Happy, Happy Birthday Sophie Dear!!!

Happy Birthday, Sophie-Girl!

It's Sophia's big 1st birthday! We celebrated by stopping by "Grandma" Mary Anne's for some yummy cake. Soph loved the frosting and sprinkles!

Due to the move, we didn't plan a real birthday party, but the Hancock family decided to get together for an impromptu party!

Everyone sang Happy Birthday....



then we ate cake....


ppened presents....


and got a nice card from Great-Grandma.

It was a lot of fun. Thanks everyone for celebrating whether you were here with us or not!


In other news: Under distressing and overwhelming circumstances, we sadly said goodbye to our old home--the cute little duplex (pictured below).


We're lucky enough to have Mom and Dad Hancock who are letting us stay with them for a while. We feel very displaced right now, but we're grateful for Mom and Dad's generosity and a safe, happy environment. We're looking into buying our first real home (with no shared walls with the neighbors!), so if you know of any gonga-deals, let us know!

Mommy's Favorite Sophie Pics

Here are some pictures from last November.


Rolling...
Still Rolling...
& Rolling s'more.
Just love that angelic face! Rolling in blankets is so fun!

Tummy time.


Here's some from January...

Mom and Baby are Babes!

Stuff About Us

Lindsey's favorite....

• thing to do in her free time: read or go on walks if it's nice outside.
• book: hard question. Baby book: The Babywhisperer. Novel: Deep Blue, Goose Girl, Les Miz,...
• moment in the last 6 months: that one day when we cleaned the house all together. If felt good.
• place to be: home. Where else?
• movie: I can watch Sabrina ('95 version) every month. I love Star Wars (Original) just as much if not more than Sabrina, but I can't watch those every month.
• movie kiss: The Lake House. (1^st kiss)
• pet peeve : misuse of cell phones!!!
• TV game show: Jeopardy
• college course: Photography 101
• date: Dinner theatre. I've attended two dinner theatres. One with my spouse and one not.
• celebrity: Barbra Streisand. No competition. She is amazing. Amen.
• current event: balloon-saucer boy and his insane parents. Believe me, I would NOT watch a reality show about them!
• stupid thing she ever did: You don't want to know.
• phrase/saying: Inconceivable!
• stupid thing she saw someone do: “I got a job at McDonald's. It is so hard! People actually get mad if you get their order wrong!”
• food: nuts, beans. Mmm.
• website: facebook (I know, what a loser I am.)
• language he wished he knew: French
• most beautiful language: English or Irish accent
• talent she wished she was born with: Brityn's voice.
• word she can never spell: defenitly (definitely)

Dave's favorite....

• thing to do in his free time: read, draw, spend time with my family (especially Lindsey)
• book: “so many books, so little time...”
• moment in the last 6 months: when last semester ended, among others
• place to be: with Lindsey
• movie: Batman Begins (and any Star Trek movie, except #5 and Generations)
• movie kiss explosion: that's more like it... Mask of Zorro mine explosion was good. The kiss is pretty good, too.
• pet peeve: #7: incorrect use of apostrophes
• TV game show: Jeopardy
• college course: Design-Build Studio (“World War I and its Effect on Art and Architecture” was really cool, too)
• date: 12/25
• celebrity: Yoda
• current event: the final blow to the Nobel Peace Prize's legitimacy
• stupid thing he ever did: salsa anyone?
• phrase/saying: Today's: “David Donald Doo dreamed a dozen doughnuts and a duck-dog, too” (Dr. Seuss)
• stupid thing he saw someone do: some guy blatantly ran a red light, and then gave me a look like I was the one that did it, since I was staring at him like he was an idiot (I was on the other side of the intersection, waiting for it to change)
• food: Italian and Mexican
• website: Google – it can take you anywhere else (and the one I made is pretty cool, being the impartial informant I am – www.shambach.com)
• language he wished he knew: French and Spanish
• most beautiful language: Russian (because I speak it – French is nice, too)
• talent he wished he was born with: Lindsey's music composing skills
• word he can never spell: committment (commitment)

Happy New Years!!

A great way to start our New Year... Hiking in Sanctuary Cove!

A friend lent me her baby backpack. I am totally sold on it. I gotta get one of my own!
Dave being Dave. Sophie being Sophie.

Hiking can be so exhausting!

• Our Family New Year's Resolution: Go on more hikes once monthly.

• Lindsey's NYR: Read the lessons for RS before I get to church.

• Dave's NYR: Find his old Star Trek Books (which translates as cleaning).

FYI...

I made a new "Joke Blog" a couple of days ago. I wanted a joke blog so that I could (1) remember the good jokes I hear, and (2) share them with everyone else.


I find that people just don't tell good jokes anymore--And I know why. I'll be with my friends at school or at work and say "Hey here's a good joke I heard..." and after I'm done telling it, the listener will have to tell me his or her "great joke" which ends up being dirty and trashy. So I just don't tell jokes anymore, because I don't want to hear "their" jokes. Hence, my blog was born.

Please visit it and send in your jokes--that is, if you're willing to share.
http://lindseysjokeblog.blogspot.com/

Catching up....

School must be out because I'm actually posting something to our blog!! Below are obviously Halloween pictures. We had a blast going trick-or-treating with some of the Hancock gang out in Vail. Sophie got LOTS of candy for us :) You're probably thinking what horrible parents we are--using our 6 month old to get candy! And yes, I did feel like I was "stealing candy from a baby" and I'm sure there were lots of parents handing out candy that knew exactly what we were up to, but how else were we supposed to get any candy!?


Check out this Hot Wolfman.....


His hair looks amazing thanks to his talented wife and lots of hair spray and blow-drying. Dave makes a great Wolverine!

And Now, Thanksgiving.....

We went on a family walk after stuffing our faces with turkey and stuffing. Dinner was really yummy. Just thinking about it right now makes me want to eat s'more!!!!! (Drooling)
Sophie with her cousins Hailey and Kate.

So it's been a while.....

Here's Sophie when she was "too skinny" (according to those know-it-all MDs)


Here you can see her beautiful long hair before we chopped it and before it began turning blonde




Sophie is now 6 1/2 months old. At her last doctor's appointment she was 15.2 pounds and 26+ inches. She's also rolling all over the place, and trying to learn how to scoot. Occasionally she succeeds, but mostly she gets her rear end up in the air and just bounces. It's really cute -- as if her rear end knows what to do, but she keeps getting distracted on the front end by sucking on her fingers. She is practically sitting all by herself now too.

Here is a video of her laughing at Daddy's silly Spanish. (Obviously, she is more distracted by the video camera).




Life's been good to us, but very busy with school, Dave's work, church, and of course Sophie. The next two weekends we'll be even busier as we will be in Tempe one weekend and Las Vegas the next. Hopefully we'll post you up on that.

Sugar and Spice...

Hooray! Sophia Joslin was born on March 7, 2009 at 8:13 pm. She weighed 7lb 8oz, and was 21 inches long! Everyone is doing well, we're getting some sleep, and she is way cute.

PS- Orion is a boy.

The end.

She's Here!

We have a kitty!!!
(Don't worry we're being careful with pregnant Lindsey.)

Name: Orion

Age: 4 weeks??

Gender: To be determined

So Dave and I went to a birthday party for a friend and as a party favor we came home with this precious little bundle of joy! She was a homeless little kitten with no mommy so we've adopted her. We love her lots and she keeps us very busy! Hand feeding her can be very demanding (especially in the middle of the night) as is cleaning up after her little "spills." But she is very good at doing her business in the kitty box most of the time. Please feel free to stop by and play with our new little girl.... or boy.

Coming Soon to a Hospital near you!