that's a good idea!




Lesson Learned from Sadi: Confidence.