Last month...

I've been a little lax with my blogging this past month. Here's some of what we've been up to!

Helping mom with chores...or climbing...

Working on head stands.

Hanging out with dad's 3 high school buddies & wives...and their offspring.  12 kids 6 & under.

Riding on the tractor with Papa Phil

Meeting one of the new horses at Papa & Mama's.

Excited about the last day of school.

Turning 5!

Practicing some skills on his new drum set.

Creative Play

Last Friday, the older three made their mommy super happy by playing nicely together for a couple hours! They were having quite the adventure in the back yard...hunting squirrels, birds & deer...and protecting their sister from the wild animals.

Interview with Leighton

1. What is something mommy always says to you?
Be Nice.
2. What makes mommy happy?
doing good stuff
3. What makes mommy sad?
when I do bad stuff
4. How does mommy make me laugh?
tickling me
5. What was mommy like as a child?
her batons
6. How old is mommy?
Six. I asked, do you really think mommy's only 6. He said, no, you're 71. I should have stopped at the first question.
7. How tall is mommy?
6 inches
8. What is mommy's favorite thing to do?
stay home with us
9. What does mommy do when you're not around?
watch tv?
10. If mommy becomes famous what will it be for?
what does famous mean? after my explanation, he answered making cookies.
11. What is mommy really good at?
doing batons
12. What is mommy not very good at?
building, because you don't have any building tools
13. What does mommy do for her job?
cook
14. What is mommy's favorite food?
lasagna
15. What makes you proud of mommy?
going to the store...i mean going to school
16. If mommy was a cartoon character who would she be?
Aviva - she has a yellow shirt - on Wild Kratts
17. What do you & mommy do together?
go outside & play
18. How are you & mommy the same?
the same curly hair
19. How are you & mommy different?
you have freckles all over your face & I don't.
20. How do you know mommy loves you?
cuz she hugs me
21. Where is mommy's favorite place to go?
Nonny's house
22. If you could change one thing about mommy, what would it be?
your toenails...a different color.

Bad Blogger

Wow...1 post in March? That is a record...

What on earth were we doing? My picture taking in March was pretty sparse too, so I don't have a lot to show for last month!

We found some fun ideas to do on Pinterest.








Enjoyed early spring blooms...

Discovered we have a climber on our hands...who is very resourceful & knows how to reach things she shouldn't...

Played at parks, enjoyed the beautiful weather & went for walks...

1 yr stats

You had your 1 year checkup this week.

Weight: 18lbs 6oz (9%)
Length: 30.25" (82%)
Head: 44.5cm (36%)

Lent...

I failed to mention that I gave up facebook for Lent...

So, friends...if you have posted anything newsworthy or feel like I'm ignoring you...I promise you, I'm not :) You'll just have to get in touch with me the old-fashioned way...via email...or texting...or a phone call.

Happy birthday & anniversary to all of you that have & will be celebrating in the next month!

Birthday Girl!

Happy birthday to our sweet baby girl, Sophie Max!

You are such a sweet, easy-going, smiley, happy girl! Your happy little spirit is contagious & we love you to pieces!


We celebrated your birthday this weekend.



You LOVED it when we sang happy birthday to you & you had so much fun tearing your cupcake apart.






Other party-goers :)

Present time :)

Mobile

She walks (although she still prefers crawling)! And climbs stairs! Yikes!

Yea Zoe!

We are so proud of this big girl! She woke up dry on Sunday...we put her in underwear & haven't turned back! She is on day 4 of big girl underwear (day AND night) & is doing great. So excited to be down to just one in diapers again :) She wants to do it "All by myself"...and pretty much goes when she needs to, without us asking.

This is about our 3rd attempt...and about a month ago, when we last tried it, I thought Sophie just might beat her out of diapers. She finally made up her own mind to do it :)

11 months

How can this little gal be 11 months old???



Since last month...

*You gained your 2 top teeth.
*Started sleeping better - all night a couple times (woot woot) & up only once, otherwise.
*Walking along & behind anything...your favorite is grabbing mommy's pants in the kitchen & holding on for the ride.
*Babbling a lot.
*Doing actions to Itsy Bitsy spider - soooo cute!
*Signing for milk, more & all done.

You are a go getter & so much fun! Love you happy girl!

Nickname

Sophie is earning a new nickname...the destructor...

In the past week, she has been found:
•emptying her clothes out of the dresser drawer
•pulling the cereal & pans out of the cupboard
•splashing in the toilet...3 times
•sitting on the top stair, after knocking the baby gate down
•climbing onto Zoe's bed, pulling herself up & then bouncing on it

UPDATE...eating dog food...getting chips out of the cupboard...dumping a bag of fruit loops on the floor & playing in the 'dust'...this girl is a trip.

Mind you, this has all happened within a matter of seconds when Aaron or I turned our back. This girl is FAST. Next task on our list...MAJOR baby proofing.

10 months

In between flu bugs & Christmas celebrations this past week, our little lady turned 10 months old!

She is cruising the furniture & can let go & stand for a bit. She's completely on table food & loves feeding herself. She has started to show us her little temper when we take things from her that she shouldn't have, which happens quite frequently, thanks to her big sis & bros!

She enjoyed her first Christmas, minus her first round of the stomach flu.

It's hard to believe her first birthday is just around the corner! Eek!

Leighton-isms

I love the way Leighton's little mind works. The way he explains things always brings a smile to my face :)

The other night, we were on our way to Journey to Bethlehem. I commented that there would be real sheep. The boys were able to watch sheep sheared earlier this fall & that evidently came to mind. Leighton said, when we sheared the sheep, they looked kind of like an apple when it's peeled.

Today I purged everything that was stuck to our refrigerator & piled on top...including the inch of dust, yuck. He went to the fridge to get something and had a bizarre look on his face. I asked him what was up. He said, it looks naked...like the sheep.

Snow Fun!

The kids are LOVING this first big snow of the season...and quite frankly, so am I. I had to miss out on all of the fun last year b/c of my state of preggo-ness, so I'm enjoying it this year!

A couple years ago, we started the tradition of snow ice cream for breakfast on the first snow day...so we began our day off with that.



Daddy was home for lunch, so while he stayed inside with Soph, I went out & helped the kiddos sled.





The neighbor's granddaughter & friend showed up after lunch...so the snow play continued with building a snowman & fort.


They have been outside for almost 2 hours now...I'm guessing they will be wanting some hot chocolate before long!