Snuggly Sophie

Here's our beautiful Sophie J. She decided last week that her new love is cats, and she also just started snuggling with anything fuzzy. How cute is this?

This sort of tickles...

This was the face she made all last week. We thought it was pretty funny, but now we think it was because her sinuses and ear were tickling and weirding her out - the precursor to what she's dealing with now.

Oh, how can you resist such sweet eyes? I absolutely cannot.

Please pray for us and especially for Sophie because she is still dealing with RSV and a brand new ear infection. We leave for CA in 24 hours and she is still a disaster. I keep thinking that she'll turn the corner but she keeps being pitiful. We need a miracle here. :)

Sweet Aida

Here's our big girl Aida, who has also now learned how to climb into this chair and makes it her daily mission to test the "no standing in the chair" rule.

Look, Mom, I'm so sweet and good.  Go ahead and walk away to see what Sophie's yelping about.

Ha ha, she's gone, standing mode: begin.

This is just the beginning of her giant smile.  Aida has been perfecting an open-mouth, toothy, silly grin that makes me laugh and melts my heart.  I love it.

St. Nicholas Party

Between an ear infection, 2 cases of RSV (!), and typical day-to-day craziness, it's been awhile since I've been able to post. These are pictures from Uncle Tom and Aunt Kibble's St. Nicholas Day party earlier in the month.

Here's Sophie, making off with the Baby Jesus:

And Aida, checking it all out:

They LOVED the stairs, and once they had discovered them we couldn't get them away. Here are the girls and Nathaniel, getting ready for a race:

Everybody (well, the 3 kids) got Christmas pjs:

I will do my best to put a few more pictures up before we head to Santa Barbara on Saturday. (yay!)

Just Hanging Out

Some special time with my girlies (and Elijah, who got to be camera man):

Sophie posing for the camera - she's catching on!

Aida - so ready to walk it's ridiculous!

Thanksgiving with TN family

An early Thanksgiving celebration with Grampsy, Grammy, Uncle Bryson, Aunt Erica, and Auntie Beth:

Thanksgiving with great grandmother Gran Margaret:

And Thanksgiving #2 with Giggee:

Not to mention a stop in there to see my grandparents, Mimi and Granddaddy! It was a full day, but the girls did great - they weren't too excited about the turkey, though. The dressing, on the other hand, was eaten by the handfuls...

Glasses and Hats

Aida in glasses (and a cute shot of her snaggletooth)

You can't tell by looking at this picture, but Sophie really wanted to wear this hat and insisted that I help her put it on. This chair is her new seat of choice - she is getting super fast at crawling over to it and hauling herself up...it's enough to cause a heart attack at times!

More food adventures

Besides taking her clothes off at the table, Aida is experimenting with different ways to keep her food for later. Look closely:

Sophie, who would never put broccoli on her head (sure):

As a side note, you may be wondering why our glasses girl isn't wearing her glasses in any of these pictures. Can I say that keeping glasses on a 14-month old is almost impossible? She has gotten a lot better at keeping them on for extended periods of time, but they inevitably come off at the table, as she is putting her hand up to her face too many times to leave them alone. Yes, between Aida grabbing them off her own face and Sophie grabbing them for her, we broke the glasses 2 times in the first 6 days. As if life isn't crazy enough, we are now going to be making regular visits to our friendly neighborhood optometrist. Yay!

Can't leave them alone for a second!

So, yesterday I gave the girls an early dinner so they could be fed and bathed before I left for Bible Study. To give myself a break from the frustration of watching them throw all their food on the floor (grrrr) I went to talk to Elijah in the living room for a minute. He looked at me and said, "It's pretty quiet in there..." always a sign that they are doing something they shouldn't. We walked into the kitchen to see Aida working hard at taking her clothes off. Notice how excited Sophie is in the background:

One arm out, now working on the head:

Yes! Now I'm going to throw this shirt on the floor with my food! Once again, notice Sophie...

Okay, now I want to take my shirt off!

Aida in Glasses!

We found out last week that Aida needs glasses for some slight eye crossing...and after several attempts we finally got them home and on her face this morning. In each of these pictures, her hand is almost in front of her face because she is 1 second away from grabbing them off!

Victory!

My good little girls, brushing their teeth:

More from the Pumpkin Patch

Aida with the sunflowers:

They mostly loved crawling around in the mud and straw:

Sophie:

My fave:

Happy Halloween!

The Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we took a trip to the pumpkin patch with our cousin Nathaniel. The girls had tons of fun looking at the animals and playing with the pumpkins...here's Sophie pointing to a sheep (she got to touch it, which was so exciting):

Here are the 3 kids trying to get to the pigs:

Beautiful girls and giant pumpkins:

They almost look like they're having a good time :)

October Fun

Aida looking silly:

A rare serious shot of Sophie:

We took the girls to Pancake Pantry (yum!) for the first time today. Here they are, looking intently at their menus:

"Hey Aida, what are you going to get?"

ESPN College Game Day!

ESPN College Game Day came to Vanderbilt on Saturday for the big match-up between Vandy and Auburn. We couldn't resist the opportunity to get the girls dressed up in their Vandy dresses and head over to all the action. Here's Aida:

And here's Sophie ("Mom, that flash is so bright!") :

Here's a funny sign:

And here's the trouble they were getting into later that afternoon:

It was a great day...and Vandy won!

All ready for church

Aida:

Sophie with her daddy (chomping on those fingers to help with teething, poor thing):

Just love those cute little shoes on sweet little feet: