Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter! It was so much fun having a kiddo to celebrate with! Travis and I had a blast getting Sophie dressed in her Easter dress and letting her go through her Easter basket! We had some of our friends over for Sunday Dinner. The Jessops, Weathers, and Hooks family came over to eat and hunt for eggs. Sophie has so much fun with her friends, Dylan, Ella, and Paige. It was an overall exciting day!

Sophie found her Easter basket!!!!

Daddy got Sophie dressed for church! He did a great job all except for the upside down pink sweater. I thought something looked a little different :) We laughed pretty hard at church when we realized what had happened.

Sophie experiencing her first Easter Egg Hunt!

Sophie's Friends!

Sophie loves playing with Dylan. She gets so excited when he comes to play. He is such a cutie. He is so sweet with Sophie. He was making Sophie laugh so hard while playing 'catch'!

My Cute Sisters and Brother

So my bestfriend growing up had a really fun video on her blog....So I went to the website and made one of my Brother and Sisters. I sent this to them for St. Patrick's Day! I love my Big Brother and Big Sisters so much! Even though I was picked on growing up (that's expected when your the youngest, actually I think I picked on them, especially Krista) I love having them as my siblings. Have 4 olders sisters is like having the coolest clique in the world!!! They are some of my bestfriends. When you get us all together including my mom....its crazy! Multiple conversations going on we still all manage to hear it all! Now for my Big Brother TJ. He is such a cutie! I am so proud he is my brother! He was my bestfriend and worst enemy growing up...My poor sister Krista was always the middle guy trying to keep us from killing eachother :) We had so much fun growing up together! Oh, how I love having a Brother and 4 Sisters!!!!!

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Sophie 9 Months

I'm a little late posting 9 month pics....since she is now 10 months old. However I can't resist showing off these cute pictures. We were very happy how they turned out. Thanks to the sweet deals at Target. We had so much fun the evening we took her to get pictures done. We had the whole place to ourselves. We were the last appointment of the night and the girl who helped us was so nice. Speaking of pictures....does anyone know of some good photo programs that allow you to add cool borders, etc. to your own pictures???? I am attempting to learn Photoshop CS3 but it is taking me forever....it is too complex! (And to believe I thought I was decent at computers).

As Days Go By

Its been a while since I've posted...I just couldn't resist posting these pics of Sophie. She looks so cute in her little dress and sneakers. She is getting so big. Here are just a few of the things she has been doing. Waving at everyone and everything (lights, fans, birds, strangers etc.), emptying every shelf in the house, pulling on the recently-child proof cupboards, she finally learned to sit down after she pulls herself up (thank goodness....she used to cry until I would help her sit down), and best of all she says mama and dada!!!! The other day I was preparing for my sharing time for Primary on Sunday and I had a picture of Jesus up on the computer. She was playing in her exersaucer and saw the picture on the screen. She lit up and was so excited. I said, "look it's Jesus" and no joking she said what sounded just like"Jesus" with a big smile on her face. I know she knows him and loves him very much. It was a great moment to see her excitement and made me realize how lucky I am to be a mommy to such a wonderful daughter.

LET'S RODEO....SAN ANTONIO

Last Saturday we went to the San Antonio Livestock Show & Rodeo. We actually didn't have time to go to the rodeo, but we had so much fun showing Sophie all the animals. She loves animals. She gets so excited when she sees something move. I know petting zoo's are not very clean, but I didn't care because I knew she would love it! We cleaned her up really good after she was done petting the animals. We went with our good friends the Marelli Family. They have a little boy who is 7 weeks older than Sophie. They are best buds!

We love the Moo Cows!!!!! Sophie and Daddy at the Petting Zoo!

Daddy and Sophie petting a Lamb, Pig, and Goat. She loved the pigs wiggly tail! Sorry for the bum shot
WHAT A FUN FAMILY OUTING!

SPECIAL VISITOR

Last Sunday we had a special visitor come to our house. It was my dear friend/college roomy/ bridesmaid / teammate ALI!!! She was here coaching her club volleyball team. It was so fun to get caught up and reminise about old times. We had some very fun times together. I could write a novel about all the funny things that happened while we roomed together for 3 years. I still remember the first time she told me she was a little nervous living with a Mormon...(she had been mislead about my religion) But within days of living together she realized I was completly normal and a lot like her. We would stay up talking for hours at night and would laugh together and cry together. I remember once we dressed up like nerds and went through Jack in the Boxs' drive through and ordered food from other chains like Big Mac, whopper etc. We ended up just ordering 2 waters...(we were broke college students) I love to look back on all the fun memories of college and playing volleyball.

The Next American Idol

So, I am pretty excited about this seasons American Idol, but my vote goes to Sophie for this years American Idol....She loves playing with the Karaoke microphone. I laughed so hard when I saw this picture. I hope she will have a better singing ability than her parents :)

On Saturday Sophie and I went shopping...No not to the Mall, Kohls, or even Wal-mart...We went Garage Sale'in. We love to go to the Garage Sales here. I went out looking for a Stationary play table and came home with not only that, but a Sit and Spin, Push/Sit car, and a baby swimming pool. We had so much fun! She loves playing with her new toys...although I put the Sit n Spin away for a later date and the swimming pool will be for the summer. We made a pretty good team out shopping. I have learned how talk people down on prices at garage sales. Here's my secret...offer the husband/man a lower price...they are the ones who just want everything gone...who cares how much. The wives have a harder time letting go of thier things especially that cute little outfit they remember thier child wearing. So, overall it was a great day for good deals. In fact I came home with money leftover....$1.00! (I began with $14.00)

"O" Tooth!!!!

Yes, its true Sophie got her first tooth! And daddy was sure to tell me it was her "O"tooth. She no longer has a gummy smile. She now has a gummy plus 1 tooth smile. Here are some pictures we took outside a couple of days ago. She was scared at first as you can see in the picture below but, loves it now. She especially likes to eat the leaves and acorns. She will crawl to the sliding glass door and get excited to go outside...the sad thing is she forgets there is a glass door there and she'll crawl into it head first. I figure she'll learn sooner or later, or I just won't ever wash the window and she'll see all of her little finger prints smudges everywhere and realize there is a window. Hey if you look close you can actually see her hair is growing! Yeah!