Sixteen Months...

Sophie turned 16 months old last week. She's about to cut 4 more teeth and her hair is so long! She mimics EVERYTHING we do and loves to make herself laugh. If she weren't so caution she'd be walking on her own. Books, books, books...we can't look/read through enough books each day. Her favorite...Not Norman, A Goldfish Story. Little Einsteins has become another cartoon favorite. And Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" is another tune she shakes her bum to.





She's learned this new "I don't know"" gesture. [So cute] We listen for birds and make animals noises. Bear growling is the best, by far!! She likes to push the shopping cart or stand inside it. Climbing in anything is so cool and she likes to roll from her back to her belly, over and over, on the floor.


"I don't know..."





Have a great week everyone. Lots of love!!

The Cape...

Grumps and Memaw came to town Friday to join us on our Cape Hatteras vacation last week. It was so nice to have company and enjoy the beach life with some familiar faces! Sophie loved watching the seagulls fly overhead and didn't want to stay indoors. She loved walking on the balcony and looking through the fishing book to point out all the different fish.


View from the balcony


Showing Grumps the fish


Walking with Memaw

Okay so a little history for you...Cape Hatteras Light is a lighthouse located on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks of NC and near Buxton [where we stayed]. We could literally see the lighthouse from our house. AMAZING! Anyway...over 1 million bricks were used in the construction of this structure in 1868-1870 and the lighthouse is still considered "operational" although modern GPS makes it easier to navigate the ocean without. It stands at around 200 ft naming it the tallest lighthouse in America.



Back to the beach...Water was super cold so only the feet came in contact [for me personally]. Daddy and Grumps were the brave ones and jumped in with Sampson. Unfortunately, Sammy had to learn the hard way NOT to drink the salt water. We sure felt bad for the people swimming upstream...ICKY!!!









And lastly, we took a ferry to the island of Ocracoke where we saw the Banker Ponies. The legend says that the ancestors of the ponies seen there today came from shipwrecked vessels in the Graveyard of the Atlantic or from Spanish explorers. Historians think the ponies came with Raleigh expeditions and were left on Roanoke Island. Bet you didn't think you were going to get a history lesson today, eh? Anywho - Sophie LOVED watching these ponies.







That's our trip in a nut shell. Had so much fun and very much loved the visit Grumps and Memaw. Thanks again for making the trip!!!

Hope everyone reading had a great holiday weekend. Happy Memorial Day, again, to ALL our soldiers!!

Love, love, love.