Winter Carnival

Today we went to check out the Winter Carnival. We went downtown St. Paul to look at all of the beautiful ice sculptures and be a part of the almost last day of the festivities.

While we were there, several of the sculptures were already starting to melt. It was the most perfect day to be there. Sophia really enjoyed seeing all of the people, but the thing she enjoyed most was wearing her boots and playing in the snow.

One of the bigger sculptures was a stage with two large throne chairs on either side. We took advantage of the perfect picture opportunity and got some great shots.

When we got home we ate lunch and then went outside. Sophia loved her new sled. Some of the neighbors came outside and Sophia met the girl who lives across the street, Emmerson who is 2. She is cute and told us about dance, which we were looking into for over the summer. Emmerson loves it so hopefully Sophia might too.

Tonight we're going to stay home and relax. It's been really nice to have a weekend to just hang!

My new sled and my grandparents

Last night we had a family dinner together with all of the grandparents over. It was fun to have everyone together! Grandpa Hal is going to Utah for a while and Papa and Nana will be gone for the month or so in Florida. We hope they all have safe travels.

Papa and Nana brought Sophia a sled to use for the hopefully warm weather we will have tomorrow. Sophia was absolutely thrilled with her new sled. She got right in it and then proceeded to have people pull her around and pull her baby around in it. I can't wait to take her sledding tomorrow.


Tonight we had dinner with the Gutts (Loran, Christy, and Ella). We met them at Bostons in Woodbury. We had a great time catching up with them and hearing about their vacation to New Orleans. Thanks for the fun night guys and we can't wait to see you again!

Tomorrow we're going to head out to the Winter Carnival and do a little sledding. I am looking forward to a relaxing day/night of no real plans.

Happy Friday!

Counting to ten

Check out these counting skills. I am so amazed at what she does each day!

Aaachoo!

Sophia's new favorite thing to do is put a tissue to her nose and say Aaachoo! I was lucky enough to get her to do it for this video.



Tomorrow night I get to have dinner with all of my Tesseract girls! I am excited to see them. The rest of the week will hopefully go quick. I am excited for the weekend to come.

Girls Lunch

Yesterday Sophia and I had lunch with my college roommate Alyssa and her daughter Callan. The girls had a great time playing toys and having mac and cheese together. It was so fun to see Sophia want to do things like Callan. Here are two cute pictures from our lunch yesterday!

The girls typing on the keyboard

The girls and their mommies

Sophia has made some big potty accomplishments over the past couple of days which is exciting. What is even more exciting is that we noticed this weekend she is actually forming sentences of three or four words together. When I called to my parents house this weekend, she answered the phone. It was the most adorable thing ever! Wow I am totally blessed!!

The horses that go up and down

Yesterday we had such a busy day. I got up at 6 to go and work out. Then I quickly came home and took a shower before heading to the Bodyflow launch (the class I teach) at the Y. We had almost 35 people in class!! It went well, but I'm glad it's done. Then off I rushed again to my friend Emily's baby shower.

We're thrilled that Sophia will have another playmate, but we will have to schedule playdates in advance as they live in Iowa.

My friend Emily due April 6th

Then I went to pick Sophia up at my parents house. We decided since it was too cold outside for the Winter Carnival parade that we would go to the mall. So we headed out to Maplewood Mall to take Sophia on the carousel. She wanted to go on the "horsies that go up and down". It was so cute how excited she got when we approached it. She wanted to get on right away. I gave her a choice of ponies and she picked this beautiful white one. Here are a couple of pictures from her adventure:

Sophia and Mommy getting on the horse

Getting ready to ride

After the mall we went to Target and Sams Club and had a low key night. Today my college roommate is coming over for lunch. Then we are off to a farewell dinner for my parents before they leave to go to Florida for a month. We will miss you Papa and Nana.

20 months old

Today my little girl is 20 months old! Tonight when we were running errands she found her sunglasses. She decided she needed to wear them in the car and in the stores. Check my funny little girl out!