Mmmmm...

FINALLY the sun decided to come out and it decided to come out on a day that both me and Steven had off from work. Steven took a well deserved day off to play golf in the morning and it just happened to be my Friday off (you know I think that I'm probably one of the few attorneys on the planet that only works four days a week).

This evening after dinner we decided to roll the highchair outside, strip down to a onesie, and let Little Bit go to town on a "mini" Popsicle. Did you guys know that they make "mini" Popsicles? I was completely unaware of these tiny frozen jewels on a stick until my friend with 2 kids enlightened me on the subject. Once again showing me that there are just some things that you don't figure out until you become a member of the parent club. Sophie of coursed loved her watermelon flavored treat. She kept looking at us and saying "mmmmm." And Daddy loved scrubbing off the red stained mouth and hands in the tub! On a side note just so I can make a little fun of my weird-o husband...it totally gives Steven the heebeegeebees when Sophie eats a Popsicle (or anyone else for that matter). He hates wooden sticks or things on a stick i.e. tooth picks, corn dogs, Popsicles, wooden spoons. He says it's like "chewing on tin foil." Weirdo, I can't imagine living life with out a good corn dog every now and then!

I had to add this last photo because it cracks me up the way she's laid back all Al Bundy like in her highchair. Check out the feet! I swear this pose looks EXACTLY like something I'd do.

Hanging Out

Sorry that I haven't posted for a few days...and this pic isn't the best but it's all I've got at the moment. Yesterday I turned the big 2-9 AND it was the last day of tax season so we had some celebrating to do. GiGi came over and watched Sophie and Steven and I met for a nice dinner. Lucky for me, I was able to fit in some shopping before dinner. So in 3 days a 50 mm 1.8 lens will be delivered to my house. I'm sooooo excited about the lens (of course I'm not exactly sure if it will make a difference in my photo taking).

I snapped this picture of Sophia on Sunday. She's now discovered that she can fit inside the kitchen cabinets. I have cabinet locks on every cabinet but this one. Every kid needs access to a few pots and pans to bang the heck out of!

On a side note...I can't BELIEVE that I am 29. That's OLD!!! I mean I'll be 30 next year! I swear I sometimes look at my 19 year old cousin and just wish that I could change places with her for a few days. Ah....to be 19, skinny, and not have a care in the world except figuring out what you were going to do that night. But I'd only want to be 19 for a few days, then I'd want to come back to Little Bit and Steven and our happy little world in our little house.

You know there is trouble...

When you seen this....

And hear silence on the other side.

How can one little girl completely empty a bookshelf in less than a minute? I don't know why I even bothered to put the darn books back on the shelf. The next time I turn my back she's just gonna do it again. I'm not kidding when I say that this is the fifth time in 2 days that I've had to put the books back! I have to admit that it's starting to get on my nerves but she doesn't seem to notice that while she's sitting in the middle of the pile of books!

In Honor of ME!!

Drats!! I've been tagged again by Janice to do a Birthday MeMe. Since my birthday is on Tuesday I thought this would be fun. You go to Wikipedia (anyone know exactly how you pronounce that?) and see the events of the day you were born. Here we go April 17:

3 Events That Occurred That Day:
1397- Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II.
1861- American Civil War- Virginia secedes from the Union.

1964- Ford unveils the Mustang at the NY World's Fair.


2 Important Birthdays
1837- My Great-great Grandpa, J.P Morgan, American financier and philanthropist
1972 - My BFF from Charleston WV, Jennifer Garner, American actress


1 Death
1790- Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, diplomat, and printer


Holiday or Observance
Nada (except for Liturgical Feast day for a bunch of Catholic Saints)

Ok so now to the fun part. Janice posted a few pics of her as a kid. HOW FUN!!! So now I challenge EVERYONE to post a picture of themselves as a kidd-0. And don't even say that you don't have any on your computer or a scanner b/c I went all ghetto like and took a picture of a picture! So drum-roll please........Here I am circa 1982 as a Strawberry Shortcake Majorette. I must say that I have nice legs for a 4 year old!!! And I'm loving the Dorothy Hamill hair-do, thanks mom!

Lets go: Maria, Andrea, Heather, Stephanie, and Anne. I want to see those pictures!!!!

This is the way....

...we brush our hair...brush our hair....brush our hair.....

This is the way we read our book...read our book....read our book.

Lately Little Bit has been wanting to do everything herself. It's cute but also very annoying if you ask me because usually it involves a huge mess i.e feeding herself with a spoon but I guess she's gotta learn. Right before bath time tonight she decide to brush her hair and then read a book. She loves her animal book. So far she can make a lion sound (which sounds more like a pirate's arrrrrgh) and she does a little monkey dance. I think we need to work on the basic animals like the pig, cow, and dog and save the exotics for later. Man is my kid a NUT. (Sorry about the blown out lamp in the first pic it sort of looks like a spirit like in the movie the Sixth Sense.)

A Tale of Two Little People

Jose is the zoo keeper at the Fisher Price Learning Zoo. He works really hard taking care of all 26 animals.

Penny joined us on Easter morning. She spends her time hanging out in her house shaped like an Easter egg.

One day Jose and Penny met and fell in love. The rest they say is history.

So I didn't get around to capturing any photos of Sophie tonight. She was super tired and went to bed again at 7 o'clock. But right before her bath I caught her in her play room standing on her pink chair near the window. After I put her to bed I went back into the playroom to straighten up and saw Jose and Penny locking lips on the window seal. Now how she got Penny to balance on Jose I'll never know. I tried it myself after I separated them to take their individual shots and I had a hard time making them "kiss." I have a million photos of Sophie giving kisses to everyone and everything but apparently she now likes to have her toys give one another kisses! I guess she's a lover not a fighter! Steven's already sweating it!!

Go Baby Go

Little Bit finally figured out how to use her feet to move her ride-on! It's so cute to watch her zoom around, especially when she puts it in reverse and goes backwards. However, I should clarify that she can't do it on every ride-on just one. The reason: her short stubby legs (courtesy of her mama) won't reach the ground on all of the other ones!And apparently sunglasses are a must when you are sporting your new wheels. Thank-you Andrea for giving Sophia the midget ride-on! Doesn't she have an Evel Knievel type look about her in this picture? (I wish GiGi's arm could be cropped out, darn it. )