Vacation

TJ was on vacation all week. He needed a break and we needed him home. It was so nice to have him all to ourselves for 7 whole days! We spent the first couple of days cleaning our house and he got to go to the dentist. Then we re-seeded the backyard. On Wednesday we went down to St. Louis. The zoo is free so we spent a few hours there. It was a gorgeous day and we had a really good time. Sophie was interested in the "doggies" (every animal was doggie) but was more interested in pushing the stroller. We forgot the camera so we didn't get any pictures. We all really enjoyed the butterfly area. It was cool, calming, smelled like Hawaii and the butterflies were beautiful. Sophia was pointing at all the butterflies flying around and would duck or scrunch her face when they would get too close.

After the zoo we went to TJ's cousin's house. Jenny was nice enough to watch Sophia for a few hours so TJ and I could go to the temple. What a great experience. We haven't been for a while and have been wanting to go so it was so nice of her! Thank you Jenny. We ate Ihop for dinner (at 10:30pm) and then went to the Hilton Garden Inn. It was a nice hotel considering we got it from Hotwire and they don't tell you the name of the hotel until after you pay for it. The bed was super comfy. TJ woke up around 4:30am with the worst heart burn of his life. I forgot the medicine so I told him to go down to the front desk where they had a 24 hour store. He found something and went to the reception desk to pay for it. The receptionist was asleep and he tried a few times to wake her. She didn't budge. So he took it and came back up to the room. We told the morning receptionist and he said it was on the house. Kinda funny.

Thursday we did a lot of city things. TJ went to the Apple store to get his phone fixed, then we took the car to Firestone to get it aligned, Best Buy, ate at Mimi's (I have really been missing this restaurant and we had a not so great experience, bummer), Babies R Us, Target, back to the Apple store, LDS Distribution Center, Sonic, and home. Sophie was a trooper through this day and she refuses to take a nap when anything is going on. We were at target around 3:30pm and she started falling asleep in the cart at the check out line. She is so adorable! We had such a wonderful time together as a family. He really spoiled me. We did pretty much anything I wanted to do. I am so glad he is able to take vacation days so we can spend some quality time together. I am sad that tomorrow is back to the grind.

Boy, time flies!

So it has been 5 weeks since my last post and our little Sophie has gotten so big. I went to the doctor yesterday for myself and sneaked her on to the scale. Her in the car seat weighs 20 pounds. The car seat alone weighs 7.8 pounds. I did some simple math and she weighs 12.2 pounds! Can you believe it! 7 weeks old and over 12 pounds! I was shocked. I don't know how accurate this method is but still. Anyway, TJ got home from Wyoming on the 10th (picture below) and we all flew to Illinois on the 11th for a residency interview.

This is Sophia on her first flight.

She actually did very well. No fussing at all until the ride home on the last part of the flight. That wasn't even bad.

While in Illinois we were all very spoiled. Aunt Hayley bought Sophie a ton of warm clothes and a Halloween costume! She is gonna be so cute as a strawberry :) Uncle Travis and Aunt Hayley took us around to look at houses, just in case. . . We found a couple that we really liked. We ate out a lot, I even got Sonic. Yummy strawberry limeade! Have you ever heard of the city Hannibal? Well, it is the home of Mark Twain! We went and did the tourist thing, climbed the steps to the lighthouse that overlooks the Mississippi River,

saw the house that he grew up in and got some candy at the old candy store. We left on Saturday and though we were sad to leave the Illinois Moore's, we are very happy to be home and together again. It is time to get back to a normal routine, even if it is just for a month. The next thing we have to look forward to is Sophia's blessing and a visit from TJ's cousins and the Idaho Moore's!

Here are a few more pictures of Sophia. She smiled at my mom on October 4th. That made mommy very sad :( I didn't get a smile for three more days!

Chillin at Uncle Travis and Aunt Hayley's

Sophie and mommy

Grandma K and Sophie

Sophie and Grandpa

Uncle Mike and Sophie

4 generations: G G, Grandma K, Mommy, Sophie

Aunt Tiffy and Sophie

Just Sophie :)