Happy Birthday Sophie!!!....

We celebrated Sophie's 2nd birthday last weekend with all the family. It was PERFECT weather and we actually BBQ'd outside. Sophie was showered with gifts [never a doubt] and was totally overwhelmed by all the attention.





And even after all the food, ice cream cake and gifts...the BALLOONS were [by far] Sophie's favorite item of the day.



Then, on to Sophie's other birthday party [on her actual birthday] this evening. Weather has been terrible with temperatures in the single digits and feeling in the negatives. But nevertheless, with "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" theme, we had fun watching all Sophie's little friends run and play, screaming their heads off. I think it's safe to say that all the kids would sleep pretty well tonight, if they hadn't fallen asleep on the way home.







We had so much fun with everyone here [both parties]. Thanks to everyone for coming to help celebrate our little Sophie girls birthday, it wouldn't have been the same without you. Have a great weekend.

Love, love, love.

Twenty-Three Months...

Yet another month has gone by and the TWO's are approaching quickly. Let's face it...I've said it before...Sophie is super SASSY. She would love, LOVE to wear a tutu everyday. Chapstick...she can never have too many and we can claim she has the most moisturized lips known to toddlers. Necklaces, bracelets, hair clips...







She loves to look at pictures and videos of herself. Recently figured out how to spit or do "bubbles" and cracks herself up as she's doing it. [lovely] Likes to run and watch her feet as she scurries along. Loves to serve "coppee" [coffee] and "apu-deuce" [apple juice] from her new play kitchen. [Thanks Pop-Pop!!]



Sophie loves to be outside. Her play house in the backyard is a favorite and she would stay outside all day long if we let her. She likes to swing and play ball. She likes to help you in any way possible. Feeding the animals is now her chore [with a bit of help from Dah or Mama] and she's so proud of her job well done. She's learning the alphabet, numbers and colors. Loves yogurt.





So...next month a TWO year old!!! [sigh]



Have a great week!! Love, love, love.

Happy New Year!!!...

What fun we are...we watched Coraline, ate snacks by a perfect fire and were in bed by 10:30pm. WooHoo!!! [Hey, we need lots of rest to start our new year off right, eh?]



So...what was your New Year's resolution?

Have a FABULOUS year in 2011!!

Lots of love!

Merry Christmas!!!...

I don't know how it happens but for some reason Christmas season [every year] is so incredibly busy for us. We started off to Midland Thursday evening to celebrate Christmas Eve with the Leary crew. Sophie had so much fun playing with all the little ones and of course...OPENING PRESENTS!! We stuffed our faces with quail breakfast the morning of Christmas Eve at Grumps and Memaw's...ate lunch and exchanged gifts with Grandma, Papa John, Uncle Jeff, Aunt Sonja, Reagan and Mason...then ate AGAIN and did the Leary Christmas Eve gift exchange. You'd think Sophie was "gifted-out" at this point but she was still patiently awaiting Santa's "pesants".







Drove home Christmas Eve evening to prepare for Santa's arrival. Mike and I woke early Christmas morning and nearly had to wait two hours for our crashed out little one to wake up. She finally woke at 9am...SHEESH! It was worth the wait though to see her open all her presents with a huge smile!






[Sophie's super awesome kitchen her Pop-Pop made]

Late lunch of baked ziti is tradition...so we headed to Wilson for the Wied family's yummy food. Sophie got to meet baby Selma, who is adorable, and visit with all my family.




Then...it was off to Rammie and Rampa's for more Christmas presents. We ate [yes, again] chicken and dumplings [YUMMO] and all Mom's baked goodies. Sophie scored big with more presents from her grandparents and great grandma. GOOD HEAVENS!





THEN...Sunday we headed out to my Dad's to celebrate our Christmas stocking exchange. YUP...ate some more. [by now we are totally fat and disguising but couldn't be happier] Sophie, of course, opened more presents from Chachie and Jen, Grandpa and Grandma, Mike-Mike and Davy and even my Aunt Kim.





We can't thank everyone enough for all the awesome gifts this year. Sophie is having a terrible time trying to figure out what to play with first but is busy throughout the entire day, nonetheless. What a great Christmas!!! Hope yours was as amazing as ours!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Love.

The Polar Express...

Took Sophie on her very first train ride to the North Pole!! We had hot chocolate and cookies all the while singing and dancing to Christmas music. Sophie met Santa, and to our surprise, wasn't completely mortified. What fun!!






[Waiting for Santa]

Cool PJam's we got at the gift shop...



Definitely will be a Leary Christmas tradition. Thanks family for going with us, wouldn't have been the same without you!

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!!

Love, love, love.

Twenty-Two Months...

Thanksgiving was fabulous but...I forgot my darn camera. Figures. Now it seems we are only weeks away from CHRISTMAS...my favorite holiday and time of year!!! So far Sophie seems to like it too. She got her own tree and loves ornaments. She knows that Santa says "Ho, Ho, Ho" and that he's going to bring her presents if she's good. We've been driving around and "yights" are everywhere. We LOVE YIGHTS!!







Twenty-two months...where do I start. She does new things almost daily. Her talking is amazing...she has even said three syllable sentences. Something about jumping these days, we have to jump constantly. Only now, we can actually get both feet a couple inches off the floor. "Cons" or "nuss"...we eat a lot of pecans from our tree. We have to "holl" = hold everything. Even our green beans which we think are "sakes" = snakes. Some new likes are "A-Po-Jacks" = Apple Jacks and egg nog.



She likes to make faces. [frowny, happy, surprised] LOVES to talk on the phone!!! She plays her games, looks at pictures and reads storybooks on my phone too! Have you seen the girl with a phone? She knows where her apps are and can flip those pages like a champ. Secretly, I think she knows more about my phone that I do.



Well, before we know it it'll be Christmas!! Happy Shopping!!

AND - a special CONGRATS to my cousin Lauren for completing her Susan G. Komen's Marathon of 26 miles [YES...26!!!]. You ROCK!!! Glad you're back in your heels!! And I hope Shaun and Meagan are still breathing too!

Love, love, love!

Twenty-One Months...

Several weeks late but as I said before this moving business is crap! We finally have a living room to "play" in and Sophie finally feels like she is back in her house. She's grown right before our eyes, yet again, doing big girl things and there's no stopping this chick.


[Sophie's Turkey Cookie]


[Decorating cookies with Davy and Johnny]

She likes "polish" on her fingers and toes. Picks out her own hair clips and loves to wear shoes. She's recently been able to match the colors to her puzzle, correctly. Loves lollipops. She goes everywhere with her baby and purse in tow [sometimes sunglasses too]. She does EVERYTHING you do, if you stand on a chair...she has to stand there too. Likes to give hugs and kisses or "huss and kiss". New favorite food...Welch's fruit snacks [if you call that a food] although she has taken a liking to green beans which is so random. But wait...I can't forget about Nanny's fruit and jello either...she LOVES that too! So sugar and green beans...yummo.



She learned how to scoot her ride-on toy with her feet. Loves chapstick and can do a really "funny face". She likes to pose for pictures now and will say "cheese" without being prompted. Of course, she has to see her picture immediately after you take it to laugh at herself. Such a character!




[Funny face]

Did I mention she did pee-pee on her potty?? TWICE!! We're not actually potty-training at the moment, I just figured it would be too much on a little person with the move and all but we practice. She even wipes for crying in the rain!!! Oh and she thinks her "Senny" [Aunt Jen] is hilarious..."Poo-Poo-Ca-Ca". No Jen, she didn't forget!! [LOL]

Well next up...THANKSGIVING!! Holy cow where did the year go?? Hope everyone has a fabulous holiday.

And...a huge CONGRATS to Chachie and Jen on their big news...a LITTLE LOPEZ!!! We're so stoked for you both...only nine months away!!

Have a great week to everyone reading. Love.