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Here's Sophie saying hi to some folks:


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Christmas time at the grandparents

Tonight we went over to Papa and Gramma's house for christmas dinner and presents. They had a really cool tree with lots of neat decorations on it, and it also came with one live kitty at its base most of the night.



I immediately found the toys that papa and gramma keep for us grandkids and spread them out all over the floor.

I also got play with my cousin Miranda - she's really fun and likes to play chase and hide and seek. We chased each other around the house probably for about a bazillion hours, and we were both not ready for sleepy even though it was late!

This year was the first year I got to open presents all by myself - daddy would tell me to pull on the wrapping paper, and I got to tear it all off without getting in trouble! One of my presents was a cool jack in a box. You turn this thing and it plays music and then the lid pops open and then daddy gets scared. I'm not sure why it scared him so much - the clown looks very nice and friendly! The clown even told me that everything floats in the box, which sounds like lots of fun!

We all had a great time at my grandparents' house. After, we got to go home and celebrate the 5th night of hanukkah by lighting more candles, singing, and then opening even more presents!

Warm inside, cold outside

This weekend we got a pretty good dumping of snow: about 8 inches on Friday, and another inch on Saturday. We are expecting to get another 8 inches or so on Sunday!

I stayed inside all weekend. It was nice and warm in the house, especially when I sat on the gas furnace known as "a-boof":


Meanwhile, daddy labored away outside, keeping the roof clear of ice and the driveway clear of snow. Daddy is super happy about his new toy, a 26" 2-stage 8 horsepower snow thrower. It means he can spend more time inside with me when it's cold and snowy out! Although, I don't know what eight horsies have to do with this, because I certainly didn't see any outside when I watched Daddy cleaning up.

We were supposed to go visit a friend of Mommy and Daddy's that just had a little baby of their own. I love babies, although this one is too tiny for me to play with. Unfortunately the weather and daddy's stuffy nose kept us here at home because little babies don't like stuffy noses.

21 months and counting!

We have had a very busy few weeks despite the look of things. However, Mommy's brain is swiss-cheesed and she can't remember everything we did. Sophie has begun to talk a lot this week though. She can now say lots of two and three word sentence-like combinations, such as "where dada", "kila come", and, her favorite when at daycare and wanting to come home for a nap, "outside car go". We also got to see a Santa Claus this weekend. Mommy and Daddy took Sophie to a pet store to buy Hunter a gate for the car. Sophie met a real bearded Santa, but apparently this just made Sophie scared as she immediately started to hysterically cry. Luckily, Mommy found a Great Dane nearby and Sophie calmed down. Apparently, a 200 pound dog with a head the size of Sophie is less scary than 160 pound man with a white beard.

Please enjoy a brief rendition of "If you are happy and you know it" with sophie clapping and stomping and demonstrating how cute she is with her little cartoon pig-tails.

Visiting the grandparents

This weekend we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa, and had a lot of fun. We saw Eli, and tried to give him kisses, but he wasn't having any of it. They have lots of kitties and they are all very cute.