Dave's Goatee

Dave is all prepared for Halloween to be Mr. Tony Stark (complete with one mega-hot girl always hanging around him). This is kinda amazing in our household because Dave has always been anti-facial hair. He even went to church with it (which may not sound so incredible, but it is if you know Dave).

I think he looks like a bad guy in a movie or that one guy on Star Trek (Dave says his name is Reiker?).

What think ye?

I think he really looks like the Star Trek guy here.

Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

I will always remember Sophie like this--Hair blowing in her face!

Watch out. Mischievous 2 yr old coming your way!

New Toy

Were ya wondering what I was doing with all that millions of extra monies I was making teaching piano? Well, I bought a camera. I've been drooling over this camera for months (maybe even years) and now have it in my very own hands. Can I just tell you about the emotional anxiety I went through buying this? Have you ever saved up some money so that you can buy a house and then on top of that save up even more money to buy some expensive piece of equipment? Every day was a struggle of "What should I spend my money on?" Thankfully, Dave was there telling me to just buy the stupid camera! So I did. Thanks, Dave.

PS- More on the house situation later.

Quality Daddy-Daughter time. The book: The Difference Between Babies and Cookies. I picked it out.

 
Occasionally, I even let Dave us my camera.

Finally. A few pictures of ME on this blog!

 I will now share with you a few Proud Mommy Moments:


Oct 2
This past week I was helping the Achievement Day Girls practice a special musical number for Church, "I Lived in Heaven." On our way out the door to go to the practice Sophie grabs this plastic stick that attaches to a bubble wand. When we got there Soph was real shy at first of all these young girls singing songs, so she stayed close to me on the piano bench and just watched. I had the girls get real close to the piano so I could hear them sing and as we rehearsed Soph used her plastic wand to conduct the girls. It was one of those proud Mommy moments where I just couldn't help but gush over my girl. I even think she might have been singing a little bit too. I'm real glad that she brought that plastic wand because it came in handy as I had the girls practice conducting each other with the same stick. (I got the idea from Sophie).

Oct 4
Last night Soph was already "in bed" and I was about to say my prayers when I hear her door squeak open and her little feet creep into my room. She said she wanted to lay down on Mommy's bed so I help her up and lay her on a pillow while I finish my prayers. As I'm praying, Sophie placed her little hand in mine and starts singing a couple lines form "I am a Child of God." (Lead me, guide me, walk beside me). It was the cutest thing and it just melted my heart. That's what precious little girls do--They melt your heart.

 

Oct 19
Sophie is officially potty trained! She's been in big girl panties for 4 weeks straight and getting more independent every day! Do you know what this means? It means I can leave Sophie at the Ikea babysitting club and go shopping by myself. (They don't except kids in diapers--I was really annoyed when I realized that last time I went.)

I just love the light going through those jelly shoes! (Insert Beyonce: I don't think you're ready for this jelly. I don't think you're ready for this je-lly.)

 So the house thing. We are waiting to hear back about a house we really love. So if all goes well, we'll be in a house soon-ish. Hopefully my next post will say "We bought a house!" :)

You can see Sophie is real excited about the door mat I made.