Fall Gift Exchange.

Sophia and I had a great time at the gift exchange. Sophia loved all the attention she got. She also enjoyed looking around at a house. I think she's already bored with our home. :-)

We had a great time gabbing with the ladies! And the gift exchange was a major win! We got adorable place mats (even though my first gifts were all stolen!!). I stole the place mats in the beginning, so YAY for getting them back, it may be considered cheating, but the after party trade was totally worth it! I love them!

I took some pictures of Sophia before we went. I loved her outfit today. But when I was changing her into her PJ's I realized that the seam has already started to come apart. So I'll have to fix it. If not, sadly, this will be the last time she got to wear it! I'll come back in and edit this post to add pictures. after I get her to sleep!!

EDIT:Ok I can add some pictures now. First of all here's a picture of her in her outfit. I wish I would have gotten more pictures of her in it!



I know, the bib is really what makes it! I'm glad I found all the bibs for the outfits. Although I wish I would have remembered where I put them when she was wearing some of the outfits last month!

I have been meaning to post a picture of her memory board before I take all the cards down and put them in her book! This is only about 1/2 the cards. We are so grateful for the love and well wishes that were sent our way. Hopefully I'll get some pictures ordered soon (I guess it does no good to TAKE a billion pictures if you don't print any of them out!) so that I can put up some pictures of her on her board!

She's a stylin' little girl!

Sophia has some darn adorable clothes. Unfortunately she's growing so quickly that she isn't going to get to wear some things as much as I'd like. Today's outfit is one of those things. I wish she could wear this all winter. But the jeans are pretty much too small. The shirt is fitting just right (meaning soon it won't fit at all). Luckily the vest we may be able to get some wear out of until late December.


It's the cutest thing isn't it? Go ahead, admit it. She's totally the coolest kid in her adorable vest outfit!!

Today we had a busy day. We went to lunch with her little friend Natalee, Miss Amanda, and Maddie. We then headed over to Uncle Cory's fr a little while. We ended the day at a church group meeting. Sophia pretty much slept through the whole thing. Not shocking really. When we came home I decided to start some laundry, wash the bottles and get as much done as I could before she woke up and wanted out of her car seat. I got a good 30 minutes of cleaning in before she stirred. She ate, we talked for a while, took a couple pictures and now she's down for the night.

Tonight at church during song praise, I kept thinking of how much I've been blessed in my life. I do not deserve all that I've been given. He really has not only provided much more than I thought possible, but He's blessed me in so many ways. It's really difficult sometimes to grasp His will, to understand His forgiveness. But in some moments of stillness I can feel it. It's so real that you can almost reach out and touch it. He has blessed me, even though I don't always deserve it.

And just to show you how blessed I am. This little girl looks at me every day and thinks I'm the greatest thing ever. I can fix her hunger, I can make her dry when she is wet. I can sing to her and dance with her when she is bored. To her I am amazing. To me, she is a blessing.

On a day of great sadness.

I think Sophia is missing her daddy. During today's picture taking time I asked her to smile for Daddy and instead she gave me this:


It breaks your heart a little doesn't it?

This weekend will be busy! Tomorrow night we've got church group for the first time! We're both very excited about that. And then Saturday we've got a fall gift exchange event. Sophia always loves getting lots of attention from everyone.

Today was a horrible day for America. Today there was a shooting spree at Ft. Hood, TX. So many peoples lives have forever changed. You expect to worry about your soldier when he's gone. But you never think when he leaves for a briefing that you should be worried he may not come home. It is days like today that make the country reevaluate it's morals. At least you'd hope events like today would wake us up. Post 9/11 every one was about unity. About brotherhood. No one knew a stranger after the attacks that day. We were so unified that anyone you passed on the street you cared about. Things aren't like that anymore, after a couple of years our country pretty much went back to being self absorbed. I hope that if nothing else the horrible and senseless shooting in Texas will remind everyone that life is fragile. That we can't take a moment for granted. I can promise you there was a little more cuddling going on in the Chandler house. We should never need a reminder to keep our hearts open.



Because today has been a sad day I'm going to leave you with another picture.

12 weeks

Age - 12 Weeks (seriously where has the time gone?!)

Weight - I did a ghetto weigh-in this afternoon and she weighed 16 lbs!

Height - We'll see in a week!

Sleeping habit - We're getting six hour stretches! YAY!

Eating habits - She is still a chunkster. As if you can't tell. So obviously she's still eating quite well!

Cutest Moment of the Week - Halloween! She was the cutest darn flower of 09!

Milestones - She's loving sitting up. She holds on to my fingers and pulls herself up.

Firsts - She had her first halloween.