Happy Girls

Not sure if this is "Mother of the Year" material, but Suri sure is having fun.


Until next time..........

Ps. Disregard brown lawn. We are on day 48 of no rain.



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This and that

The following blips are completely random and may or mAy not have anything to do with one another. My mind sort of works in the same way so stay with me here.


-Bought a new computer on Friday. Our refrigerator broke on Sunday. God has a sense of humor.

-Today, I was driving in the car with the girls and Sophs was talking in a quiet (for her) voice. I asked her what was wrong and she said in a raspy voice "sometimes, uhhhhhm, when I talk......my voice is crooked".

-Although Suri is walking she occasionally bear crawls so fast it looks like the girl from The Exorcist (except way cuter).

-I'm dying to get back to the library to exchange my book on CD. I think I've listened to nearly ten during my commute to and from work. NERD!

-On our drive back from Madison yesterday I looked in the back seat and then at Josh and I just felt so proud of our little family. I looked back five minutes later and saw Sophia sleeping with her head bobbing within reach of Suri and Suri attempting to pull Sophs hair. Sisters!


Until next time.......


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Suri Update

Suri had her one year check up on Friday. As expected, she is a big girl. Here are her stats:

Height- 31 inches (98th percentile)

Weight- 22.6 lbs- (75th percentile)

Head- 110th percentile but covered with gorgeous white hair ;)

Shots? Yes, she had 5.

Suri is walking now. She is eating everything but really loves fruit and v8 fusion. She loves playing with sophs. She says the following words: hi, baby, bye bye, daddy, mum, no no, night night, and ball (she is my daughter after all).

Until next time.


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"That's what she said"

So, my husband, well heck, my whole family is obsessed with Big Brother. This season just finished up which is unfortunate since I LOVE IT! Anyhow, one of the funnier parts of the show (shown on the extra footage episode) they were making fun of Lane, who is my favorite, for not understanding the "that's what she said" phrase. I was absolutely cracking up because I understood his pain. Not that I don't understand it, but I'm equally as annoyed when I hear it. Everything, I mean everything can be made dirty by just adding "that's what she said" to the end. Josh does this. Oh yeah, totally calling you out! Lanes' response was always "who is she and why would she say that?". Exactly, why would sheever say that? Just a thought. Until next time.........


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Happy birthday

This weekend we headed to MadiSon to celebrate two birthdays. Landon turned 4 and Izzy turned 1. Sophs had a great time playing with her cousins and Suri got to show off her new walking. I made sure to take my own turn or two .............or three on the inflatable slide. Still a kid at heart, I guess.

More to come. I got a new computer so I will be able to update more frequently.

Until next time.......

Location:Madison, IN

Yoga

Did my first yoga class yesterday.

I'm not flexible... At all..

Down-dog split, cobra, happy baby.........yep,not pretty

Pretty sure the instructor wasn't speaking english, not sure though....

I might have fallen asleep during the final relaxation, again, not sure though...

My main goal was to not draw attention to myself in any way (more specifically with innapropriate bodily noises)

My saving grace. The lights were off.......

I loved it. I will go back...



Until next time.....

Sophia

Suri

Zoo

For Suri's birthday we invited Josh's family and my family up to go to the zoo. It was a gorgeous day. The zoo, as you can imagine, was very crowded. Once we got through the over-crowded oceans area my anxiety about losing a child subsided and I was able to enjoy the day. We ended up having a ball. Kami's kiddos got to ride their first roller coaster, Sophia raced the invisible cheetah, and Suri got to check out all of the animals and eat her weight in goldfish crackers. Uncle Kyki spent a good portion of his day carrying Sophia around on his shoulders. I tell you what, Sophia will be heartbroken when she isn't Uncle Kyki's number 1 girl. Until next time......

Happy Birthday Suri!

Our Little Suri Jean turned one on September 1st. She has had such a great year. She is drinking from a sippy cup, she is off of formula, she is potty trained (totally kidding, I wish), she has 2 teeth, and no more baby food. She is taking 4-5 steps by herself and she is so close to walking it is scary. Her crib has been lowered to prevent "superfly" from the top ropes (Sophia performed this stunt right around age 1). Baby gates are in place because she has demonstrated to us her ability to climb stairs and to climb them quickly. When no one is watching....... yep.......

Happy Birthday Surs!

Until next time.....

Gymnastics

We contemplated many evenings on which activity to get Sophs in this fall. We were stuck between soccer, which she did last year, gymnastics, and karate (Mulan inspired). We decided gymnastics was the best choice. Sophs is in the 4 year old class and is the tallest girl there. She just loves it and isn't shy at all. She had no problem on the first day announcing to her teacher that "I can do that by myself" to every single gymnastics stunt.

Until next time.....

sorry people

All of the computers in our house are not working at this time. More stories and adventure to come. Stay tuned...

Landon-ism

Not that I am lacking in Sophia-ism, however my sister and her son had the most hilarious conversation while she was attempting to take a relaxing bath. Here goes:

Kami was in the tub relaxing when she hears "knock knock"..........

Landon: "Mommy, what you doin?"

Kami: "I'm taking a bath. You need to go on out and play"

Landon: "Can I get in mommy?"

Kami: "No Landon, it is way to hot for you"

Landon: "Is it too hot for my weiner?"

Kami: "Yes Landon, it is too hot for your weiner"

Boys..........but, don't you just love his sweet little face?!!

Until next time.....

Man Down

It is a sad sad day. It came out of no where. Nobody was prepared. Our beloved Boo Bear was shot down by a sniper. He was hit directly on his right flank. We stopped the bleeding and his condition was uncertain for hours. His best friend Sophia was so sad all day at school. What would we do? Glue, duct tape, a patch, stiches???.....We needed a surgeon and we needed one fast. I thought to myself "I've watched enough episodes of Greys Anatomy. I can do this. A few stitches, that is it. That is all I have to do."


Then,I pulled out my needle and pink thread. Very carefully I stitched his side. It wasn't pretty and there was pain, so much pain...but.......

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HE PULLED THROUGH!!!







Until next time......

Planning

Josh and I had planned out our weekend early last week. Friday, we planned on heading to the Center Grove Football game. Saturday, we planned on eating at Grays Brothers in Mooresville. Sunday, today, we planned on taking the girls to the Incredible Pizza Company.

Those were the plans, but here is how it went down.....

Friday, we gathered everything for the football game and drove to the high school. We were 15 minutes late since I had exercise class, but didn't think it would matter. Well, it mattered.. We got there and there was a line for tickets, no lie, 50 feet long and the stadium was already full. So, no game for us. Instead we stuffed our faces at Wingin' It.

Saturday evening we, once again, loaded ourselves and our stuff into the car and headed to Grays Brothers. Once there, we discovered another line out the door. At least 50 feet as well. Josh's statement was "we need a fastpass for this place". So, being that we had two kiddos we knew the waiting in line wasn't going to work. Instead, we ended up at Steak-n-shake.

Sunday, and par for the course, we just so happened to look online for the Incredible Pizza Company's hours. Guess what we found? A bold faced announcement stating that "The Incredible Pizza Company will be closed Aug 22 for a private party". So, we ended up at Luca's pizza and Rascall's Fun Zone.

Things didn't go as planned but we avoided all meltdowns and enjoyed ourselves anyways.

Until next time...

Kiwi

Me: "Sophs, I have a kiwi I can cut up for you"

Sophs: "Do I like bikinis?" Oh my! Until next time....

Michigan

This weekend we went to Michigan for one last hoorah before Josh had to go back to school (NOTE: most other workers don't get summers off, including me, so summer break means nothing to me). Anywho, we headed to Michigan to visit Boo and Papi, with bonus visits from Aunt Celeste, Aunt Sheila, and Grandpa T. Friday we headed to the wave pool with Sophs and she had an absolute ball. I think she really enjoyed getting all of Boo and Papi's attention most of all. Aunt Celeste was kind enough to wrangle Suri for the day. We are home safely now. Surs is in bed and Sophia appears to be winding down. The slightest disturbance will set off hours and hours of talking. I must be careful.

We had a few funny moments in the car. The Sophia-isms continue.

Me: "Uhhhhhhhhhhh....I am ready to be there" (I lack maturity on long car rides)
Sophia: "Me too. My undies are all up in there"

I feel ya girl......


Me: "Sophs, what are you learning in school?"

Sophs: "You know what? I know chapanese."

Me: not understanding.. "you know what?"

Sophs: "Chapanese. I know someone from Chapanese."

God love this child. She is FUNNY!

Until next time....

Park

Over the weekend we headed to the park to enjoy the beautiful sunshine. Suri got to swing in the swings and Sophia did it all. We always measure Sophia when we are there and thought we better get Surs started as well. Sophia was our photographer. Sophs measured 44 inches. Look out Disney's Everest and Space Mountain. Sophia will be coming for you Fall of 2011. And Surs was ~24 inches. Look out "It's a Small World". Hehe.

Until next time.....

Rough House

We are so lucky that Suri is a pretty sturdy baby because Sophia has just been man-handling her every time I turn away. Sophs says "I just want to play with her",not understanding that Suri herself isn't the toy. Sophs is having a hard time "playing" without picking her up or pulling her arms. This is our major behavior problem right now.

This weekend went by so fast. Mama Pam and Papa Dale came to visit and gave Josh and I an evening away. We gladly took them up on their offer and headed downtown for a date at Mo's Restaurant. It was so nice to sit and enjoy a meal without worrying about feeding a kid, cleaning up a mess, or running a munchin to the potty.

On Saturday Sophia headed to yet another birthday party. This time we went to The Incredible Pizza Company. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the food, the games, and the cleanliness of this place.

Saturday evening we headed to the mall to just kill time and get out of the house. At the mall there was a huge display of monitors and Nintendo Wii's. Sophia put on a dance display playing with the "Just Dance" game. It was so funny.

Until next time.....

Silly Girls

These girlies are so silly. How can you not just laugh at them.

Until next time......

Animal Extravaganza!

Tonight, Sophia's school hosted a family night with a little show from Silly Safaris. Sophs just loves animals so she was volunteering to be a helper every time the presenter asked. She was called upon to be a helper with the tortoise. Thank goodness it was just a tortoise and not the giant man-eating cockroaches (no lie, super huge, super gross, BUGS!!!) Just a year ago today I was stuck in bed and growing a baby. Josh's folks came down and took Sophs to family night. Now, Suri attended family night and I got to go as well.