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Happy First Birthday, Sophie!

Jen — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:10:08 +0000

On July 22, we celebrated the first year of our precious second born, Sophia Grace!

Here are some of her accomplishments as of her first birthday:

crawling with her belly off the floor
saying “mommy,” “daddy,” “Dinah,” “grandma,” and “grandpa”
pulling up
7 teeth!
whole milk and table food (yay! yay! yay!)
17 lb, 5 oz.

July 2011

Jen — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:15:42 +0000

July was crazy busy for us! Dan’s great-grandmother passed away at the end of June, so we spent the first Saturday with his family remembering her at the funeral. Then we had tons of fun with some of his family on the 4th. Then Dan and I had our first kid-free vacation since Dinah was born. Then we had a first birthday for Sophie (her birthday post and pictures to follow)! In case you are wondering, that’s not a plain-clothes Secret Service agent guarding Dinah, that’s just Dan.

June 2011

Jen — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:59:54 +0000

OK, in June we took a lot of pictures. Dinah turned 30 months and Sophie 11.

Highlights:

Grandpa Jerry and Grandma Marge paid us a fun visit
We went fishing at Montauk (check out Dinah with her sweet pole)
Doing laps around the island in the kitchen (Dinah) with Sophie supervising from the Jumperoo

May 2011

Jen — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:05:01 +0000

In May, Dinah turned 29 months and Sophie 10 months. Dan finished his first semester teaching middleschoolers Bible at HCA.

Picture highlights:

some silly Dinah faces
Sophie clapping and being generally mesmerized with her hands
a very pensive Sophie look
new teeth for Sophie (tops)

April 2011

Jen — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:00:04 +0000

OK, in April, Dinah turned 28 months, Sophie 9 months.

Highlights:

some gorgeous Sophie toofers
one sophisticated Dinah driver
a dubious Dinah look
Dinah counting on her fingers
Dinah drinking milk out of her bowl after eating some Cheerios and milk
Dinah wearing some of mommy’s high heels (whilst sporting awesome pigtails)

March 2011

Jen — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:00:15 +0000

Here are some highlights from the March photos:
- Dinah turned 27 months, Sophie turned 8 months
- Sophie trying out the Tinkerbell chair, much to Dinah’s chagrin
- the genesis of Sophie’s fauxhawk
- some sweet sister affection
- Sophie’s first two teeth (bottoms)
- some awesome coloring by Dinah
- Sophie’s shoutout to Zappos (who ISN’T happier with a little Zappos in their day?)
- an awesome Sophie nose-wrinkling shot (which I love, love, LOVE when she does!)
- some Sophie/Daddy time
- some Dinah/Grandma Lisa time
- some glorious Sophie drooling

February 2011

Jen — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:00:35 +0000

Apparently, I didn’t take a single picture in January. I think the only thing that we started was Dan teaching Bible at HCA (private Christian middle school here in Hannibal). Oh, and evidently we put together the bus that Grandma LuAnn and Grandpa Frank generously sent along with the Jumperoo. In February, Dinah turned 26 months and Sophie turned 7 months.

Christmas 2010

Jen — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:00:07 +0000

Here are a couple of Christmas shots including Grandpa Bob attempting to read the Christmas story with a squirmy 2 year old on his lap and Dinah enjoying Aunt Jana playing with a pom-pom on her head. Good times!

Dinah and Mommy’s shoes

Jen — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:00:12 +0000

Dinah really loves to play in everyone’s shoes, but especially Mommy’s high heels. This was last December, so she’s almost 2 in these shots.

December 2010

Jen — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:44:39 +0000

Dinah was almost 2. Sophie was 5.5 months. It seems like so long ago!