The Opsahl Family

Friday, August 28, 2009

Happy Birthday!

Just wanted to wish a VERY happy birthday to the best mom (and grandma!) I could have ever hoped for. We all love you very very much.

xoxo,

Denise, Erik, Addison & Sophie (and Sampson too!)

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Happy Birthday Chase!

The rest of July was filled with lots of fun activities for Addison - and Sophie too…although she pretty much just lies there :)

We also saw her first real smiles on July 11th. I can promise they were much cuter in person!

First up was Chases’s 2nd birthday (one of Addison’s BFFs)

Addison was a daredevil…as usual.

This is what happens when you attempt to get a group picture of 6 2 year olds! Of course no one was surprised that Addison was ON the table.

Addison and Chase checking out his new toys.

After the party they started wearing these hats…it was so cute to watch them help each other get them on!

Then they had a big discussion about what kind of music to play :)

Happy Birthday Chase!! Addison is so glad that you’re friends.

4th of July weekend

Well…it’s been almost 2 months since my promise to be better about updating this blog. Oops…I guess I forgot that having two little ones leaves me a little short on free time :)

My last post was at the end of June – just after Sophie turned 1 month old. Since then time has just FLOWN by. We started out July with a little trip to Camp Sherman, Oregon to visit Erik’s family for the 4th of July. We celebrated at the annual BBQ at the Camp Sherman store.

Not a great picture of any of us but family shots are hard to come by these days!! The rest of the evening pretty much went down like this…

At least it was nothing that cookies couldn’t fix :)

The rest of the weekend was spent shopping and just hanging around at the house which is one of the most relaxing places EVER! Addison had a great time hanging out in the garage with Erik, Uncle JoJo (Jordan) and Papa. She was obsessed with Papa’s riding lawn mower so he tried to take her for a ride but she wasn’t having it!

Of course there was lots of quality sister time too.

Our next trip to Camp Sherman is coming up in 2 weeks and we CAN’T WAIT!!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Great giveaway!!

One of my favorite bloggers (who's also one of my favorite mommy friends!) is doing a fabulous giveaway right now on her blog for SugarBabies...an ADORABLE children's boutique in Sumner. It's definitely one of my favorite places to shop for the girls!!

Check out her blog for a chance to win a great prize!!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Ok...this is my first attempt at being better about updating our blog! Our subscription to the girls baby website is expiring in a few days so rather than pay for another year Erik has decided to create a website where I can share pictures, etc. Since I'm not sure when (or if!) that will happen I'll try to keep this updated for now :) I think I'll even point our old website to this blog instead of the old site.

As you all probably know by now, we welcomed Sophie Catherine on May 29th at 1:47am! She was 8lbs 5oz and 20 1/2 inches long. Since then she's been growing like a weed!! At her 3 week appoinment she was 9lbs 10oz! We have another appt when she's 2 months old so I'm anxious to see how big she is then.

Sophie was lucky enough to have lots of visitors in the hospital. On her first day of life she got to meet her Nana Denise, Papa Dave, Grandma Cathy, Grandpa Dave, Auntie Tricia, Uncle David, Great Grandma Rose, Great Grandpa Pat, plus her honorary aunties...Chrissy, Amanda & Lacey (and Carson!) Plus Uncle Nate and Miss Vera too!

Addison absolutely loves her baby sister...and lovingly calls her 'cry baby' which makes us laugh every day. She's been very helpful at home by getting diapers, burp cloths, pacifiers and anything else we need. She loves to hold Sophie too! She's really adjusted pretty well considering that her entire world has been turned upside down.

Yesterday marked Sophie's 1 month birthday! It's hard to believe that it's already been that long...we're enjoying every moment (even the crazy ones!) and Sophie is even letting her mama get a decent amount of sleep at night!

Here are a few more shots of our first month...