Happy Halloween!

Happy late Halloween! We have been in Atlanta on business for Toby so I am late with the update. Hope everyone had a great one.

We only went to a few homes, our neighborhood is not very kid friendly. The church a block from our house had jumpers and a Treat or Trunk. So we went to the church and she filled her purse and played. We live around the corner from the Gallahues -so they are our Halloween buddies!

Here is all of us at the zoo! Sophia had a great time filling her "pumpkin purse" with all the great candy.

We have done so many Halloween activities, I can honestly say I am Halloweened out! Between the Zoo, Brown Park Festival, and Halloween parties at school we got out money out of her costume this year! Here is her school Halloween Party outfit, it was to hot to wear her costume.

Halloween Preview

We attended the Wessel Insurace Company's annual Halloween Party. This is the first year we brought Sophia because we normally stay until after her bedtime, but she is able to stay awake later so she made her pumpkin debut! She kept her costume on the whole night until we made her change! She ate cookies and candy for dinner followed by lots of Sprite. She was in heaven.
With so many things to do, this is my favorite time of year. We will post more at Halloween!

Happy Fall!

Fall is here and the weather is finally cooperating. We decided to take our annual trip to Huber's Family Farm. We had a great day!



Sophia loved her pony ride with "Isabelle". She laughed and laughed so we fully expect her to ask for a pony at some point.
We bought more than 10 handfuls of animal feed and Sophia really got a kick out of the animals licking her hands, the baby goats head butting each other, and she even managed to hug a few of the larger animals as they tried to take the food away from her.



She drove a tractor with a little help from mom's foot (her legs were to short to reach the pedal.) She refused to let me steer so we ended up in the fence a few times.
She finished the day jumping with daddy on the "big balloon".

I can't believe it's August, summer is almost over! We have had a busy schedule between get togethers, school, gymanstics, the zoo and the pool. I feel like all we have done is go, go, go! We went out to eat with the Zaboronaks, they have a daughther named Samantha who is about 8 months older than Sophia, but they had a great playdate as you can see!










We have had a full month of being two and it has been interesting! She refuses to smile for photos.







This summer has been so mild we go to the zoo about once a week. She loves the carousel, although I find it nauseating! Usually Toby take her, but he had to work this day.










Who would have thought monkey's wear bright yellow bows in their hair!








Everyone enjoy the rest of Summer 07! I will update as I get more pics!

Sophia is 2

Just a quick update. We had Sophia's 2nd birthday. Sophia thinks she is very big and likes to put on my shoes.


She loves Mickey Mouse soo much she ruined her first birthday cake by putting her hand through the cake while I was in the bathroom This is cake #2. She recieved lots of toys and clothes and the whole family came to celebrate.
She refused to take pictures on her birthday! This is the best we could do.



Since turning two she has a little bit of an attitude.


First good picture of her in a while. Her first full day of being two!

Destin, FL - June 2007

Toby started this blog for us, but has not updated it since the initial post. I am going to take a stab at it, but keep in mind my computer skills are horrible. These are pics from our first family vacation. We went with a friend of mine who has three triplet boys, you can imagine the chaos.
This is Toby and Sophia on the beach. She did not spend much time in the water. Since she doesn't like to get her hands or feet dirty she spent most of the time rinsing her body in buckets of water.

Sophia being chased by daddy!

Sophia is taking gymnastics and loves to do her "Ta Da's"

We had seven great days of sun and sand, hopefully we can convince Toby to make it a yearly thing!

Toby & Nicole on their way to the 2006 Mint Jubilee

Here's a picture taken just before we head out for the 2006 Mint Jubilee. We will be joining Bill & Doris Sims as guests of the Greater Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau. We see dozens of jockeys, celebrities, and get our picture taken on the red carpet (picture to be posted later).