Saturday, April 11, 2009

It's official....

Sophie is 3!!!

Our beautiful baby girl Sophie was born on April 11, 2006 weighing in at 6lbs 6oz... We all fell in love the moment we saw her with her big green eyes and sweet demeanor! It's hard to believe she is 3 years old today! But what a great three years it has been... Sophie is a ball of joy in our house since the day she was born.. Always dancing, singing and running around like a whirlwind! She is so creative, so dramatic and so loving. Her favorite things right now are Fancy Nancy and anything dress-up! She is ALL girl... loves wearing dresses and posing for pictures.. and she is always handing out hugs and kisses! We are so lucky to have her!
Happy 3rd Birthday Sophie Ellen!! We love you so much!

XOXOXO Mom, Dad, Ike and Jake


Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Quick update....

It is spring break for the kids this week and the boys are in Mexico with their Dad!! I can't believe how much I miss them! I'm sure they are having a blast... soaking up the sun, eating as much as they want, swimming, snorkeling etc... so I'm trying not to feel sorry for myself! They will be home on Saturday! Woohoo! It can't come fast enough...I really can't wait to kiss their faces (which I'm sure they will really be happy about... not) and ask them about their trip!
Jay's Dad is coming on friday for Sophie's birthday and Easter weekend so we are looking forward to that and Sophie is looking forward to having tea parties with "Grandpa Jim"...
Sophie's big "Fancy Nancy" party is on Saturday and she is so excited. She wakes up every morning asking if today is her birthday... but she takes it really well when I say no and when I tell her how many days she says ok but then asks again the next morning.
She has really been in to Fancy Nancy lately and loves everything "fancy"... What a girl! Sophie Jay and I all dressed up last night with her "jewelry" and walked around saying "darling" and drinking our water with our pinkies out! It was a sight!! Jodi came to the door and Sophie said, "hello darling"... What a doll she is! I look at her every day and still can't believe she is mine!
How lucky I am to have such great kids that teach me so much every day about enjoying the simple things, being patient and loving unconditionally! They are the best and I am so lucky to be their Mom!
Here is a copy of Sophie's birthday party invitation that I made.... I will post pictures after the big "event"!!









Monday, April 6, 2009

I made a tutu!!

Sophie wanted something fancy to wear to her "Fancy Nancy" birthday party on Saturday so I decided to attempt making a tutu! I went to Wal-Mart last night at 9pm bought tulle (which by the way is super cheap.. $1.47 a yard) and by 10:30 this morning I had a tutu and I also got a decent night of sleep... My point is... it was really easy and I think it turned out really cute. We had to bribe Sophie to put it on because I think she was a little frightened by the poofiness (is that even a word?)... Anyway here it is....








































Saturday, April 4, 2009

Ten not so interesting things about me.....

I stole this from another blog and thought it was kind of cool to find out things you may not know about someone so here goes... I'm tagging the people that actually read my blog that have a blog so there are about 4 or 5 of you out there and I will be checking your blogs to make sure you do it! Just kidding.. Don't do it if you don't want to, I will still love you.



1. I am 100% terrified of clowns.... of any kind. My big brother took a stuffed clown that I had when I was about 4 and hid under my bed with it until I was almost asleep and then reached up over the side of the bed and pulled me under with it...(this was after I had snuck in the room with the older kids one night and watched Poltergeist). I'm told I went into shock but I'm not really sure because I think I block out the memory.. But still afraid of clowns...



2. Jay thinks I am extremely quirky... to a fault. I just think I'm eccentric?? Maybe quirky is a better word. It drives him insane because if I don't have things a certain way, I literally can't function... and if I think about something that I need to do as I'm falling asleep.. I can't sleep until I get up and write it down. I know... I'm a freak!



3. I'm really stubborn and have a hard time admitting when I am wrong and will fight tooth and nail to get people to see things my way. I'm really working on this one because Jay is the same way and that makes things a little hard because we can't both always be right.. (even though I usually am... wink wink..)



4. I once made a chocolate cake with orange icing and ate 3/4 of it by myself! I have an excuse though... I was pregnant! So it's ok to endulge on really fattening things that are horrible for you right? Ok maybe not.



5. I am a Christmas fanatic!! If anyone read my Christmas post, you would understand. I look forward all year to listening to Christmas music.



6. My husband is my best friend in the world... I honestly think he was made for me because he puts up with all of my "quirky" behavior and he does it most of the time with a smile. I fall more in love with him every day and feel so unbelievably lucky to be able to wake up every morning to his face.



7. I laugh at really inappropriate times... and sometimes I cry over really stupid things.. (not often but be careful what you say to me because I might laugh hysterically or just start crying).. Just call me Sybil.



8. I honestly love my Mother-in-law... and I'm not just saying that because she reads this :)... I really feel so lucky to have her in my life and when she leaves after a visit I bawl my eyes out.



9. I am extremely protective of my kids and have a really hard time stepping back and letting them make mistakes! I wish I could just put them in a bubble until they are 25... ok maybe 30 is a little more realistic..



10. I am really easily entertained... I once looked at a funny t-shirt website for an hour and laughed until I cried.

That's me in a nutshell... Did I scare you all away?