Princess Room Progress IV

Sophia slept in her princess room for the first time last night and it was a great success as we'd hoped. She slept the whole night through and came into our room at 7 to tell us how tall she had grown because she slept in her princess room. She is back at school this morning after having a week off for winter break. The first thing she told her teachers when she arrived was that she was a "True Princess" now that she has her own princess room...it was so cute. We still have little things to do in the room like get a clock, put up the wall decals and art work. All in good time, we are very happy with the results. Daddy did an incredible job as all the wood work is absolute perfection as only Daddy can do it.

Ryan came to play

This afternoon, we had Ryan over to play upstairs. Sophia and Ryan had so much fun chasing each other with balloons, running ALL around upstairs, taking turns on the slide, playing hide and seek and painting. It was so fun to play with Ryan, they really do play very well together.

Flower Girl, Sophia

In May, Sophia will make her debut as a Flower Girl for the first time. Daddy's cousin, Holly, will be getting married mid May in Georgia. She was so excited to go try on princess dresses at the store and wanted to try them all on eventhough Mommy only let her try on one. She wanted the gloves, the tiara, the purse, the whole works...but Mommy managed to walk away with just the dress and shoes. Haha! She had a lot of fun.

Princess Room Progress III

Carpet is in! The room smells so nice and new with the installation of the new carpet. Daddy is almost through and we are so happy with the progress thus far. He still has to put the closet in, which he designed and built himself out of oak wood. The baseboard and the doors also have yet to be put in. Sophia's furniture comes in on Saturday and she's all set! I am not sure how the transition will go, but we are hoping for a great success. We were both thinking, we hope she doesn't just think this "Princess Room" is another play room to add to her collection of playrooms. Haha! We talk to her about sleeping in there, but we'lll see if it actually "Clicks" when the furniture arrives and the crib goes back up in the nursery.

10 Day Countdown

Baby is due next Wednesday, March 2. Here is Sophia and her new sibling ready to be hatched soon. Mommy feels really good, gaining a total of 22 lbs so far with a week to go! We are in Sophia's Princess room, carpet coming Tuesday, furniture coming Saturday. Right.On.Time.

Ice Skating

This afternoon, Sophia went ice skating for the first time. It was a real challenge for Sophia, but she was very brave. Caitlin took her for three rounds around the rink and that took a good hour. Sophia got better and better with each round and she can't wait to show Daddy. She kept saying, "Daddy will be so proud of me."

Sophia working on Spelling

Sophia and Mommy have been working on letters, particularly the letters in Sophia's name. She loves practicing and she gets better everyday. She does tend to scatter the letters to her name all over the page unless I have her really focus on getting them in a line. You can see the difference between the green page and the yellow page. She also loves to practice spelling "Zoe" and "Mommy". Other words she can spell are "Happy" and "Daddy".

Princess Room Progress II

Daddy is making good progress in Sophia's room. Carpet may be here this week!

Pics of Elmwood

Here are a couple pics from Sophia's teachers. The kids made their own pretzels and Sophia talked about it forever! She sure loved stirring and baking and snacking on the pretzels. We even tried the recipe here at home. Also, a photo of Sophia playing outside in the snow, well dressed in her snow suit! Helene and Julie do manange to get all 8 children dressed in their snow boots and gear every day for a little outside time!!

Princess Room Progress

Daddy has been hard at work on Sophia's new room. Now, even on a work night he'll come home a little early to work on it for 2 hours before hitting the sack. Hoping to have it complete by Feb 19, when S's furniture arrives.

Friday at Elmwood

Picking up Sophia from school today, Mommy brought the camera so we can show Daddy some of the projects the children have been working on this winter. She has a frame in her room that we've been meaning to fill. Mommy asked her who she wanted in the frame and at first she said, "Daddy". But I reminded her that she already has a picture of Daddy and her on the dresser...so then she said, "Helene and Julie!" Helene is on the right and Julie on the left, her two sweet teachers. We can finally fill the frame Abuelita brought her months ago!

Playing with Lucy

This morning, Lucy came over while Lisa ran a couple errands. The girls had so much fun playing every which way, especially in the bounce house.