Happy 4th of July

We had a great 4th of July. First we went to the Hilliard parade with Erin and Lilly.

Soph getting ready:

Soph and her friend Lilly watching the parade:

 Soph and I sweating. The parade started at 10 a.m. and it was already super hot.

 Soph waving the flag during the parade:

After the parade, El had to go to work :(. Soph took a nap, then we went to The Scioto Mile to cool off with Erin and Lilly. The girls had a blast.

Lilly loving the fountains:

 Soph loves Erin:

 Soph and Lilly love playing:

 Soph walking everywhere:

 Lilly:

We packed a picnic and I gave Soph a lunchable with crackers, turkey and cheese...she LOVED it and ate almost the entire thing. :)

Weekend fun...

I'm way behind on my blog posts so here's a recap from last weekend.

Soph loves being outside and especially in her pool. Her favorite thing to do in her pool is throw her balls outside of it...then get them lol.

 About to do the splits:

 Loves her ducky:

 Friday we went to Jim & Sharon's because we were supposed to get our family photos taken, however, with the power outage...that didn't happen. At least Soph had fun playing:

 She LOVES tents just like her daddy:

 Soph and her cousin Ellee:

 Taking a bath in Grandma Sharon's tub:

 Soph really only likes to drink out of two different sippy cups. I've been trying new ones (including one with her name on it) but she still won't drink out of them.

Saturday we had a busy day. We woke up in Cinci, drove home...got ready, then went to a birthday party for Soph's friend Kelsey at the Recreations Outlet, then I had a baby shower and El had a diaper party to attend.

Soph and her friend Lorraine who is 3 months younger than Soph at the birthday party:

 Soph looks like a toddler:

 El playing on the trampoline with Soph:

 Soph has been wanting to feed herself:

Walking everywhere...

Sophia LOVES walking now and is on the move 24/7! Here's a video of her walking (her shorts don't match her top because she had a blow out 5 mins before the video lol):

Last day at the beach

So I'm a little behind in my blog posts but I thought I'd still post pictures from our last day on vacation and the trip home.

Soph and I at the beach:

She loved playing in the sand:

 I love these two pictures of El and Sophia:

 Building a sandcastle with El

 And then the storm started to roll in

 But Soph was still smiling:

El wanted to bury her in the sand lol:

 She was over her hat...but wanted my sunglasses:

 Ready for dinner:

 Soph and I before dinner:

 Our flights home were long...and tiring. Soph did well despite the layovers. Here she's reading the safety manual lol:

 During our layover in Chicago we let Soph crawl and play in the kiddie area. They had a huge plane for kids and Soph loved it:

 And El had fun too:

 Soph inside the plane:

We had a great vacation and cannot wait to take Soph to experience more things. Before having Soph I loved going on vacation but they are even more exciting now because we get to show her new things and see how excited she gets. :)