Pulling up!

Sophia's newest trick. After finding Sophia standing in her crib this morning I think we could say officially, she is pulling up to furniture. She is growing up so fast!

Bribery!!

So as most of you know I work part time and Sophia comes with me. However, as Sophia is getting older having her at work is becoming increasingly difficult. She has learned that when we are at my work the minute she fusses I respond. Consequently, she is fussing more often at work than at home. So...I stopped at Target this morning and spent an undisclosed amount of money on toys, HOPING they would keep her attention while I work. I am sure you guessed it. Bribery of my 8 month old did not work!!!!!!!!! In the future I am not really sure what to do about the fussiness at work but I do know that more toys is not the answer.

Thank goodness for weekends!

So...we have become slackers with our blog and our picture taking. A lot of nothing has been going on here. I am staying super busy between my calling in YW's, work, Aaron, Sophia and the most difficult lately...staying healthy. Aaron's work schedule has been taxing on him lately too. Needless to say this past long weekend was needed for both Aaron and I. We got to spend a ton of time together and take care of all the little things that we have wanted to do for awhile but, never had the time. Here are some pictures of Sophia in her swimsuit. We took her swimming for the first time this weekend. She was not a fan at first, settled in towards the middle and was again not a fan at the end. We think Sophia will have her fathers reserved, cautious nature. :)

Traumatic Kentucky Derby

Aaron's co-worker hosted a party today commemorating the Kentucky Derby. Knowing nothing more about the Kentucky Derby than what was taught to us via Google, we went ready to enjoy our virgin mint juleps. The company was great and the exposure to a new sport was fascinating. However, I was floored at the (what appeared to be) common practice of "euthanasia" with the horses in the race. I may be a bit naive, sheltered or even just plain ignorant but I had no idea how many horses get injured and consequently killed due to this sport. How is this okay? The horse that I was cheering for won second place and moments after crossing the finish line collapsed due to breaking both front legs. As a result of breaking both legs she was instantly "euthanised". I was caught so off guard I had to fight back the tears. Don't get me wrong I love eating my meat and am married to a big hunting fan but it just seems so barbaric to breed, raise and train a horse to run around a circle and as a result potentially get killed. Besides the miniature men riding on their backs; what is the difference between this and dog fights?

crawling?