Vacation

O.K. obviously we haven't posted anything in a very long time. We have been on vacation for the last three weeks. We had lots of fun but it is great to be back home and in our own bed. We had such a full vacation and took so many pictures that I am overwhelmed with all the them. I was sitting here looking at them and realized just how many there were. So I will be going through them and posting over the next couple days. Sofie learned so much while we were gone. She is now crawling the "right" way, she learned the signs for bird and more, she can do "touchdown" (Nathan has been working on that since she was born and he is rather proud of himself for it.) She is pulling herself all the way up on things and starting to walk around things. She also went on the plane for the first time and in the three weeks she was on one four times. She did really well and was never the loudest baby on the plane which made us happy. We went to the zoo in Minnesota and Denver we went to the butterfly pavilion in Denver, we were able to go back to Nauvoo where we were married. We haven't been back since then. We saw a Great-Grandma and Cousins, and Aunts and Uncles, and old friends and of course Grandmas and Grandpas. I am sure that there is a lot more that I am forgetting so if I have forgotten anything or anyone I am sorry but I am sure I will realize it while going through pictures so hang tight and it should come up in a couple of days.

caged monkey

Sofie was being a ham for the camera yet again. Dad and Sofie were playing around in his truck, she sure was having fun.

Starving child

You would think we are starving our child and she had to resort to eating her feet. She thinks she is so funny, you tell her to stop doing something and she looks at you and laughs. I know we shouldn't laugh with her because it encourages her and all that, but how can you not. She is such a cute kid.

Helping Dad with the dishes

Sofie wanted to help with the dishes. She was mostly just in the way, but she was sure having fun. She started pulling herself up on things. She was climbing up on the kitchen chair today and pulled it down on herself. She was startled but o.k. I couldn't find any bumps or bruises. It took a minute for her to stop crying and realize she was going to be o.k.

The one in the pink jacket is a cute picture of Sofie (which ones aren't). The one with the dog was kind of funny and not at the same time. Sofie was wanting to get at this dog for a while, so Grandpa decided to help her pet the dog. When she was petting him this picture was taken and the dog turned quickly toward the camera. Sofie freaked out, she was crying and shaking. Everyone felt bad, Alyssa's mom (whose dog it is) wanted to know if he had done anything wrong, I think the poor dog was just as scared as Sofie was. Nathan and I don't like dogs so we will probably never own one but we don't want Sofie scared of them, so we had her try again. She was still pretty timid but she got over it rather quickly, then she was fine.

Rock Family get together

We were able to get together after the blessing at our house for a BBQ with the Rock and Oakeson Families. We had a great time visiting with everyone.

Some more cute pictures

I just thought the one after her bath was adorable, I have no idea where she gets the blue eyes from but I am not complaning. I love them. The other picture was one Grandpa took while they watched her so we could go to the Temple. It was raining and the blanket was suppose to keep her some what dry, she had other plans. and the one with her in shorts is just cute. Sofie has also reached some great milestones today. She was actually crawling on all fours for quite a few "steps", she aslo sat up all by herself without the help of anything pulling her up and she was drinking from a sippy cup. One that requires some real effort to get the liquid. We are so proud of her, but we also can't believe how fast the time has gone.