So pretty!

My aunts bought this beautiful crotcheted dress at a boutique and Sophie is finally big enough to wear it.  She wore it to church today and was the belle of the ball!  It was really hard for me to not take credit for making it, but if I had lied, people may have wanted me to make them one...and since I can't even chain...


Thanks, Denise and Alisa!

Photo Fun!

The kids LOVE pictures!  Here are a few fun ones!

Valentine's Day!

Valentine's was very low key this year!  No presents, no cards, no candy!  I LOVED IT!  I am not a romantic and have always hated the expectations that come with the holiday, so this year we just spent time as a family and it was perfect!

The boys took their valentines to preschool and came home with some.  I let them eat their candy after lunch.  There was  enough to feel like a special treat, but not so much to make the dentist cringe! I didn't eat any, so my healthy eating for the day was still intact!  Perfect!  We had pink heart pancakes for dinner and then snuggled up on the couch with some air-popped popcorn, a small package of licorice to share and watched the new Winnie The Pooh movie!  It was wonderful!  I hope all of our holidays can be so simple!

Donuts!

Every other Saturday, I pry myself out of bed at 5AM and head on over to The Peak (here in Perry), to volunteer and then pick up my "bountiful basket".  If you don't know about "Boutiful Baskets", you really need to check it out!  It is a co-op where you get tons of fruits and vegies for $16.50!  They have sites all over.

Anyway...I get up and volunteer and then after I grab my healthy, nutrition basket of fresh produce, I head over to Kent's and grab some donuts and chocolate milk!  I know...not good for us, but oh well!  It is nice to have a treat every now and then!

When Jack was little, he didn't even get sugar until he was a year old...needless to say, after 3 kids, Sophie enjoyed her first chunk of donut at 10.5 months.  She LOVED it...we now need to work on little bites!

An Adventure with Daddy!

Travis is over the UTA vanpool that he participates in for work.  This means that he needs to take the van in to be serviced and washed on occasion.

Travis invited the boys to go with him on an adventure to get the emissions tested and to go to the "Bubble Wash" (car wash)!!  They were SO excited!

The car wash that they go to is in Riverdale.  You get out of your vehicle and they clean the inside and send it through the car wash.  Inside the building, there are windows so that you can see the vehicles as they are pulled through...which makes for a very awesome adventure!  They had a great time!  Time with Daddy is fun!

Birthday Boy!

Travis turned the big 3-1 this year!

 He did go to work that day, since it was on a Thursday and he had Friday off anyway.  We had a yummy Chinese dinner that his mom and dad brought, followed by turtle cheesecake!  Yum!

Travis blew out his candle...but Charlie wanted to blow it out too!












And Jack needed a turn!

I made homemade oreo cookies for the boys!

And Sophie even got a bite!

To celebrate his birthday, we took the boys to see "The Muppet Movie"!  It was fun and their first movie theater movie (aside from one summer movie at Walker's)!  We also did a little bit of geocaching...of course!








Happy Birthday, Daddy!  We love you!

10 months!

Sophie is 10 months old today!!  She is growing WAY TOO FAST!

At 10 months, she:

*STILL has no teeth, but the bottom 2 are coming!
*Can walk along furniture and can walk while holding your hands!
*LOVES to talk and jabber...and is finding her screaming voice!
*Can reach the piano keys and loves to play!
*Loves music and will sway to the beat!
*Has decided that "big people food" is the way to go!
*LOVES avocados!
*Can wave goodbye!
*Loves to make messes and pull things off of shelves!
*Consistently says "Dada", "Mama" and "Burp"...well, sort of!
*Is out of her infant carrier and in her big girl convertible seat!
*Has a sick fascination with the toilet and the water within!
*Loves to splash and pester her brothers in the tub!
*Can play and entertain herself for hours at a time!
*Thinks her brothers are pretty silly and laughs at them!

We sure do love you, Fifi!  Happy 10 month!