Cede's 6th birthday

I mostly wanted to learn how to put a movie clip on here, atleast I think that is a good excuse for posting this clip of Cede opening her birthday peresent. When I showed this to Codee he said "oh no, we are starting to treat our dogs better than our kids." I don't know about that but I will admit that I get to much enjoyment from the stupid poochies:)

The Blessing

Ok, I admit it, I wrote that title with the voice of the old man from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation in my head. I can't say or hear those words without thinking it. I know I am a huge nerd but knowing is half the battle, right?

I didn't really want to showcase myself qutie this much but it was the only way I could get it to work, I swear, so here are some pics. of sweet Sophia in her fancy dress with her Mom and Dad:)

We blessed Sophie last Sunday, it was so special of course and OF COURSE everything that could go wrong, did. Jackson came with his Grandma and almost missed the whole thing, almost everyone was late (shout out to Jamie and Karen for being on time!), the mic. wasn't working so only those in the circle heard the actual blessing, I assume it was a good one though cause Codee was crying like a baby the whole time:) and someone was a little under prepared for the lunch afterwards...opps! It's a good thing I have a patient and understanding family who can bare with us through all our mishaps:) Eventually we got it together and had a great day!

Is it just me or does Sophie look a little more than 6 weeks older than her cousin Dean?

Someone got wizzed when her Aunties decided to play dress up with her:( Not so sweet,

then the princess convinced her Dad to sneak away from the party and take a nap with her. It was a big day for both of these babies:)

My Happy Morning Girl

I may have mentioned before how Sophia is happiest first thing in the morning, which I think might be a pretty normal thing, but I just can't get over how happy this girl is in the morning. I don't have any idea where she is getting that from cause I am so NOT a morning person. It totally bums me out that nobody but me gets to see her like this either. I often try to take pictures of it but the minute a get the camera out she can't take her eyes off of it and pays little or no attention to me. I have even tried calling Codee ( maybe even Jamie once) so they could at least hear how much she talks to me in these happy hours, well hour and a half anyway, then it is back to bed, that never works either. Yesterday morning was the height of all happy mornings, I was playing with Sophie as usual when she let out an actual laugh!! I was so excited that I jumped up clapped, turned around looking for the phone and scared the crud out of Sophie...nice. I called Codee right away in hopes that he could hear it too but I think I ruined any chances of her doing it again any time soon with how overly excited I got the first time around. Duh Joni. I hope she does it again soon cause it was so dang sweet and the cutest thing I have heard in a while! And anyone that would like to come visit my little happy morning girl is more than welcome to:)

Happy 2 Month Birthday!

2 months old today! Smiles All the time and...

already helps with the laundry:)

I just noticed that I never posted this?? I am a little scatter brained, to say the least. I think my original intention of this post was a shout out to all of Sophies fantastic Aunts!! They really are great, she is completely spoiled and adored by them:) But now that I realize that I let this sit there all ready to go but never posted it, for almost a month, I can' t let the issue go without addressing it... I have reached a new level of forgetfulness. This kind of ridiculous, obvious thing happens with me ALL the time. Am I just not paying attention? Is my brain even older than my two kids make me feel?

Afternoon Fishin'

We spent Wed. afternoon fishing with Misty, well I say we but really just Jackson fished with Misty. Sophie and I went but just for laughs! Good thing Misty has such a flexible work schedule or we couldn't have gone fishing with her on her "lunch hour" (more like three hours that turned into taking the day off:)

Jackson, like his mom, refuses to touch the fish so Misty gets stuck with all the dirty work! It's a good thing it doesn't bother her cause Jack is a serious fisherman. He caught 3 fish!!

He also took time out to feed the ducks!

He is not very sneaky so he couldn't get near as close as he wanted to but he had a blast! Thanks Misty:) We love you and your craziness!