Monday, August 27, 2012

Sophie is ONE!

Our precious Angel
I cannot believe my precious girl turned one this past Friday. Where has this year gone?

While at the beach, we took a few birthday pictures

Favorite new past time
Sophie is definitely a mama's girl. She follows me around everywhere and loves for me to hold her. I really enjoy her wanting to snuggle all the time and give big wet kisses! She is a girly girly. She loves her baby dolls and already holds them and gives them kisses. Her brother are her favorite play mates. She loves to play in the room and pull their hair! One of her favorite activities to do is to pull all their books from their bookshelf. She started walking last week and is getting better everyday. We got her first pair of shoes this weekend, because now that she is walking, it is all she wants to do! Sophie is not a huge fan of bible class, because she has a hard time being content for a long period of time. She will stay though, as long as mama is with her ;) She can say "Dada, Night-Night, No, Mama(but refuses to say it)". She loves touch and feel books, but will not sit still long enough for a longer book. I just read to her while she plays. She is so fun and smiles all the time. I love my precious girl!





We had a small family Minnie party the week before her birthday. Sophie loved all the decorations and had a blast!

 






Had to get a bath after loving the cake!
                                             
                                                               Loved her cake!
















My sweet girl loved her new baby doll
and her Minnie pillow!




The day before her birthday, Sophie fell and hurt her nose. Price you pay for walking early! :(
 

Saturday, August 11, 2012

My precious girl

This girl LOVED the beach this past week! 

My cutie pies!

She loved the sand!!!


Going to the ocean!!

She is now standing on her own and this past Wednesday she took her FIRST STEPS!!!

In 2 weeks she will be one.. how is that possible!?!?!

Monday, July 23, 2012

Car Wash

What to do on a hot day when you can't get in water because you have bad colds???

 CAR WASH!!

Monday, July 16, 2012

Fun times

I had to share this picture. Last week I had given so many baths I had lost count due to the stomach virus. Shep was feeling better and playing in his room. I was unloading the dishwasher and here comes Shep showing me what he had done. He had found the desitin and put it all over his face, hands, legs and HAIR! It was matted in his hair. I had already given Spence and Sophie a bath earlier...so what's ONE more?!?!? All before 9:00 a.m.?! In the bath he went, I washed his hair 15 times and it still wouldn't come out. IT was nasty! Guess the Maximum strength Desitin really does coat! I am hoping this next week is a lot more UNeventful!


Desitin is so fun to play with
(this picture doesn't capture the amount that was everywhere!)
 By Thursday everyone was feeling better and we got out of the house! We love chick-fil-a and especially love free meals! We had lots of fun dressing up like cows this past Friday to get our free meal!
Sophie wasn't thrilled with the cow nose

Our little herd
Sophie was VERY scared of the cow! Poor thing! What a fun outing with my sweet little family!


The boys love their new toddler beds. Before naps each day, I let them choose some books to read quietly by themselves before I read a few to them. The boys love trucks and I have been reading this book to them since they were babies. Shep has an amazing memory. He can remember things we do from a year ago or more. Here he is "reading" his favorite book. You may not be able to understand all of it, but he gets it almost perfect. Near the end, he realizes he missed a page and goes back. I am one proud mama!

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Where did June go?

So very upset that I didn't update in June..we were just so busy! Between traveling, VBS, and more traveling I didn't have time to update. July started with a bang with us all getting the stomach virus. We are still having some leftover effects from it and am hoping today is the day we are ALL better!

Quick update on kiddos...

Blowing kisses
This past month Sophie is crawling A LOT faster. She can push herself onto her feet but hasn't stood up yet. She has 3 teeth. She is blowing kisses all the time. She has recently started cruising on the furniture. I can't believe my baby will be one next month. She is my sweet angel!



Where have my babies gone?


Shep was so excited about his new BIG BOY bed!

The boys had their 1/2 birthday yesterday and are now 2 1/2. Shep and Spence started crawling out of their pack n plays while we were out of town, and when we got home Shep crawled out of his baby bed.
Spence is ready to be a big boy!



Handsome Shep










Guess it was time to convert to toddler beds. This was very hard on me! I love every stage that we are in, but I want to hold on to my babies forever!













Shep is talking nonstop and has reached the stage of doing EVERYTHING on his own! He is very independent. He is a great helper and helps me a lot with Sophie!






My big 2 1/2 yr old



Spence sings nonstop. I always tell people that I think Spencer wants our lives to be a musical. HA! If he is ever in a grumpy mood, we sing. We sing about everything around here!





Dee Dee and kiddos





We had fun going to Houston for Mee Mee's 90th birthday. We love all of Matt's family and it was so nice to all be together!





Papa and Nana came down to spend 4th of July with us. The boys spent the night with them one night so I could unpack and get everything in order after being gone for so long. It was a huge help!









Happy 4th of July!


We don't have anything planned for this month and I am so excited about that! I am ready to get out of the house because we have been quarantined due to sickness, but anything I want to do is low key! I am making cow outfits for Chick-fil-A's cow appreciation day tomorrow. Pictures to come :)

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

What is Sophie like at 9 Months?

My little baby turned 9 months old last Thursday. I am ashamed that I did not update then, but I have 3 kids 2 and under... blogging is something that I do a little at a time just to get one post done. The past few weeks have just been so crazy! Well it took 9 months, but Sophie got her first brother caused injury yesterday. Shepherd was rolling around and accidently hit Soph in the eye. She cried most of the morning and it was so red and watery. LONG story short...took her to the dr and then finally to the eye doctor. She has a scratch on her cornea. She is much better today due to eye drops. It was a very hectic day! 


SOPHIE LYNN
17 pounds 11 ounces

-is a Mommy's girl
-still toothless..I love a toothless grin
-has gorgeous eyes 
-dark hair with a little rat tail in the back
-army crawls everywhere; loves to go into the bathroom while I am potty training her brothers!
-loves for you to hold your hands out so she can pull up; she still isn't pulling up on anything by herself (I know that will change any day)
-loves to watch Shep and Spence play

-favorite place to play is in her brother's room
Who me?
-favorite toy is any ball- I need to get some more girly toys ;)


-loves to play with any basket. Loves to dump all the toys out
-bounces to dance to any music
-always smiling and talking when she waked up; never cries for me to get her
-gets so excited when you walk in the room to get her out of bed
-not a huge fan of her bottle or baby food. She would MUCH rather eat table food so she can feed herself!
-has started drinking water from a sippy cup and loves it!


-loves her baths! Especially recently because her brothers get in for a few mins before she gets out!

-loves to copy her brothers and tries to scream when they do (it can get a little loud around here)
-loves her lovie and sucks on her bottom lip when she is tired
-does not like to be confined in her exersaucer or bed
-chews on everything!
-loves to be outside and go on walks
-is very watchful, not as talkative but probably because she can't get a word in (yet!)
-has started to get aggravated when her brothers take a toy. She even acts like she is going to bite them (with no teeth ha!) She really tries to hold her own!


I really was watching her in this video, and took her out of the room when it got too wild! :)




Sophie, you are my precious angel! I love how snuggly you are and that you are a momma's girl! I love watching you grow and seeing your sweet smile! I can't wait to watch all the new milestones you are going to achieve over the next few months. I am so blessed to have you as my daughter! I love you as high as the mountains and as deep as the sea!





Wednesday, May 9, 2012

So I can Sew Applique


I got a sewing/applique machine for my bday. My bday isn't till next week, but I got it early! Let me explain that my sewing ability is limited to sewing on a button...so I have lots to learn! I LOVE applique shirts for the boys and was so excited to learn. I decided to watch utube videos to try and teach myself how to applique. I thought that would be easier than learning how to sew something. I was right! I have been able to applique shirts for the boys and added names and "S" to Sophie's clothes. Here are 2 of the things I have done. I am hoping to take sewing classes at a nearby sewing store soon!


Here are our "zoo" shirts



I took one of the boy's outfits when they were Sophie's age and made it girly...