Happy Thanksgiving

I'm soo behind on my blog posts. We spent Thanksgiving in Columbus at the Beaty's. My parents came and celebrated with us. After we ate, we got all the ads out and mapped out our plan for a day/night of Black Friday shopping. 

Here's some photos from our Thanksgiving: 

Soph eating her first Thanksgiving meal: 

 She liked everything!

 Jax looking soo cute:

 Addie enjoying her Thanksgiving meal:

 Soph's first bite of pumpkin pie and although she made this face, she ate the entire piece lol:

 Eating the rest of her pie:

 Relaxing with full tummies:

 Happy Thanksgiving!!

Cupcake

We had some cupcakes left over from when we had the Beaty's over to celebrate Jax's birthday so I gave Soph one. She LOVED it. You'd think it was her first birthday!! LOL! 

This picture looks smoky but it's actually the sun coming in: 

Jaxon's Birthday

Jax wasn't feeling well on his actual birthday, so we celebrated with the Beaty's a week later. 

Addie enjoying a birthday cupcake: 

 Addie approved of Soph's play room:

 Jax loved the truck we got him for his birthday (and Addie and Soph did too!):

Our new house

After selling our house in August, living with the Beaty's for 2.5 months we finally found the house we love. We closed and moved in acouple weeks ago. 

Here's acouple pictures of Soph checking out the house for the first time: 

Running into the kitchen:

 And then up the stairs to see her play room and her bedroom:

 She loved the tub in our bathroom:

 Soph's play room:

 Helping Grandpa Jim hang blinds:

 Soph loves her new house:

No More Paci

That’s right, I’ve finally taken the plunge…or should I say my mom took it for me? Last week while we were closing/moving/unpacking my parents kept Soph for us. It was a LONG week for me to be w/o my baby (longest I’ve ever been w/o her) but she had a lot of fun with her Nana and Poppy. My mom asked me last Monday “Do you want me to break her of the paci?” At first I wasn’t sure, but then I knew my mom could do it and it would be easier for my mom to do it, then for me and El. So, my mom didn’t give her a paci Monday night at bedtime. Soph looked up at my mom and said “paci” from her pack n play. My mom didn’t give it to her. The next day she asked for it when she went down for a nap, and again, my mom didn’t give it to her. Then she went 2 days without asking for it. She asked my mom for it once or twice more but that was it. She went 5 days w/o the paci before I picked her up. I drove to Piqua Saturday morning (I woke up at 7 a.m. because I was soo excited to see her) and drove as fast as I could to Piqua…so fast that I got a speeding ticket. :( My first ticket since 2001! I was going 81 in a 65. I even tried crying but I don’t think he saw the tears because I had on sunglasses and told the SHP that I hadn’t seen my daughter in almost a week so I was soo excited to see her and didn’t realize how fast I was going. He didn’t care! Back to the paci…so Saturday I brought Soph to her new house and she loved it. Then it was nap time but she refused to nap. She cried, screamed and wouldn’t go down. It could have been because we were in a new place, her grandparents were there, or it could have been the paci. Bed time was the same, she fought us which she has NEVER done before. We’re still struggling with putting her down for naps and bed time but haven’t given her a paci. I actually trashed them all because I knew we’d give in and just give her the paci. So it’s been over a week and she’s still paci free!! My first goal was to have her broken of the paci at 12 months…..after that came and went…I decided 18 months so I’m still happy she’s paci free before then. Thanks to my mom for pushing me to break her…and actually breaking her for me. That made it MUCH easier! :)

Super Games

I bought a Groupon for Super Games (a place that has TONS of huge jump houses, trampolines, playgrounds, etc.) so Misty, Katie, Kelly and I all took the kids acouple weeks ago. Elliott and I took Soph when she was around 8 months old because we were invited to a birthday party that was hosted there. Soph had fun then, but she wasn't walking so it was totally different this time around. The kids all had a blast...and Misty and I were super tired afterwards lol. It's a work out.

Soph climbing up the slide:

 And riding the dinosaur:

 Falling:

 She loved being able to climb anything she wanted:

 And playing basketball on the trampoline:

 Soph and Addie playing with Auntie:

The Groupon was $12 (I think) and we get to go 3 times. I can't wait to go back. Elliott is excited to go with us next time.

Toledo

Last weekend we drove to Toledo for Tripp's second birthday. We also made a trip to campus and to the greek village.

Soph and daddy in front of the Pike house:

 Future Pike dream girl:

 She loved running through the village.

 Future AOII:

 Soph had soo much fun playing on this trampoline at the birthday party:

Dress up

We also played dress up yesterday which was Addie's favorite. Soph had fun but would prefer to try on several pairs of shoes instead lol! Here's some pictures:

 Addie and her baby matched:

 Jax didn't play dress up, instead he played with tools!

 Soph really liked the chalk....so I bet we'll get chalk board paint for her play room.