Precious Sophie Lou

Sophia is changing and growing every day...every minute... all the time. She is so inquisitive, she wants to know what you are doing? Why you are doing it? And if she can do it too! She has the energy of a typical two year old and the appetite of a typical 16 year old boy! She is always eating and always hungry. She continue to bring so much joy and laughter into our home and we love to watch her play and dote on her sister. She is a wonderful big sister and we are so proud of her! Here is what Sophia is up to!

* She is now in the big kid "real" Sunday school class, with Bible lessons and crafts!

* Her favorite show of the moment is "Max and Ruby" and favorite movie is "Peter Pan"

* She is picking up what seems like 100 words a day!

* She still loves bath time, and will stay in till the water is freezing and I make her get out.

* She eats fruit like it's her last meal, and we feel funny trying to bribe her to eat a chicken nugget before she can have more fruit.

* She still hates to have her hair combed.

* She loves to sing, and she is quite the dancer (she dances like a 90 year old man)

* She loves Livi above all else...she always wants to hug or kiss her, she always makes sure Olivia is okay, or asks where she is, she wants to snuggle with her in her crib, and give her food and toys.

* She is establishing her independence (trying to at least... sometimes to no avail and a spanking)

* She loves to "read" books and color pictures.

* She is always eager to help...and always asks me if I am making "pizza" for dinner.

* She gets so excited when she hears Andrew's car pull into the garage (don't we all)

* She continues to be a sweet, funny and energetic part of this family and we are so thankful for her :)

Sweetest Livi Sue

Olivia Sue is such a sweetheart...she has been a precious and joyous addition to our family!!

Everyday she is learning something new, and wrapping all of us (even Sophia) around her little pudgy finger! Liv is almost 6 months old, I can not believe how quickly time has flown by.

Here are some of the things our sweet girl is up to these days!

* She loves to grab her toes

*Her favorite toy is Jacques the peacock

* She has both her lower, middle teeth

*Favorite fruit so far is apple (apple sauce)

*Favorite veggie is sweet potatoes.

*Oliva's favorite person is Sophia (by far) she follows her around with her eyes wherever she goes, and her face lights up the brightest when she sees Sophia.

* She can roll over from her tummy to her back...but can only roll from her back to her tummy on her right side

* She loves to be held and kissed on her perfectly kissable cheeks!

* She loves to splash in the bathtub.

*She sleeps like a champ!! (PRAISE BE TO GOD!!)

* Her eyes are changing from blue to green (like her Daddy's)

* She loves to make herself bounce in her chair.

* She is not too fond of peas (who is?)

* She would rather not be clothed.

*She thinks her thumb is pretty tasty.

*She is one of the three loves of her Mommy's life!

Baby it's cold outside!!

It has been very (VERY) cold here over the past couple months...it has not hit the 50's since I don't know when. Needless to say we have not been outside to run and play in quite some time. So to break up the day we have been playing in our garage! It's not too chilly...and if it is we just turn on the space heater, we have lot's of space to play ball, paint, color, draw with sidewalk chalk, ride the plasma bike, etc! Here are a couple snapshots of our "outside" playtime!

Sophia painting, and Olivia bouncing!

Liv checking me out...

The artist!

"here Momma...want to paint?"

Fun for me....a friend's baby shower!

I love planning parties!!! Showers, birthday parties, Mardi Gras, Super Bowl...you name it...I will plan it! My girlfriend Michelle is having a little boy and I was able to host our Sunday School class shower for her...here are some of the pictures from it...enjoy :)

One of the flower arrangement's...I did them...and was really pleased with how they turned out!

some of the cute things on the clothes line.

close up of some decorations...I am new at pom pom making...so I know these are kinda weak looking.

the set up...before the food.

dessert...yummy sour cream cupcakes with homemade butter cream icing

The set up...

another flower arrangement... little blurry

The parting gifts...cute huh?

Thanks for letting me share...love and kisses...

Sophia

Playing in her "princess tent"

Cheering on the Saints

Painting

never sitting still :)

Olivia

Valentines Day...*sigh*

He gave me these...

I set up this....

and made this...

we loved this....

and when all was said and done...the kitchen looked like this....

*sigh*

Oh yeah...and Taco Bell makes her do this.... :)

We're Back....

I know...I am horrible...it has been so long since my last post. Honestly, I don't think very many people even check our blog...and it needed a face lift, and I just didn't have the time.

But I have spruced it up a bit...and am ready to get back into the blogging world again :)

Where should I start??? How about with some pictures of my girls...they are getting so big!!

Sophia...playing in the snow at our house...

(I can't believe I live in a place where it snows!)

Olivia...I know it's a close up...but don't you want to kiss those cheeks?...I do...ALL DAY!!!

Look...I'm sitting like a big girl!!

Happy to be back!!! Missed ya missed ya, now I'm gonna kiss ya...XOXOXOX

California Christmas

For Christmas this year we headed across the United States (all the way across) with our sweet pea's and celebrated Christ's birth in sunny California. It was so nice to see everyone and introduce our sweet Olivia to all our family :). That is the stinky thing about being so far away...we miss everyone.

Anyway we crammed all that could be crammed into the 4 days while we were there!

Then we came home and crashed for a week, trying to recoup :) haa haa...we had a great time.

love and kisses.

We are back...a quick update!

I know that it has been way too long since my last post....and there is a long story to go along with the reason. But the main point is that both our computers (laptop and desktop) crashed and died within one week. So we had to order new computers and wait for them to arrive. Then it was time to pack up and get ready to leave for our California Christmas. Anyway we have made it back and I have so much to catch up on. I promise to update soon :)

love and kisses :)