Every girl has her parade

Last night, we took Sophia to her first parade and she had a blast. The horn on the firetruck startled her a bit (it made her pee her pants), but she loved all the bands, both marching and regular. And she was fascinated by the waving royalty. Here are some pictures. I think I might enter on into the local contest for pictures of people taken during the events this weekend. Which one do you like best??

Pop Art

Look what I did last night after Sophia went to bed! I'm still perfecting my technique, but I think it turned out pretty good.

Crawling...

On Friday, Sophia started crawling! We thought she was just going to go straight to walking, but I think the time she's been spending with the other babies at "school" (aka New Horizon) has been a good influence on her. She seems to learn something new almost every day!

Here are some random pictures of the princess. Pleased to enjoy...

Just hanging out:
















A girl and her dog:
















Let me out of this darn thing!

And, she's up!

Last night, I ran into the garage to get Nelly's dinner, and about 30 seconds later I came back into the family room to find Sophia standing at the coffee table. This is the first time she's pulled herself up without any help. Of course, I had to document it :-) Unfortunately, it's dark and kind of hard to see, and sideways. I am not the best videographer. But you'll get the idea:




Also, here's a little video of Sophia and Nelly playing together. They have a great time together, but can both get a little rough. Now that they're the same size, I'm not sure which one I need to protect!

Sleepyhead

Last night, I went in to check on Sophia in her crib and found her lying like this:

Happy Father's Day!

For Chad's first Father's Day, I took Sophia to do a special photo shoot, just for daddy. Here are a couple pictures:



























And here's a link to see the rest of the shoot:
http://mystudio.kiddiekandids.com/viewshare.asp?c=591003040ATZE6YGK

I figured Twins pictures were appropriate for a man who wanted to name our baby Johan!

Grand Old Day

On Sunday, we took Sophia to Grand Old Day in St. Paul. She had a blast. It was also *almost* her first concent. We stood outside the area where Tapes 'n Tapes were playing, but we couldn't go in (no kids allowed). But she was sound asleep by then anyway. Here's a picture of her after she crashed. Sorry the quality is so bad - we forgot the camera at home, so I took this on my cell phone.