Easter

Happy Easter! 

We spent the beautiful weekend in New Jersey with the Sharps. Sophie tried her hand at dying Easter eggs for the first time. While her hands ended up as colored as the eggs, she had a good time.

On Sunday we went to the Yacht Club in Cape May for an Easter brunch and egg hunt. And much to Sophie's delight, an appearance of the Easter Bunny!

Click here for a video of the bunny encounter. 

Once she realized that the eggs contained candy ("choc it") she got into it and quickly filled up her basket. The Elmo basket was a huge hit! Thanks Mom Mom!

Happy 2nd Birthday Sophie!

We celebrated Sophie's 2nd birthday this entire weekend! Beginning with a special birthday crown and glasses at breakfast on Friday morning, which she refused to take off, until we promised that she could wear them again that night...

 ...to a special birthday celebration at school, where she got a special crown.

 I'm not entirely sure what the birthday celebration consists of - but she got to hold a a globe and blow out a candle. That's her teacher Ms. Heather.

 She also spent time with her best friend at school Claire.

 Friday night we had a birthday dinner at a new mexican restaurant in our neighborhood, where she order the BPJ & Fluff quesadilla. Decedent for sure. And we all went home with fluff all over us.

On Saturday we had a family part at our house, where the celebrations continues. She wore her crown for the while day and enjoyed all of the friends and family who came to visit.

 Clearly excited about her presents here...

 And then everyone sang to the birthday girl, and she blew out the candle on her coconut cake (in honor of her week in St. John where she enjoyed the fresh coconuts).

And then on Sunday morning she opened her presents with her Nana, Pap Pap, and great grandma (mom and dad too). 

Happy Birthday to out sweet Sophie! 

A Week in Paradise

Last week we took a big family vacation to St. John. We rented a house on the Cruz Bay side, on the boarder of the national park. It was an amazing week of good food, snorkeling, swimming, hiking, and generally just unwinding. Sophie loved the sun, sand, water and all of the attention from grandparents, her aunt and cousin.

 Here's a shot of the house from the driveway. It was made up of three separate buildings, with a pool separating two of them, and a courtyard separating the other two.

 Bathing Beauty

The whole crew on our last day (sigh). 

Two Year Check-up

Sophie had her two year check-up yesterday. The doctor also confirmed that her bronchiolitis is completely gone, thank goodness. She's a healthy little girl. 29 lbs, 34 3/4 inches tall. Here are a few pictures that her teacher took over the last month. She definitely a happy girl at school!

Happy Birthday Claire

Today Sophie's friend from school Claire celebrated her 2nd birthday at the Little Treehouse in Chestnut Hill. They all had a blast in the tumbling room.

 Sophie and her friend Rachael

 Exhausted from jumping

 And of course there was cake (and lots of it!)

Practicing her balancing skills. She was pretty good at the beam actually. 

Merry Christmas!

Dave and I flip flop families for Christmas, so this year we were down in Va. with my family. My cousins from Long Island, Brittany & Brandon, and my aunt Pam also came down. They used to come down years ago and it was good to spend the holiday with them again. Sophie got a lot more into it this year, but was a little overwhelmed with all of the presents. She was excited for about the first 3-4 and then started to lose it, and so Dave and I ended up opening up the rest of hers.

 Coming down the stairs to see if Santa came

Santa did indeed come! She raced toward the stack of presents under the tree. And loved the wooden rocking chair from her Great Grandma!

Brandon also helped open her presents.

With Brandon & Brittany later in the day

Reading with Brittany

The whole family!

(more) Home Construction

We've been in our house about 3 1/2 years and are finally getting out bedroom redone. It was time the shag carpet and track lighting came down - sorry 1974.

Here's a shot of the custom closets going in. Very exctied!

 And the finished product! Benson has already made himself at home :)