A visit at Maw's house

Tonight we went to Maw's (Nan) house for FunKy Chicken!!!! It was good to see everyone and to see the house with all of the furniture and decorations up on the walls (they recently moved in).

Sophia with her Aunt Betsy

Patrick and Manda couldn't let the little kids have all of the fun! Here they are after their experience riding "a bicycle built for two." Though they made it look easy, both insist it was not as easy as previously thought!
Sophia and Maw
Thor and Sophia

Goofing around!!!

Since I haven't posted pictures in a while, I wanted to share some pictures of our beautiful girl!

When she is in her swing (not sleeping) she is fascinated - not by toys like one would think - but by the place where the bar that holds the swing glides past the legs of the swing.

This little girl is no longer happy to be held and cuddled like the little baby she is, instead she wants to sit up or stand (all with help of course!). I decided to put her in the exersaucer to indulge her and take some pictures!

Isn't that precious!!!
"Don't mind me" she says!
Just another picture of her cute little face!
I love watching her learn new things and figure out how to work her body to her advantage. She has started to put her arms towards things she is interested in and this cute little pink butterfly toy is something she is very much interested in!
From this angle you can see that she is wearing her OSU gear for the game!
She watched the game with Lindsay and Jason while Patrick and I went on our first date since Sophia was born. We saw The Lion King at the Ohio Theatre and it was incredible! I would highly recommend seeing it!

We've been busy!

Though I do not have pictures to represent all that Sophia and I have been up to lately, I promise - we've been busy!
We've had playdates with Simone Braunstein and Oliver Grandstaff, been to a baby shower for our friends Nicki and Brent Barson (who are expecting a little boy in just a few weeks), been to an OSU football party, babysat my neice and nephew and had a doctor's appointment! What I had hoped would be a quiet last week before I went back to school and work has been anything but!
Sophia is officially a VERY big girl! Her latest doctor's appointment started the joys of immunizations (which she was not very happy about) and let us know that she is 11 lbs. 9 oz. and 23 3/4 inches long! We cannot believe how fast she is growing!!

Playing & Playdates

Sophia had her first official playdate this week! Well, it was more of a mommy playdate, but the girls did check each other out and played on the activity mat next to each other! Mackenzie is 6 weeks older than Sophia and introduced me to what we have to look forward to in the weeks to come! Annette (Mackenzie's mommy) and I have already talked about more playdates once I go back to work.

Sophia checking out the flying bumble bees!

Mackenzie showing Sophia how to play like a big girl :)
OH MY GOODNESS!! Check out that beautiful girl!

She is posing for her 2 month photo. I cannot believe how strong she is getting!

I also cannot believe that 2 months have already flown by and I only have a few more weeks to spend all of my time with my little girl.

Another example of her strength! She shocked me yesterday by lifting her head and pushing up with her hands. Holy Moly! I wanted to show Patrick how strong she was getting and she lifted her head and looked at her daddy. Oh My! It just melted my heart and I had to run for the camera. This could be one of my favorite pictures yet!

Babies, Babies Everywhere!

Erica's Bridal Shower was also an opportunity for babies to get together! Julie Emerine (a friend from high school) had her second son, Keston, on August 12th and Natalie Grandstaff (a friend from high school and college) had her second child, Oliver, on August 8th. We have seen Oliver several times, but got to meet Keston for the first time this weekend. I was so excited to hold more babies and look at the differences between them. We are looking forward to future playdates with all of our kids (Caleb Emerine & Claire Grandstaff as well!).

Keston Emerine, Sophia & Oliver Grandstaff

Though Sophia and Oliver are about the same size, it was very interesting to me to see the differences between the babies since Sophia is 4 weeks older.

Uh Oh! Sophia and Oliver were getting close and did end up "holding hands."
I still can't believe they are the same size, but 1 month apart in age!
Gram and her little grandbaby!

Mom would have killed me if she didn't get to see Sophia while we were home!

Erica's Bridal Shower

This weekend was Erica's Bridal Extravaganza! The Bridal Shower was in Saturday morning with the Bachelorette Party that night. We decorated cards for Erica and Brent's future anniversaries, guessed spices and had a toilet paper wedding dress competition!

Working on a wedding gown!

Will the tiara seal the win?
Erica decided everyone should win since all the dresses were quite exquisite!
Erica won a prize! Stationary with a "B" for Brown - her future last name!

It's getting easier!

It is getting easier for Sophia to smile and she is doing so more frequently! She also likes to "coo" and "gaa" and we talk often :) She called Gram (Grandma Kelly) the other day and left her a voicemail! Who will be next......

This is her getting ready to smile....

Look at those expressive eyebrows, huge dimples and BIG SMILE :)