Happy Birthday, Grady Luke!

Thursday our friend, Grady, turned 1 year old! His birthday party was on Saturday, also. Since we could not make it to Alabama for the party, we celebrated his birthday here in Georgia!

We love you, Grady!

Happy Birthday, Kaiya!

Saturday was our friend, Kaiya's, 1st birthday. It was lots of fun - and the most Asians Sophia has ever seen! :o) It was so great being able to spend that time together and meeting new Aunties! We finally got to meet Baby Kate and Sweetheart Kylie! Sophia also loved meeting Mimi and Papa Kosaka.

Courtney, Kaiya - the birthday girl, and Dave

Auntie Courtney, Auntie Brandy holding Kylie, Whitney holding Sophia, and Auntie Brooke
Auntie Brooke and Sophia

Which Asians do not belong?! Me & Sophia, Brandy & Kate, Brooke & Kylie, Courtney & Kaiya

Laughing!

Sophia started laughing out loud last night! It is so adorable! I am amazed at everything she does!

Sophia's baptism

Sophia was baptized Sunday, September 14, 2008, by Reverend Anne Elizabeth at St. David's Episcopal Church. She looked adorable, and she was very well behaved during the whole thing. (Mainly because she had been sleeping, and I woke her up right before she was baptized.) Family and friends gathered back at our house afterwards to celebrate. The guest of honor slept through the whole thing! (Click on the slideshow below to view larger slideshow pictures...right, Carrie?! :o))

Sophia's new ride

We got a new, more reliable vehicle. We needed something that had low mileage, and something that was safe for Sophia. We love it, and we go cruisin' all the time!

This posting is also just a huge THANK YOU to my family for always supporting us, giving us advice, believing in us, and most of all, loving us. We love you so much, and we don't know what we'd do without you!

2 Years and Counting...

Today is our 2 year anniversary. Sean took me to a fabulous Italian restaurant on Saturday night for dinner. While we had babysitters, we went grocery shopping. The wild and crazy life of parents!

Visiting with Pops

Pops came to visit this weekend. We had a really good time. He and Keller babysat for us on Saturday night so Sean and I could go out for our 2 year anniversary. They are great babysitters! Pops did a wonderful job, even though he doesn't have any experience with babies as young as Sophia!

Pops and Sophia playing and watching football

Pops feeding Sophia

So sad to see Pops leave :o(

3 Months Old!

Sophia is 3 months old today! My little baby is growing up so fast. She rolled from her belly to her back for the first time just a few days ago. We don't go back to the doctor until next month, so I don't know her stats, but she is still growing like crazy. She is sleeping about 10 hours at night - without waking up! (She will wake up once during that time every now and then, but for the most part, she'll sleep right through!) She smiles all the time now. I hope the laughing will start soon. She is a handful, but we are having the time of our lives with her!

3 months!

More tummy time

Sophia keeps getting better and better at this whole "holding your head up" thing.

Good Morning!

Now that she is smiling more, this is what I wake up to every morning. How could I have a bad day when it starts off like this?!

Sophia's big girl seat

I put Sophia in her Bumbo seat for the first time the other day. She still doesn't quite have complete head control, but she seemed to like it. The first time, she mostly leaned back and smiled at the ceiling fan. The more I put her in it, the more upright she sits. Of course, I got a little carried away with the camera and took tons of pictures. These are just a few of them.

This is how Sophia really felt about me taking all those pictures!

Kisses from Daddy!

Meeting new friends

About a week or so ago we spent the day with Susan and Alana on their houseboat. Sophia and Alana became fast friends. It was a slightly overcast day, but the breeze was nice out on the party deck. Sophia didn't like the breeze much so Susan laid out some towels where the breeze wasn't as strong. Sophia loved it and took a great nap.

Sophia and Alana

Mommy and Sophia