Meeting Bella

More adventures in St. George! Here is a picture of Sofie standing. She's really starting to get the hang of it, although I haven't thought to get a picture yet. It's hard to tell in this one, but she's just standing there all on her own! (Check out those toes digging into the carpet for balance!)

This is the face we see a lot more of now that her tongue has discovered those cute little teeth.

The mischievous look...who knows what is next!


Meeting Bella, the Blatter's latest cuddly puppy. Such a cute pair of babies!

Sofie seemed to love the puppy, but when we tried to get her on film it seemed that the rug was suddenly more interesting! She wasn't too sure of Bella after the big wet kiss she got from top to bottom. Sofie is used to Dad's prickly kisses, not so much the slobbery dog ones.

FINALLY some sunshine!

The sun finally came out long enough to warm the air for a St. George trip and swim in Grandma and Grandpa Blatter's pool. Sofie loves the big glorified tub! Sofie and Daddy

Sofie and Mommy

Lots of kids, and lots of rough-housing adults makes for lots of splashing!

Happy Camper

This past weekend we all went up camping to Timpooneke (up A.F. canyon). It was gorgeous. Friday was warm and sunny, but too cold to sleep in a tent with the baby, so we came home to sleep, then headed back up on Saturday to get poured on for a few hours. Sofie LOVED being out there. She was so excited about all the leaves everywhere! And she found a new favorite food group, rocks and pine needles.
Corralled in the pack'n play

Discovering new textures

excitedly watching the other kids play in the river

Loves Great Grandma Porcaro!

Slept wonderfully under the canopy...woke up in terror

Staying warm by the fire

With Shayla and cousin Sierra. Don't worry, Sofie won't be embarassed about the hat 'til she's older. :)

Potty Mouth

This is what we listen to all day :)

Expanding Our Pallet

While Grandma was busy baking cupcakes for Roo's birthday tomorrow, and Mom was busy chopping fruit...Sofie was expanding her pallet. Turns out she loves flour. Mmmm pastey.

Rooey is a missionary!

Roo left today on her Mission!! She will be in the MTC for about a month, then she will be flying out to Missouri, Independence Mission (which includes the Visitor's Center, and most of Kansas). She has a new blog, for those of you who know her, that we will be updating as often as we can. Feel free to check it out: sisteradamson.blogspot.com For some reason it isn't flagging people when it's updated though, so wait a little while and we'll try to fix that once we get Roo's password to change the settings. Saying bye to Sofie, she's almost be 2 1/2 when Roo sees her next!
Heavy luggage

Saying bye to Andrea

The drop off at the MTC (and it's just that, a drop off, now that they've changed the procedure)

Mom, Dad, and Sister Adamson at the MTC. See you in a year and a half!

New Cousin

My cousin Serena finally had her baby! It's been a few days now, but she was having labor pains for days and days, so we were all so relieved to hear that she finally had him. His name is Cairo John. 7 pounds, 18 inches. Tiny little guy! And it's so weird how your own tiny baby suddenly seems like a giant kid when there is a real newborn around! Sofie has gained over 10 pounds since she was born! (sounds sadly familiar...)