Thanksgiving 2010

We spent Thanksgiving down in Virginia. Mom and Dad had a house full and Dave cooked the ENTIRE dinner for 16 people all by himself (well, I checked on some things in the oven, but we won't count that). 

Here he is with the 22lb. turkey. Thanks to Catherine and Hannah for bringing the meat thermometer or we might have been waiting until midnight for that sucker to cook. 

 Becky and me with Quinn & Carley

 Sophie had some close encounters with Vahid the tortoise. Soon he'll be as big as she is. 

 On Thanksgiving morning we ran a 5K (Sophie cheered with mom from the sidelines). She probably worked off at least one piece of pie... maybe. 

 Sophie had her first taste of turkey.  From the looks of it she seems to like it. But we haven't actually found a food that she doesn't like. 

 We went for a hike on Friday. 

The Coughlin clan 

Candice

I recently realized that I don't have any pictures of Candice on this blog. Since she's the person Sophie spends most of her days with - we must have a picture! 

Do you speak Swahili?

Apparently Sophie thinks it might be a good language to learn.
Her new things is clicking her tongue and then waiting for you to click yours back. Here's a video.

Hiking in the Poconos

This weekend we decided to escape the city and head to the mountains. Unfortunately we missed peak season for fall leaves, but it was still beautiful. On Saturday we did a 5 mile hike that was pretty flat, and on Sunday we did a shorter 3 mile hike that was very hilly. Dave did the brunt of the heavy work - with Sophie on his back the whole time.

It was chilly out so Sophie was suited up properly

One of the more challenging hills

Benson enjoying the view

Sophie can now pull herself up and does so every chance she gets. She's quite proud of herself here. 

We've got a Crawler!

For the last week or so Sophie has been on the move. Mostly she's after Benson, but in this short clip she's after one of his toys (yuck). Although we have what seems like hundreds of toys around the house for her, his seem to be much more interesting.
Click here to see her go!

Who's that baby in the mirror?

I caught Sophie admiring herself in the mirror the other day. Hello gorgeous!

Shannon's 2nd Birthday

Last weekend Sophie's 2nd cousin (I think) turned 2! They had a little party for her at a park in New Jersey. She got to hang out with a lot of family. 

Here's Sophie & Zoe (she was happy, despite the deer in the headlight look here)

Shannon had a blast. Here's the birthday girl with her mom Danielle. 

This was the first time Shannon & Sophie met. Shannon was really cute and kept touching her face and arms and feet. It'll be great when Sophie is a little older and they can play!