Tuesday, January 26, 2010

2 Months Old & Birthday Celebrations

This past weekend we celebrated several birthdays with family and friends. Sophie turned 2 months old on Saturday and Sunday was my sister Elizabeth and our friend Dee's birthdays. So to start the celebrations, we went out to dinner to Ichiban Saturday night for Dee's birthday. Sophie did so well and slept through the dinner!! Here's a few pictures from dinner:

 
 
 
 

And here's some pictures I took of Sophie for her 2 month birthday!!


 

 

Yesterday, Sophie had a "girls" day going shopping and out to lunch with her mom and Grandma! She was in such a good mood all day long!





 
And then last night, we went to my mom and dad's to celebrate Elizabeth's birthday!! 


 
 
 



Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Such a Happy Girl

Catching this little girl smiling on camera is a little bit of a challenge, but she's starting to really smile at her toys on her swing and bouncer so it's a little easier when my hands are free!














Sunday, January 17, 2010

New Year - New Beginnings

As I start out into the world of motherhood, I wanted a way to look for something that defines me as an individual, a wife, a mother, and a friend. So here's our family blog - a place that I can chronicle the adventures of our life and look for activities, people, places, etc that inspire me to be me.

So here's what we've been up to recently:
Our daughter Sophie was born on November 23 and has brought such amazing joy to our lives. I've been able to stay home with her these last 8 weeks and sadly my maternity leave will be ending in 4 more weeks and I'll have to return to work.

The first few weeks with Sophie were such a whirlwind - with Thanksgiving and Christmas - we were busy busy visiting family and friends. We are now finally starting to settle into a routine. Sophie is absolutely amazing. She recently has started smiling like crazy and making those new baby noises that just bring a smile to my face. She loves to sit and have conversations!! Here's a few pictures from the past few weeks!


Hanging out at home!


Christmas


Family Christmas Picture


Sophie's Baptism Day

And here's pictures of Sophie having fun!