Attempting video upload through Blogger...again....

Trying again to upload a video. Haven't tried it in a long time since blogger wasn't accepting them from me... we'll see....

Happy Birthday Sophia!

What a special little girl I have in my life! No matter what else has gone on in my day, she makes it all perfect! Here's the story....of a lovely lady....

First of all...doctor's visit stats: 23 lbs (80th percentile), 29 inches (50th percentile) and head circumference was 90th percentile...cant remember the inches! She has 7 1/2 teeth (that lower right tooth is peeking out!). We can hold the spoon and guide it (messily) to the mouth to eat our cereal. We sleep 12 hours/night and 1 nap for about 1 1/2 hours during the day. Our bangs are getting so long, we now wear a "BamBam" style hairdo. We have said our first word, "baby" when looking at the computer screen (it's Sophia in the bluebonnets), but we've been much more consistent with "puppy" to talk about the puppy in the back yard and the puppies at nana's and pawpaw's house! Not walking solo yet, but cruising holding on to everything and pushing a walking toy. Switched over to whole milk without much fuss and eating table food mostly. She's about to start writing a dissertation on the fundamental speaking frequency of native Swahili speakers when transplanted to the Arctic Circle....just seeing if you were still reading!

The day before her birthday, our dear friends, the Lowke's came to Uvalde on business. We met up for dinner (wish it had been longer!! looking forward to the 4th of July!) at Jack's steakhouse where hubby and I have our traditional night of $1.99 spaghetti with half-price appetizers. (I know, we are living the dream, baby!)

Martha and Sophia

Mike and Sophia

We had our first birthday party (and birthday cake!) at Sophia's (former) daycare, Matthews Learning Center. Lots of fun and both hubby and I got to be there!

"You know I'm gonna take these off as soon as you move your hands right?"

I was going to make the fully ladybug cake like I had practiced, but figured the kids would do better with individual cupcakes instead. I think they turned out ok anyway. Especially considering I had turned several of them upside down during a transporting maneuver and had to redecorate!

"Is there more??"

We headed to Nana's and Pawpaw's house for the big celebration with family and friends. She got to wear her new embroidered shirt we got from Stitcheroos which was perfect!! She has a shop on etsy.com and I fell in love with the design. I made the tutu after finding some instructions on the internet. I think it turned out pretty cute!

With mommy and daddy!

With nana and pawpaw

With Uncle Willace, Aunt Liz and cousins Ryder and Gunner (loving some cookie!)

Molly came from Dallas!!

Joanna came from Houston!! (her mom came from Dallas too!!)

Our friend Keri came with her son, Ryan. He and Sophia were due the same day (he made it on time, Sophia needed to make a grand, late entrance)

John's mom came from Waco and his sister came from Dallas. Wow, we've had a lot of Texas travelers show up!!

Aren't they cute??

One of the neatest things was seeing Ryder so sweet with baby Sophia. He has such a kind, compassionate soul!!

I actually finished Sophia's scrapbook (up to the first b-day party) and had it out for anyone to view. The signing page is a picture with a nice quote on the side where I had our guests sign their attendance and they could wish a birthday greeting to Sophia. It will be the last page in her 1st year scrapbook.

And then there was cake!!!! I got the cake pan from Hobby Lobby and the Wilton products also from Hobby Lobby when I had a 40% off coupon! I needed it because I had to practice the cake a time or two before the big day :) I think it turned out ok.

Before cake....

And after....

We have had such a fun year! We feel so blessed that God entrusted this precious little angel to us on Earth. This Sunday is my second Mother's Day and we are having her dedicated at church. I'm also singing a special song, Martina McBride's "In My Daughter's Eyes". Truly a special song thanking God for my special girl!

Been a long time...part 2

So, Easter was a lot of fun and now we are preparing for her first birthday party. I have actually been planning some aspect of it since February. Yes, I'm one of those mommies.

April 18th we traveled to see the leftover bluebonnets. I knew I had waited too long here in south Texas. Most of them had gone to seed already, but every little Texas child has to have bluebonnet pictures. So, dear hubby was kind enough to go with me and baby girl. We drove 25 miles east to a rest stop between Sabinal and D'Hanis. There were a few bb's left! But as you'll see in the pics, a lot of seeds too!

"I'm popeye the sailor man..."

My favorite. I wear this one on my badge at work and had an 8x10 made.

That same day, I attempted my first homemade tutu. I have a cute skirt for her we got at Children's Place, but I had been seeing these tutu's for little girls. I figured I could make one of those. Found some easy directions on the internet and put it together in a couple of hours. I have since added some white ribbon for some more pop. We will either use black leggings or a while diaper cover which I'm having embroidered. Pics to come from the b-day party.

In sad news, we have had to find other day care for baby girl. Our fabulous lady, Mrs. Matthews, has had a really hard time finding help that will be good and consistent. So, she decided to close out her infant room (under 18 mos) and just keep the toddlers. We are so very sad. There was no better place she could have been when I went back to work. I am sure she will get great care at the Methodist church, but it won't be as homey as Ms. Matthews. Our first day will be when we get back from the big birthday party at mom's/dad's.

So, that brings us to our little gathering. I have no idea how to plan a party, so hopefully no one will be expecting too much! Pics to come!!

Been a long time...part 1

Oh, blog, have I neglected you. There's been so much going on!

Here we go...

At the end of March, our hospital had an Easter egg hunt complete with Easter bunny.

Little girl was not too impressed with the Easter bunny. I tried to drop and run backwards, but she caught a glimpse first.

She was only slightly better during this position.

What do I do with these, mom?



I'm so over all this mom.

One April 1st, Mrs. Matthews had a nice little photo op set up at the day care. Very sad about leaving there, but more on this later...

"You want me to look where?"

"Wow, I am your sunshine, right mommy?"
Yes, mommy had good intuition this day picking out her outfit!

"What'cha lookin' at wabbit?"

Easter weekend, we had another Easter egg hunt at my childhood church.

Happy girls!!!



Sophia kept taking out her eggs and little kids were trying to come get them. I fended them off. I'm a momma cub yanno. :)


She was in such a pretty yellow dress that she needed a picture by nana's pretty yellow flowers!

Easter morning!!




Easter morning at church with cousin RyRy. I love this picture.


All 3 of nana's grandkids together, looking quite dapper.


To be continued......

Happy 3rd Birthday Gunner!

Happy Birthday Gunner! Wish we could be there with you!

Playing with stuffed animals

Ok, so I may be getting the hang of this embedding thing. We'll just have to see. She absolutely loves her soft stuffed animals. The puppy is from Joanna and the bunny is from Shelley. She loves to bury her face in the puppy. I think she would do that with our cat too if he would stay still long enough.

Trying....

to learn something new. Since blogger won't let me upload my videos directly, I have to upload them to youtube first. So, hopefully in the next couple of days, you'll get to see some videos.

Daylight savings time is still messing with me. I should not have taken that nap this afternoon! Luckily, baby girl is sleeping. We started her time change transition on Friday, so maybe it won't be too bad tomorrow when she goes back to school.

Enjoy the videos! I hope there's beautiful weather wherever you are!