Out West...

Sophie and I have been out in Washington state visiting family for the past few weeks. Her grammy and grampy sure love her!

As you can see, Sophie is now about the size of a very fat chiuaua.

Sophia just got the nicest package in the mail today. She was so excited about it that she asked me to share it with you...

She especially loved how cute it was all wrapped up! I told her that Miss Marika always wraps her gifts up pretty.
We both agreed that the card was the cutest card ever! The images on the front are all emroidered on the paper with real thread!!! We sure do wish we could find a blankie to match...

I told Sophie how Miss Marika is one of the worlds best shoppers, and someday soon we will go down and shop with her. I think that made Miss Sophie very very happy!

One of the wonderful gifts was this chalkboard. The back of which is set up so Miss Sophie can learn her multiplication table. I can't wait to get her started on it! My little girl is going to be a Wiz! Especially with the 'donation' that Miss Marika & Co. made to her future education. Sophie was really excited about that and wanted me to give them an extra large thank-you!

And, this cute little guy finally found his forever home. He is made out of wool felt...

And Miss Sophie LOVES him. We haven't named him yet, but Sophie wants to assure you all that she is thinking of a name...she just hasn't found the right one as of yet.

Thank you so much Ross & Marika for showering our little girl with so much love! I can't wait for her to meet you and your brood!

Busy Bees!

Things have been busy busy around here as of late. Ryan has been getting the Jeep ready to sell... something that makes us both very sad. We love that Jeep! But, it just isn't practical anymore... but more so--WE REALLY WANT A TRAILER! Which means we need a truck to pull it. So the Jeep must go...

On another note, we bought a TV for the basement a few months back. We really wanted a 47", but couldn't find one anywhere...so we settled for a 40". Well, Ry came home the other day and was super excited because Costco had the TV he wanted in a 47". So we decided to upgrade. And upgrade we did... to a 55"

... to the absolute largest TV Costco had. We are never impulsive like this... But this TV is really awesome...especially hooked up to surround sound. Almost as good as a theatre!

And of course I have to include a pic of my little sunshine! She is such a peaceful lil' sleeper 'till she gets the hiccups...
Oh, and I had a birthday last week, too. We didn't do too much... we went into the city on a quick trip (which all trips pretty much are now). We celebrated with Birthday Cheesecake. I got a new lens for my camera, a photography book, and an old favorite CD from Ryan.

Life is Good!