24th of July, A Visit from Uncle Erik

So I started a bunch of blog posts and have yet to finish them. So prepare yourself for posts that are not even close to being in time order.

Uncle Erik came down to go to EFY at BYU for a week and then spend the weekend with us for the 24th of July. We headed to Fairview for the 24th of July Parade and demolition derby. Not to many pictures. Just the highlights.

Erik and I at the Derby. Mike was judging, as he does every year, and Sophie was at Emilee's mom's house with Cambree and some other kids.

The moon coming up before the sun had set.

In between the parade and the derby, we head over to the little fair that was going on and let Sophie go on some rides. She loved the bounce house, but was not a willing subject for a good photo. All in all a great time as usual.

Softball Daddy

Mike has been playing on a Softball Team with a bunch of guys from work. Sophie and I went out to a game last week and he did AWESOME! He helped get 6 runs in between two at bats!

Sophie is so kind to share he sucker with Daddy

This is Mike hitting a double. I didn't get his triple on video but it was great too! Bases loaded.

Sophie Moments

Today Sophie dropped her potty seat on Grandma Suzie's foot. Suzie told Sophie that it hurt and Sophie said with out missing a beat, "it's ok, the doctor should fix it."

I was reading a book to Sophie and the line in the book said count your toes. So I asked Sophie to count my toes and she counted them in SPANISH! I had no idea she knew any Spanish. I guess we have been watching a lot of Dora.

Overveiw of Being 2

Holy Cow...2...Really? How did this happen? I swear it was just the other day that Sophie was born. I know that it has been almost two months since her birthday, but I feel the need for a better 2 year old update. (The professional pictures in this post were done by a friend of mine and they are so beautiful. Here is the link to all of them.)

First and foremost WE ARE POTTY TRAINED!!! About three weeks ago we decided to head for the home stretch. She has be potty trained for pooping on the potty since she was 18 months and will go pee when ever we have taken her to the potty, but now she is telling us. She has been in big girl panties for 3 weeks and of course we have had our share of accidents, but all and all she has done great. Way to go Sophie. Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you.

Next is the opening of doors. About a week ago, Sophie opened her bedroom door for the first time. Since then, she can open any door including the front door. She has not figured out the deadbolt yet, but I am sure that is coming. Since Sophie is not too adventurous she has not gotten into too much trouble with her new found door opening skill, but we have to watch her more closely now.

Our little chatter box. Sophie can talk about anything. She bumped into Grandma Beaird yesterday and said, "oh, I'm sorry. It was an accident." Or when Mike was calling for her to come and eat she said in a very sweet voice, "I'm on the potty. Hold on a second, Mike." I replied back, "that is Daddy to you," and she said, "oh ok, hold on a second daddy."
She always has funny little replies and is very polite. Please and Thank You for everything.

About food she says "I can't like that" or "Mmm, Yummy" (but she will just be pretending to eat).
When she hugs you "I like you."
What'ch doin?
How's it goin?
What's that Mama?
Oh no, are you ok? You feel better.
Whenever we Skype my parents she always asks where's charlie?

Sophie is our little singer. In church Sophie will sign out loud to the hymns. She also sings all of the stories in her books while sitting on the potty. I swear she knows every song on all the shows she watches and can sing them word for word.

Lately you and daddy have been playing Dragons. He will say "Sophie, DRAGONS!" and you and daddy will run and hide under the covers of mommy and daddy's bed. You love this game and play it almost everyday. You also like to pretend that Bjorn is a Dragon.
You love both Kuma and Bjorn. (BTW we got a new dog a few months ago.) Kuma is very big, but that doesn't stop you from playing with him. The picture below is from June 19. Kuma is about two or three times this size now and will continue to grow. I think he will end up the size of a small pony. He is an Akita.

Sophie you are amazing, smart, funny, kind, observant, polite, beautiful, sweet and a million other great things! I love coming home everyday to hear everything you have to say.

Sophie's First Movie (We have lots of Firsts)

This is from July 2, 2010
Something that I have talked about in my adult life was questioning which was the first movie my parents took me to when i was little. I don't know that i know the answer to that question. The first one that I remember was seeing The Little Mermaid at the Roxy Theater in downtown Renton.

I am blogging this so that Sophie will know that the first movie we took her to at a theater was Toy Story 3. She loves popcorn so that makes going to the movies even more exciting. She sat for the first 1hr and 15mins watching the movie. The rest of the time she ran up and down the stairs and through the rows of empty seats. The theater was not very full so she had plenty of room to roam. I think she liked it. We still agree that Toy Story 2 is our favorite.