Day 118

Sunset from Grandma Bonnie and Pop-Pop Jon's backyard.

Aunt Stephie's cat, Cashew, loves Sophia!


Grandma gave Maya a bath in the sink. The little turkey almost got the sprayer figured out!

Day 117

Maya is almost on table food completely now. She loved her green beans!


Grandma and Sophia used toothbrushes, water and chalk to make some chalk paintings out back.

Day 116

Sophia was playing around while we waited for preschool to start today.

Maya has been eating more solid foods now. She LOVED broccoli! Dinner for Maya tonight was broccoli and rice crispies. Yuck! But she was happy. :)

Aunt Stephie and Molly came to visit today and Molly showed us her new trick! Her sippy cup was as big as she is. :)

Day 115

There was this tiny caterpillar crawling by our front door. It wasn't until I took a digital macro photo that I even realized it had these "long" white hairs. It's funny what the camera can see clearly and our eyes can't!

Just for a size comparison, this is it next to my finger.


My sister got me these two vases in Israel years ago.


Sophia loves her tricycle!

Maya is starting to crawl on her knees now!

Day 114

It was a big day for Sophia today! She started preschool!!! It was so cute how excited she was. I woke her up this morning and she said "We have to hurry. I can't be late for school!" Then she ate her entire breakfast, went potty, brushed her teeth, got dressed and let me do her hair...all without complaining! What a refreshing change! HA! Really, it was so sweet how eager she was. Here she is in front of the school gate.
And right when we got out of the car. She had a fantastic time in school and can't wait until her next class on Thursday!
Maya learned a new trick or two today. In addition, to drinking out of straw, she can do all sorts of things on the sit and spin.

Day 113

Sophia started swim lessons today!


It was a 2:00 class and it was so HOT! Maya was not so thrilled with the heat or the little tent I made over her stroller.

Day 112

Our friends Steve and Jenny got married this evening. Our friend Gina was holding Maya and the waiter sat cake right in front of her. Before anyone had a chance to move it, Maya dug in with both hands. I guess she's practicing for her 1st birthday! (Today she turned 9 months old.)

I couldn't pick just one photo of Sophia dancing. We loved watching her dance and I wanted to make sure I put enough photos in so I saved that memory of how sweet she was dancing. She danced all night long! Sometimes she was next to our table, other times she would find an open spot outside. Maya danced along on Daddy's lap and giggled and squealed as Sophia danced along.




Since I'm always behind the camera, here are a few of me and my family. I couldn't figure out how to photoshop a tan onto me, so that I matched the rest of my family! HA!



Jenny & Steve were so sweet and had a special gift for Sophia, a coloring book and crayons. Sophia colored a picture for Jenny and was so excited to give it to her!

After a night of dancing, Sophia was exhausted!