Who Knew? I know so many people, including myself, who search for the perfect babysitter - who knew it could be found in a 13 year old boy? Sophie loves her uncle Josh : )

Go Bonnie Go! On our drive home from Idaho my '96 Pontiac Bonneville surpased 250,000 miles! She still gets 34 mpg and is one tough old woman! Which is good, cuz we're gonna drive her til she's toast

While in Idaho for Thanksgiving we had Sophie's baby blessing - she was blessed by Eli and wore the same dress that my mom made for me and I wore on my blessing day almost 23 years ago. I'm old : ( (not as old as Eli tho)

When he doen't have school or work Eli helps around the house. The other day I woke up from a nap to find him doing laundry and taking care of Sophie at the same time.

I don't know if you can see it very well in this picture, but when Eli puts his head close to Sophie's her eyes get HUGE and she sticks her tongue out. I used to do the same thing, but I got over it, so hopefully she will too. : ) kidding babe!

Sophie is getting really good and holding her head up, and she actually rolled over the other day! Although, I think it had more to do with her head being heavy than her actually doing it herself.

For some reason when we go home to Idaho to visit my family Eli likes to pretend that is a dirt bike pro with my little brothers. He doesn't have the motorcycles like they do. . . or the helmet, boots, gloves, or any riding gear for that matter. So he scrapes together what he can and pretends he is being safe. Eli's idea of safe includes basketball shorts (it's November in Idaho mind you), my dads work shoes with no socks, and a borrowed helmet that is too small. I know, he looks incredibly sexy in this picture.

Sophie's "I'm hungry" face & Sophie's kissing face. She does this a lot,
so we just kiss her a lot.

Over the past 3 weeks my definition of busy has done a 180. I thought that juggling school, work and basketball was a major feat. That seems easy now. Being "busy" with yourself is one thing, but when another person comes into the picture, it's totally different. Especially when that other person's name is Sophie. Something as simple as taking a shower and getting ready for the day has taken on a whole new meaning. I consider it a major accomplishment if I can get both shampoo and conditioner in and out of my hair without having to jump out of the shower and stop the screaming. Some have suggested just letting her scream. That may seem like a good idea, except the neighbors downstairs like to come knock on the door when they hear anything out of the ordinary, too loud, too quiet, if my car isn't here but I am, if they smell something. . . actually, I think they just like to come knock every now and then.

Sophie likes to sleep ALL DAY LONG so that she has enough energy to party all night long. Since Eli sleeps like a rock, it's usually just a mother/daughter party.

sophie melissa

I've been tagged by Jessica. . .

7 Things I would NEVER say:

1. No, I don't want any ice cream.
2. I'm a good singer.
3. McDonalds is disgusting.
4. Cheerleading is a sport.
5. I could survive without cable.
6. No Eli, I don't need my feet rubbed.
7. I have plenty of shoes.

7 Things Eli would NEVER say:

1. Yes, Candace can beat me at basketball.
2. Mountain Dew and Funyuns are a bad combo.
3. I can't sleep in very late.
4. I don't know how to get there.
5. No, you don't need to rub my back in church.
6. There is a possibility I may go bald.
7. Golf is boring to watch on TV.

Europe

Project Baby

About 1 month in, still playin basketball
Two months, startin to lose the abs,
but can still snowboard.
3 months, apparently the baby is the size of a
rice grain, but I'm not convinced. A rice grain
would let me button up my jeans.

4 months, yeah, I finally broke down and
bought maternity clothes. A random woman
at work guessed I was due in August. I wish.
Try mid October.

5 Months. Huge.

6 months, the belly buttons startin to poke out : (

7 months

8 months. There are no words.

Winter X-Games

The Winter X-Games in Aspen CO
We heard there would be lots of cool free stuff. I don't know if Taco Bell hats qualify as cool.
The skiers/snowboarders actually jumped this gap, I'm not sure how far it is, but that's me in the pink to give you some perspective of how far and high it was.

The Bajarito

Wow, we look pretty gangster.

This is our boat, The Bajarito, that Eli bought with two of his buds and fixed up a couple summers ago. As you can see, it is capable of staying afloat with 3 hotties in it, and even pulling 2 dorks on a tube.

The Incline

"The Incline" is in Colorado Springs near Pikes Peak, it's 2,820 railroad tie stairs to the top. Underestimating the challenge of it, we relied on our extreme athleticism and didn't take water. About 1,000 stairs up we seriously considered jumping the old man that kept passing us and taking his water.