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Here are Sophie's 18 month pictures I got back today! I was very pleased how they turned out considering Sophie was not a happy camper that night with getting her picture taken! I still can't believe she is 18 months. Where does the time go? Oh I just love our little girl!!!!
TWILIGHT Movie Before Party at Applebees! A bunch of us girlies met around 9:00 pm at Applebees for appetizers before the big movie night! It was a lot of un with the exception of the smoke that was escaping the bar area. Then we went over to the movie theater to watch the anticipated midnight showing of the "TWILIGHT" movie. Now, I have to be honest I am not a Super Fan that goes bonkers but I will say I enjoyed the book as well as loved the movie. I have only read the 1st book and now will start book 2 since they are going to film another movie! It was so much fun going to the movie! We had around 16 girls total that met and sat together! Fun Night!
BARBIE cake fun! This was so much fun to make. I have not made a cake in a while, so this was so much fun to complete. My friend Kristin asked if I would make her daughter a Barbie Birthday cake for her Barbie party last Saturday. I made some Royal Icing flowers a couple nights before (that I will also be using on a baby girl shower cake in a week). The I made a chocolate 10" round to give the cake more height as well as more cake to serve. The Barbie dress was white cake (my personal favorite). I had sooooo much fun making this cake. While making it I think I have Sophie's next 4 birthdays all planned out (at least I was thinking about it!) Watch her not want a princess party...I'll be so sad! :)
SOPHIE SATURDAYS! This is Sophie and Daddy's favorite day of the week! WHy? Because Sophie loves to crawl into bed with daddy in the morning and drink her milk! The hard part is come Monday morning she is devestated when she goes in our room and he is gone! I have to listen to "da-da, da-da, da-da, wahhhh" Oh well its pretty special how cute they are together! She loves her daddy soooo much and Daddy is head over heels about his lil Sophster!
FEEDING THE BOERNE DUCKS! On Monday Sophie, Marco, Vanessa, and I went to Boerne and fed the ducks. Sophie had so much fun. She didn't want to leave! She kept saying ducks, ducks, ducks all the way home!
Crafty Clique November Projects! This was so much fun! I made some Christmas and January Blocks! The host cut us blocks for 10 cents each for however many we wanted and then we painted them. Then instead of using vinyl lettering I used letters punched from a Cricut machine. Then after I painted all the blocks I stained the edges. Then added the letters with Modge Podge...I love that stuff! What did I do all these years without knowing it existed? I think I will continue these fun projects for other holidays!
~OUR BIG LITTLE GIRL!~
Then today was her first day of playschool. She goes 2 times a week with little girls her same age for fun, music, crafts, snacks, and of course lots of play! She is talking so much more. Some of her new favorite words are NAP, APPLES, TRACTOR, SNACK and HELLO (especially when she picks up anything that looks like a phone).
I had been wanting to take Sophie to a pumpkin patch since she fell in love with Pumpkins this Halloween. So I did it! We went to a little church in Helotes and walked around the pumpkin patch taking lots of pictures and looking for the smallest pumpkin we could buy. 
LIBRARY HALLOWEEN STORYTIME AND 
TRICK-OR-TREATING!
Sophie actually loved trick or treating. We went with our neighbor across the street Sophia who is 3. Sophie was running up to the doors and knocking just like a big girl! I had to run in after her at some houses...She hasn't quite learned not to just walk inside someones house. It was a great night! 
I love Halloween, not so much for the 'scary' stuff, but for the pumpkins or punkins as Sophie would say and the parties and treats. So, last Friday we found Sophie a babysitter and attended a couples costume party. The Wood family in our ward hosted a fabulous Halloween party. It was an amazing party. The food displays were top knotch, not to mention delicious. Chelsea, Kristin, and Melissa went way out to make the evening a hit. I am going to post a link to my friend Chelsea's blog. She really gives Martha Stewart a run for her money. Here you can see everything about the party in more detail. If anyone is planning a party you must see it! (LIFE FROSTING). Well, like I said it was a costume party, so once I found out I wasn't having surgery this week I knew we could go. So, on Wednesday I finally came up with an idea for our costumes. Keep in mind I have a husband who wasn't too excited about dressing up. So, I came up with a Tooth+Fairy=ToothFairy costume idea. So, I made the costumes on Thursday and Friday was the party. We seriously had so much fun. Thank you Wood, Weathers, and Murray Families!!! 
We even were able to participate in the donut eating contest. We passed on the bobbing for apples, but I can't pass up a donut!!!! Travis claims he beat me, but I have to disagree. His fell off the string and he picked it up and kept going. My donut stayed on the string. So, I think I'm the true winner! :) We like to tease eachother about it! Yes, we are still competitive when playing games against eachother.
We won the the "Most Creative" costume prize! We have been devouring Jelly Belly's everynight since. Plus, isn't this the cutest jar! Like I said the whole party was super creative!
SEA WORLD SPOOKTACULAR!
On Saturday night we ran over to Sea World for about 2 hours for a night full of fun. We looked at pumpkins, danced to music, and watched Sophie push another girl down in the sand box. (If anyone has some ideas on how to get a 17 month old to stop hitting please feel free to give me advice, I'm desperate!) We ended the night with the Jack is Back Shamu show. Sophie would get so excited when the whales would jump out of the water. On the way home we stopped at H-E-B (grocery store) and grabbed some food and of course a balloon! Then Sophie crashed in the car! (She never let go of the balloon even when she fell asleep)
BOY!!!!!!!!!!!Well this was an unplanned trip home to Utah. My mother called me on a Saturday to tell me she has a ticket that will expire on October 1st so if I want to come home I can. So, Sophie and I jumped on a plane and off we went. We had so much fun. 
Sophie loved looking at Na-Na's goldfish in her backyard. Its crazy those fish survive every winter. 
Then she loved running around smelling all the pretty flowers. 
This is Ben my nephew. Isn't he the cutest! He has such a tender heart. Sophie kept making him cry...all he wanted was to give her hugs and kisses! They are only 4 months apart! 
We (Krista, Ellie, Ben, Sophie and I) spent one morning down at Willow Park Zoo. I was quite impressed with how well kept it is. If we lived in Logan we'd go there all the time! Grandpa Hart met us there and we all walked around and looked at the animals! The kiddos loved feeding the ducks!
This is Grandpa Hart! We had a yummy lunch at Wingers! We love that place. I wish there was one in San Antonio. They have the best wings ever!. It was so much fun spending time with my dad and watching Sophie play with him. Thanks dad for such a fun time! 
Sophie loves to play in the park behind Na-Na's house. Na-Na Miller is such a good sport. She was climbing up the playground right along with Sophie.
We finished off the trip by spending time with the Baldwin's . Sophie loves thier dog Sadie. We went to the airport Monday night to pick up Daddy. It was the cutest thing ever. She ran so fast to give him a hug. She had been missing him sooooo much. Everyday she would look at his picture and say Da-Da! It was a short trip for Trav..Not even 24 hours. He had an interview in Idaho. Then we all flew home together! (Thank goodness, because Sophie threw up on the plane) I would have gone crazy by myself!
