Happy New Year!

December was an insane month around our house. Sophia is walking all over the place and has recently started "running" to get away from me. She only takes one nap a day, and I use that time to do stuff around the house (or take a nap myself!) and haven't been able to get on the computer much. We're going to get a laptop this year, so I can be online and supervising playtime at the same time. But, until then, these posts are going to be few and far between. And, since I know you all just come to this blog to see pictures, here are some new ones!

Sophia's first snowfall! (This is the only picture where she is happy. It went quickly downhill from here.)



See...


More pics to come!

Busy, busy!

Sorry it's been a while since I posted last. Sophia figured out how to walk (yay!), but it is keeping us VERY busy. I don't get much time on the computer these days. Here are some recent pics of the peanut.

Mmm...jelly


Cutest outfit. Ever.


She's too fast for my camera!

1 year professional pictures

Here's a LINK to a photo album I created with pictures from Sophia's 1-year photo shoot.

Here are a couple of my favorites:










These were all taken by Ben Saefke Photo

Link to first bday pics ...

Here are some pictures from the weekend. The ones with the blue shirt are from Friday, and all the others are from Saturday.

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I had a breakdown on Friday night watching the slideshow that Chad put together. She's not my little baby anymore; she's a big kid now! I'm doing much better today. I'll post a recap of the party and more pics in the next day or two.

Happy Birthday, baby girl!

Our little pumpkin

We took Sophia to Minnetonka Orchards on Saturday (http://www.minnetonkaorchards.com). It was a pretty cool place. It was very busy, but spread out so that no one area had too many people. We had caramel apples and apple donuts, listened to some music, checked out the sheep and goats, and just enjoyed the beautiful weather :-)

Here is some pictures of her in the pumpkin patch :

Guess who?

Man, I am SO bad at this blog thing! I can't even manage one post per week. Sorry, folks :-)

I have an excuse this time: Sophia is really sick -- fever, puking, the works. This is the first time we've experienced a "real" sickness and it sucks! I made it into work for a few hours this morning (Sicky was at home with dad) and boy did I need to get out! I had been home, covered in puke, for 3 days. I think I used an entire bottle of laundry detergent over the weekend. She seems to be on the mend finally. *knocking on wood* She hasn't thrown up today. Yay! But we think she's getting molars now. Oy. Hopefully this will all be over soon!

One year ago today was the official start of my maternity leave. I spent the week getting all the last-minute stuff we needed before the baby was born. I hope I never forget how exciting that time was. How nervous I was for the delivery (as I should have been!) but also how completely unprepared I was for what parenthood was really like. No matter how many times someone tells you how tired you will be, you can never truly understand the exhaustion until you actually live it. When Sophia was about two weeks old, I feel asleep mid-sentence. And I was the one talking! No class or book can prepare you for that.

Last week, Sophia took 6 steps in a row a few different times. She's clearly saying baby "ba-ba" and ball "bah" and points to both when we ask where they are. I cannot believe she will be one next week! I have to order her birthday cake this week and reschedule her 1-year pics (we had to cancel on Saturday due to the puking).

I have some new pics and hope to post them soon!