Wordless Wednesday

McFun

While in St Louis, we had a playdate with Miss Maggie.  Jeff and Megan are good friends of Nick and Lindsey and we've enjoyed getting to hang out with them whenever we get a chance.  Maggie and Sophi were born 3 weeks apart.

Believe it or not, Sophi is the older of the two.  :)

The last time they got to play together was almost a year ago.

They enjoyed each others company much more this time around.

We met up at McDonald's to eat and explore the play place.

Ruth was just worn out by the whole thing.

A girl and her dog

 We have been loving this spring weather!  Sophi loves being outside and it is fun to watch her explore.

 

 So we've been enjoying some fresh air together. 

 

 

She also loves "doggie" Zummi.

 

She is always so excited to see him and it seems that he is excited to see her too. :)

 

In fact, the challenge is keeping him away from her.  She loves petting him and chasing after him.

 But she's not always a fan of the licking.

Or the fact that he literally runs circles around her when she's in the yard.  (To his credit, he hasn't knocked her over though.)

 

Josh and I joked that my new name is "cracker" and his new name is "doggie" because that is usually the first thing we hear from her.  

And since she is hard to resist, Josh usually takes her out on the deck for a few minutes whenever he gets home from work.  (And I give her a cracker when she comes back in. lol)

 The backyard isn't exactly kid friendly yet, so it's quite a work out to keep up with Sophi when we're outside.  Now that the weather is warming up we've got some plans to correct that. 

I'm looking forward to a fun summer with my girl!  Not sure when she got so big though!

Baby Ruth

I wasn't really sure how Sophi would react to Ruth.  She isn't around kids younger than her very often.  (I can maybe think of one time she's actually seen a baby prior to Ruthie.) 

I was prepared for some adjustment and some jealousy while we were staying there, but Sophi did so great.

She was definitely curious.  She wanted to touch Ruth all the time.

 

If Ruthie started stirring or making noise or waking up from sleeping, Sophi would rush over to check on her.

If she said the word baby once, she said it a hundred times.  lol 

 

Sophi loved holding her.

And giving her kisses!

 

And a little bit of comparison. 

If one of us were holding the baby, she wanted to be held too.  Not because she was jealous, just because she wanted to visit the baby.

 

I was so proud of Sophi and how she wanted to take care of her cousin.  It was sweet to see them together.  And I can't wait to see them grow up to be good friends! 

Shortest ever trip to the park

When we spent the week in St. Louis, it was the week of crazy weather.  The first half of the week was high 70's and sunny while the weekend included a snowstorm with 3+ inches of snow.

But we decided to take advantage of the warm weather while we could and took a trip to a nearby park.  It wasn't exactly successful.  Instead of woodchips, the filler was smooth pebbles.  Which apparently is completely awful.

It would have been alright if we hadn't all been wearing sandals.  Sophi wanted to run around, but the rocks kept getting in her shoes.

 We tried to swing instead, but Sophi wasn't so sure about that.  I think it scared her.

 It was fun to get out and enjoy the sunshine and fresh air.

 

Even if it didn't last for very long.  :)

Wordless Wednesday

A Quilt for Ruth

I made this tree for Sophi's room when I was pregnant with her. 

  

When Lindsey first started planning Ruthie's room, she started out thinking they would go with a bird theme for the room.  And she asked me to make a tree like Sophi's.  Except they ended up doing something completely different.  I don't know if you would say there is a theme exactly.  Just a quilted pattern and sweet flowers, pastels, etc.   So, she told me I could make whatever I wanted.  This is what came out.  :)

I had so much fun making this quilt inspired piece for Ruth.

Even though half the time I did things the long way around, it still got done in time for our trip to St. Louis.

 I love getting a chance to be crafty.  (Especially when it turns out good!)