planning the second birthday party!

Mommy decided that she hated all the ready-to-mail birthday card invitations in the Hallmark store this year, so she decided to go to an arts and crafts store and make Sophie some birthday cards. Mommy was very proud of the cards despite the minimal amount of effort involved, so she is posting for everyone to see. Mom's a goofball!



You can check out the 8 different styles Mommy created in Sophie's 1 year month 12 photo album.

Here's the one Mommy thinks Sophie would like best:

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Cousin Naomi's Second Birthday

Sophie had a pretty busy weekend. First, she went to the mall with mommy and daddy and got to wander around and play in one of the indoor playgrounds, then she got to help mommy and daddy with the weekend cleaning.

From 1 year 12 month

From 1 year 12 month

From 1 year 12 month

Then, she got to go see Cousin Naomi and help celebrate her second birthday. Unfortunately, Mommy and Daddy forgot to bring Naomi's birthday present with them (and almost the suitcase too!), so Sophie wasn't able to see Naomi open her present, but she got to see all the other cool gifts.

Sophie had lots of fun chasing Naomi and making many attempts to hug and kiss her. She also got to practice treating Naomi like the babies at daycare.

Sophie also got to see her Aunts and Uncles. She was very excited about this, especially about seeing Aunt Layla (yes, the Bernese Mountain dog) and Uncle Mike, who she referred to after-the-fact as a monkey (sorry, Mike).

To all our dedicated Sophie readers out there, more postings will start coming out again soon! Sophie's Mom has just been awfully busy lately :)

What a year!

We can't believe how much Sophie has grown up over the last year. She's gone from being a beautiful baby to a beautiful little girl (with lots more hair!). We had some more professional photos taken this weekend:

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