Bye, Bye, July!

Wow, i haven't blogged in a whole month. Hmm, don't think i have the energy to blog about all the fun stuff we did the past month but I will tell you we went to Utah for 2 weeks! Wow huh! So here are some details about that little vaca...

I got to see my entire family at some point during the trip and it has been at least a year since that happened. Kim and her kids came out from Mississippi and even Lee stopped by for a day on his way back to New Jersey. Of course we hit Lagoon...

Here is Bella with her cousin Alyssa( who is now also Bella's Idol)

Bella and her cousin Andrew
Alyssa and Bella. When we got home from our trip she actually she told me she wanted to be Alyssa when she grew up. Cute!
Me trying to not let Sophie drown herself. She loved this pool in Bountiful and was hard to catch!
The adults got to got to dinner one night! Here is me and my Pops.




Oh, and these pics are out of order but here is our little fourth of July before we went to Utah. Our friends had a fun pancake b-fast at their house.
And look these are the fireworks right out side our little house.

Bella kept sayin she was a little bit scared but once she realized they weren't going to fall on her. She was up dancin with every BOOM!
Sophie obviously was not scared(will she ever be?)

Till next time...have a great August everybody!

Go Sophie, It's your B-day!

Go Sophie its your Birthday! We're gonna party like its your Birthday! (Does anyone else remember this song from way back when??) Except it dosen't say Sophie its says"Shortie"
Anyway, my little girl turned ONE on the 20th of June! Finally getting around to post a couple of pics!
Can I just say that she is such a riot! She is a daredevil to say the least...she will walk right off our bed and just laugh when she lands on her face. So really it is a small miracle that she made it to her first birthday!!
She is also beautiful and smiles all the time! The girl has 6 teeth with two more coming in! They are major chompers. She is also loud, likes to wrestle her big sister, and has the biggest blue eyes ever!! She is not into cuddling right now. It prohibits her new walking freedom. She will walk away from me at the park and never look back. Kinda sad huh?
Just a couple of facts about my walking almost running ONE year old Sophia. Her are some pics from her day.

I made a Ladybug birthday cake, I was kinda proud of myself because i can't even make pancakes.

Happy Girl!

I don't think this was on the birthday but it looks like they are singing Happy Birthday!

I love you little Bug!

A bit of Everything

Bella finished her first season of Tot Soccer! I know maybe it was too early for her to play but when Mommy loves soccer what do you expect! She might not be as into it as I hoped but that's cool. I think it was more fun for me getting up early Sat. morning, going to the soccer fields, watching all the games. Just like the good old days! I loved watching Bella run after the ball or so I thought until she tells me " I was pretending to be a flying Pony today". It really was a crack up having kids run the wrong way, stop to pick up flowers, etc. So who knows if she will ever do it again but here are a few photos.

Doing a midfield dance!

Daddy and Sophie cheering her on.
Just look for the one with RED Hair!
Bella ready for kick off standing next to Oshyn(#10)

Also here is Part Two of Sophia's walking video...

She is a walker/runner, I am not kidding! The girl just loves to walk and fall and will always get back up smiling. So here is a better video of her walking.

These boots are made for Walkin'

This is an old video of when Sophie first started walking and pushing her toy! It makes me laugh although she is now walking across the room all by herself. Go Sophie!

So this weekend I will get a video of that. Sorry Mom and Dad this was all I had.

She is walking as fast as she used to crawl! Kinda scary because she will just fall on her face and get back up to try again! The Kid is crazy!

What I Know Now

So there are some fun moms participating in this mothers day blog bash. It looked like fun and I loved the question to post about...What I know Now.(about being a mom)

I Know now that there are no words in the English language to truly describe Motherhood. It is wonderful but that just dosen't capture it. Sometimes it is scary because I am molding these two beautiful girls that may one day become mothers too and I don't know if I am doing it right. At times my love for them is overwhelming...like did i really gave birth to this precious person? And other times so weird...like when i realize my life is currently consisting of chasing a 10 month old and playing Cinderella 20 times a day!!

I know now what pure love is. It is a constant binding love that will never

end.

I know now what pure pain is. It is giving birth and recovering and having surgeries to recover etc. It is also what I feel when my child is hurt or sad, pain because i would do anything in the world to take that hurt or saddness so that didn't have it.

I Know now that it was worth it. Everything we sacrifice to be a mother everyday is so worth it.

20+10=Supercool!

What is happening...did I really turn 30 last week! I feel like superold or supercool i can't decide which one!

Fun b-day with my hubby buying my the Magic Bullet(supermixer) and Bella wishing I had a chocolate cake like She liked! Went out to B.J.'s brewhouse with some girlfriends for a little brew, I mean Mountain Dew! Yeah it was good!

The next night my hubby took me out to eat Mexican style AND we stayed over night at a hotel. Which is so fun for me...no kids and pure sleep is bliss! SO thanks honey and his parent for watching the girls!Oh and thanks for all the birthday presents and calls from friends and family! Were you all just taking pity on the fact that I am the big 3-0!Hmmmm.

Of course I have NO pics because i am always the one taking them of my kids so boring I know but here are what the kids did after the date at their Nana and G-Pa's house.

The first Sprinkler fun of the season!

Poor Sophie loved the water didn't love not having a swimsuit!(freezing)

Now I feel better cuddling with my G-Pa!