One BUSY Summer Week

It's hard to believe we're in the waning days of summer - it's already in mid-August!

This past week was busy ... it's funny because there really isn't one specific thing I can really write about, just lots of little things ...

There were the regular daily summer activities - summer camp and our weekly play date with the Hoovers (Gretchen, KaraLin and J.J.) ... and then we also had special visitors too.

During the week this past month, Sophie has summer camp until noon, then a nap and an afternoon activity. It makes our days just fly by!

Sophie is enjoying summer camp and seems to be growing up right before my very eyes. It's fun to hear her come home, talking about friends she has made and things that she has done that day. I've also really enjoyedhearing her sing all those children's songs that I grew up with and dancing along to them ... with no particular rhythm. Sophie is definitely becoming a little girl ... which is so so bittersweet.

As Andrew said to me the other day, some days you wish she could stay a toddler forever, other days, Sophie just can't grow up fast enough!!! How true that is!

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This week we had also had two visitors."Ankie Brooke" (otherwise known as Auntie Brooke) came to visit us on Wednesday. Brooke just got engaged so it was a real treat to visit as well as meet her fiance, Claude, who was also here for a few hours. While they were here, I was able to take Brooke and Claude's engagement portraits Brooke spent the night after dropping Claude at the airport (he had to get back to work in Dallas) and we were able to visit and spend lots and lots of time together. Brooke is Blake's Godmother and it was the first time they had met so it was a special visit.

One of my favorite photos from their session

Brooke and Blake

Then on Friday, we had another special visitor. For about the first 18 months of Sophie's life, we struggled to get her to hit physical milestones. While babies her age were crawling, she was still flat on her back. When babies were starting to walk, she was starting to crawl ... nothing was wrong with Sophie, just a big head and a small body ... and a little bit of time and patience. We've kept in touch with Susan (otherwise known as Suzu), Sophie's physical therapist and we were able to visit with Suzu last Friday. It was a great visit and we can't wait to see our favorite therapist again!

On Saturday, Andrew took charge of our crazy two (brave, brave man!). Later this year, Brooke and Claude (who visited on Thursday) are getting married in the Bahamas so on Saturday, I had the honor of going with Brooke, her mom, Susan, and sister, Brittany, to go bridal dress shopping. Maybe, just maybe ... we found our girl a very pretty dress for her very important day!

Then on Sunday, we headed over to our friends Ryan and Tricia's apartment for a pool party ... their last of the summer. Ryan served up a 4-course BBQ and everyone, especially Sophie, enjoyed swimming in the pool. I'll bet Sophie spent about 2 full hours "swimming" while Blake watched and slept on the sidelines. It was a really great way to end the week ...

Ready for a pool party!

My sweet little man, Blake, is ready to go too!

Ryan took over the chef duties ... yum!

Swimming with Daddy!

Wheeeeeeeeee!!!!!

Sweetest little friends - Malia, Sophie and Holly

Sophie and Holly
These two met at Ryan & Tricia's wedding a few months ago.
They were instantly best buddies back then ...
and rekindled their friendship at the pool!

It was a great week ... I wish summer could last forever ....