Sophie Sophie Sophie

I've been accused of not sharing enough pictures of Sophie, so I'm going to rectify that situation and post a whole bunch.  I think it's due to the phenomenon of the I-phone camera (which I did NOT have with Sarah and Ethan), but Sophie doesn't seem to be falling victim to the traditional "no pictures of the third child"  It's so easy with a camera always in my pocket, and she's just always doing something cute.  So, now that I've taken time to download the pictures, I'll share a few with everyone.

 

Eating Daddy's sunglasses

Sophie with her two favorite people!  They are awesome older siblings!

I think she learned some smiling skills from Uncle Steve

Apparently, so did Daddy...

dang... this was supposed to be a video of her playing pat-a-cake and laughing...  I'll have to try that one again later.

Kisses, Darling!!!

There's just something about a sleeping baby...

Hanging out with her best friend

Springtime Fun

Our spring has been pretty crazy, but SO fun, as we've had lots of visitors and exciting things to do...

On Easter, we had Sophie's baby blessing.  We were privileged to have a LOT of family (literal and adopted) there, including my brother, Shawn's brother, the Eliassens, the Halls (both generations), and the Larsens.  Unfortunately, the camera didn't make it out much.  These are the only shots we got of the kids in their Easter finery.  We had a great time, though! 

In May, our nephew Justin graduated from Carrollton High!  I can't believe we're that old...  But we're SO proud of him.  Marie was able to come out for the graduation (and to play with us).  We loved having her here, and still think she ought to make it a permanent transition ;)

Justin marching into the stadium

As part of Marie's trip, we all took off up the Georgia Mountains to Cloudland Canyon State Park for a little hiking.  The views were spectacular.  We hiked to the waterfalls, which were pretty enough to make the 1200+ stairs worth it. (The trick was, you climbed DOWN the stairs to get to the falls.  You kept going, because you were more focused on getting to the falls than the fact that every stair you climbed down, you would then have to climb back up.  Devious, really.  But still fun!)

Brendan holding up the giant boulder

The whole gang.  Even Sophie enjoyed the hiking!

Morgan, Brendan, Justin and Rick

Hey look!  They CAN get along!