"I'm one!"

Happy Birthday to my little girl! It's amazing how much can happen in one short year! This is Sophia on her birthday. We had her party the day before, so on her actual birthday, we just sang to her and gave her a cupcake. (Ok, she didn't even touch it... this was just for the picture!)



The day before her birthday, we decided to have a little lunch at the church with some family and close friends.

I found this "Sophia-sized" chair at the stage and she sure liked it!

She pushed it all around the church... I barely even saw her. She was so busy!

Here she is, opening her gifts.

She sure loves looking at books!

This was my first attempt at making cupcakes. The frosting was seriously a magical process! If you need a good recipe... use this one.

 

Sophia didn't really "eat" her cupcake. She mostly just threw it on the floor (hence the reason I didn't give her one on her real birthday!). It was a really great day and a lot of fun planning it. Thanks so much to everyone who came... we love you!

Father's Day

This was Rich's first Father's Day as a dad. We didn't do too much. I just made him breakfast, then we went to church, and then that night, we went to Jeannette's for a delicious dinner. 

 

Rich is such a great dad and Sophia sure loves him! When she hears him come home from work, she always crawls- quick as she can- to the door to smile at him. It's so cute. I love watching these two play together and nothing makes me happier than to hear Sophia cracking up at something Rich has done. Thanks for all you do, Rich, and thanks for being such a great Dad to our sweet smiley girl!

More misc.

I don't know if I've mentioned this yet, but she loves to be outside. She loves standing at the bar in our front yard and just looking around. This picture shows what she does anytime someone leaves. She stands at the door and cries because she wants to go out too.

She is a crazy sleeper!

Sophia loves it when Brooklyn comes over to play. Lately she has been climbing up on Brooklyn and Brooklyn HATES it! She doesn't even like it when Sophia touches her, but when Sophia pulls herself up using Brooklyn's shirt, it drives her crazy!

 

I love this picture! Poor Brooklyn is so annoyed but Sophia is so oblivious about it. Hopefully someday their relationship will be mutually benificial!

The Park

The other day, we decided to go to the park with a kite, a frisbee, and a blanket. Sophia loved just sitting on the blanket watching what was going on.



I was just relieved she wasn't trying to put dirt, rocks, grass, or leaves in her mouth! 

I love this picture of Rich! He is running toward us so fast and he looks so happy! I wish I could zoom this picture in so you could see the joy on his face. :)  Sadly, that was about as high as the kite would go. I think it's time for a new one. 

 

What we've been up to since the last post...

 

Rich and I were able to go up skiing this spring and oh man, was it fun! We went to Rich's favorite ski resort, Deer Valley, where they only allow skiiers. It was a beautiful day and not too crowded. It was so nice to get out and enjoy the snow before it melted.

Rich is an excellent skiier. I was lucky to keep up with him. We did some super steep runs that made my legs burn... what a work out!

It's always my fear that I'll eat it right as I'm skiing under the ski lift. This has happened to me many times in the past, but this time, I was pretty lucky... all my crashes happened out of the sight of strangers.

Such a beautiful view!

Relaxing in the Stein Erickson Lodge

Sophia went through a cuddley phase. Normally she is just too busy to give us loves, but there was a phase (too short of a phase!). Here she is hugging mom.

Here she is cuddling in a blanket with mom.

  

This is one of the last days that she cuddled with me before going back to her normal busy self. *sniff, sniff!*

Here are just a few random pictures.

She LOVES playing with the keys. The toy plastic keys don't do it for her, she wants the real deal!

Happy Easter

I hope everyone had a great Easter! Ours was a lot of fun. Sophia and I stayed home from church because we were sick but I still dressed her up in her new Easter dress and took some pictures. She was a good sport!

Then we went over to Jeannette's (we were feeling better... but probably got everyone else sick... SO SORRY!) It was so much fun because the guys hid the Easter baskets and the kids had to find them. I was surprised at how tough some of the baskets were hidden. (I saw one kid digging in the sand box for his, and I saw a basket hung at the very top of a light pole!)

Sophia found hers!

And one more of Sophia in her Easter dress just because I took about a dozen! (And thanks to the Bowens for a really fun Easter!)

Our life lately... in pictures

Sophia loves to eat her baby food... see she's drooling for it!

This is how she looks when she watches me open the jar.

She has lately tried to squeeze herself under all types of furniture.

Sometimes she fits...

And sometimes she doesn't.

She has her first cold. This is a picture Rich took one morning when her eye was sealed shut with gunk. It just cracks me up how happy she is, regardless.

I went into her room after she'd been crying for a few minutes and this is how I found her, sound asleep.

She is becoming quite the momma's girl. She likes to be right next to me... if not on top of me.

Our friend, Kim, came to visit. Her daughter, Jane sure loved the basket... and Sophia loved watching her.

Now that the weather is warming up, we've been venturing out more often. I love walking around the capitol building. It's a nice little work out, believe it or not. Those hills are tough!

Last weekend, we borrowed Becky's backpack and went for a little hike. It was fun to get out, but SUPER muddy. I think we'll wait a little longer before we do this again.

I love this picture because this shows the daily relationship between Sophia and Rocco. She is totally amazed and is continually following him around, trying to touch him. Rocco, plays it safe, and stays away from those little hands that can grab and pull surprisingly hard!

I love this little girl SO much!