Sophie – Page 18

Happy (almost) 4th of July!

We went to watch fireworks last night. It was a big show, lots of beautiful fireworks. The kids enjoyed some funnel cake. Well, who am I kidding, I enjoyed some funnel cake. And then I let the kids have what I couldn’t eat. Isabelle had a great time getting all sugared up and running around, but when the fireworks started… Read More

This kid is amazing

If I could take any credit for the little girl that Sophie is, this might be considered bragging, but I can’t. It’s just telling it like it is. She is just such a suprise after reading/preparing/bracing ourselves for toddler adoption. It’s called “hoping for the best, but expecting the worst”. Well, I don’t think we were prepared for how easy… Read More

Adventures in motherhood

Last night was one to remember. It was a pleasant enough evening with the kids playing outside and eating popsicles. Then onto bath time which went off without major incident, unless you call Isabelle throwing unattended towels into the tub and incident. I got the girls ready for bed and took some pics of them in their diapers … Isabelle… Read More

Nothing new

Yesterday was a quiet day, after all the commotion that’s been going on in our lives for the last few months it was kinda boring! So I took the kids outside to burn off a little energy and enjoy the day. Sophie was in a bad mood, which is quite unusual, so I put her up on Dalton’s bike and… Read More

Isabelle’s one year post-placement

We met with the social worker on Thursday to complete Isabelle’s last post placement report. The SW needed a picture of just the three of us for the report and I realized we didn’t have one! All our pictures have one of us with her, or the entire crew. We had to have Tori take this right before the SW… Read More

I love you too, XiaoXiao :)

This kid is so loveable. I mean, it doesn’t get much cuter, sweeter, and just plain ol’ adorable than Miss Sophie. She is loving and affectionate, loves to snuggle and has the most endearing mommy qualities. She loves to try to help and is always willing to lend a hand at any menial task I may be trying to accomplish…. Read More

Fun (or not so fun) in the sun

We set the sprinkler up in the yard the other day thinking it would be a sure fire hit with the girls. Well, it wasn’t. At first. The boys loved it from the get go and the girls warmed up to it after a while. Even while they were unimpressed with the sprinkler, they sure looked cute in their swimsuits…. Read More

Happy One Month Gotcha Day!

May 8 —— June 8 About one month ago, my mom met Sophie for the first time. As you can see, she has really blossomed and become part of our family. Even though she has only been with us for a little while, it is hard to imagine life without Sophie. Anyways, I’m sorry my mom can’t be writing this…. Read More

What makes it all better? Ice cream!

Sophie is sick. She got the bug Isabelle had that gave Isabelle a double ear infection. Well, this nasty bug gave Sophie some serious bronchitis, a fever and a general crankiness. We have been standing on our heads trying to please her, but sometimes it just isn’t enough. The picture of her crying was when Isabelle sat in the chair… Read More

going Hollywood

We were on our way to celebrate Tori’s straight A’s (yeah, Tori!) at Johnny Carino’s last night and we were being silly putting our sunglasses on the girls. They actually looked pretty stylish sitting in their sweet Britax carseats wearing some shades. I often wonder why I was content to put my older children in $50 car seats, but for… Read More