Three!

Sophia turned three years old in January!

Practicing three fingers.

She got brownies on her birthday. She was really good at blowing out her candles!

She got a lot of great presents. Lots of Sofia The First stuff. And a Sofia The First cake for her birthday party! (At least, a cake made to look like Sofia's dress.) 

It was a great birthday!

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Say, "Cheese!"

Just a selection of scattered photos for your enjoyment.

Sophia often asks to "hold" Samuel. This time she also asked me to take a picture.

He should have been Dopey from Snow White for Halloween.

He can army crawl EVERYWHERE (except on slippery wood floors) and he's so close to real crawling.

They both had allergy tests. Sophia tested positive for peanut and cashew. Samuel was negative.

First bites of cereal! He LOVES to eat solid food!

First bath together.

Happy New Year!

We had a very simple New Year celebration. We made cookies on New Year's Eve.

Samuel LOVES to "fly."

Then we watched the end of the Rose Parade on New Year's Day. Sophia was particularly excited to see the "big bands" on the TV.

"Good morning!"

Here's to a great 2014!

Christmas

We had a fantastic Christmas! We decorated our tree.

Each of the children got to put on their "first Christmas" ornaments.

We went to parties. Sophia was the "camelo" in the Christmas pageant at Grammy and Papa's.

Hanging out with Grandpa.

We made Christmas trees instead of gingerbread houses. Sophia mostly ate the decorations.

And we got lots of great presents!

It was a very Merry Christmas!

Goings On and Such

We had Thanksgiving with Tim's family this year because his parents are home! They have been serving the last three years as temple president and matron of the Columbus, Ohio temple. The grandkids are SO excited to have them back!

Grammy started a reading group

Playing with cousin Janeyi

We found out what happens when Sophia accidentally eats something with peanut butter in it. Not fun!

We were chosen to test this new swing for Samuel. Yay for free stuff!

Sophia got her glasses. She is very farsighted. We knew she needed glasses because her eye would turn in when she would try to focus on things up close. The doctor says she will likely be in glasses her whole life, or until she gets LASIK, like her Mama.

Her favorite color is purple. :)

We got a new refrigerator. Here's Tim and Sophia standing next to the old fridge, watching the delivery truck through the window.

Samuel gets bigger every day.

The kids got to see Santa at our ward Christmas breakfast.

We've been told we have adorable children. We're inclined to agree. :)

She grew up overnight!