Apple Orchard

We took Soph to an apple orchard this weekend to pick some apples for the first time. It was a little chilly and windy, plus El and I have never picked apples so it was interesting to say the least.

Soph and I picking the first apple...

 Trying to find some good ones:

 El getting the ones up high

 Soph had more fun chasing after daddy then picking apples:

 She found acouple on the ground. I think this years Easter egg hunt will be fun lol!

 Soph and Daddy:

We're hoping to check out another apple orchard in the next couple of weeks that has a corn maze, hayride and pumpkins. The one we went to this weekend only had apples. I was hoping to get apple cider, apple pie...you know...everything apple. :)

Week off with daddy...

Elliott had Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday off this week so Soph had alot of daddy time. El took advantage of the time off and took her to the zoo not once...but twice this week! They love going.

Soph in front of the monkeys:

Checking out the fish and turtles:

 Then when I got home from work we all played outside:

 She has more fun chasing after Elliott than playing on the swing set:

 She looks soo BIG in this picture:

 Loves building with her blocks:

 On Friday Grandma Sharon came to Columbus and went to the zoo with Soph and El:

 Soph running to see the kangaroos:

 Trying to climb over the fence to get the kangaroo:

 Forget taking pictures...Soph wants to check out the animals:

 Soph went on a boat ride at the zoo

 And loved it!

 Watching cartoons Saturday morning while holding her favorite baby (which is Addie's haha)

 Then we took Soph to Easton Mall for some shopping. She loved the water fountain:

 And wanted to climb in:

 Bath time!

Random

Another random post since I haven't posted pics in a week!

Living with the Beaty's means lots of time with my niece and nephew and I LOVE that!! Isn't he the cutest??

 Soph loves Addie's chairs and she climbs in them all the time:

 Nana came to visit this past weekend. We had alot of fun spending time with her all weekend.

 Then on Sunday we went to a Hello Kitty birthday party for Soph's friend Ella. She had a blast.

 Jax and Soph in the jump house:

 Ella (the birthday girl) and Soph trying to leave the party lol:

 Soph loved playing in the rocks:

 Soph loves all the Beaty's toys. I'm getting lots of ideas for Christmas...including a Magna Doodle:

 Soph loves seeing her Auntie and Uncle Ricky everyday. She loves going into Uncle Ricky's office and sitting on his lap when he's working.

 Soph and Jax playing together.

 LOL!! Jax is soo funny!!

 Future basketball player?

 OMG doesn't she look soo much older than 13 months here?

 My little monkey...always climbing something:

 And looking outside saying "car" and "truck"

 More random recent photos:

 Just climbing into Jaxon's walker:

Date Night

Saturday night Jim and Sharon graciously agreed to watch Sophia so El and I could have a date night. When we were deciding on where we'd go I suggested Put-N-Bay and El suggested Newport on the Levy. El won! I liked his suggestion because we were already driving to Cinci to take Soph to Jim & Sharon's. El did all the planning...I just went along. Newport on the Levy was NOT what we expected. We both thought there would be bar/restaurant/bar/restaurant...meaning lots of bars and restaurants next to each other - all in walking distance. There were acouple bars and restaurants. We still had alot of fun.

First we went to Hofbrauhaus for drinks. It was pretty dead but they still had some live music. Its actually in Kentucky so when we walked in they asked "smoking or non smoking." I forgot other states still allow smoking in public. I'm sure this place gets crazy in the evenings.

 Cheers!

I didn't take any other photos from the night except the one below. After we left Hofbrauhaus, we went back to our hotel, Embassy Suites to freshen up to go out later. Embassy Suites has happy hour from 5:30 - 7:30 and ALL the drinks are FREE. Plus they had free snacks. We sat at the bar the entire time. We met some guys from Graham which is VERY close to Piqua. They actually know acouple people I know and also went to high school with one of El's friends. Small world. After happy hour, we went back to Newport on the Levy for dinner and drinks.

When we got back to our hotel we found this:

A bottle of champagne, card and chocolate covered strawberries. The card was from the front desk saying they hope we enjoy our first night away from our newborn. LOL! Sharon called to tell them we were celebrating our first night away from Soph. While she's 13 months and we've had acouple nights away from her, it was still VERY nice of the front desk.

Soph had soo much fun with her Grandma Sharon and Grandpa Jim. A big thanks to them for watching her.