Family & Friends

We went on a family hike the other day and Sophie loved it! My mom found a backpack carrier at a garage sale for $5 and it's awesome! About 15 minutes into the hike, we heard a rumble in the sky. Airplane or thunderstorm? Since there was barely a cloud in the sky when we parked and started hiking, we figured airplane. A few minutes later another distinct rumble. Definitely NOT an airplane. So we turned around, picked up the speed a bit, and kept our eyes on the sky. Definitely darkening. A few hundred yards from the car we felt sprinkles and right as we started buckling Sophie into the car seat the sky let loose. Perfect timing! We managed to get a few pics in beforehand:


Today we had a lovely visit from Lauren and McKinley. Sophie slept, McKinley ate; McKinley slept, Sophie ate; Sophie slept, and then finally they were both UP! We got to have some play time on the quilt and then we went for a nice long walk. Our girls love being outside! Here are a few pics of our cutie-pa-tooties side-by-side:

My apologies, my little climber, and a birthday shout-out!

Okay, so the Sophie's lucky break thing was a gimmick and I fell for it. There really is $5000 to win, but the voting process is ridiculous and is a scheme to get people to register for a stupid website or something. Anyway, if you voted, thank you. If you got to it and thought it was a waste of time, I totally don't blame you. I had no idea you had to register, then check your e-mail, then go back to the website, blah blah blah. Annoying.

So...to make it up to you, the start of today's Wordless Wednesday (which isn't really going to be wordless), is of pictures of my little nugget. I've just got to say, I fall more and more in love with her every day. I didn't think that would be possible, but it is. She is just so G.R.E.A.T and such a blessing to our lives. So, enjoy these:

In the past few weeks, Sophie learned how to climb stairs, which transpired the love of climbing on ANYTHING. The following pictures are a progression of her latest love of climbing on the block pile. Enjoy.
"Here I go."


"Hmm...I might want to take one more block with me up here."


"Woah...gotta get my balance."

"Finally...seated on my throne. Now I'm going to kick back and chew on a block."

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Okay, now moving on to a post that is way over-due! My friend Erin celebrated one of those milestone birthdays last week. Not only was the birthday itself a milestone, but also the fact that she achieved a HUGE goal of losing 20 lbs by that said birthday! (Click here to read about it on her blog.) Anyway, there are numerous people out there who think Erin is awesome and several of us wanted to show that to her with a little surprise get together. We enjoyed some delicious desserts and I'm sure she savored each bite, seeing as how she deprived herself of that kind of thing to lose the weight! Erin, you deserve it and we're all thrilled for you! Congratulations and Happy Birthday (last week)! Here are some pics of the gang as we enjoyed our friend and our sweets!

She is very excited about the mountain of goodness in front of her!

I must say, Erin pulls off the sweet smile you have to hold for the entire duration of the "Happy Birthday" song VERY well! I always feel incredibly awkward in those moments.

This was how Erin satiated her sweet tooth all of those months of dieting with WW.

The group.
Beth is to the left of Erin, and she organized the whole sha-bang. Erin was totally surprised!
On the far left is our friend Sarah who just had her baby girl, Charlie, last night!! Congrats Sarah and Scott! We can't wait to meet her. (She was 2 days away from her due date in this picture, but Charlie decided to wait another week to make her grand entrance!)

And this is where I'll cut myself off. Sorry for the long post. You may not return to your regularly scheduled day.

Sophie's Lucky Break

I entered Sophie in a "Beautiful Babies" contest!! My friend Erin took this gorgeous photo of Sophie and I think it should win a contest!!

You may have already received an e-mail from me about this, but I want to make sure I catch everyone! We have the chance to win the grand prize of $5000 and a professional photo shoot! Voting is on now through Monday, August 4 Midnight EST. So, here's what you need to do:

Click on THIS LINK to cast your vote (and you may need to register, I'm not sure) and be sure to pass this along to anyone else you think might want to vote!

Thanks for your support!

Hey, You!

Yeah, you...You know who you are. This post is for you. And just for the records...I made it before midnight.

To all the rest of you: enjoy this silly, beautiful, and all together irresistible face.