Fun filled family weekend!

This past weekend Sophia and all of us were in for a treat because Mimi came to visit and stayed with us!  We had so much fun all weekend hanging out with her and the house was filled with the sound of children's laughter and craziness.  Carrie Beth came and stayed with us on Thursday and Friday night and it was fun having the kids over and seeing them play with Sophia.

Love this picture!

Cousin love

Saturday was a crazy day for sure that started out with me co-hosting a baby shower for my friend Stephanie in the neighborhood.  She's expecting a girl in November and just announced the name - Harper Claire.  Can't wait to meet her!

Steph with all the hostesses

Then, Saturday afternoon I headed to my brother Jon's house to celebrate Kevin's 4th birthday only to rush back to my house to watch the Dawgs beat LSU.  When I got back, Trey's cousin Bryn was there which was a fun treat and it was nice to watch the game with all the family around.  The game was so exciting until the end and I was glad we pulled off the win so daddy could celebrate with Sophia! :)

I only managed to get this one picture from Kevin's party with my grandmothers and Sophia

Bryn and all the girls

yay!  Dawgs win!

Sunday morning we headed to a nearby park to meet our friend Jen who took pictures of Sophia for a 7 month photo shoot.  The park was in the middle of a sketchy part of town but it was perfect for pictures and I can't wait to see the final products.  Sophia was the perfect baby model and Jen always takes the cutest pictures so I know they won't disappoint.  So glad we were able to sneak that photo shoot in before her baby girl arrives!

This weekend came and went so fast and it was almost creepy when everyone left because like a flash it turned so silent in this house.  We miss everyone already but I'm so glad Sophia got to spend so much quality time with her Mimi, Aunt Carrie Beth and cousins.

Magid Family Beach Week

What a fun week!  As all fun weeks go I feel like it came and went way too fast but I'm so glad we got to spend a week with my family at one of my favorite places in the world - the beach!  I have so many fond family memories from all our trips to Destin and Panama City as a little girl and it's so nice to be able to continue that tradition with all my brothers and our growing families.  I know my mom and dad were in heaven having all of us together - although we all missed my brother Ryan and Meghan.

We love Abuela and Grandfather!

Sophia was much more alert this time at the beach and didn't want to miss a thing!

Little swimmer - she loved splashing in the pool and kicking her little feet in the water

Higher daddy!  Higher!

Sophia finally wore her shades!

Alex loved hanging out with Sophia and really wants a baby sister :)

Alex's hugs all week never got old.  Love that boy!

4 Generations

 It was nice to have my grandmother there as well and see her playing with all her great grandkids.  I'm so lucky to still have my grandmother around and glad I'll be able to remind Sophia one day of all the time she got to spend with her.

We couldn't have asked for better weather and it was a much needed and enjoyable week of sunshine and family time.  So thankful for the break from reality and glad we'll be able to see everyone again in a few weeks at Ryan and Meghan's wedding in Savannah.

Sophia 6 months

Little pumpkin is growing like a weed.  At her check up this month she had grown to 25 1/4 inches (60 percentile) and is 14 lbs 6 oz (17 %).

@ 6 months old Sophia:

• has 2 adorable front teeth (on the bottom)
• eats really well!  Has tried Oatmeal and Rice cereal, squash, pears, sweet potato (loves this one), apples, bananas, carrots (loves this too)
• sleeps through the night! (woo hoo! hope I don't ginx us)  We typically put her down between 7:30-8:30 and she sleeps until 7
• loves her jumperoo and activity saucer
• loves all musical toys
• can grip a spoon and put it in her mouth
• has started to shriek a little bit - not a good thing
• sings and coos to herself in the crib in the morning when she's waiting on mommy to come get her
• is almost crawling
• can sit up for a second before falling over
• has enough hair for mommy to put little bow clips in
• is so curious about everything going on around her

what's that mommy?

love her nap hair 

Love this girl!

Washington, DC

We've taken so many pictures since Sophia was born that my computer wouldn't allow me to upload one more.  I finally backed up some old pictures and took them off the computer to free up space so I could upload our trip pictures so these posts come a little late.

The last week of August Trey and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary.  I noticed the week before that our anniversary fell close to the Labor Day weekend so in a spontaneous last minute decision we decided to hit the road and planned a fun trip to a place Trey had been saying he wanted to visit.  Little did we know that we would be visiting DC on one their hottest weekends this year and Sophia would cut another tooth while we were there - yea that was fun... not!  But all in all despite the heat, our poor baby's melt down in the National Archives from her little tooth, and the Dawgs loosing to those little cats in South Carolina that weekend, we had such a good time!

We flew up Friday afternoon and were non stop for two and half days straight.  It makes me laugh to look at some of the pictures we took because Sophia was asleep a lot of the time in front of some of our nation's most famous landmarks.  She obviously won't remember the trip but at least we have proof we took her ;)  We'll definitely have to go back one day because there is just so much history there and so much to do.  It's such a fun city and it's neat how you can get into every place for free!  Guess our tax dollars finally paid off.

The US Capitol 

impressive from every angle

waiting for our Capitol Tour - she had the best seat in the House

such an impressive dome in the Capitol Rotunda

From the Capitol it was off to the Library of Congress

Library of Congress

Trey imagining himself as a Senator

Future President at the White House

Sophia, must you melt down right at the Changing of the Guard at Arlington National Cemetery?...
Yes Mom I'm Hungry!

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington Tour

Lincoln Memorial

View of the National Mall from the Lincoln Memorial

Little Cutie Teething and Drooling away

Trey imagining himself as Nixon

Future President - everyone in line got a laugh out of this one