Tonight we are going trick or treating with our cousins Connor & Carson! They are going to be dressed up in Star Wars costumes. Sissy is going to be Glinda from The Wizard of Oz and I am going to be a scary spider :)
Here is a flashback from last year though.
New pics to come later :)Let's see... I have TWO new teeth that have come in. One on the bottom and another one on the top. It looks like there is more to come, and I can feel them. Once in awhile I will wake up in the middle of the night and Mommy will come find me laying in my crib crying and chewing on my hands. I'll be glad when all of my teeth are finally in. I'm also talking a lot! I will say Mama, Dada, Sissy, ball, all done, more, please, cheese, what's that, uh oh, baby, bye bye, thank you - and more! Mommy & Daddy love the stage that I'm in and say that I'm a lot of fun :) Last week Mommy was playing with her camera (imagine that) outside and got some pictures of me in my cute sweater. She has been busy taking pictures of other people lately but she still never neglects my picture taking time.
This is what I do when Mommy says "Touchdown!"
Too bad the Cowboys haven't seen too many of those lately. Maybe next week.I have been sick the past couple weeks with a cough that I just can't get rid of! Mommy & Daddy (and sissy) have to give me a nebulizer at night. I must admit, I'm not the biggest fan of it. OK, so last night I hated it and cried - but it is supposed to make me feel better.
Last night Mommy took some pictures of me so she could update my blog finally!
Oh, and she is just starting up her new photography business - check out her new Photo blog here!
http://suzannesawyerphotography.blogspot.com/
Mommy wanted to tell you all about our trip, so here she is.
"What a blast! We had such a great time at Disney with the kids, they were very good for us. We left last Wednesday night around 7:40pm. I thought Sophia might sleep a little bit on the place since she usually is in bed by 8pm nowadays. Wrong. Which was fine. There was a little boy in front of us, and a little girl behind us that she played with. Or annoyed, one of the two. She kept poking her hands through the seats to both of them and would touch their hands. The little girls parents behind us loved Sophia and was asking about her. The Mom even offered to take Sophia back with them so she could watch the movie with the little girl. She doesn't know that she doesn't sit still for very long :)
We got to hotel and unpacked some things and just relaxed - we knew we were going to be up early on Thursday for Magic Kingdom.
Thursday:
We got up around 7a and went and got Sophia some breakfast and brought it back to the hotel. We got everybody around and then boarded the bus for the Magic Kingdom! We got there and I had forgotten just how beautiful it is there. It's such a happy place :) And the park is so clean. I told Brian that you have to go there as an "adult" so you can appreciate it. We started off with Splash Mountain - Brian took Logan and Carson. After about 5 minutes they came back, Logan crying, she didn't want to go on it. So he took Carson and we watched them. Sophia was too little for this ride, however she did do most of the rides (all of them that she could.) She rode the Dumbo ride, It's A Small World, Peter Pan, Aladdin's Magic Carpet ride, Haunted Mansion (she kept waiving to the ghosts), Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Carribean, the cars where kids can drive- Logan drove and Sophia and I rode along, Mickey's 3D Orchestra, along with some others. She liked most of them, unless they were intruding in her nap time then she wasn't the biggest fan (ex. Dumbo).
Sophia took a nap everyday about lunch time, for about an hour, and then she was good to go for the rest of the evening. We were gone until after 9p, it made for a long day, but it was a lot of fun.
FRIDAY:
We got up around 8a and went to Animal Kingdom. We got to go on a safari and see elephants, giraffes, lions, monkeys and all sorts of animals!! The coolest animal we saw were the big gorillas. They looked pretty scary (there are pics of them in the link below). We spent most of the day here, until about 3:30pm and then headed back to the hotel. I met a couple of friends with their kids at Downtown Disney and Brian took Logan and Carson to Hollywood Studios. Let me tell you, it was quite a trip on the bus to Downtown Disney. I was by myself remember, with Sophia, a stroller (which I had to open and close to get on the bus), a diaper bag, camera bag, Sophia's blanket, and George. A gentleman gave me his seat on the bus (so nice) and it started off OK... then Sophia got to throwing her paci on the ground, hitting and slapping, pouting (she was tired), and being a grump butt. The bus ride was a good 25 minutes which seemed like 5 hours. We finally made it there though and had a good time.
SATURDAY:
We went back to Magic Kingdom and rode some of the rides we didn't on Thursday. And best of all, we got Logan on Space Mountain. I was going to take Carson on it and then she said she was going to go. We thought, "Yeah, right." This was coming from the girl that wigged out on Splash Mountain. So I took her instead of Carson before she changed her mind... she LOVED it!! She went on it again with Brian and Carson right after that. THEN we got her to go on Splash Mountain - again, LOVED it. And lastly, Thunder Mountail Railroad (roller coaster) and LOVED that, too! That's my girl :) Now I have my roller coaster buddy since Brian doesn't like that kind of things usually. Although he did go on Space Mountain and a new ride at Animal Kingdom, so I am proud of him for that.
SUNDAY:
We were up at 4:15am, the bus left for the airport at 5am. Sophia slept the first half of the flight and then was a terror the second half - but we expected it since she was SO AWESOME (she got the star MVP of the trip!) the rest of the trip. So we laughed it off. We got home and her and I took a 3.5 hour nap. It was greatly needed.
It was an awesome trip, but it was good to be back home in our own beds. Sophia agreed...
OH!! I almost forgot the BEST part of the trip. Thursday night - the Spectro-Magic parade. It was the best!! It was a parade at night, everything was all lit up. The kids were in AWE. I couldn't get enough of just sitting there watching them. Logan's eyes lit up and so did Sophia's. Sophia sat quietly and watched all of the lights... every once in awhile she was say something (that sounded Chinese) but I'm sure she knew what she was trying to say. She waved to all of the characters - Mickey, Donald, Ariel, Snow White. It made me a little teary eyed watching the kids being so happy."
We are now back from our trip to Walt Disney World!! It was so much fun but it's also nice to be back home (I missed sleeping in my crib!) Mommy said she will post all about the trip later. In the mean time, here are some pictures for you to check out.
Disney 2008
Enjoy :)
Mommy can't decide what to dress me up in for Halloween. As you know, she was going to dress me up in a monkey costume. She loves it and it's very cute, but she is afraid that it will be too hard for me to walk around in. We will be trick or treating with sissy and my cousins so we will be walking around a lot. Plus I hate having things on my head, and the determined child I am, I might not enjoy that too much. So, instead she was thinking about this instead:
Thoughts? It's more "big girl". I know I'm still a baby, kind of, but I'm just not sure the monkey is the best costume for me. Even though Mommy still thinks it's super cute, she is just looking out for me.
Let me know what you think!!
Miss Jennifer took this video at daycare last week.
Keep your eye on me :)
And if that doesn't bring up the video, click here. It is DEFINITELY worth it!!
Untitled from Suzanne Sawyer on Vimeo.
Where's your belly?
There it is!
What? You didn't know that your "nose" means putting your finger in your mouth??
Daddy is out of town for a few days so Mommy and I went out last night and had some fun. We went to the area where are "hope-to-be-future house" is and walked along the trail that would be behind the house. It is so neat back there! Then on the way home, we stopped at a little area right down the road from our house.
I had a great night with Mommy! We got home and played a little bit, then it was time for bed. At 7:30pm, Mommy kissed me good night and told me she loved me. She told me Daddy loved me too and he would be home in a few days. Mommy & Daddy just started looking at some new houses for us. We walked into one of them last weekend and it was so pretty. Sissy and I were running all around it. We walked into one of the bedrooms and saw this sign:
I think it was more than just a sign on the wall. I think it was a sign to move in there :) Grandma went and saw the house on Saturday when she was here, and she loved it. We told her she can move here and live in the basement with us!
and I'm sad.
Grandma Sue came to visit us last Wednesday, and she flew home yesterday. It was so good to see her and spend some time with her! She watched me at home on Thursday & Friday and we had a blast. I was so tired on Thursday from all of the playing that I fell asleep in sissy's bean bag chair! Mommy came home from work that night and I had on a pair of pajamas and my shoes. Mommy said, "Oh, you had to wear your shoes with your jammies?!" and Grandma said, "I didn't know those were pajamas!" Silly Grandma :) Grandma gave me a bath that night and later on I had something in my hair so Mommy went to wet it and it became all suds-y, I guess Grandma didn't rinse me all of the way. So there we stood where we were, in the kitchen, with my head under the sink rinsing out my hair. Friday we had fun playing, too. And all weekend. We took Grandma to the airport yesterday morning and had to say good-bye to her. It was sad. She even taught me a new trick - how to wink! Well, she winks at me and I squint both of my eyes and get the biggest grin... Mommy will have to get a picture of it and post later. It's pretty cute, so I hear.
I hope she comes back with everybody else next month so I can see her again. I already miss her.
