I was taking maternity photographs in my front yard. Waiting, wishing, praying, hoping for a safe delivery and a perfectly healthy baby. Packing last minute bags, kissing Ella goodnight as she went to spend the night with Garan, enjoying my new haircut and freshly painted toes. Tonight, I'm listening as my nearly one-year-old blows bubbles in her milk, chants "rock rock," harasses the dog and literally runs around the house while I work. Wow what a difference a year makes. I thought you'd find it funny that I haven't had a sane moment for a haircut and pedicure for the last twelve months. I think it's time. ...
sophie
SO Big
This girl is in LOVE with chairs. Especially little bitty ones that she can get into all by herself. At Garan's and Nana's she has rocking chairs, so she is figuring out how to rock. At home, she & Ella have anywhere chairs that they drag all over the house. Soph just figured out that she can make this chair "rock" if she tries hard enough. She loves climbing in and out of this one and even tries to get away with standing in it when we aren't paying close attention. This is her sneaky face {left}. When she is doing something that isn't allowed and we call her on it, she gives this crazy, crooked grin and looks at us like "What?! I wasn't doing anything!". I could just eat her up... silly faces, crooked grins and all. ...
Dedicated
What better way to begin our birthday week than to share pictures from Sophie's dedication service last Sunday. It wasn't my intention to wait until she was almost a year old to have the service, but it was so sweet to think about giving her back to the LORD just days before we celebrated the day he first gave her to us. The only disadvantage to the timing is that she is so lively and animated. She spent the time we were on stage waving to friends and family in the congregation, kicking her legs, pointing people out and squealing at the top of her lungs. It was so sweet, but definitely hard to keep a straight face! And since we had a few very special people who were unable to be there, we made sure to come home with video from the big day. ...
Walking & Talking
Now this is what you call multitasking! SD & I kind of think she looks like Frankenstein when she walks. If you listen closely, you can hear her saying "hello" when she puts the phone next to her ear. ...
Big Girl
Let me go ahead and warn you, that with only twelve days left before the little's birthday, I'm getting a little nostalgic. I'm starting to think about all of the things she's learned in the last twelve months and the milestones she's reaching every day. She has three new teeth trying to make their way in before the birthday, we said sayonara to formula and are drinking full-fat milk and she's been trying all sorts of new foods. Dinner time is pretty eventful at our house. Ella might be the picky eater, but Sophie will at least try everything you put before her and most of the time gobbles it right up. We've discovered that spaghetti is something that both girls will eat with no complaints and it usually requires a second bowl for them both. This week, Sophie learned how to slurp long ...
Sneaky: A Redux
First of all, thank you so much for all of the wonderful comments on the first sneak peek of our family photos this week. After I hemmed and hawed for three days, Kamin emailed me a few more pictures. Not exactly "more" pictures, just different ones. See? Before After Before After I told you she was the BEST. Unfortunately, I still need to make a decision! ...
Cheerio Stalking
Yes, I'm a terrible mom for admitting that I let the girls eat Cheerios for dinner. On a regular basis. We're in that weird time where Ella is super picky about everything except cereal and yogurt and Sophie can eat anything we are having, but when I don't cook I find it hard to come up with quick, easy things for her on the fly. Ella requested cereal on Monday night and Sophie would not leave her alone. She circled the table and finally managed to get a taste. Unfortunately, Sophie understands the concept of "gone gone" and had an absolute meltdown. So much so that she got her very own bowl of cheerios for dinner. Her first. Please ignore the fact that I'm wearing Christmas pajama pants and no bra and my face makes it look like feeding cheerios to a toddler is painful. And I ...
Wake Up!
It's been awhile since we had a video to share, so I thought I'd post this one of Sophie post-nap on Sunday afternoon. She wakes up SO happy and is always so excited to see you when you go into the nursery to get her. I heard her moving around in there and when I opened the door she was playing happily. I watched her through the crack for a minute until she realized that someone was coming in. So I grabbed the camera and we had a little chat before I got her out. Please excuse my poor videography skills, the noise machine in the background {I finally remember to cut it off} and the barking dog. Sorry that Sophie talks so quietly and that the flip doesn't pick her up well when her back is to the camera. For the record, in this video she says {her versions of} Beemer, Garan, Uh-Oh, Thank ...