Here's me giving a very rare smile for the camera. 
Flowers my mom got from Aunt Jaime, Uncle Aaron, Tessa, and Baby Simi #2 because my Uncle Brad left for Afghanistan. 
My "not-so-little-anymore" brother next to his weekly bear photo. 47 weeks. 
The entire Bunt family

So my mom got to take a somewhat of an impromptu trip to Philly last weekend. Uncle Brad was deployed overseas to Afghanistan this past week, so the entire Bunt family flew out to the Philly area to visit him before he had to leave. My mom had a good time. 

My mom said I get to have that potty party that she and daddy have been promising me. It's now been 2 weeks since I started wearing big girl underwear and have been doing really, really good. They are so proud of me! My favorites are the Dora undies. 

Sorry it's been awhile since my last blog...there's so many toys and so little time plus, the weather has been somewhat nice to go for wagon rides, ride my tricycle, and play on the neighbor's swing set. 

A few photos and a Potty Party in the horizon

Daddy and Miles the night of the MN Twins home opener.
Me checking to see if there is any candy in the egg I found.
Me, Mommy, Daddy, and Miles
I gave Miles an egg. He wasn't too sure about it though.
Me and cousin Jacob playing in the box. 

So my mom and dad are pretty proud of me lately. Why you ask? I have been using the potty pretty consistently. It's been really easy with peeing in the potty. I have been doing that for months. It has been a couple weeks that I have mastered both. Yeah! Today I was outside playing with my friend Harper and I told my mom that I had to go to the potty. So we ran inside to use the potty and went right back outside. I even got to put big girl panties on tonight. Mom says that this weekend is going to be a big weekend for me because she is going to put me in big girl panties all weekend. I think I am ready. I want that potty party they keep telling me about. 

Humor in the mind of a 2 1/2 year old

Journal entry from Mom. 

So my mom and my grandma are up visiting and taking care of the baby goats for a couple of days. Spending some good quality time playing, eating, spoiling, and laughing. 

Tonight we were all hanging out in the basement. I was asking the typical questions to Sophie..."how was your day? What did you have for lunch? What did you, Great-Grandma, and Grandma do today?"

And here is how one particular conversation went. 

Me, "Sophie, what time did you get up this morning?" 

Sophie, looking right at me with those big brown eyes, "Great-Grandma woke me." 

Me, "Great-Grandma woke you up?" 

"Yeah. Great-Grandma woke me." 

Great-Grandma butts in, "No I didn't." And she just broke into a tearful laugh, as did my mom. I too had a pretty good giggle going. Which Sophie totally ate up. 

Here's the kicker. I had already known that my grandma went to check on her this morning and she had said that Sophie was already awake (with a loaded diaper). She was just standing on the edge of her bed waiting for someone to come and get her. 

As I re-read this, I can't seem to put into words how funny the moment really was. Precious times like that I just wish I could record in my memory bank forever. Too bad we didn't at least have the video camera going. I guess there will be many more moments to soak in and treasure.  

Just another day...

Miles sporting a mohawk. 
Me crawling around, trying to teach Miles how to do it right. 

So today (and yesterday) was finally a nice day for a wagon ride. My mom and dad took Miles and I for a walk around the neighborhood. Man were there a lot of people out enjoying the weather, just like we were. I ran into my friend Joanna and her mom wants us to get together sometime soon. We got home and Mom took off Miles' hat and his hair was so funny!  

Yesterday my mom's friend Katie came over for a visit and to go for a walk. I kept asking where Brent was. Brent and Katie are married. I like Brent, he's so tall and he flies me up in the air. 

My brother is doing good. He flops around like a fish to get to his toys. Still not quite crawling, but his fish flopping gets him to where he needs to go. Mom keeps telling Daddy, I can't believe that Miles is going to be one year old pretty soon. Ohhh I love birthday parties! 

Tough day on the job...

Sohie and Derek watching The Count
Gotta love the two heads peaking just above the couch.
Do these shoes make my feet look big? 
Trying to get my filthy coat off.
And my really filthy snowpants. 

So I had so much fun at daycare today. Mom came to pick me up and my snowpants were no longer pink...they were covered in MUD, so were my mittens and coat.

Last weekend I got to play with my friend Derek. His mom and dad are good friends with my mom and dad. We stayed at this nice house on Gull Lake in Brainerd. Derek and I watched Sesame Street, read books, made towers, and ran around the house.

My little brother is much better after dealing with his RSV and then an ear infection. He's back to smiling, giggling, and trying to crawl. 

Well, I better go now.  

Me and Great-Grandma playing
Tessa at her first birthday
Me!
Miles
Papa Simonsen. I took this when we were in the van and he was driving.

Me with pig tails. Very fitting with the pig nose. 
My cousin Ryan also sporting a pig nose.
My cousin Jacob
My Uncle Brad!
My cousin Ashley with the funny glasses and nose.

My camera

Dad and Miles
My and my mom
Gamma Ginny
Papa Mike
Josie 

So I got a camera from Uncle Aaron, Aunt Jaime, and Tessa for Christmas and my mom finally is helping me out with getting the pictures off the camera and onto my blog. I will post some more photos after this one. It is a lot of fun to take pictures, but I am still learning...Mom has to delete a lot of carpet or ceiling shots.  

My sick little brother...

Miles being nebbed.
Miles falling asleep during his nebulization.
 Woof! Woof! 
Me actually half-way smiling for Mom and the camera. 

So last week on Friday my mom got called from work to come and pick up Miles from daycare. He had a high temperature and a bad cough. Mom decided to take him to the doctor. He has RSV. He has to have these nebulization treatments every five to six hours until he gets better. So today Mom got another phone call from daycare. This time it was me. I was the one with the fever and not eating well or playing all that much at daycare. Back at the doctor's office. I got to stand on this scale and I now weigh 26 pounds and I am 33 1/3" tall. Doctor looked in my ears and my throat. We then went to this lab room and this nurse asked if she could see my pretty teeth. The mean woman then stuck a swab down my throat and made me gag. Tested negative for strep. I still got some medicine because of my fevers and cough and with my brother being sick too. We all hope to get healthy soon. Mom is sooooo tired of this passing back and forth of colds, flu, and whatever else seems to appear. Hope all of you are healthy!    

January is almost over!

Wild Miles!
Happy Miles. 
Please, I am trying to eat my dinner.

So it is January 30th here in Minnesota and not one day did it get above freezing. I guess there is one more day left in order for that to happen. I have been trying to use my potty a bit more. I am really good about it for the most part, but there is just one thing I WILL NOT do in the potty. I guess someday it will happen and my mom said that I get to have a "potty party" once I use the potty consistently. I get to have cake, ice cream, and some neighborhood friends over. Yeah! I love ice cream (just like my mom)!

My brother's room, finally!

Valance that Gramma Ginny made.

Shadow batter and radio from Gma and Gpa Simonsen

My little brother in his room.

So my mom and dad FINALLY worked on Miles' room last night. The baseball valance is what Gramma Ginny made. I have to say it looks awesome in his room. Gramma Ginny did a really nice job. We have a lot of "custom" curtains/valances in our home, we're pretty lucky! The shadow baseball player on the wall and music player is from Grandma and Pappa Simonsen. There are a few more things that Mom wanted to hang on the one wall yet over by his crib...I guess some baby outfits that he had when he was a newborn, all baseball related (go figure). Well, I guess my lunch is almost ready so I better go eat. 

My new car seat!

My new pink car seat!

So Daddy came home last night from shopping and came home with a new car seat for me! It's pink and I love it. Miles was getting a bit big for his infant car seat so Daddy bought me a new one and Miles now has my old brown one. (Let the hand-me downs begin). :) I wanted to snap a photo and I invited Miles to sit next to me. He's getting so big! I think he might start crawling soon.

Christmas on the farm.

Miles finally got a red tractor!
Opening all those presents was too exhausting for Miles. 

More Christmas

Uncle Brad and me
Even Stimpy got a gift for Christmas 
Miles and his preppy sweater
My Christmas dress that Dad bought for me
Daddy and his kids

More photos from Christmas.