Sophisms Take 2...

For the records

Top 3 things out of Sophia's mouth on a daily basis:

"Mama/Daddy/inanimate object, what are you doin?"
"Mommy/Daddy, hold you" (meaning, hold me)
"Sumpin else?" (meaning, I don't want whatever it is you are offering me)

And some of our current favorite words/sayings:

-Nipples = Nickels "Mama, what are those nickels doin?" (while she is taking a bath. because apparently, nipples have an agenda)

-Marshmallows = Marshmeadows "Mama, have marshmeadows?" (asked about 50 times a day-current obsession)

-"Oh my gosh!"

-"I wanna _____ too" - In response to everything these days. For example:
mom: we're going to Ailey's house.
soph: see Paula too?
mom: yes, Paula will be there too.
soph: I wanna a Paula too.

mom: time to change your diaper.
soph: I wanna diaper too.

Mom: mommy needs to go to work.
soph: I wanna a work too"

-"...SO much"- For example:
"Daddy, I love you SO much"
"This horsey runs SO much"
"I eat it SO much"

-And finally....tonight I taught her to say "Amen Sister!" We'll see how well she does using it in the correct context.

Here is a video of Sophia singing her ABCs. It's hard to tell since the video is so dark but she's using the knob that makes the office chair go up and down as a microphone...

Happy Birthday Dorian & Trick or Treat, Smell my Feet

This weekend we drove down to Dayton to celebrate my cousin Dorian's birthday and Halloween with the family. Mommy and Daddy also dressed up like UPS delivery people and delivered a big box filled with balloons announcing what gender my sibling will be! Lots of pictures below

Rules of Trick or Treating according to Miss Sophia (and here we thought she would be too afraid to go along with it):

1.) You must try to gain entry in to each house handing out candy.

2.) If there is an animal at said house, you must refuse all candy and demand to play with dog/cat for the duration of trick or treating, or until parents drag you away kicking and screaming.

3.) If candy is handed to you, you must push past the hand that gives and dig right in to the bowl to pick for yourself.

4.) This is key...you must walk backwards to each house. (no joke-see picture #5)

5.) You must roll around in the grass of each house and pose like cleopatra and/or Rose from the Titanic.

Sophia, you could not be any more silly if you tried. You light up our world, baby girl!

The Jumping Bean...or more like a Bucking Bronco

Number thio (2 in greek) doing some crazy jumps on camera...



For those that don't know what thio is yet, we found out on Monday and will post soon : )

Belly Shots

20 weeks with Sophia on the left, 19 weeks with baby #2 on the right. YIKES!!!!
p.s. I promise I don't wear poop brown every day.

Pumpkin Party

Thanks to all that came to celebrate (and eat troubling amounts of food) our 7th annual Pumpkin Party!

And here she is, in all her cupcake glory....

Looking as thrilled as can be : ) Oh, and FYI, those acrylic blend ski hats are just as itchy as they were when we were kids. Didn't last very long : (

Pumpkin Festivities 2009

Friday night we set out to find our pumpkins to carve for this year's Pumpkin Carving Party. After selecting them, we were walking to the car when I said, "we're going to go home and put faces on the pumpkins" and Sophia looks at me and goes "Yes, Jack-o-Lanterns". As if to say, duh, mom. I'm not an infant, you know.

p.s. just in case you are wondering why Sophia has a pumpkin seed on her forehead, it is because we insist she wears one while carving pumpkins. House rule. We have video of her a mere 3 months old wearing one and here is last year's....thinking she'll be less then thrilled by age 18.

Zoo Boo!

This weekend I finally got to wear one of my costumes! Mom's been talking about dressing up for what seems like months. (I hear another costume is in the wings for this upcoming weekend's pumpkin party-homeade, yikes!) All of my friends dressed up too and we had yummy eats at the Kenny's house and then headed off to the zoo for some trick or treating. I've got the whole "trick or treat" part down but am still working on the "smell my feet" portion. Should have it perfected by Halloween.

Apple Time

This weekend we took our annual trip to the cider mill. This time we went to Long Family. We try to visit a new one every year so this was our first visit. Minus the cold and drippy noses we had a great time! Luke, Trish, Mark & Ama Jan (Luke's Grandma) were there too so we got to frolic together. Both of us were more into gathering sticks then apple picking but what do you expect.

Fun with G & GG!

Mommy and Daddy's anniversary is coming up next week so G & GG came to town to watch me while they went away for a couple nights. We had so much fun and didn't really miss them too much at all. GG got a good dose of my sassy-ness here and there. I wanted to give them a good fill since I won't see them for awhile again : (
Here are a few of the conversations they had while we were gone:

Soph(looking for us Sat. morning): "mommy, daddy, where are you?"
GG: "they went on an anniversary date"
Soph: "anniversary date. OK"
(and that was the extent of her worry of where we were for 2 days)

GG: "do you want to go on a walk"
Soph: "maybe"

Soph: "more rice!"
GG: "there's rice right there"
Soph: "NO. chicken on it"
(result of GG trying to trick her into eating a bit of chicken mixed into the rice)

Mommy (waking her up from nap when we got home): "Hi Soph! I missed you! I love you!"
Soph (holding two stuffed giraffes: "I have daddy giraffe and baby giraffe"
Mommy: "Did you miss us? I love you so much!"
Soph: "See, daddy giraffe and a baby giraffe".
Mommy: "Are you ready to go to swim class?"
Soph: "GG coming too?"
Mommy: "yes"
Soph: "ok"
(see, she really missed us)

Bad Hair Day/Life?

This is what happens when I sleep. Somehow my hair turns into the likes of a dog's undercoat crossed with some 80's crimping. Hotness!

Night Night Gabbers

This is the scene we happened upon after Sophia alerted us that Gabe had gone to sleep. She even gave him her woobie AND little pillow. Both of which she would never sleep without. Granted she ripped it right off him when it was time for her to go to bed. He stayed like this for over an hour. That, my friends, is love(with a smidge of laziness).
haha-just noticed she also gave him a lavendar drawer sachet. guessing to ward off his "stinky butt" as she likes to say.