Sophie's 2nd Birthday at the Discovery Center

Wendy and I celebrated Sophie's second birth "day" at the Discovery Center. We went on a nature walk even though it was hotter than hades. For the most part the girls had a blast...except for the canoe picture below. What a great CHEAP place to go for a day of fun!

Sophie is TWO

Sophie turned TWO on July 9th.no kidding. I can barely believe it! She had 3 parties this year. One at my parent’s house on July 4th, one the day before her birthday with Blake, Michelle, David, Jason, & Harrison. And one the weekend after her birthday with her Franklin friends. We did a Sesame Street theme and had so much fun! Here are the pictures to prove it! Keep in mind that she REALLY hates hats.

 
 

July 4th, 2009 Sophie's 2nd Birthday

We celebrated Sophie's 2nd birthday during our annual 4th of July trip to Knoxville. The Poteets and Grand-mommy and Poppy Huskins all helped to make it a special day!

My mom got the girls these matching chairs, we could not get them to face the same direction

Aunt Wendy with the girls

Extreme tickle me Elmo...belongs to Nana

The Poteets: Darrell, Brooks, Logan, & Julie



Pigtails!

We can finally get her hair in….PIGTAILS…real ones! I LOVE IT. I do have to say that with this particular hairstyle, she looks so much like me as a toddler that it is almost creepy…it’s like looking in a mirror from a very long time ago! Of course the “chatterbox” t-shirt helps too. When I was little I had 2 favorite t-shirts, one said “chatterbox” and the other one said “I’ll be the President as soon as I learn how to cross the street” (or something like that). Well, I really don’t want the President’s job…but the chatterbox is true enough (for me anyway).

Arrington Vineyards

We took the girls to Arrington Vineyards for a picnic, some wine tasting (for us...not them), and some live music. Their favorite thing to do was to run through the grapevines! They also shared a cheerio picnic!

I could not love this child more...

I could not love this child more if she was mine. Josie is hilarious. I love her. I love the things she says, I love the things she does. She is insane. Here are a couple of my favoriate Josieisms...

Wendy: Josie, I need you to help me pick out a dress because you have such great taste.
Josie: Okay mommy
a couple of minutes later Josie is holding a dress up to her mouth...
Josie: Mommy, I want to taste this one.

Wendy was keeping Zoe for us when we were out of town...Josie loves Zoe.
Josie: Mommy, I want Zoe to live with us forever...
Wendy: Well, Josie, I don't know if she can stay forever, but she'll be here a couple of days.
Josie: Mommy, I said FOREVER.

I also love that my sister will have to raise her through her teeenage years!

I believe she is pushing her stroller with her Retro Rocket

A tea party with friends

A beautiful picture of Josie and Wendy!

It's belly time!!

Sophie and Josie went to a spring football scrimmage at Ravenwood High School and had a blast. I’m not sure they understood that there was a football game going on, and clearly they had no idea who won. But honestly, we spent so much time watching them we couldn’t tell you either! They had a fun filled night with big belly contests, races, sippy cup stealing, and of course HUGS.

Sophie’s latest trick is to show you her belly. She loves to lift up her shirt and show it off. On this particular day, she decided to lift up Josie’s shirt to show all hers off too. The funniest part is that Josie has an adorable little “outie” belly button which Sophie was just fascinated with. She kept lifting up Josie’s shirt to try and push it back in. Hilarious.