Pink piggies and more

Sophie had her piggies painted for the very first time today. We were at her cousins' house and they had the polish out and she pretty much insisted that hers be painted. There is just something about painted piggies that screams "I'm a big girl!". She of course tried wiping all of the polish off as soon as we were done, but that's just Sophie. Always cleaning up! This was the best picture I could get. You can't really even tell they are painted, which is just fine with me. It is very hard to get a picture of a toddler's feet - they never stop moving!

Another first we had today was Sophie learning to climb up into her crib. She went into her room this evening to put a toy away, and when I heard her yelling for me I went to see what she needed. When I looked in, there she was, standing in her bed. My only hope is that my little monkey doesn't learn to climb out of her bed!

Matt lost track of Sophie for a while last Sunday morning, and this is where he found her. I guess she's ready to go on vacation again already! Note the necklace around her neck. She has to wear one whenever she sees me putting one on. Fortunately I got it off before we went into church. :-)

Seattle 2008

Now that it's been over a week since we've been back from vacation, I'm finally finding time to post. We had a wonderful time, but of course could have used a few more days to do all that we wanted to do. We had a great visit with my grandparents who made the trip to Seattle from Eastern Washington, and we also got to see one of my cousins and her family. Sophie had a great time getting lots of attention from Grammy and the rest of my family. I miss the Northwest so much; it's so beautiful up there! I am posting a ton of pictures; we took so many that it was hard to choose!

Matt and me at the Mariner's game
Matt found this at a drugstore - like Sophie's pose?

We went to a little town called Leavenworth up in the mountains. It is modeled after a German village. Here's Sophie in the hat store - she kept going back to this particular hat, which was very disturbing!
This is a pic. of Leavenworth. It was so beautiful that day.

This is what you see all around you in Leavenworth. Mountains everywhere!

Family picture

This was on the beach where my cousin lives. We had a picnic dinner right there on the water and let the kids play. Sophie kept wanting to get "nakie" and "sim" in the water

Here's Sophie with my cousin's kids on the beach

Riding a lizard at the zoo
Bein' catepillars at the zoo

What would have been a good family shot had Sophie not stuck her blue tounge out at the last minute. Thanks mom, for sharing your licorice ice cream with her! :-)

This was taken at the Saturday farmers' market. You could buy huge boquets like this for $5
Sophie having the last sip of my Mocha. Hey, when in Rome......
Sophie and my sister's kids, Kayla and Skylar
Sophie and Grammy
Hangin' with the monkeys at the zoo

Vacation!

Why is Sophie running? She's trying to get away from this HOT weather! On Friday we leave for Seattle where the temperature is going to be in the low to mid 70's. We can't wait for the cool ocean breeze....y'all (thanks Meleah, for teaching me how to spell that correctly...tee hee) stay cool next week!