Sophia's Phone Call

I had the most interesting and exciting phone call at work today....it was from Sophia! She called me at work to tell me her very exciting news, that she went poop on the potty at Corey's house. Corey was thrilled and felt that it was major news. I totally agreed. I was so excited I had tears well in my eyes. Corey has been trying for months to get her to go poop at her house. She has gone at ours, but Corey says that she always misses her by like a minute. It was so cute to hear this tiny little voice say, "Mommy, I poop in the potty!" Then she cheered for herself. I know where that comes from. We always cheer at home and Corey cheers at her house too. What a huge success. My little girl is really growing up.

My first scarf

My mom has re-taught herself how to knit. She recently made me the coolest scarf (thanks mommy!) out of this beautiful material. While my parents were in Florida, she made me another scarf. Not only did she make one for me, but she made a matching one for Sophia. It's her first scarf ever and she just loves it! Here's a cute picture we took of the girls in their matching scarves:

Carnival and Silent Auction

Yesterday we took Sophia to the carnival and silent auction at my school. She had a great time playing games, eating popcorn, getting a blue puppy balloon and going in the jumper. Her new favorite thing in life is that jumper. I can hardly get her out of it! She has such a great time jumping around and getting bounced around by the bigger kids. She also loved two of my girls from last year who are now in 5th grade Taylor and Kayle. Of course they absolutely adored her and wanted nothing more then to follow her around and hang out with her all day. We bid on a couple of things at the silent auction, but we aren't sure if we won anything. We will find out on Monday.

We watched the wild animal show for a bit, but Sophia began to get restless as it was her nap time so we headed home. She had a quick nap and then it was off to Papa and Nana's house so we could go on a date.

Today we have had a busy day too. We ran a couple of errands this morning and then went to pick up Sophia. Then we went to buy pain for her room. I can't wait to get started on it. Stay tuned for picture updates as we start to paint. We also got her on the potty a couple of times too which is great. Knock on wood, but I think we have her!!

Tomorrow we're meeting Becca for our weekly girls dinner. Should be a really good time!

My first Play Dough experience

Tonight it was too foggy/goopy outside to go on a walk like we had originally planned, so we changed our plan. Since Hal was gone Sophia and I had Chinese for dinner. It was very good! I was proud of Sophia for trying the chicken and she ate some rice and broccoli too.

After eating our dinner, Sophia and I played Play Dough for the first time ever! She had a great time playing with it and making things with the presses. Her favorite stamp/press was the pretzel. Here are a couple of cute pictures from our experience-

Stamping with play dough


Squishing the play dough


Making an apple

In other big firsts, Sophia went to the potty a record of 5 times today. I was so incredibly proud of her. I think we may have hit the jackpot!

Happy almost Friday!

Dr. Seuss's Birthday

In celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday on Monday, Sophia read some books with my parents yesterday. She also thought that she should have her very own hat in honor of the celebration. Here is a funny picture my mom captured of her with the arm chair cover on her head. She was wearing it like a hat!


She had a wonderful time playing with Papa and Nana yesterday. When she woke up from her nap my mom said she was just as cute as can be and again captured it on film.


Last night we all had dinner together and then my parents gave us some presents from their trip. Sophia was thrilled to get her very own Minnie Mouse ears and glittery pink Minnie Mouse shoes. Hal got a really cool polo shirt and I got some animal print flip-flops which I can't wait to wear.

We're hoping for another potty success today. She went 3 times yesterday. Way to go Sophia!

All good things come in threes, but what about four?

Yesterday Sophia and I were at home together as she is under the weather right now. Even though she isn't at her best, we still had a fantastic day together. The best part of the day was.......I got her to go potty for me 4 times yesterday!!!!!!! This a huge record for her. I was completely ecstatic when I went to be last night thinking about this major success. Keep sending your wishes her way. I think we finally got her!

Playdate with Peyton

Today Sophia had a play date with her friend Peyton. We took the girls to Lookout Ridge in Woodbury. Rana and I had a great time chatting and chasing after the girls. Sophia played quite hard. I'm always amazed at her no fear in the jumper. She didn't want to go down very many slides today, but we did climb to the very top of the tree house. Here's a recap of the day:

The girls hanging in the boat


Taking a break in the tunnel


Jumping around in the jumper


Sophia lying down in the jumper

This week will prove to be busy like always. Sophia and I have our standing dinner date with Becca. I have to work at the Y and Hal will be traveling for work. We are getting excited for next weekend for the carnival and silent auction at my school. I'm sure Sophia will love the games, jumper, and the wild animal show.

We're thrilled that Papa and Nana come home tomorrow too!