Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We had a wonderful Christmas this year. We got to celebrate our first Christmas with our sweet baby girl, and it was the best. Sophie was so happy all day; Jon said it was as though she knew it was a special day, because she was laughing and talking while Jon got her bottle ready Christmas morning. She woke us up at 6:45 to start the day. Jon and I thoroughly enjoyed our first Christmas watching Sophie and all the fun she had.

We spent Christmas Eve with Jon's family. We had dinner and a fun program, singing Christmas carols, reading Christmas stories and the best part was the nativity put on by the nieces and nephews.
The 12 Harper grandkids

Ashtyn, Aunt Ashley, Avery and Uncle Nick

We went back to grandma and grandpa Reed's to spend the night Christmas Eve. Aunt Nicole and Uncle Scott were there and Uncle Nick and Aunt Ashley came with the girls.

Aunt Nicole with her three nieces; Avery, Sophie and Ashtyn.

Christmas Eve in our pajamas

Sophie had the most fun playing with the wrapping paper. Why do we bother buying toys?

Sophie with all of her Christmas gifts. She sure is loved!

Sophie in her Christmas outfit. Her shirt says I Love Santa and she has a reindeer on her bottom. Grandma Reed tied the ribbon in her hair while we were at the Pitt's house.

Sophie in her Christmas dress. She looked so beautiful! The dress had glitter all over it and we ended up with glitter all over us and Sophie.

My beautiful Christmas baby!

Christmas in Utah

We had a fun time with our families in Utah. We spent the first week with Jon's parents. We relaxed a lot and played lots of games. I caught a cold while we were gone, so our nights were a little restless. I had a hard time sleeping, and I was worried that I would keep Jon awake. To make matters worse, Sophie decided that she needed to wake up at 6:30 every morning. Jon was sweet and got up with her so that I could get some rest and not get worse, but he didn't get enough sleep so he got run down and feverish. At my parent's house, Jon and I slept in separate beds and both of us slept much better. Other than getting sick and getting little sleep, we had a great time. We were sad to leave, but it was good to get home and sleep in our own beds. Traveling is fun, but it can be a little hard on all of us.

This picture was actually taken at our house. Sophie learned how to roll and her favorite place to roll was under the Christmas tree. She loved to play with the ornaments, branches and lights, but also the Santa on the tree skirt.

This was taken at Grandma Harper's. Sophie got to try her first cracker, it was actually a chocolate animal cracker. She loved it!

Sophie playing RAGE with mommy. We played lots of games with family while in Utah. Sophie loves to get in on everything that is going on. She loved spending time with her cousins and grandparents.

Aunt Heather, Jon's sister gave Sophie these cute Santa slippers.

The present behind Sophie is Jon's, and he kept telling Sophie to open his present early so that he could see what was inside. She actually did get to the present and ripped the wrapping paper. Jon was very pleased, but he didn't peak inside.

Grandma Reed put this cute bow on Sophie's head just for fun, but she looked so cute.

Playing under Grandma and Grandpa Reed's Christmas tree. Their tree had ornaments with glitter and ribbon with glitter, so most of the time we were at my parent's house Sophie had glitter on her head. She sparkled!

Our Santa baby!

Sophie was in the recliner watching White Christmas with Grandpa Reed and mommy.

She was so tired, that she fell asleep during the movie.

My cute baby! I was being silly and I put Sophie's pants on her head. She looks like a little puppy.

November Utah Trip

Sophie and I got to fly out to Utah for Nick's wedding and we had a great week. 

 

Sophie was such a happy girl.  I was so glad that the seat next to me was open, so that Sophie could sit in her carseat.

 

Uncle Scotty had lots of fun playing with Sophie.  Here he's holding her up to the massage chair that he bought and fixed.  Silly baby!

 

Looking so cute while playing with uncle Scotty.

 

Uncle Scotty trying out the baby carrier.  I love that she held on to his collar like it was a handle or something.  She thought it was great fun!

 

Just looking so cute and snuggly.

 

Snuggling with Grandma Reed. 

 

My cute chubby little baby!  She looks so cute in her coat that Grandma Reed bought for her and the hat that I made.

 

My happy beautiful girl!  She got this dress from Dr. Singh and Dr. Sidhu.  Their little girl had grown out of it and it was in a bag of hand me down clothes from them.  I love the dress and it looks so cute on Sophie.

 

Looking so cute in another outfit that Grandma Reed bought her.  Always so happy!

 

Such cute cousins, Sophie and Samantha.  They had fun just laying on the floor kicking, rolling and jabbering.

 

We took her diaper off and just let her kick.  She loved being free.  We didn't want to let her be naked for too long, we were worried that she would go pee on the carpet.

 

Since we didn't get to see Grandma for Halloween, I took our Halloween shirts so that we could get a picture of the three of us.  Again Grandma bought the shirt and socks for Sophie.

 

 

 

Nick and Ashley's Wedding

The new Nick Reed family.  Nick, Ashley, Avery and Ashtyn

 

Sophie with her new cousins Ashtyn and Avery.  The girls looked so cute in their dresses.

 

Sophie and aunt Nicole

 

Sophie with uncle Nick.  He just loves her so much!

 

The happy new couple with their cute niece, Sophie.

 

 

Sophie and I were lucky enough to fly to Utah for Nick and Ashley's wedding.  They were married on Fridy, November 11th.  It was a beautiful day!  They were married at mom and dad's church and their bishop married them.  Uncle John and aunt Wendy, Sherri and Israel, Jonathan and Jana and Andres and Kristina were the only ones from our extended family who were there.  Nick wanted to keep the wedding small.  After the wedding, they had pictures taken with Ashley's family.  We decided to take family pictures after the luncheon.  We had sandwiches, soup and yummy dessert.  The luncheon was really nice and everyone stayed to celebrate.  Once the luncheon was over, we went in to the Relief Society room to take pictures and everything was gone.  The Stake Relief Society president had something going on that evening in the Relief Society room and she wanted to get set up early, so she took the arch and all the flowers down without even asking us.  Dad was livid!  He was so upset.  I couldn't believe that she wouldn't even have the consideration to ask someone if it was okay for her to begin setting up, she just took it upon herself to take everything down.  Needless to say, we had to take our family pictures outside and Scott and I were on the sides holding up the archway.  It was terrible!  The day was a good day, but unfortunately it didn't end well.  It really rubbed Dad wrong that she would do that, especially since he was having a hard time anyway knowing that they weren't getting married in the temple.  What a way to end a good day!  It was really too bad.

Happy Halloween!

I had so much fun taking pictures of Sophie for her first Halloween. Beware, there are several pictures for your viewing. I made Sophie a pumpkin hat and grandma Reed and I both bought her Halloween shirts, and of course I had to get pictures of her in both shirts with her hat on. We also dressed up for the ward trunk-or-treat and I took several pictures of Sophie in her ladybug costume.

Happy Halloween!

Mom and Sophie in our Halloween shirts.

We didn't take Sophie to a pumpkin patch this year, she was a little young. We didn't buy any pumpkins either, but I wanted to get some pictures of her with pumpkins. Shannon let us take pictures in front of her fall display.

My happy Halloween baby

Fall pictures with mommy and daddy

The cute ladybug!

The back of her costume was so fluffy. Isn't she the cutest little bug?

I love her little tights!

My two favorite people. My ladybug and spider. I sure love them!

Sophie the ladybug and Elsie the cute sweetpea.

Our first Halloween.

The bug family, a spider, ladybug and bumble bee.

My Baby Doll

A sweet sister in our ward made Sophie a dress and matching bonnet, but it was too big. Sophie has grown and now her dress fits. She wore it for the first time on Sunday and she looked adorable. She reminded me of a baby doll, the one you got when you were a little girl. She is my real baby doll and I love her so much.

I just love the look on her face and the little finger pointing.

She's wearing her little bracelet too.

My sweet baby girl. Isn't she a doll?

Sophie

I just can't help taking pictures of my baby. Here are a few more pictures.

I made this pumpkin hat for Sophie.

I just love her smile. Her whole face lights up when she smiles.

Sophie has discovered her toes and she loves playing with them. She was trying to get her toes in her mouth, so she could suck on her toe.

Just another cute picture of my baby girl.

Sophie was supposed to be taking a nap and apparently she wasn't too sleepy. Jon went up to check on her and this is what he found. What a silly baby!

Sophie got her four month shots and she did so well. I'm so grateful that she doesn't have any bad reactions to her shots. She was a happy girl all day. I had to get a picture with her little bandaid.