.....More Sophie

Sophie is OBSESSED with Dora. This is a cute picture of Miss Hollywood watching Dora with her Dora doll, Dora purse and covered up with her Dora blanket. She starts asking for Dora as soon as she gets out of bed in the mornings. Sophie has been trying me lately by throwing little tantrums. She has been sitting in the corner because of it. She does pretty well and will sit there until she stops crying. At school they call it sitting in the thinking chair. Now if she starts whining and crying to get her way I ask her if she needs to sit the the corner and she will look at me with very sad eyes and say "nooooo." That will usually make her stop without having to actually go to the corner. Looking at her sitting there makes me feel sorry for her, but I stay strong. She has to learn that you don't always get your way and throwing a fit is definately not the way to go!

Sophie is playing with the foam packing that came in the box with my new laptop that she and Jason gave me for my birthday. I thought she looked like she was skating when she had the foam on her feet.

Jason & Sophie Dancing with the Stars

Jason & Sophie watched Dancing with the Stars Monday night. She absolutely loved it! She loves music and dancing, so this was definately her thing. Jason was sitting on the couch and she would go grab his hand to pull him up to dance with her. Oh, it would melt your heart. It was the sweetest thing I have ever seen.


Not only can she dance, but she can sing too! Sophie was born to perform and she even has the ending to her songs down perfect. Ta Da!!!

Geaux Tigers!

Sophie, Jason and I watched the LSU/Auburn game Saturday Night. Jason taught Sophie to say Geaux Tigers and Touchdown. She had a lot of fun running around saying go! go! go! It was really funny to watch her mimic Jason when he would get a little emotional (yelling at the tv and dancing around) about what was happening in the game.

Birthdays.......Another Year Has Come and Gone Gone

My birthday was this past Tuesday. I really don't feel like I am as old as I am. I think that running after a 2 year old keeps you young, but you definitely get worn out quicker. Sophie seems to have boundless energy these days (except for preschool days when she comes home worn out)! Anyway, Jason had to work on my birthday so we celebrated on Sunday. He and Sophie surprised me with a new laptop.....it's just what I've always wanted. Then he really surprised me by going to eat mexican food for dinner. For those of you who know, I love mexican food and Jason HATES mexican food. He was a good sport though and even said that his dinner was good. I really enjoyed it because we don't go very often and the food was really good. I have to say I had a really great birthday this year!

My baby's Gone Gone....She's now a big girl!!!

As everyone knows Sophie has started preschool. It has been tough on her and me. She has cried everyday when she gets dropped off. Each day a little less crying, but still crying. Well, today she didn't cry, so after a long nap we went to get "ice keen" and to the park to celebrate. I agree with Jason when he said he didn't know what was worse, her crying or her not crying anymore, because that meant she didn't need us. This is what Sophie's hair looks like when she wakes up every morning. Actually, this is a good day. She is giving me the "woman you have lost your mind for taking these pictures of me looking like this" look.

Chef Sophie is cooking hamburgers and hot dogs. She will not eat either one, but she likes to cook them. It is really hot slaving over a hot grill, but at least she looks good in her flashy shoes. Sophie believes you must ALWAYS look good and have cute shoes.

Labor Day Weekend

Grammy, Grampy and Abbey came to visit us for Labor Day weekend despite the threat of Hurricane Gustav. We had a great time during their visit. On Friday we drove down to Gulf Shores to see the sights. We had lunch at Lamberts. Sophie did not know what to think about seeing the rolls being thrown across the room. Her eyes got really big when the boy threw the rolls to our table. The girls had fun playing on the train and trucks outside the resturant. We wanted to visit the train museum in Foley but it was closed. They had a good time climbing on the trains outside the museum though. Sophie really enjoyed it and if you asked her what sound a train makes she would pretend to blow the whistle and say "choo choo." We got to spend a couple of hours playing at the beach. Sophie got in the water for the first time. She has been too scared the other times we have taken her this summer. I guess being around Abbey made her a little more brave. After playing on the beach we were hungry so we went to Lulu's for dinner. It was really good and we had a good time listening to the band. This was the first time that Sophie had seen a live band play since she has been old enough to know what is going on around her. She would clap and cheer for them after they finished each song.

Saturday was another busy day. We went to the new Bass Pro Shop in Spanish Fort to look around and each lunch. We had a good time looking at everything and then we had a great lunch at the Fish Company resturant. Sophie and Abbey had the cutest dessert. It is called the big mouth bass brownie. The brownie is shaped like a fish and it is jumping over vanilla ice cream into a pool of chocolate syrup with a gummy worm in its mouth. Both girls really enjoyed it. That evening we took the girls to play in the fountain at the Eastern Shore Centere. This was the first time that Sophie really played in the water. The other times we have taken her she didn't want to get wet. Abbey really had a great time. She somehow talked Uncle Jason into playing in the water with her. They chased one another trying to dump buckets of water on each other. I think that Abbey won, Jason was pretty soaked by the time we left.

On Sunday we were going to go the water park but it was closed due to the hurricane. Abbey was pretty upset about that, but we'll have to make sure she gets to go next time. Unfortunately, they had to cut their trip short in order to make it home while the weather was still good. We were sad to see them go because we were having a great time. Thankfully, they made it home safe and sound. Jason, Sophie and I spent the rest of the day preparing for the storm.

Sophie's 1st day of preschool

Today was Sophie's 1st day of preschool. It was an emotional day for both of us. She started her day at 7:30 this morning (which as everyone knows is VERY early for us). We are going to have to work on our time management in the mornings. Anyway, we got lunch fixed and dressed and made it to school on time. Yeah, us. It was raining so Jason and I didn't get to do the whole picture & video thing of her getting out of the car and walking up to the school. We took a couple of pictures of her standing at the front door....and then we went inside. She was doing pretty well as we put her backpack & lunch box in her cubby and then mommy said bye and walked out the door. Sophie followed crying, which made me start to cry. Her teacher tried to console me, which made me cry more. I was able to leave after about 30 minutes.

It seemed so strange for it to be just Jason and me today. It has been so long since we have had a day with just the two of us. We drove around town and went to a couple of stores and then we went to lunch. Jason surprised me with going to lunch at Felix's. We don't get to go there very often and it was nice to be able to eat our meal without having to put on an entertainment act at the same time. The four hours flew by and before we knew it our time was up and it was back to reality.

Sophie was so glad to see us. Jason said he didn't know who was happier; Sophie or me. Mrs. Donna told us she cried for about 10 minutes after we left and then she was fine. She also said that Sophie had an infectious personality... she would say yeah and start clapping and the happiness would spread throughout the room. She seemed to have a great time and was waving and telling everyone she saw bye. She even gave Mrs. Donna a hug before we left. Hopefully, she will remember the good time she had and Wednesday will not be too bad. Sophie ended her long morning by falling asleep in the car on our way home.