Bapples!

Sophia is doing so much, talking so much and running all the time. That little tornado is keeping us on our toes. Bapples (apples) are her favorite thing, for this week. It seems she'll go in cycles of her favorite foods. It was berries, then bananas and now bapples.

The other day I was leaving for work in the morning, and Sophia never really likes it when Jason or I leave, but she was especially upset this particular morning. So I went back over to her, picked her up, and she gave me the biggest, sweetest hug! It melted my heart. After hugging for about 10 seconds, she motioned to be put down and went back to playing. What a little darling. She is such a sweet, sensitive and caring little girl.

We had our first parent-teacher conference this month. It was so funny to think that we would need one at this age, but it was great to see her school already testing her skills and keeping good track of her learning. She is doing great - playing well with others, learning well, sleeping and eating well, and her favorite activity is craft time! I did feel like a rockstar parent however, when we were talking to the teacher, Sophia pulled out a pen from my purse and then proceeded to accidentally write on her face! I couldn't belive it, and just after we had talked about what battles to pick and discipline. Oh well, it washed off - and I learned to keep my purse zipped and away at all times :)

Sophia and Daddy had their first Disney movie date. Daddy and Sophia go on lots of dates, mostly to the park or Starbucks for chocolate milk and a snack, but this time they watched Beauty and the Beast. Sophia loved it and payed attention through most of it! I love that they share those special moments together.

This month we had taken a road trip to Albuquerque to visit some of our family. Sophia did great on the road-trip. We did leave at 4:30 in the morning to monopolize on her sleep time. She made it all the way to New Mexico before waking up! We stopped at a diner and had breakfast and they had a bunch of stuffed animals that Sophia LOVED. Thank goodness for portable DVD players, we read through all of her books and played with all of her toys by Santa Fe, so a couple of kiddo movies did the trick to make it all the way to Albuquerque. We had a great time visiting family and it was so much fun to see Addison (who is 2-1/2) and Sophia play together. Thank you Addison for sharing your toys and teaching Sophia so many things. The only problem is that we forgot to bring our camera :( We'll just save the mental pictures this time.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with our families. We had celebrated here in Colorado Springs and up in Greeley. We had a blast and are continually so thankful for all the wonderful people in our lives. Thank you to Jeremy, Nicole, Addison, Brooklyn and Cate for the great food and sharing all of your wonderful toys. Sophia just loves getting together with her cousins and chases them around! Sophia and headed up to Greeley and Sophia got to play with her Mia. Mia is 3-1/2 now, so she is definitely taking on a care-giver role with Sophia and teaching her volumes. We love our beautiful families.