Labor Day visit

Matt's parents came to town for a long weekend visit. Sophie had lots of fun with them and was well entertained!
We made a trip to the zoo and Sophie had a blast with the peacocks! They just stood there and let her get very close.

Then they started chasing her!

Posing on the turtle

Her favorite animal is the monkey!

Trying on Aunt Ella's shoes.

Fun pictures for possible Swift Christmas cards...

What's up, G?

Too funny not to share.

14 months old and BUSY!

My sweet girl turned 14 months old on the 20th and she is interested in everything! This is such a fun age, and she is learning so much. She understands almost all of my verbal instructions and is getting a little better at verbally communicating as well. She is able to make noises if I say "What does the duck say"...kak kak; doggy - arf arf; bird - weet weet; horse - naaaayyyy; bunny - she 'tries' to hop and makes some funny noise; monkey - ew ew ew ah ah ah. She's too funny! Here she's modeling her anklet. Pretty stylish.
She's started coloring with markers, but she'd rather just take the lids off and on and draw on herself. Yes, they are washable. And chalk - she just wants to see how many pieces she can carry at a time.

The Hydro Fair. We were pretty disappointed this year. Supposedly the train derailed 3 times, so it was shut down. And then we were standing in line for the carousel and it broke down. So, she rode the old-fashion cars. She had a blast with daddy.
You know it's an old fair when all of the rides are held together by 4x4s. Yikes.

The Latest

Just some fun pictures of what Miss Priss has been up to lately. She loves jewelry; her new favorite thing is to put any piece of jewelry on her ankle. Necklace, bracelet, ring, earing - either dangle or stud - goes on her foot and/or ankle. It's quite interesting to sit and watch. She also is extremely independent and enjoys feeding herself. I think I have my work cut out for me!

WEDDING!!!!

I think I've finally recovered from the big, huge week of getting ready for the wedding, and then it all being over far too soon! We had such a wonderful time and it went so smooth. There wasn't one problem! How does that happen with 2 weddings back-to-back???Skye's rehearsal...just so you can get a look at the what the ceremony kind of looked like.
Sophie practicing riding down the aisle

Sloane's rehearsal

Beautiful sisters

I had to join in

and so did mom.

The getaway car!

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Sperle

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Markwardt

First dances

Dancing with Giddie - our 89 year old grandpa

He pushed Sloane to the side to dance with his 86 year old bride!!

Sophie got in on some dancin'!

Cake cutting

Yeap, they both had their own cakes, and Darren had a YUMMY chocolate cake and Ethan had wonderful cupcakes!

Dancing!!! We danced for 3.5 hours straight! My feet hurt worse than HS basketball practice!

WHAT A FUN NIGHT!!!!!

CONGRATS AUNT SLOANE, UNCLE DARREN, AUNT SKYE & UNCLE ETHAN!

WE LOVE YOU!

The Party Scene

Sophie has been quite the party girl lately. Both aunts are getting married in a week (AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!) so she has been to a lot of showers in the past month.At Aunt Skye's shower in Weatherford
Stealing cake...what a smart girl.

Playing with her friends at Aunt Sloane's shower.

These girls have been my best friends since high school.

April (purple) and Graham, Roxie (polka dots) and Graham, Morgan, Sophie and me

Which gift should I open next...and stuff in my purse?

Loves to be the center of attention.

13 months

I've been a slacker with blogging. So sorry. Sophie is now 13 months and is a crazy woman! She's all over creation - running, cooking with her new kitchen, giving me samples of her meals, playing with Gigem, chasing Cruz, dancing a lot, playing the keyboard, swimming, etc. Oh, and sleeping about 12 hours a night. I didn't tell anyone for about 3 weeks because I didn't want to jinx myself! But, she's doing great and has slept through the night without waking for a month and a half!

Just a few minutes of our day - flopping on the couch like a fish, getting in the baby's stroller with some friends,

watching her movie with Gigem while eating a little pizza, right after her tea party.

She's 20 pounds and I think 29 1/2 inches. She's grown 2 1/2 inches in about 2 months - look what sleeping can do for a busy girl!