Jammin June

Sophia turned 3 months old More sister bonding

New backyard playset - thanks dad and Papa Bruce

We played Bitty Baby with Sophia -although she was not quite game...

first vacation to Omaha with my family June 9th

and enjoyed the Merry-go-round

Council Grove Carnival June 16th Father's Day June 17th

First official hip hold for Sophia on June 18th

dressed alike on June 27th for Nana and Papa's anniversary

finally, took my FAVORITE picture of Sophia - such a HAPPY baby!!

Let's Fast Forward

Just a snapshot of what we covered in April and May

Millions of finger painting portraits (nine pictures on this particular day):

Memorial Day Weekend:

First Trip to Sunset Zoo for Sophia with our friends Xander, Roe and Jude on May 23rd:

Ava Grace turned 5 on May 15th:

Mother's Day - May 13th:

Lot's of Pool Time:

8 weeks old:
On April 21st was K-State's Spring Game:
At 5 1/2 weeks we had our First Smile:

April was Easter:

Sisterly Love - Sophia is 3 weeks old - This picture made the announcement:

St. Paddy's Day

I LOVE this picture of Say and Claire at the Aggieville St. Paddy's parade.

Sophia also enjoyed her inaugural parade at 12 days old.

yaaawwwwnnnn....

I figure if I post once a day, I should be caught up with Sophia's life by her first birthday! :)

ten tiny toes

Two Girls - Too Blessed

our first family photo...

It's a....

Girl! Little Sophia was born in March and wow, has time flown by.

First time...

What an exciting week...not only did we ring in the New Year but we established many, many firsts for our family, mainly Saylor Lillie. New Year's Eve brought us our first snow fall. I'm not sure who was more excited, Saylor or Daddy. Daddy had been talking about taking his little girl sledding since the day she was born in a snow storm. Well, the time had finally arrived - hence, our first #1, a sledding experience. Needless to say, Daddy's expectations were short lived. Next, we moved on to First #2 - our angel made a snow angel. Basically, she made the angel and continued to roll in the snow for about 5 minutes. In an effort to divert her attention, daddy gave her - First #3 - a taste of snow. This was the demise of the day. She could not get enough and would not stop!

Unsurprisingly, the only way to ultimately lure her back inside was with bribery, snow for dinner.

First #4 followed with our Big Girl's second birthday party (a few days early). Since Nemo is the only movie she has yet to sit through, it was natural that we selected a Nemo Theme fete. Holding true to the theme, we had Nemo balloons, Nemo Cake, Nemo Pinata and even bestowed Nemo's (aka Beta's) as a party favor. Honestly, I think the pinata was Saylor's favorite only because of what it contained...suckers. I was pleasantly surprised how smoothly the party went, given the fact that 9 kids under the of 4, devoured cake, ice cream and punch. It's amazing our little girl is turning two...it's amazing how fast time flies.

Finally, to cap off our final firsts of the week, First #5 & 6. The introduction of a BIG GIRL BED. We've been waiting and waiting for the basement to be finished and her Big Girl room to be complete - the time had eventually arrived. It took over an hour to rock her asleep. The lengthy time stemmed from the fact that she is never rocked completely asleep - usually, just rocked for a few minutes then placed in her crib. But, my thought process was, if she was out, she wouldn't care which bed she was in. In the end, tucked into bed and coerced into pleasant dreams, she was asleep. And to finish the firsts for the week...#6, she stayed in her bed until morning!

Big Belly Girl

Look mommy, my belly is smaller... So, this is what 31 weeks is all about?? I swear I was MUCH smaller during my last pregnancy, although, I'd obviously suppressed all those memories.

Happy New Year

It's hard to believe that 2007 is here. Hope everyone has a Happy New Year and holds to the resolutions. Our resolution - eat more McDonald's!