Monday, November 18, 2013

Sophie turns 1!

Our little miss Sophia turned one on the 6th....can't believe a year has already flown by! 
She is FULL of personality! When she's in trouble she puts on her sweetest smile, looks up at me and says, HI! and starts offering kisses! They sure do learn fast! 
Things she says: Hi! (ALL the time...to everyone...even walking down the grocery store isles!), Night-night, Da-da!, Momma, Mamaw (Grandma), Duuuu! (Duke, our dog), No, uh-oh, ees (please), tin-tu (thank you) Noooo (nose). There may be more but that's all I can remember right now! She also makes the cow, elephant, kitty, dog, and tiger sounds. 
On the 10th we had a birthday party! 
The cakes...
Thanks to my sister-in-law Erin for the petal cake idea! It was really easy...just time consuming! 

Soph filled up on manicotti and wasn't too thrilled about her cake! She makes this face when she knows that flash is coming! 

Grandpa and Grandma Leman
So blessed with dear friends and family! We were even able to Skype with my family in Haiti! It was the best Skype connection I've ever had! 
The boys were so excited to come! Dave (on the left) told me several times in church, "We are coming to your house tonight!" 
Sophie's friend Harper helps her figure out how to unwrap presents! 
Thank you all for the sweet gifts! 
Aunt Tif made her a handmade/sewn quiet book!
 A zoo book from Aunt Alisha! 
Happy birthday Sophie! Daddy and I love you so much! We pray that you will grow up to be a virtuous woman of God! 

Friday, November 1, 2013

Mark Alan

After Alisha and Brent's wedding, we were privileged to have my brother Mark travel back to CO and stay with us for 10 days! It was so fun to have all that one-on-one time with him!

Ooops...no pictures, but we took Mark to Water World for his 16th birthday. We had a lot of fun! The weather was great and the lines weren't too long. (The last time we went to Water World was with Alisha and I was preggo so needless to say, I was able to enjoy a lot more rides this time!)

Mountains! 
Crazy Uncle Mark :) 
My little treasure :)
The wildflowers were lovely! (Plus had to get a pic of our trusty Jeep!) 
A MOOSE! Finally my first moose-in-the-wild spotting....and with Mark! 
 Chillaxing with Uncle Mark! Mark was really helpful with stuff around the house and watching Sophie too!

 Somebody turned 9 months in August! 
 Patty-Cake!
 Silly wrinkly nose :)
 Then towards the end of Mark's visit, these two crazy lovelies came! Heather (L) and her dog groomer (who works at Heather's dog boarding business) Megan. We had a fun time with them! 
Mt. Evans.
 And...they brought....DUKE! Our dog! We found him at Heather's shop when we were out for Alisha's wedding...and Heather so kindly offered to drive him out for us! Thanks again! We appreciate it so much!!!
Mark ended up driving home with the girls. Thanks for coming Mark! We loved having you stay!