Thank you to a special friend!

A thank you to a special friend (who would like to remain anonymous) for helping me redesign my blog. She did an awesome job and I love it!

So, THANKYOU K!!!

I heart Woodkins

Bug and I went shopping today at another of my favorite stores... TJM*axx and I could not believe what I found on Clearance... look:



Yes, Woodkins that are the Princess and The Frog!!! We just had to get them and Sophie has had a ball playing with them. All it is is a little wooden doll attached to a board with various heads to change out with different expressions and little pieces of cloth that you lay over the cutout, close up the board and you can make them have all these different outfits. Sophie was so enthralled with it, especially since she could do it all by herself.





Here she is with her pretty princess all dressed up waiting for her handsome frog...er prince! Notice that she has on her beloved Princess Tutu on top of her footy pj's!!



Sophie is not a child who plays much with toys by herself. She typically prefers to read books or copy whatever I am doing, but this new toy kept her occupied for almost an hour! She was sad to put it away! So... from one weary mommy who runs out of ways to occupy her toddler... I heart Woodkins!

Wordless Wednesday

Princess Sophie Bug

A very special friend made the MOST WONDERFUL gift for Sophie~Bug. She has an amazing granddaughter named Allie that she is also outfitting like a princess and shared her talents with my little princesa. I wanted to share some pictures of my Princess Sophie~Bug in her princess tutu!!!





I don't know if you can see her cute embroidered shirt... but it says "Princess Sophie" with a little ladybug for her "Bug" nickname.





Thank you so much, Nancy!!!! You have made one little princess very happy!!!!

(If anybody is interested in ordering their own tutu, leave me a comment with your e-mail address and I can send you Nancy's information).

Love and FROG!!

Sarah

Favorite Foto Friday #24

Since I discovered the last picture of Sophie in the snow from 2 years ago... I decided to go "RETRO" for this week's FFF. And, again... can't choose just one, but both of these were taken out in our front yard right after Sophie came home at 5 months old.

See how much hair she didn't have around the sides of her head? It was all on the top in a little bunch... but I love her eyes in this picture... so full of trust, wonder and love. We bonded so quickly... as if she knew that she was home where she belonged all along...



And this one is just pure heaven to me... I never saw a smile on her face in any pictures I received during the adoption process. But, when she came home, her smile was just enormous and so contagious. I think all we did was sit around and smile at each other for our 12 weeks of maternity/FMLA leave. Sigh... such a joyous time of my life!!



OK, misting up looking at these pictures. My, how my little bug has blossomed!!! I still feel so blessed each and every day to have her as my daughter.

Leave a comment if you would like me to link your FFF post (or if I find your FFF post first). What would you think of some "themed" FFF posts in the future? Could be a challenge or lots of fun!!

Sabra & Maya
Rachel with Moses
Holly, Gia & Nino
Becky, Juliana & Amaya
Christina & Aiden
Krystal, Gerson & Elviz
Becca, Myles & Ella
Amy & Jonathan
Lisa & Madeline
Robyn & Gabriella
Alleen & Gabriella
Katie, Angelika, Taylor, Brayden & Arianna
Kelly & Skylie
Kelly's Tribute to Dawn
laurie, Mindy & Joe
Kerri & Ruby
Heather, Kyle, Brandon, Devin, Jacob & Allie
Lisa 7 Sophia

Wacky Wednesday

A picture from Sophie's first snow back in January 2006... I can hardly believe this was taken two whole years ago!!



Poor thing... decided she did NOT like the cold white stuff.

Double That!

Well, we woke up this morning to a surprise! I have not been watching the weather and low and behold, we got double the blizzard from last week... maybe a little under two inches of snow this morning and a two hour delay for school (gotta love living in Ky - LOL!). So, Bug got on her snow boots and finally got to ride in her sled that we bought two years ago. She LOVED it!




She made her first snowball! The snow was that perfect packy type... would have made a great snowman if we would have had time before work and school.


I loved watching her walk in her cute little coat and boots.


She wanted to pull her sled but her cute little cupcake mittens were hard to use... darn thumby thing...


Here snowball, let me take you for a ride!


Wheee!!


Pushing it up the driveway was much easier!


By the time we got home tonight, the snow had mostly melted, but Grant offered to take her out in the front yard to ride on his sled. She did not want to sit on it, only stand.


Mom... it's cold out here, I want to come back inside!


OK, we've had our snow. Let's bring on Spring!!