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WHAT A FUN THANKSGIVING!

This year we hosted thanksgiving for my side of the family at our house. It was our first thanksgiving in our home so it was nice to host it. everything turned out very yummi and I didn't burn the turkey!! hahah it turned out pretty good. We had TONS of fun with sophie and emma and watching old family videos and laughing at ourselves. hahah I thank Heavenly Father everyday for the great family we are in. thank you guys for coming!

sophie learns her name

well... how to say it :)

trick or treat!

we took sophie trick or treating this year and we had a blast! she was so cute running around pointing at all the "pukin!" (pumkins) and chasing all the cats and dogs around the neighborhood. we went up to my sister's in centerville and my brother and debbie came up with us and we went to dinner and headed out to get our treats! we had lots of FUN! she learned the words "moon" and realized that stars were not only pictures but something in the sky! hahaha so she kept pointing at the moon and stars saying "moooooon" and "tars!" there was a little boy dressed in a super cute puppy costume that was all fluffy and she for some reason thought it was a real dog and was following him saying "puppy! puppy" it was hillarious! we then explained to her it was a little boy and so she went back to playing with the cat that was following us. she sure loves animals....

ever since....

we got back from disneyland sophie has been obsessed with the small world song... she asks me EVERYDAY "a wok a wok?" which to her means (i'm guessing) small world... i have no idea why she says it like that. hahah so therefore... you get to listen to it on our blog. i'm sick of singing it. so sophie can hear it on the computer.

Disneyland 09

what a fun and eventful trip we had! sophie was loving all the characters and kissing all of them. of course she got super tired and therefore cranky but we survived. it was a FUN trip! she danced to all the parades and sang and danced at the disney playhouse show. she LOVED that. that was a highlight. along with her yelling mickey!!! and running to him and giving him a big hug. too cute. LOVED IT.

the grass is greener on our side of the fence :)

we finally laid our sod! it only took 1.5 hrs thanks to all the help that showed up. there were men carrying sod everywhere! 3500 sq ft of sod laid so quick!!thank you everyone for your help! we will enjoy our yards very much!!! :) (the little dirt patch in the back behind the curbing will be where the playground will be that we plan on getting next spring.) sorry the panoramic pictures kinda look weird and make the yard look all funky. :) it doesn't do it justice of how beautiful it looks!! next spring we will put decorative rock and plants in the front yard behind the curbing

HALLOWEEN... HERE WE COME! AAAARGH!

too bad she won't wear the captain hat that comes with the costume.... oh well...

Yep. It happened.

Sophis is 18 months. and I cannot believe it! what has she been up to? what hasn't she? she now says over 40 words... and for your sake i won't start naming them one by one. she knows the sounds to 20 things like puppy, kitty, train, ball, snake, elephant, ducky, lion, fire truck, frog, bird, dinasour, monkey and some others... but my favorite is the horse... which is "yeeeeeeeee haaaw" to her. haha. he is putting phrases together now like "there you go" "I got it!", "you ok?" "thank you" "aaww maaan", "Take bath?", all done!, how nice!, "thats GOOD!"(when she eats something yummi) and so on... but her favorite..." whats that?!" she says it... ALL THE TIME. she wants to know what everything is... and then when I tell her what it is she says "hiiii". she can count to three and is still learning colors... for now everything is "green!". maybe she'll learn the difference soon...She weighs 23 lbs, 33 inches tall and still has a 99 percentile head :) she sings along to wheels on the bus and does the motions... of course she mumbles till the part comes and she says "round round" and "shut!"(for the open and shut part) and then finishes the song by saying TOOOOWN. she also likes head shoulders knees and toes. she does the motions to that one and says "toes" and "nose" and mumbles the rest. She know pretty much all her body parts and loves her feet. she hugs them everyday. she is getting to be a FUN FUN kid. she is so stinkin smart and has learned that time out is no fun. I will try to get her to sit still to videotape her saying some things and sounds but its just impossible to get her to sit still.