Almost 1!!

I think I’m in denial about the fact that Sophie is just a few short weeks away from turning 1!  How the heck did that happen??  Last week (the 29th) was Sophie’s 11 month birthday :)  Erik and I were headed to Las Vegas that afternoon to celebrate our 5 year anniversary but we were able to spend the morning with the girls, and we had time for Sophie’s monthly photo session before heading off to the airport.  As usual, there was more laughing than picture taking … but we managed to get a few good ones :)

I’m not sure I can pick just one favorite, so here are the top 3.

 

At 11 months, Sophie is busier than ever!  She took her first steps on Addison’s 3rd birthday…just a few days shy of turning 10 months.  She’s getting more and more confident every day but is still more comfortable crawling the majority of the time.  She’s now pointing and is ‘talking’ more and more every day too.  Her current favorite is pointing at Sampson and saying ‘dog’.  Of course she’s got dada, mama, baba, etc. down pat … and she does her best to say Addison too.  No surprise there since she just adores her big sister :) 

Now I’m consumed with plans for Sophie’s 1st birthday party.  We decided on a vintage Rainbow Brite theme so I’ve been stalking eBay for great stuff from the early 80s.  I’m kind of amazed at just how much is out there!!  I had lots of fun creating her invites…

and I’m now working on cupcake toppers!  I can truly say that I love being a stay-at-home mom with time for fun projects like this.  It’s a good thing since the invite list includes a mere 85 people (including 20 kiddos)!  Go big or go home, right?? 

Addison the diva

Quote of the Day from Miss A!

We had plans to head to a friends house this morning so right after Addison woke up I planned to take a shower.  She kept asking me why I was taking a  shower before breakfast so I told her that we were going to her friends house.  She then said “oh, you need to look pretty?”  I said yes (even though ‘pretty’ for our playdates means yoga pants and minimal makeup) so she settled in to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse :)

When I got out of the shower I stuck my head out of the bathroom door to make sure the girls were doing ok and Addison said “Are you all done mommy?”  Then she looked at me (I was in my bathrobe with my hair in a towel) and she said “Oh, sorry mommy, you’re not pretty yet”. 

Thanks, Addison.  Way to brighten mommy’s morning :) 

Happy Easter!

Yesterday was super busy between church and dinner with the family so I didn’t get a chance to post this adorable pictures of the girls in their bunny ears from Nana :)

As usual, it took lots of practice shots before we finally got a good one!

In the words of Miss Addison… “Happy Easter Bunny!”

Quote of the Day from Miss A!

When Addison started talking I always swore that I was going to write down the hilarious stuff she said…and of course I’ve been horrible about actually doing that!  I figure now is a great time to start :)  When I told Tricia I was going to start posting the stuff she said I should call it the “Quote of the Day from Miss A", so she gets the credit for the cute title!

Yesterday when I walked into her room after her nap she looked at me and said “Hi Mommy.  Baby Cinderella punched me in the face.”  She then proceeded to show me the spot on her face where she was punched.  I had to use some serious restraint not to burst out laughing.  Especially when she told me that Cinderella was in big trouble and needed to go to time-out.  Funny stuff. 

For the record…here’s the evil Cinderella :) 

They’ve since made up, and Cinderella was even allowed to sleep with Addison last night (along with the rest of her Disney Baby Princess collection). 

Happy Friday!!