Many of you already know that we had Sophie's first birthday party on February 21st at our home. Although we had a forecast of a horrible blizzard, the weather held out and several of our friends and family joined in to celebrate with us the first year of life for our little peanut. The menu was filled with lots of yummies including Italian Beef, pasta salad, chips, jello salad and of course yummy cake! Below is some pictures of the event:
The regular cake
The gift table
Auntie Crystal and Uncle Wade arrive
Auntie Jennie and Sophie have a heart to heart
(I think Auntie Jennie was bribing her with puffs.)
The birthday girl (after an outfit change into something more comfy)
Daddy and Sophie
Sophie sharing her cupcake decoration with Dudley
Happy Birthday Sophie
(Auntie Tracey added the special effect with her camera...isn't it cool!)
Thanks to all who were able to come!
We had a great time and it was great to see you all!
Our family has a spree of birthday's all together. Dad's (aka Gramps/Grampy/Grandpa) birthday is the 25th of February. The following weekend on the 28th, we made a trip to Danville to spend the day with him and celebrate his birthday. It was a great trip and so good to celebrate with him also!
This year Brock's Grandpa turned 81 on March 16th and our family had a birthday gathering for him at Bruce and Patty's on March 15th to celebrate. Patty cooked a fabulous meal of steak and potatoes and of course yummy cake was served.
The following weekend was a small break so Brock and I decided to make it a "family day" for us. For Sophie's birthday one of my cousin's had given her a gift card to Build A Bear. The closest one is Peoria. Brock, Sophie and I made the drive to Peoria, went to Build A Bear where Sophie made a new "friend" (a Kitty named Whiskers). Afterwards, we walked a the mall and then headed to Old Chicago for dinner. It was great to have a day just for us.
On April 3rd, Brock's Grandma turned 79. So on March 28th, Brock, Sophie and I made a trip to Danville to Mom and Dad's house to celebrate Grandma's birthday. Mom made a fabulous meal of beef roast, baked potatoes, broccoli casserole and carrots. For dessert, she served a choice of coconut cream pie, lemon meringue pie, or brownies. Everything was fabulous and we had a great time celebrating with Grandma.
With Easter right around the corner, we decided it was a good time to bring Sophie to see the bunny. We weren't sure with the shy stage that she is going through how she would do but knew that if we didn't take her then we would regret it later. We were shocked that she didn't even cry. She did wonderful! Below is the picture from her visit with the bunny.
Between all of this, Brock and I came down with horrible colds. While I think we are over the brunt of it, we're both still fighting to get rid of this thing once and for all! Fortunately, we haven't shared this with Sophie and hope it stays that way.
Other notible events: Sophie is now up to 5 teeth and we think that she is working on more. Last night she woke up in the middle of the night (which she hasn't done in FOREVER) just screaming. Finally, we gave her some Tylenol and in about 15 minutes she was back asleep and slept the rest of the night.
Also, we think that Sophie is going to take off walking at any moment. This week she has started really using the walker that she got for Christmas. She will get behind it and just take off walking. (usually with Brock or I behind her to make sure that she doesn't go down the stairs or hurt herself). Occassionally, she will fall but just laughs it off.
With all this in mind, Brock and I decided it was a good time to block off the kitchen and now are the proud owners of a large gate for the entry way to the kitchen. So far the cats really haven't been bothered by it and it is doing it's job of keeping her out!
Other then that, our lives have been pretty uneventful ;). Next week is Easter and the following is Brock's birthday. Hopefully you won't be hearing these updates in December :).
