Family FUN!

Brock and I have been busy for the past couple of weeks. Every weekend we have had something planned to do. Although we've been busy, we have had alot of fun.

To start, a good friend of mine at work won 4 tickets to see the Lipizzaner Stallions here in town but she was unable to go so she gave the tickets to me. We invited Wade and Crystal to go with us. What an amazing show. The horses were absolutely beautiful and were truly talented. Below are some pictures from the show!




The following weekend we made a trip to Danville to see Brock's mom and dad. Brock's mom has been really sick so we decided to come out and bring them dinner and visit with mom. Since we were out there, we called our good friend Rachel and Ian Brown who also just had a little peanut in April. This was the first time that we have been able to get together since our little ones were born. It was so good to see them.

Daddys and Babies!

Austin giving Sophie a hug!

Playing with Austin's Toys

Playing with Gramps

This weekend Brock and I decided it was time for the three of us to get out of the house and do something as a family. So we headed over to Speer, Illinois to Tanners Orchard. What a great time we had! For those who may not have been out there. It's a apple orchard where you can go through their market and buy products (apple of all sorts, apple pie, homemade applesauce, fudge, and lots of knick knacks). There is also a play area with pony rides and things for the kids to go on (Sophie was too young as of yet but it looks like alot of fun for next year). They also have a self pick area where they let you go out into the orchard and pick your own apples off the tree and also to the patch to pick pumpkins. Brock decided we didn't need to get a pumpkin this year but we did pick a peck of yummy apples. It was a ton of fun! We really enjoyed ourselves as you can see below!

Sophie riding on the "hayride" out to the orchard to pick apples

Daddy and Sophie in the orchard

Sophie after a long day at the orchard!
All tuckered out!

With Christmas right around the corner, Sophie has already been getting into the Christmas spirit. Below she is looking through the catalog to make her list for Santa!

SLACKING....

Okay so we have been slacking in regards to blogging. Alot has been going on in our lives and I'll try and recap as much as I can.

Sophie is doing great. She turned 7 months and is in the grabbing everything stage. Everything that is in her path it grabbed and 9 times out of ten ends up in her mouth! :) In the last month, she has also started sitting by herself unassisted. She's been sitting for a while for short periods of time unassisted but now we can sit her up and she will just sit there. It's just too cute.

Toward the middle of the month, we were blessed with the residual effects of Hurricane Ike. It was nothing but RAIN for several days. This brought our family a nice little bit of fun! Last winter our mailbox was hit by one of the plows which knocked the clasp to open our mailbox off. We hadn't had any problems with it till we got the boatload of rain. Then suddenly every day our mail was soaked. So our family headed off to Lowe's and bought a new mailbox. Here's a picture of Sophie getting ready for our outing :)

After Lowes, we made a quick run to Toys R Us for some diapers that were on SALE! YIPPEE. Of course, as soon as we got to the store Sophie fell asleep so Brock and I decided to walk around for a bit and just relax. (especially since it was raining outside SURPRISE SURPRISE). While were were looking around, we found a toy for Sophie that every kid has had at some point in their life. Here is playing with her new toy :)

So here is the riddle of the day! What do you get when you cross oatmeal and raspberries??? (See below for answer). A child covered with oatmeal. Sophie's lastest trick it to do raspberries. She can be sitting there happy as can be and you'll start hearing "pppllllffft" over and over again. One morning I was feeding her oatmeal and she decided it was a great time to start and ended up with oatmeal all over her face! How did she know that oatmeal was good for the skin ;).

The final going on of our family was a wedding. A dear friend of ours from back when Brock and I first started dating over 8 years ago got married yesterday. Brock stood up as one of his groomsmen. Friday night, we headed to the rehearsal as a family and then the rehearsal dinner at the Ozark House afterwards. Then Saturday was the official wedding which we decided to get babysitters for Sophie for. (thanks again Gma and Gpa Boyd). It was the first night that Brock and I have been out alone without Sophie since she was born in February. We had a really good time.

My handsome hubby in his tux!!

The Happy Couple

Good Friends!!! Good Times!!

We have.....

POOOOOOOP!

I know many of you would not be so excited about the topic of poop! But in our household, this is a wonderful thing!

Ever since we put Sophie on solid foods, she has had bouts of constipation on and off. More so on then off! She just couldn't get over it. It would be fine for maybe a day but then it would be back to constipation. Brock and I were basically at our whits end. We felt so bad when her cute little face would go red and you could tell she was just trying so hard. Our hearts would break.

But over the last 24 hours she has pooped a total of 7 times! And this last one was softer then it has been in a long time! We're hoping this is the end and maybe her little system has finally gotten over this!

Keep your fingers cross for us!

Big Day with the Lincoln Family

Brock and I decided a while ago that we wanted to go and see the Lincoln Museum. So Brock took of Friday, we packed up the Honda, and headed to Springfield. It took us SEVERAL hours to get through the museum and we were just amazed at how well this museum was put together. We both had a really good time. The two movies that they show were amazing and well put together.

The Boyd Family with the Lincoln Family.
(Don't mind Brock's closed eyes:))

Afer the museum, we headed over to Wade and Crystal's for a visit. It has been several months since we saw them last. They cooked us a fabulous dinner (thanks again Wade and Crystal). Unfortunately, Sophie was a bit fussy by this time. I think the long day along with the unfamilar enviroment added to it all.

Even with this, it was a GREAT day! I would definitely recommend this museum to anyone

6 MONTHS

Well today was Sophie's six month check up which went very well. You all will be happy to know that the doctor says that Sophie has a perfectly shaped head :). She got her six month vaccinations, which she did not like one bit. But within a few minute she was content and suggling with the mommy.

So here are the stats for today's visits....drumroll please:

Sophie weighed in at a whopping 15 pounds 11 ounces which is the 50 percentile for weight.
She was 26 3/4 inches long which is the the 80 percentile.

For now she doesn't have to go back till she is 9 months old. YIPPEEE

BUSY WEEKEND!!!

Well this weekend was crazy busy for Brock and I.

Brock took Friday off so that we would be able to go up to Chicago to see my dad who is in the hospital and was having surgery. (For those who don't know my dad was diagnosed with cancer about a month or two ago while he was living in Kentucky. He now has moved back to Chicago and they were doing surgery to determine what was causing blood in his urine. Turns out he had several tumors on his kidneys. They have removed as much as they can and he will begin radiation as soon as he is able to.) We got there about 1:00 p.m. since we new that he would be in surgery most of the morning. When we got there he was still in the recovery area. After being at the hospital for almost 2 hours they finally wheeled him out into ICU for the night. We got to see him briefly in the hallway and for about 15 minutes each in the ICU unit.

After visiting with dad, we headed over to Portillos (YUM) for dinner. And then we stopped at a store call "Buy Buy Baby". For all you mom's out there, this is the best store in the whole wide world if you have a young baby. They have EVERYTHING. For those of you have Babies R Us nearby, this store has MORE then Babie's R Us. To give you an idea. They had one whole wall of their store full of BIBS. Floor to ceiling, every kind and sayings that you can imagine. It was a great store. I was going to stop at Gymboree but after 2 hours in that store, I figured I would be pushing my luck if I made Brock go to another baby store so we headed home.

Saturday morning, we got Sophie ready for her bit day of six month pictures. Which was another 2 hour event. Sophie did well for the most part till she got hungry then we had to take a breather to feed her quick and pick up the rest. We got some really cute pictures, below are a few of them.

After her photo shoot, we headed back home and made preparations for Brock's parent to come over for a visit. They arrived around 3 p.m., we had dinner about 4:30 ish. and then just chatted till they left around 8:00. All and all it was a nice visit.

Now here it is Sunday and we're getting ready for another LONG week of work. This Friday Sophie goes for her 6 month check up. The Saturday we head over to one of my dear friends houses for her annual Luau. The fun just never stops at our house :)

Head, shoulders, knees and TOES

Well Sophie has officially found her toes. She has been playing here and there with them for several weeks but now she is full fledged grabbing at them. And of course, now is the time that whatever she grabs is attempted to be placed in her mouth. :)