Video is here!!

She was a talking machine today!!!
Well, she does more than talk....as you can see in the video.





And here is good time in the ol bathtub

Our Big Sofia!!

Here are a few pics from the trip Mommy & Sofia took to California. We had a great time and got to see Jeff, Sarah & Chloe.


















This one is just to see if everyone is still looking :)

Belated Update

I know, I know-there has been no update in 2 weeks here. I was gone for 12 nights for a work trip. It was painful as I missed SOOOO much while I was gone. I arrived back on Sunday to a whole new person. No more baby, no more little girl---I have no clue where Sofia went. I was greeted with a new Sofia. She is amazing beyond belief and is walking, walking, and hardly needs up anymore. She says look, amongst some other new words. She can speak in full sentences now, even though we don't know what she is talking about. She is running full blast and is in love with deodorant.

Anyway, I am back with my baby and my Janie. We are beyond SUPER busy with work on our house. So that is the other reason for the lack of updates this week.

I hope everyone is doing well and getting good weather wherever you are.

Sofia Wiggles with the Wiggles

This is my favorite picture and pretty much sums up the experience!  Here are a few pics from Sofia's first concert... We were fortunate enough to get to go see the Wiggles LIVE!! Sofia had a great time and by the end was dancing in the aisle.  It was a good thing we had 2nd row seats to keep her attention (one of the perks of having a daddy who deals tickets for a living).

I miss her already!!!

The girls just left to go to Vancouver for the week. It is Sunday night and I will not see them until 2 weeks from today. Why you ask? Jane had to go up to Vancouver for work and comes back Friday. I leave Tuesday for 13 nights for a work trip.

Anyway, the last week was a LONG one, as the girls spent most of the time under the weather. Jane is still slightly sick and had a bad cold all week. Our little one didn't have it that bad, but still seemed to not to be her usual crazy self. She had a great day today and it was good to see her well again before they left.

Everyone tells me how quick "they grow up" and "enjoy them while they are this age". For every time I hear that, I notice it in great magnitude. I catch myself blown away at how tall, big, fast, funny, loud, smart, strong, and clever our baby (she is not a baby anymore) is. But she is and will always be our baby. In the pictures below you will see her enjoying her 1st backpack. My mind quickly thought of how before I know it I will be dropping her off (with a different backpack most likely) for 1st grade, 8th grade, etc.

That's enough of a deep thought for tonight. Anyway, Sofia is the best and we are very lucky to have her in our lives.

Back to that backpack.....

She got that Saturday and could not stop rolling it around or carrying it or packing things into it. We were amazed, as most things keep her attention for not more than 1-2 minutes. But she was attached to the duck backpack. And it is fitting as she will have a trip out to Oklahoma in May and I'm sure they will get a kick out of that, since they are HUGE duck fans out in Oklahoma!!

Video and more Video

Here are some videos from the last weekend. You can see Sofia did her best to ensure years of dental work. We only celebrated Easter three times, which meant loads of candy at 3 different times over the weekend. The weekend ended with and Sofia and Taylin battling it out for candy,eggs, and baskets. They are are playing together quite a bit these days and its fun to see them interact with each other. They do gymnastics on Mondays, swimming on Tuesdays, and story time on Wednesdays.

What a Weekend!!

It is still not over yet, but the weekend has been action packed. We spent the day yesterday at a ranch 2 hours outside of Eugene with some family. And it was amazing how much there was to do there!

Through the day Sofia fed goats,ducks,horses. She also rode a horse, hunted for easter eggs, and started a rock collection. And after all that she still did not sleep one minute on the ride home. We were slightly concerned, but then figured it may have been due to the 89 jelly beans she ate all afternoon.

There were more Easter eggs this morning and in a little bit, we are going to see The Wiggles live and in person. She is napping now and getting ready for a BIG afternoon. After the wiggles, we have more easter eggs to go hunt for over at Jane's aunt Shirle's house.

A few new things took place this week that may or may not be interesting to those without kids, but we find them quite funny... well, most of the time (#1 got kind of old after the first 20 times).

1.  She likes to take her pacifier out of her mouth and drop it behind the bed where we cannot get it and then say "uh oh" and laugh. 

2.  Sofia now refers to dogs as "arf-arfs" instead of dogs.  Sees a dog and does not say dog anymore, but says arf, arf.  This is due to the massive amount of barking that goes on in the house by the 4 dogs that live here.

I hope everyone is having a good weekend. Here are some recent pictures.