Glen Rose Texas

This past weekend Aaron, Sophia and I went to Glen Rose, Texas and walked around Dinosaur Valley State Park. We had a good time and Sophia loved riding in that weird sling-looking thing.

It is funny because before having Sophia people told us to get ready to miss being able to "just pick up and go somewhere." Although I tried really hard not to place judgment on an area that I had zero expertise, I couldn't help but think to myself..."It can't be that hard" or "A baby isn't going to slow me down." Boy was I wrong!! On a day-to-day basis I do miss being able to just run into the store for a gallon of milk, the post office to drop off a letter, or Subway for a chocolate chip cookie without having to unbuckle and re-buckle my little sidekick!!!!!

On Saturday Aaron and I spent three times the amount of time preparing for the hike than we spent actually hiking. All in all ...I guess that those people who've experienced child rearing before us were on to something when they said that to get up and go is much more challenging with a little one :)

Happy 9 month B-Day Sophia

Sophia turned nine months yesterday and went for her check-up today. She is average for weight and in the 90th percentile for height. (Thanks to me. :)) We celebrated Sophia's birthday with my oldest sisters kiddos. Sophia loves having them over and tries her best to keep up with them.

An update on us...ok, mainly on Sophia

I can not believe that Sophia is almost nine months already. She is growing up so fast. This summer has started off super busy for us and has yet to slow down. Aaron is involved in several projects at work and I am still working at the FLIP and loving every minute (well most minutes) I spend with Sophia. Here are a few random pictures of recent happenings in the life of our family.Aaron and I at the Indy race. (Boy was that an experience.) Which reminds me of a quote I read recently that states..."An experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."
Sophia right before church on Father's Day
Happy first Father's Day !!!
Sophia still has no teeth so we are cautious with what we give her to eat. However, as we sat down for dinner we decided lets just hand her a whole pickle. She was a mess afterwards but surprisingly enough loved it.


This is the only picture we have so far of Sophia sucking her fingers. She sucks her middle two fingers upside down when she goes to sleep.
This is a close up of Sophia and I reading. She loves to sit in my lap and read (well listen) to books.
Here is Sophia in her small pool.

Talking in church

Aaron and I have to talk in church this Sunday. I don't know about you guys but speaking in church causes so much stress for me. Our topic is "Establishing Faith". If you have any comments, thoughts, quotes, scripture references, stories or just plain 'ol tips on how not to vomit at the podium let me know.

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. :)