Sofia's BIG show!

Another wonderful day with Sofia is just what I've been needing.
PS...those pictures at the very top were taken AFTER a nap lol...so we were still waking up a bit.

Kameron

A Happy Birthday Song for 2.

I know I missed your birthday Paw-Paw and I'm sorry. I made this video as a present to you and Maw-Maw as a birthday present. If you can't understand what I'm saying...all I say is that I had been working on writing a song and that this was a main chunk of the melody. I dedicated it to the two of you as a birthday gift.

I Love you both!

As an added bonus...here are some pictures of Kameron learning how to ride his bike this afternoon after some refreshing ice cream!

He wanted to be a biker boy.

My Saturday off!

The Mclains over at the house for a visit.

Wow...first Saturday off since I started! lol. I spent the day working on college stuff after sleeping in until 12:30 pm. (I haven't done that in forever...so I was allowed lol) But later Dad and I went to get some Chinese and then The Mclains came over for a nice night of chatting after a 5 hour bike ride!(Sofia's working off some of that baby fat! lol) Sofia woke up to visit and had fun in Kameron's old play chair and rocker. She loved the dinosaurs and farm animals. As far as my life personally goes...school is starting to cool down and a routine is setting in. College is a HUGE deal and it takes HUGE effort to get there so I'm getting so many opinions and pulls in different directions trying to go on the right path. But in the end it's not what everyone else wants me to do..it's what I want to do and what makes me happy for setting up my future. I just want to say thanks to the people who are understanding and helpful to what I'm about to get myself into. It's nice to have a shoulder to lean on.

Sofia and Mommy playing in the Dino chair!

She loved those toys!

This is Sofia watching the LSU game....so she says..."What do you mean LSU lost the fumble?"

A windy weekend!

The after-effects of Hurricane Ike hit up here in Ohio yesterday. The winds were gusting trees over onto cars, roofs were caving in, fires were roaring, telephone poles were in the streets. It was nuts! Personally, dad's house had no damage but many other houses here in the neighborhood had either shingle damage or trees fell in their yards. Missy and Kameron stayed with us for most the day and we tried flying kites but the wind beat them up a bit and either snapped the string or broke the kite itself.

We also celebrated my big sister's birthday on Saturday over at Ihop for a hearty breakfast. Sofia seems to enjoy the atmosphere and I believe that Ross and Tricia enjoyed themselves too. I hope she loves her present as much as I do!

And Saturday night after work, I went over to Missy and Kameron's house and visited for a while. We watched Ice Age and played a couple of games. It was a blast.

A touch of love.

I can't wait to see her grow up...but as for now, I'm happy just how she is.

As far as school goes, I love my college class and I enjoy going. My professor's name is Mr. Sodanno who is a retired teacher, but enjoys it enough to continue teaching for some college classes. I am starting to pick up Calculus at school and my other classes are going fantastically...including AP Government. Thanks guys...hope you have a great week!

Livin' the life.

Nothing is better than spending the day with Sofia.

I'm a happy Aunt.

My, how she's grown...

I am at the Mclain's house right now, spending time with Sofia for the first time in two weeks! It hurts to see that she has grown so much and know that I missed it all. Well, I'm making the most of my time with her and I know that I won't be able to see her everyday like I did in the summer, but I'll just have to love on her even more when I do see her. Here is the two of us spending some quality Aunt-niece time together...

Ross does this all of the time to her and she loves it!...it's her fishy-fishy face. Ha Ha. She'll smile and kinda giggle whenever you do this.

What a sweet pea. Every time I tried to take a picture, she would lean over and kiss my cheek. (More like lick my cheek, but it is still sweet!)

She's making a move for my cheek again!
This is the first picture hat I have been able to get of Sofia holding her own bottle!

She's growing up so fast!

"Don't you be eye-balling my milk!

Other than that, these next pictures will show you what I've been up to lately. (Other than school.)

Playing my new guitar is a way I relieve my stress from work and school.

And I thought that all of you would get a kick out of seeing me in my uniform for work...so here ya go lol.

Hanging with my friends always helps me to unwind a relax for a great time.

And of course...I've been driving my new car everywhere...and I LOVE it.