Sophia

I don't mention Sophia very often, but she is out pretty kitty. I call her the fuzzy first born since she is my first baby and she truly is a member of our family.

Today Ella was coloring on the patio with sidewalk chalk and Sophia was out there with her. She is an indoor only kitty, but she feel comfortable enough to go on the patio. As soon as a car drives by she runs back inside. She is really good about not getting on the railing or using my pots as her litter box, most of the time she she stretches and takes in the fresh air. Today, while Ella was coloring, Sophia took it upon herself to have a dirt bath. Needless to say, my pretty black and white kitty turned blue and yellow. So she got a bath, which she purred during the entire time. She use to get baths once a month, but since Ella was born it's more or less once a year. She use to get baths because when she adopted her she had kennel cough and was so dirty she wouldn't clean herself. So if she gets too dirty she stops bathing herself and we have to do it then she keeps up her coat in between baths.

A Week With The Fam

We just got back from spending a week with my family. We drove up on the 4th of July and had a good drive, minus one little hick up, but not too bad. It was pouring rain by the time it was time for fireworks. So we all got in the back of my moms SUV and parked in the schools parking lot to watch them from the hatch back of the car. It was quite chaotic and fun having thee adults and three kiddos climbing all over each other trying to get comfortable and get a good view of the firework show. Ella and her cousin Liam kept going up in the front seat to be with their grandparents, although, I think in the end it was more for the buttons and honking the horn.

Monday we spent some time with Chris's parents at a local park, they watched Ella play on the swings then they took us to lunch. Later that night we went to dinner at the American Legion. All the people there thought Ella was the cutest thing. She did very well on her hot dog. I guess she likes them grilled, not microwaved.


Tuesday and Wednesday were rainy days so we didn't get to have lots of fun outside. Grandma and I spent out time baking and making food. Thursday was finally sunny and Ella got spend some time in the sandbox in the backyard. She had so much fun that when were brought her inside for dinner she kept digging in Grandma's potted plants!

Friday was an awesome day. We went to Sandstone Ranch for a play date with her cousins. They have this water park thing at the park, where it shoots up water from the ground and then the kids can run through it. They also had a sandbox with a water pump so you can make sand castles or a river, very cool for being a land locked state. All of the equipment at the park was very little kid friends and I liked that alot. We had a good picnic at the park and Aunt Kelly brought their big bubble wond and made friends with all the kids at the park.  We finished the day with an excellent dinner and a good time playing outdoors.

Saturday the cousins came over while their mom worked and we had a good time. We went to the park and flew a kite (more or less, Liam running around with the kite) and played in the play ground. Then the kids watched movies and played in the back yard. Then Papa took the five of us out to dinner at Jacks and it was very good food. Ella liked her grilled chicken that they made just for her and I had a good taco salad; Grandma, Papa and Chris enjoyed buffalo burgers.

Sunday was a crazy day. We started off welcoming a new baby into the family then Chris's sister got married in the afternoon. So asking an almost 2 year old to sit through two church services in one day when she has never been in a church services was asking a lot. She did well and I think she stole the show at the wedding. She did a better job at dancing the twist then most of the adults, it was supper cute.

It was a good week and a much needed week, but I am glad to be back home and get back into the swing of things. Although, I am going to miss Grandma's help with Ella It was so nice to see her get so attached to her grandparents, especially when they only get to see her once a month of less.

Here are some pics from this weekend.