Saturday, June 21, 2008

Broken Smile

I'm so upset.

Last night Will and I were sitting in the backyard watching Sophia play in the sprinklers. She started spinning in circles under the water, and lost her balance. She fell head first into the side of the metal fire pit, and we both new instantly it was a bad fall. I scooped her up and noticed right away that her 2 front teeth were chipped. There was no blood and she calmed down quickly after some Tylenol and snuggles, but I'm not handling it quite as well.

These are the teeth she's going to have for the next several years, and I'm devastated that her beautiful perfect smile has been damaged. I'm going to make her a dentist appt on Monday and see if there is anything that should or can be done.

Here are some pics of her broken smile....

Girls Only! part 2

Since we were going to be without Daddy a little longer than usual, I decided to buy some fun water toys to keep Sophia entertained. I bought her a water table complete with toy boats and a water wheel. She had fun splashing, and Trent had fun trying to bite the splashes.
She also thought it was fun dunking her head in the water.
I also bought her a neat toy that attaches to the garden hose and makes a great sprinkler to play in. She nearly hyperventilates when she stands in the water, but this is by far her favorite summertime activity. Every time we go outside she points at it and tries to turn on the water herself.




My favorite part is bundling her up in a towel afterward and cuddling until she's ready to get wet again, which is usually about 30 seconds later!

Friday, June 20, 2008

Scottsdale business trip

This is Will's first post, we'll see if I get it to work...

At the end of May, Sophia and I had a great trip together - we went to Phoenix to attend a convention sponsored by my Broker/Dealer. Mommy had to stay home to work, so I flew down there alone with Sophia. The flights went well - she's just so good on airplanes - she made friends with everyone around us! The good news is: Nana and Pops were down there to meet us in Scottsdale for the convention!









They had such a great time being together. One of the highlights was playing in the "sprayground". Sophia would stand right over the water sprayers and let them shoot her right in the face. She loved it! She's such a nut around water!

We also went to my friend Matt and Monica Linnell's house in Mesa and got to visit them and their two children. What friends!
















Of course, there was lots of daddy time too!











Sophia loves her Nana and Pops and can't wait to see them again!!












Monday, June 9, 2008

Girls Only!

This week Will was in Dallas for a check ride and training session, so Sophia and I were home alone. We're used to being without Daddy a few days each week, but this week we were by ourselves for one day longer than usual, so I decided to do some extra fun things for both our sakes.
We started by going to the zoo for the first time. Sophia quickly spotted the first animal: some sort of large grey bird.


Next we stopped by the primate exhibits. Sophia was a little freaked out by the orangutans, so we moved on pretty quickly to see the other monkeys. There was a smaller monkey that kept running in and out of it's little house. Sophia thought this was hilarious and would wriggle and squeal with delight every time it ran out!


It was a pretty warm afternoon, so although we both looked really hard, sometimes the animals were tucked away in the shade where we couldn't see them.
The giraffes were out, but Sophia wasn't too impressed.
And since she's a big girl now, she spent a lot of the afternoon pushing her stroller rather than riding in it.
She thought the fish were really cool, as did several other kiddos.

And last but not least, we went to the play area. Sophia has been going through a very shy stage lately, so I was proud that she ran right over to the playground without holding my hand.



And she was almost tall enough to poke her head through the cut out!
Believe it or not, our day didn't end there, but I need to go eat dinner. Stay tuned for the rest of our Girls Only fun!

Smartie Pants

Every time we try and get Sophia to show off her newest skills to our friends and family, she gets shy and just stares blankly at us. As a parent, it can be frusterating, so today while we were relaxing in the backyard, I got proof that she really does know a lot of body parts. The video is pretty dark, but hopefully you can see most of it.

In the next video, she shows off one of her newest quirks that we're not quite as proud of. She now calls everything that resembles any sort of fruit "apple." She used to say "banana" but it's now been demoted to "apple" along with the rest of the fruit!

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Backyard Fun

As the weather has been warming up, the lawn in our backyard has been getting a little brown. In order to get it looking green again, Will scheduled our automatic sprinklers to go on 3 times a day, and when he's home, he hand waters it once or twice a day as well.
The other day, Sophia and I were playing in the backyard, and what do ya know, the sprinklers come on. Sophia instantly runs over and starts playing in them, which I don't mind because it's only water. Once they turned off, I took her shirt off and started trying to ring it out. When I turned around, she wasn't behind me anymore.
It didn't take me long to find her happy as can be splashing in one of the many mud puddles in our yard. This was the first time she'd ever played in the mud, and as a rookie, I have to say I was impressed at how quickly she covered herself from head to toe in the stuff! Once I pulled her out of the puddle, she started rubbing the mud all over her belly. I guess it probably feels pretty good - some people pay a lot of money to have that done at spas!


Showing a little modesty in this picture

I stripped her down and cleaned her up as best I could. As I was washing her shoes off, I turned around and noticed she had opened the screen door. She's never done that before, but I wasn't too worried because she's usually hesitant to go down the step to the backyard without holding my hand. But that was before she had discovered how much fun mud puddles are. She dashed out that door so quickly I could barely snap a picture of her!
So now our days of leaving the sliding glass door open are over.....sigh.....

Monday, June 2, 2008

A Vocabulary Quiz from Sophia

Name the following objects:

1.


2.
3.
4.
Answers:

1. bubble

2. bubble

3. bubble

4. bubble

Disclaimer: This idea was stolen completely and shamelessly from the Cautero's blog, Amateur Hour.