What Am I Thankful For?...

My little helper. :o)

What to Wear?

Sophia and I decided to organize her closet and drawers today. We pulled out a lot of things that were too small and we also decided to figure out which swimsuits she will take with us on vacation in Florida this January!

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Get your own

While in Florida, we will be staying at the Liki Tiki Village in Orlando. I'm so excited to have the opportunity to do another warm weather vacation in the middle of winter like we did last year. I don't think we'll do DisneyWorld this year either. Our resort will have a lot to do, and it's so great to just relax. Sophia wouldn't even remember DisneyWorld at this age anyway, so I think we'll hold off on it. We just signed up for an Alaska Airlines Visa card so we can earn a $50 travel companion ticket each year. We really want to try to earn a lot of airline miles and take advantage of all the aspects of being a resort owner. If anyone has any suggestions for better ways to earn air mileage please let me know. I'm just learning.

Here's a link to the resort if you want to check it out!
http://www.islandone.com/ior/likitikivillage.html

Dancing Queen

Last Saturday we attended my friend Dana's wedding. Sophia loves to dance - so she had a great time! Here are some of our pictures.

Twirling

Toe Tapping

Jumping

Ballerina Arms

And the Happy Couple

Apple Cup Prediction

Our Little Photographer

Sophia loves taking pictures with the camera! But - she tends to drop it a lot! So Santa will probably bring her her own Fisher Price digital camera for Christmas. But in the meantime she can still use ours. She gets her scene all set up and then will come tell me (boss me, actually) to find the camera so she can take a picture. It's hilarious. Here are some of the pictures from her portfolio. As you'll see - she is very busy with all of her projects. She barely has time to play at all!

Her Thanksgiving Little People all in a perfectly straight line.

As many Little People as she could fit into the airplane.

This was hilarious to her.

Her new toys from the movie Madagascar 2.

Grandma & Grandpa took her to see it.

All the different types of mushrooms we could find in the yard.

It's Official - It's a...

BOY! We are 100% sure that the little baby on the way is a boy. We had quite a few spread eagle shots during our ultrasound on Tuesday, so there is no doubt about it! Kyle and I are so excited for this new experience, and Sophia is excited for a baby brother. The due date is still April 6th, and the doctor said everything else looks great. I'm feeling pretty good and showing now. I'm excited for the next couple months of all the fun parts of pregnancy. We'll hopefully be able to decide on a name we both like, I'll get to redecorate the nursery, and we'll get to start looking at boy stuff!

Here's a little profile shot.

Here's the spread eagle shot. The "goods" are right below the word MALE.

Two Little Ballerinas

My niece, Lauren, came over to play yesterday. Sophia heard some ballet music and wanted to dance, so I got them dressed appropriately (and luckily had an extra pair of ballet slippers to fit Lauren). It's so cute to listen to their little conversations with each other now that Lauren can understand what Sophia is saying. They crack each other up! ...And boss each other around. It's so funny.

In other news, I have my next ultrasound scheduled for Tuesday, November 11th. We should be able to determine the sex of the baby! Very exciting.

It Was A Happy Halloween

Sophia went Trick-or-Treating with her cousins this year and had so much fun! They were all cow-folk. Carson is 1, Sophia 2, and Lauren 3. It was very, very cute. Check the October photo album in my list of albums for more pictures from Halloween and the rest of the month.

Pumpkin Party

Saturday night we had a pumpkin party. The kids had a great time! I think it was Sophia & Lauren's first time to feel pumpkin guts, and they were both intrigued and mildly disgusted at the same time. Carson was too busy playing with toys to try it this year. Dylan & Evan carved their pumpkins also, along with Aunties Michelle & Marisa.

Pumpkin Patch

We had a fun day at the pumpkin patch last Saturday. We met Sandy, Jeremy, Dylan, and Evan for breakfast and then headed out to find our pumpkins. Sophia's Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Michelle, and Auntie Kora also met up with us at the pumpkin patch. It was a beautiful day and Sophia had a lot of fun with Dylan and Evan.

This Week

Today Sophia came with me to my checkup at the doctor's office. I am a little over 14 weeks. Today was the first day we got to hear the heartbeat of the new baby. Sophia thought it was pretty neat. I am feeling pretty good for the most part of the day. I usually start feeling a little icky, though, in the evening. It's a struggle to get motivated to cook dinner and clean up afterwards. It makes me pretty nauseous. Other than that, though, feeling good. I am still wearing my regular clothes which are getting too tight and uncomfortable - but my maternity clothes still look too big. So that's kind of annoying, but I'm sure I'll be getting bigger soon enough.

After the doctor's appointment Sophia and I went to ballet. She loves her little class and her two new little friends. It's so cute. Here is a pic from today:

In other exciting news, we are planting new grass in the back yard. Next spring we will hopefully have a nice lawn to play on without weeds and potholes to twist your ankle in!

Baby Ballet

Well, I wasn't going to put Sophia in a ballet class yet... But last Thursday while I was taking class she saw the Baby Ballet class going on in the other room and loved it. So, needless to say, she got to do class today when my class was finished. Daddy ended up getting home early enough to go too! She LOVED it! Although, at times I could tell she was realizing that it's not real ballet like the big girls do. But she still went along with what the teacher asked her to do. The class is for one- and two-year olds, the parents join in, and it is only 30 minutes long. Perfect for that age.

Here she is waiting for class to begin

Listening to the teacher
Stretching our legs
And of course, dancing with a sparkly wand