I **heart** my fridge!

I love our new art filled fridge, sophia brings home about 2 pieces of art home everyday it brings tears to my eyes and I just want to hang it all up and I'll gladly take pointers from anyone as to how to perserve them. Some of them are just too cute. But our little princess doesn't do the hand print or finger painting she doesn't like her hands to be dirty - ahhhh that's my girl.

Indoor Winter Fun and Chillin with Josie

In a desparate need for something different to do in the house we stripped all the sofas of their cushions and made an obstacle course and it was a party hit with sophia. Kept her busy for an hour and we were thrilled!

Sophia has a new friend named Josie and we got together with Jason and Bonnie earlier this month and the girls really hit it off! They had a great time and we cannot wait to ge the girls together again soon. The ball pit was a huge hit, and Josie even got sophia to drink from a sippy cup...even thought it wasn't hers - LOL!

Sicky Sophia

One of the joys of daycare is SICKNESS! I've learned to live with a constant cough and runny nose for the entire family but the flu has made it's way to our house 2x! We also had our fifrst 104.5 fever experience and I care not to experience that again...ever! I was freakin flippin. Diaper duty and laundry while being sick yourself is just insane but I am amazed and have no idea:

A. how sophia survives this with such little fussing - make me a carpet bed, give me my sleeping bag, blankie, nemo, bottle and a movie

and

B. where the heck I find some of the strength to carry on when I feel like death - people told me it would happen but I didn't believe them, but for all of you first time moms waiting it really does happen :)

So we are extremely GLAD to see some hints of spring, it's time for the sick season to end. Even sick she manages to be a cutie patootie.

Curiosity Connection

Some moms have tipped us off to this great Curiosity Connection at the State Museum all geared to children 2+ and Sophia loves it!!! It is such a great locked enviorment where the kids can wonder around and explore a forest, bedroom, farm, trucks, and for the winter there is a winter days section with fake sledding and snow balls, milk and cookies, build your snowman and all sorts of fun stuff - sophia had a blast and we went with Fel and Seth and had a great time followed by a sugar filled lunch at Friendly's.

Happy Heart Day and First Day of School!

Happy belated Valentine's Day everyone! Hope everyone had a super day!

We had a great day, she spent the day with Grammy while mommy worked but we woke up in the morning and got a new Einstein DVD, a new book and a tin mailbox with teddy grahms , mini m&m's and Valentine little people - she was thrilled, here's a pic of her in her outfit

She started her first day of school today. She did really well - much better than I did. No tears and when I called to check on her they told me she ate her breakfast, loved the inside playground, had crackers for snack and drank all of her apple juice - - WHAT? I've been trying for 3 mths to get this girl to drink anything but milk - she refuses water, won't drink any juice - nothing. First day at school and she's chugging juice, these women are miracle workers! Not only that apparently she ate carrots (only veg she eats for us is green beans) and she slept on a nap mat for 2 hours today!!! I'm speechless. She was happy to see me when I got there but didn't want to leave the playground - so no tears when dropped off but tears for pick up. Not quite what I had expected - LOL.

No the coloring on your computer's not going haywire, I'm a brunette! 11 years as a blonde so it was time for something new :)

Happy Chinese New Year and D Day!

Happy Chinese New Year!
NOT again!
Our par-tay decorations!
Sophia and Erica (Bo's g-friend)
Sophia playin with uncle BoHappy New Year cousin Maddie (goodbye kiss!) How sweet Closing the freezer door - a sophia favIt's been awhile since we had a leopard post - I didn't want to let ya'll down...LOL

Sportin my sweater dress for church
Daddy's little angel

This post is a little overdue - HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR - Year of the Rat! We had some of our fam over for chinese food and horoscope reading for the upcoming year - it was a lot of fun. It's a really fun tradition and Sophia got to wear her new chinese outfit from Andrea C.! She looked adorable! Thank you so very much!!!! I hope you all had an enjoyable new year!

Sophia has turned 15 months old today and it's amazing to see how much she is growing as I look back through the posts. She is now starting to talk - she repeats everything we say (not the words but baby talk with her the exact tone we say them - - scary!) and she points to body parts and makes animal noises.

Tomorrow is D DAY - I start to back to work at the office - I've been working but from home and now it's time to get back to the grindstone. I'm so going to miss my days with this little lady but I think she is really going to enjoy school. She went for the first time this week and honestly she cried during the art project and got ticked when kids took her toys but overall it went well. One thing I will never forget and will remind her of it when she's older is the fact that her very first story time with the kids she walked right up to the teacher (while all the other kids are sitting) and grabbed the story book from the teachers hands and walked away with it! Oh my we've got a live wire on our hands! This week I will actually leave her there for awhile a few days - my mom is watching her since daycare cannot take her until the 18th. It's been a hard transition so far and I'm glad I've been able to "ease" into it but not looking forward to it at all!!!I cannot believe how busy we have become now that I'm not at home with sophia all day - it's amazing so for all of you I haven't spoke to - please forgive me I'm hoping it gets better this week.

Love to all - - -

Fairies ROCK!

Mom, please put on my fairy skirt! I know I wasn't to rummage through the closet and find this from Becky, cousin Chris's fiancee, but my new fav thing to do in the morning is to go through my closet and play with hangers, shoes of course and find bubbles and other stuff mom was saving - PRETTY PLEASE?!?This looks pretty good, I feel like granting some wishes!Mom - ENOUGH with the pictures already!!!!You mean I get a wand too? Mom, I wish for you clean floors!Wishing the bills away - LOL!This being a fairy business is hard work!I wish the dirty diaper bag away!Winston TOOK MY WAND!!!Even fairies need a break sometimesWinston says...I hate fairiesThis is me after a diaper change where I insisted on the following shoe selection.which I wore around for the rest of the evening Random cuteness
It hit 40 degrees today so we opted to model some of our spring attire and retire our sweaters if only for a day :)
My looks are really changing now and in this picture for some reason I (mommy) just think she looks like such a little girl in this one!
Until next time...