ZACH ATTACK

So I'm not sure how many of you know, but I recently started watching this little guy a couple times a week. He is just adorable! Zach is just over a year old and is walking and says "uhh" all day long! He loves Miss Sophie and is so good at entertaining her when she starts to fuss and I am busy. He is a great eater and a great napper (I love that part the best). At first I thought I had gotten myself in too deep, but as it turns out having Zach here helps me keep on top of things. Maybe it's from all those years of working as a nurse and multi-tasking. I find that when he is here I do the dishes, keep the place tidy, I eat regularly, and Sophie naps regularly. Don't get me wrong, it's a ton of work and I don't think I could do it without a lot of help from my wonderful husband, but I think I am learning some very valuable lessons for when I have more children. So here are some pictures of the little guy, in all his glory! In the top picture you'll notice my pancake flipper. After making breakfast one morning he saw it in my hand and decided he wanted it. So now everyday he comes over he wants to play with it!

In this second picture you can see Sophie watching T.V. in her favorite T.V. watching chair. She just sits there hanging out for a while. It's so nice as it gives me a break. Maybe I should feel guilty for letting my 3 1/2 month old watch T.V., but I don't. I'm at the stage where I think, "if it keeps her quite and entertained, so be it!" I think I had actually put something educational on... Baby Einstein. That's good right?
For this one I tried for like a good 5 minutes to get him to smile for the camera. Nope, not even close. Why do kids do that? I don't get it. Sophie does that all the time, she'll be totally smiling and happy and then as soon as she see's the camera she goes stone-faced. It actually makes us laugh. Hopefully she'll outgrow that as Mitch is obsessed with taking videos and pictures of her. I just had an epiphany... maybe that's why she stops smiling; she's tired of being on camera! Either way, hope you enjoyed these photo's of one of the cutest little guys.

Get Off My Back

Ok so here is my update, long time over due. Since it has literally been months since my last blog I have decided to just do this in point form. For some of the points I did take pictures (I did put some forethought into blogging, just never got around to actually doing it!); however, I now cant find them. I think Mitch deleted them. Anywho, lets begin:
- Sophie started giggling, October 23rd to be exact. Now if I could just get her to do it consistently! It's absolutely adorable and it melts my heart. The best part is that she will still only do it for me, so it makes me feel really special and loved by her!!
- My brother and his wife were sealed in the temple in October. It was amazing to be present for a loved one's sealing. The spirit was so strong and made me grateful for eternal families and the gospel in my life.
- Halloween. Not necessarily my favorite holiday to celebrate, but some friends of ours were having a costume party in Calgary. So Mitch dressed up as Mr. Schuster, I went as Sue Sylvester, and Miss Sophie was a nurse. See facebook for pictures.
- Sophie is still not consistently sleeping through the night. I know what you're all thinking, "she's still young, wait a couple more months." Here's the catch. I know that she can. She has done it! So I think what's going to happen is we are going to start a little bit of cereal just before bed. Just a little bit so that she has something in her tummy. We'll see how that goes.
- Last one, but most definitely my favorite. SOPHIE GOT HER EARS PIERCED!!! I love it! I think it is so adorable. She just has some little studs in right now which she has to keep in for 6 weeks. I clean them 3 times a day and she has done really well with them. So I think for Christmas she'll get a cute pair of earrings, maybe some to match Mommy's! For all of you critics out there... if she doesn't want them when she gets older she can just take them out and they will grow over.
Well I think that those are the main highlights, if I think of anything else I'll let ya know!