Mostly pictures...

Finally some pics of Sophia and also some of Faith's party last Sat.



Elizabeth and Zoe
Kris, Julie, Emma and Sophia
Brad and Annalyse Rogers
Finger painting and coloring Faith's birthday poster.

I thought this pic was so cute with Lily and Chloe's faces in each corner. It wasn't taken that way on purpose, but it's cute.
Blowing out the candles.
Present time with Lily's help.
Here is Sophia!!! Last doc. appt. for 2 months, she weighed 12.2 pounds (75%) and 23 inches (75%). Just like Faith... my little chunky monkey!!

Just some before church on Sun. She was wiggling all over so her bow ended up on top of her head instead of a little to the side.

2 years old... how can it be??

My little sunshine is 2 years old. I can't believe it has been 2 years. We love Faith so much and enjoy every moment with her. She is growing up to fast, but I must say I am loving this age. She is so funny and makes us laugh daily. She is so sweet to Sophia and can't stop kissing her. She is so ready for Sophia to be big enough to play with her. She always wants to hold her, help change her (although she always says yuck and stops helping once the diaper is opened), and plays peek-a-boo with her. It is so sweet to see them interact. Sophia will smile and laugh at Sophia more than anyone else, I think.
A few of Faith's favorites:

She loves music and dancing. She will dance even without music, so funny, but girls got moves!!! She will sing songs all day long and she knows all the words to 2 of her CDs.

She loves exploring. If she could walk around outside and pick things up and talk about what she sees all day, she would be in heaven.

She loves shoes, purses, and ... MONEY! When we are in a store we have to watch her cuz she will go straight to the shoes or purses. AND When a wallet opens, no matter whose it is (embarrassing at times), she holds out her hand and says "money, please"!

She loves jumping. Jumping up and down, jumping off stairs, jumping off the couch, anything she can climb on.

She loves her family. She talks about her cousins all the time and can't wait to see them. They play together all the time and I think she would live with them if she could. Same for her Nana and Papa.

She loves being independent. She will NOT let us help her put her shoes on, go up and down stairs, get things she wants out, pretty much anything. She loves the freedom of walking around at the store, which she is really good about staying with us now (update on past post).

She loves to read books, color, do puzzles, little people, her dolls and leopards, and Dora and Elmo anything.

~We love you Faith and enjoy watching you grow each and everyday. You bring so much joy to our life. It took us so long to get pregnant all those years ago and that is why you were named Faith, to remind us to have Faith in God daily and to thank him daily for blessing us with the amazing gift of YOU!!~


This is Faith days after birth. Notice the glowing blue light behind her. That was because her jaundice was so high. We had to have the light on her 24/7 except when changing her diaper (not easy to nurse while holding a light on her). We also had home care nurses take blood a few times a day. She got used to the needles and wouldn't even cry after that first day, poor baby.


Faith's first of three parties, the one at school. She loves school. When I take her she runs to the door, looks back and says "bye mom, see you in a minute" (everything is a minute). She loves her teachers Mrs. Amber and Mrs. Jana and all her little friends.

I know, I know... post pics of Sophia. I am working on it. That girl is hard to photography. She has her hands over her face in almost all the pics we take. We are taking pics on Monday of both girls, so I will post them then.

Busy Weekend

The past few days have been very busy with Dittos for Kiddos. I made pretty good money and can't wait for the next sell in Feb. I hope to put more in that sell, so hopefully I will make more money. We will see. I bought some great stuff too. I love shopping there because you can find name brand clothes with tags still on them for under $8. You can't beat that. I bought several Ralph Lauren outfits for Sophia like that and I got Faith the cutest Baby LuLu jacket. I also got a Baby Einstein activity center for Sophia for $25. Nice!!! Anyway, my parents were also here this weekend. Julie had a huge garage sell and my brother is over seas, so my parents had the girls. We also celebrated Julie's birthday... so all around it was a good but busy weekend.

Little update - We have had some potty training success. Faith went "wet" in the potty as she calls it a few times. I have decided it is going to take a break from her school to fully potty train though. The days she is in school, she of course has to use diapers, so we basically get off track every other day... not easy for potty training. So I think during Thanksgiving or Christmas we are going to hit it hard. Until then I will just let her get used to it, but she has done great so far. Sophia is growing like a weed as many mommies know. She got her 2 month shots and check up. She is almost 12 pounds already and 22 inches long. She is following in Faith's footsteps as being a chunk of a baby. My doc. says I have high calorie milk, so all my babies will be chunky!!! I have been asked by many for a pic. and I don't have a very good one, but here is the latest one. Notice the double chin and cheeks!!! Love her!! We will be taking Faith's 2 yr. pics and Sophia's 2 month pics so I will post them after we do that. Next weekend is another busy one with Faith's big birthday party and family in town again. I will post those pics also after the weekend.


Sophia at 2 months... she is very laid back and only cries when she needs something (or has an ear infection). She smiles at everyone, but mostly mom and sister. She now loves watching her toys and smiles at them too. She talks and makes cute noises all the time now. She is getting stronger and stronger every day and holds her head up well now. She sleeps 4.5 to 5 hours at night and still sleeps with mommy and daddy. She is so precious and I can't wait to see all the changes to come. We think she looks more like me now, so it will be interesting to see what she looks like the older she gets since Faith looked so much like Stacy at that age.