Happy Father's Day

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For Kai & Tia

I know, I know, I know... I have been completely delinquent in blog land. We've been having computer problems blah-blah blah. Anyway here is little Ms Personality. Her hair just keeps getting curlier and her eyes are turning greenish. She is saying lots of "OOOO" words... Oops, Oh-oh, Ouwie and lots of high pitched squeals as well as raspy baby babble. Her personality lights up and she becomes this babbling bubbly baby when she sees DOGS... she spots them on TV, on the street & in books. Our future as a dogless family looks impossible when you experience this love for dogs. Sofia also loves really soft things which Lussi has her own word for "Sovey" rhymes with lovey. Lussi started calling her fleece jacket "Sovey" and I said "what did you say?" She said "Sovey?" I said that's not a word. She said I know, I made it up. So anyway, Sofia squeals with delight and then lays on her stomach over anything "Sovey" She especially likes our sheepskin rugs.

Summer's here... we hope.

We've been getting outside a lot more lately and this is Sofia's favorite place to look out on the yard and squeal at the freedom of being able to crawl out the back door into fresh air and sunshine.

Almost a Princess

Lussi and Amelia dressed up in my old flower girl dresses (circa 1980/made by my Grandma)and played wedding... but what's Lussi digging for?


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Big Baby

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Headin' Home

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It's time for us to come home, hopefully we'll get there soon but with Sofia behind the wheel it could take a long time. Sorry I forgot to turn the camera.

Peek a boo canyon & spooky gultch

This is one of the most incredible things we've ever done. To get in to Peek a boo we had to shuttle the kids up a ten foot rock wall and then once we were in there we realized we had to keep going because it would have been near impossible to get the kids back down this wall. At that point we were wondering what we had gotten ourselves in to but as we hiked along we started to relax and enjoy the scenery and the challenge of the tiny spaces. By the end Lussi was leading the way and loving the adventure. I was a nervous mom until I knew we were close to the end and then of course it became a great adventure because we survived.

Spooky Gultch

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Bryce Canyon

After leaving Salt Lake we headed south to see Bryce Canyon and stay the night in Escalante. We hiked one of the more famous hikes and it was incredible with the contrast of the snow against the red rock. We have a zillion pictures so here is just a sample of what it was like.

Helen my ski instructor

Helen is Lucy's Grandma and she taught me to ski. I got to go with her three times and the last time she brought Lucy and we all skied together. Helen had me look for rabbits in the woods and make pizza wedges with my skis... she says I am really good at the parallel turns too.

Skiing on my own

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Momma lets me have a cupcake early

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I'm 4!

Today I turned four. Mommy, Sofia & I had a special birthday picnic outside on the deck. I am waiting for my birthday party but it is really hard. I keep asking Mommy when everyone is coming she tells me after 5 o'clock. I don't know what that means but that it is taking a really long time for everyone to come. I want to eat my princess cupcakes right now & I ask Mommy to look at them all the time so she takes them down to let me see them. I licked the frosting off one of them so she gave in and let me have one at our lunch picnic. Yay! I love my Ariel ring.

My 4th birthday party guests

These are some of the guests that came on my birthday. They all made my stay in Utah so much more fun. Lucy was my favorite friend, she is shown here with me playing on the floor at my party, we have so much in common, she even likes to pick her nose like me! The other 4 year olds were Eli (shown with his Dad) and Grace shown with her Mom, Dad and sister. Pip is my favorite dog, she belongs to Guy and Karin. I was really happy she could come to my party. We did an Easter egg hunt in the back yard, had pizza and my favorite... cupcakes!

Happy Easter

The Easter Bunny found us in Utah. It looks like Sofia has chocolate all over her face but it's really just fruit leather. (However, she has snuck a few m&m's out of Lussi's basket when I wasn't looking.)

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9 Months

I have no idea where this last month went. Sofia is cruising, pulling herself up on furniture, smiling, giggling, and babbling a lot. The only thing that she does that we understand is she waves bye-bye by folding her fingers in towards the palm. She also uses this sign when she is really tired and wants to go nigh-nigh. Oh yes... she also has her third tooth, strangely it is neither of the top middle ones it is the right one between the middle teeth and the fangs.

For the Grandmas

This trip has been especially hard on the Grandmas. They have asked for more photos so here they are. Lussi loves her blue room with the kites, flowers, bumblebees, butterflies & dragonflies. She wants to paint her room when we get home. Sofia is crazy about being on Dada's shoulders, she especially loves to grab his hair and pull really hard. The basket photo is on the floor of the Patagonia Outlet store. The workers went crazy for the two cuties in the baskets. I will also post some more videos soon.

"walking" w/ help

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