Saturday, January 14, 2012

Family Pictures...

Our Family...
The kids...

The Girls...

The Boys...

Our friend Denise took our pictures in December. You can see more of her work at http://fancypantsportraits.com/

She specializes in children's portraits, but was doing a special at Christmas, so we were able to get some images for our Christmas cards. We were happy with how they turned out!

Friday, January 6, 2012

Sophie: 8 Months Old

Just after Christmas,
Sophie turned 8 months old...She is growing so fast!

Lets just say, she is getting very busy...even as I type this she keeps pushing all the buttons on the keyboard!
Then if I put her on the floor, she crawls under the desk to get the cords!

She also started crawling this week...she's been scooting for a while, but now she is truly crawling all over the place.
Now there will be no rest for me...she already gets into everything!

We love her funny smile...we call it her "bitter beer" face. Add that smile to the "growling" she does & you can't help but smile yourself!
She really has been such a FUN baby! She is the center of all of our attention...let's just say she is very LOVED by everyone in our family!

A few more things about Sophie:
*She loves music...When ever she hears it, she starts bobbing her head & dancing!
*She also gives high fives!
*She loves to spit bubbles with her mouth.
She thinks it's pretty funny...

*She claps & says, "yay"! It's so cute!
*She waves bye-bye
*When she's really excited she actually "growls" I have to get it on video...it's funny!
*Her smile melts our hearts!

*She is starting to love baby food...sweet potato/Turkey is her favorite.

*She puts EVERYTHING in her mouth! She can always seem to find the tiniest thing on the floor & puts it right in her mouth.
*She now has her 2 bottom teeth.
*She really is a happy & sweet girl!

Here's a little video of her...

Luckily, with Libby's warning we didn't catch the little streaker running by on video!

New Year's Eve

2012

It's hard to believe another year has come & gone...
For some reason it wasn't the most exciting New Year's Eve. For the first time, I was ready to celebrate at 10:00pm with New York and call it good! We did hang in there until midnight though & had a pretty good time.

We ate good food...
If you can't tell by Tyler's face....since his food is all over it!

The kids hung out & played games...
Zack & Tyler are loving their pogo sticks they bought with Christmas money.
They are getting pretty good....
Tyler might need to be a little heavier, but he never gives up!
Then my aunt Alayna helped him out...this was quite comical to watch!
Then we were entertained by some great music...
Jazzy & Libby
We celebrated with New York at 10:00pm
Wishing it was midnight here...
Then it finally arrived & we rang in the NEW YEAR!
We had some horns, poppers & sparklers.
It was freezing, so it didn't last too long!

Let's hope 2012 is a wonderful year... full of much happiness!
Happy New Year!!