little miss pearsonality

two peas in a pod

2009-11-05T12:23:00.003-07:00

Yesterday we went shopping with Auntie Sara.

Sara is a shopper

Sophia is a shopper

Match made in heaven!!

please don't judge

2009-11-02T22:57:00.004-07:00

If only we had a Target.

Then she would ask to go to Target everyday instead of Walmart.

It's a little embarrassing.

Apparently we go there too much and its her new favorite place...ever.

trick or treat

2009-10-31T22:52:00.005-06:00

I used to never really care about Halloween.

It was my least favorite holiday.

But now, now that I have a two year old I love it!!

Every holiday and celebration is so bright, so fun, so joyous sharing it with Sophia!

Tonight for Halloween we headed to our good friends Jeannie and Wayne's house.

They moved about 30 minutes away to a small, quiet town.
I love it.

I felt like we were in a movie with all its small town charm.

This is Sophia's third Halloween but I feel like its her first. She was 2 weeks old the first time and last year she had the flu.

This year was a BLAST!!

My Little Witch!

Having a pre - trick or treating snack! Gotta fuel up before heading out!

I got my cool sunglasses, I'm ready!

Let's get this party started!

First time trick or treating! Such pros!!

Thomas leading the way!

ooooo scary!

Enjoying the fruits of their labor!!

Alex feeding Sophia a smartie. What a good friend!

inspired

2009-10-26T21:07:00.005-06:00

i got a lovely email today from my aunt melanie asking of i still made my babybloom barrettes and if my etsy shop was still up and running.

to answer this question my etsy shop still exists...it just lays dormant waiting for me to fill it up!

i have been doing some pretty cute stuff lately.

I have generally given away most of the treasures that i have made.

this little treasure is a headband i made for sophia for her second birthday.

when the day came to wear her pretty pretty outfit she wasn't feelin it.

she wore the pretty skirt but we funked it up with striped tights and a hot pink sweater instead.

i think i will be filling my etsy shop with lots of headbands in bloom...

pretty pretty ones and funky funky ones!

thanks aunt melanie for giving me the little nudge i needed!

picnik

2009-10-20T21:37:00.003-06:00

I'm sure im the last to know

but i just discovered picnik

love it

and its free

cant wait to play around with it more!

This took me two minutes...

time to bring in the big girl bed

2009-10-18T20:00:00.006-06:00

Today we took down Sophia's crib and replaced it with her big girl bed!

I had to hold back tears, I wasn't expecting to get so emotional about it.

Pretty soon she'll be hanging Hannah Montana posters, sniff.

But for now my little two year old loves her new bed...

...wearing a witch costume and all.

One day I hope to get her a sweet headboard and make her a cute bed skirt too.

I had previously made her the mini duvet cover for her crib. I just made her the plain white duvet cover (with my amazing serger!) and miraculously made 6 perfect button holes on my regular machine. I have never been able to make a good button hole...ever. Then while my mom was here visiting she introduced me to the "button hole foot", who knew?! Fabulous! I am gaining more and more confidence with my sewing skills!

On a side and sentimental note this is the bed that I bought myself when I was 18 and first moved out on my own.

I never imagined it would one day be my baby girls bed!

build-a-bear adventure

2009-10-16T21:40:00.004-06:00

Last week Sophia got to go visit Build-A-Bear.

It was tons of fun!

Sophia built a bunny.

Her name is Pepper.

Visit my mom's blog for a cute video on the days adventure!

On her way to go build a bear! Shopping is in her blood!

annie

2009-10-14T12:18:00.002-06:00

Sophia's favorite new movie is Annie.

Well one scene in particular..."Let's go to the Movies".

...turn the kitchen light off!

We watch this scene over and over and over again.

She must have her pretty skirt on so she can dance.

Here is Sophia's interpretive dance to "Lets go to the Movies"

sophia is two!

2009-10-12T18:39:00.013-06:00

Happy birthday my sweet cherry pie!

We are so thankful that you are our girl!

Mommy and Daddy love you more than words can say.

We can't believe our "baby" is two!

In honor of your second birthday we had an all out Strawberry Shortcake party!

You loved it!

Hooray, today is my birthday party!

Waiting for my guests and having a drink

Here is my cake!

Here is my party table!

I'm the birthday girl!

Mom, your singing is a little out of tune

Time to make a wish and blow out my candles!

Me and some of my peeps!

Time for presents!

Thank you to all of my friends!

I got spoiled!

playing with my new little people farm house

Time for some more daddy time!

It was such a fun and special day.

The birthday girl woke up with a cold but she was a trooper.

Sophia loved her party and still asks where her cake is.

She asked to sleep with her life size Strawberry Shortcake balloon.

We compromised and the balloon got to hang out beside her crib.

I LOVE YOU GIRL!!

love this girl

2009-10-05T13:04:00.005-06:00

Sophia....

loves....

to jump!!

And I love....

this girl!!

cousins - side by side

2009-10-04T09:08:00.007-06:00

Lola inherited 40 lbs of Sophia's baby clothes!

So now when i see all the cute photos of Lola I say aww and think I have a pic just like that of Sophia!

I will try and not be too silly about doing side by sides all the time but its too cute not too!!

You have to remember that Sophia was born almost 6 weeks early.

So in the bottom picture they are just about the same age according to Sophia's adjusted age.

Cuteness!!

Sophia at 8 weeks	Lola at 4 weeks

Sophia at 8 weeks	Lola at 2 weeks

NOT!

2009-09-30T17:40:00.005-06:00

Sophia is bringing back the 1990's catchphrase "not".

As in "that was so awesome...NOT"!

Sophia was all about saying no for a while. She went through a lovely phase where she would enthusiastically answer "Yeah!" or "Yep!" to everything. It was fabulous.

"Sophia does mommy look good today?" "Yeah!!"

"Sophia do you want to eat your broccoli?" "Yeah!!"

"Sophia do you want to go to the grocery store?" "Yep!"

Suddenly it has turned to yelling at the top of her lungs "NOT!"

"Sophia do you want to go for a car ride?" "NOT!!"

"Sophia lets get dressed for today." "NOT!"

"Sophia do you like mommy's new sweater?" "NOT!"

It doesn't even make sense. Which makes me laugh. Where did she pick this up?

Its not like I went around saying NOT. Maybe she watched Borat while I wasn't looking?

Anyways i'm off to go exercise....NOT!

Princess is in indeed!

a little bit about sophia at 23 months

2009-09-28T20:13:00.007-06:00

23 months and 15 days that is!

Holy moly.

Sophia will be the big TWO in a couple weeks.

I have all the Strawberry Shortcake decorations in waiting.

Oh you didn't know Sophia is a huge... like majorly huge Strawberry Shortcake fan?

Ever since that fated day I went garage sale-ing and got her a 5 disc dvd collection for 2 bucks she has been hooked!

She never was one to care for tv. She would watch it for two minutes get bored and move on to more exciting things like baby dolls. Well once i popped that first dvd in she was glued to the tv. I was overjoyed. That sounds bad hmm let me explain. To have her be totally enthralled with the TV while I cook or do some other chore that is easier done without her "help" is a really nice relief! She still only makes it about 15-20 minutes watching it but I'll take it!! She even sings to the songs...ahh cuteness overload!

So I decided that a Strawberry Shortcake party was in order. But do you think I could find any party decor for her? It became a hunt. Anytime I saw anything that had Strawberries on it my eyes zoomed in. I got a tad obsessive. Me? Never. I guess Strawberry Shortcake is sooo last year. But not to Sophia and I. It is totally this year and totally 1985 back when I loved her just as much!

Anyways long story short ( i wasn't planning on writing all this, it just kind of spilled out) I found a dollar store who would special order it in and I wouldn't even have to pay shipping/handling fees!! Yippeee! So now it sits in the closet waiting for October 10th smelling all strawberry-licious! She is going to be so into it, I cant wait!!

***

Originally this post was going to be about Sophia and her mild (or maybe not so mild) O.C.D.

My child is a clean freak. Like crazy clean freak.

She starts to freak if she spills her milk or food. If her hands are sticky run for cover. She needs her hands wiped throughout her meals or she cant go on eating. She picks up specks of dirt on the carpet and tells me I need to vacuum. She shows me anything that even remotely looks like a stain and tells me with a look of terror in her eyes"oh mess, wipe!". It is crazy. I cant even really begin to explain it. Her newest one is telling me her tongue is dirty...umm yeah Sophia that's what happens when you chew food. Oy Vay! I try and tell her its ok to get dirty, to make a mess. I mean I like my house clean and tidy but I don't think I have passed on this OCD to her. As long as she doesn't start telling me to re-arrange the furniture we should be fine. That is where my OCD comes in. I move my furniture around at least once a month, its a bit crazy.

Her other funny little quirk these days is blaming Lilly our cat for everything!

It is pretty darn hilarious actually!! It all started around the beginning of summer. Sophia had provoked Lilly and she swiped Sophia. She got a very minor scratch on the top of her hand. Well let me tell you she told anyone and everyone that Lilly scratched her. She would point to her hand and in her cute voice say "Lilly". She continued to do this far past the time the scratch healed.

She now blames Lilly for messes that were very obviously not caused by Lilly. She sees garbage on the street and says Lilly made the mess. She says that Lilly pooped not Sophia. Any sort of scratch or bruise she gets she says Lilly did it. Poor Lilly!! I'm sorry Lilly! Don't worry cat I know you are not to blame for all of it! Lord help us when Sophia has a sibling one day, they will get all the blame!! Besides putting the blame on Lilly for everything Sophia loves her! She is always trying to feed her snacks and asks to leave out water bowls for her. It is pretty cute how much she loves her. We just have to work on not using Lilly as her scapegoat!

Here is my little munchkin dressed in her new fall attire (thanks to her Papa Bob!)

It took about 20 minutes of convincing and distracting her to leave the boots on...but then she loved them and would NOT take them off, funny girl! Her Easter purse was an addition made by herself and of course that "soos" oh that soos! I have a plan in place soon to finally get rid of it, stay tuned!

she wasnt feeling the vibe to model her new clothes

We celebrated our friend Alex's 2nd Birthday on Saturday!

Honest to goodness we didnt plan the matching. I am not that organized!

My Strawberry Shortcake girl eating a strawberry!

jada mae

2009-09-19T13:39:00.003-06:00

I am an auntie of three now!!

My sister in law Sandy had a baby girl on September 14th.

Here is beautiful Jada Mae

Congrats Sandy and Aaron!!

Now if we could all just in live in the same place!

Here is to Sophia's new girl cousins! I feel like new barrettes need to be made for all these girlies!

cooking with sophia

2009-09-17T07:45:00.008-06:00

stir, stir, stir

it is important for the baker to test the batter

licking is allowed too

it is also important to ~~clean off the spooon~~ read the recipe

patience is harder than it sounds

time to paint with water instead!!

By the time the brownies were done somebody was to full eat any. Its all about the batter people!

just wanna pinch those cheeks

2009-09-13T14:08:00.003-06:00

I bought Sophia some training underpants.

I think they're too big. What do you think?

Notice Sophia's awesome afro bed head!

I'm sorry Sophia for posting these. But how could I not, you have the cutest bum ever!!

Mommy will be taking in your underpants. These are the smallest size they come in.

lola marie

2009-09-11T20:03:00.013-06:00

I have a niece!

My sister Gina had her baby girl on September 6th.

I am now an Auntie of two!

Welcome to the world beautiful Lola Marie!

I want to hug her and squeeze her and kiss her

Why must you live on the other side of Canada? Sniff.

I love you sweet little girl!

sophia where are you?

2009-09-10T19:13:00.002-06:00

I have been wanting to add some videos of my crazy little pumpkin but have had a hard time uploading them to blogger. So I have turned to trusty old YouTube to bring them to you.

These were taken a month ago. I hope you can get a giggle from them.

** Disclaimer - I am annoying in the background. Any and all videos I post I will most likely sound really silly. It can't be helped, its in my nature. **

well hello

2009-09-04T12:40:00.007-06:00

That break felt good. Much needed.

Right now my house is perfectly clean. It quite possibly is my favorite feeling. That feeling of a clean organized house, mellow music playing and a vanilla candle burning. It doesnt get much better than that for me.

It wont last long. Little miss will be waking from her nap to play and dig up all the toys I just put away. Thats ok. I will enjoy my quite clean house for this little while. The only thing that would make this moment better would be rain. I know that sounds strange but I miss rain. I grew up in Vancouver and it is just part of your day. Calgary is dry and hot. Fall is on its way and I simply cant wait for it!

I have so much to catch up on since I last posted. I will try to keep it brief.

The main thing that happened for me was that I quit my job. Its with mixed emotions. We need that money but to be honest I was losing it. I mean looooosing it. I always felt torn and spread thin. In the back of my head was always the nag of I have to work, im getting behind, I cant keep up. I am not the best multi tasker on the best of days. So taking care of Sophia, keeping up the house and meals and working every spare minute I had was too much for my little head. Other moms could have rocked it. I tried and instead of rocking it it rocked me.

So big sigh of relief to have that extra stress gone. Life is still complicated for us over here but we are managing and have some good things lining up.

I am not one who regularly recites Bible scriptures but this one is in my head a lot these days and always brings me peace. I am trying my best to remember these words.

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths".-Proverbs 3:4-6

Have I mentioned lately how much I love my Sophia? Because man I love that little girl. Love doesnt even seem to be a big enough word.

How fun it is to play in your pretty room!

Time for dress up!!

After we danced and twirled and played ring around the rosie (your favorite game ever because you get to fall dramatically on the floor, sometimes you skip the twirling and go straight to the "all fall down" part). You decided that you were "done" because it was "itchy".

I understood. Down with itchy fabric!

Time to read some books. What to read? You love to say "hmm" just like your momma.

After we put on a shirt (pants are for losers) you found your rain boots. You were "goin walkin". I love how you say all your words that end in 'ing' with 'in'. Readin, walkin, cookin, makin...you get the idea.

Next you found your awesome shoes from "Maga".

Mommy can't wait for these to fit you for reals! Just 3 more sizes up to go! These are a size 8 and you are currently a size 5. But im pretty sure you are going though a growing spurt because you are constantly "hungy".

Your mommy bought these little corderoy mary janes when she was in grade 12 in Chinatown. I had the same pair as my grad shoes. When I saw them in little girl sizes I couldnt resist. I have kept them since. Long before I knew I was to have a baby girl. Thats how much mommy wanted you. We have a ways to go before you can wear them. Not sure what size they are because well its written in Chinese.

It's good to be a girl!

home sweet home

2009-08-11T20:31:00.007-06:00

I know, I know it's been forever and a day!!

Sophia and I got back from our very long vacation last Thursday. We had a splendid time but are happy to be back in our own home!

We visited Kimberley, Kelowna and Vancouver.

We started the trip by visiting Chris' parents in Kimberley then drove to Beautiful Kelowna to attend Chris' sister Sandy's wedding. It was amazing and we were very lucky to stay in the most amazing B&B. Thanks again Sandy and Aaron!!

Happy couple alert!!

Sandy is 7 months pregnant so I get to be an Aunty again very soon! My sister Gina is also due at the same time..so I get to be an Auntie to two neices in September...ohmygod so excited!!

The amazing B&B where we stayed for two days!

Good morning!

The view every morning as we ate the best breakfasts I think I have ever had!

Our room and personal hottub

Our view..umm i could get used to this!!

Sophia's new friend. Adorableness!

Chasing after her new friend

Kissing her Mexican frog prince

Back at Sandy & Aarons...they have chickens. Sophia could not have been happier about that!! feeding them berries from her bib. Every morning for about a week..first thing out of her mouth..."chickens? chickens"?

Finally we made it to Vancouver! A kiss for Grama...or Maga as Sophia called her, haha!! She called Grampa "Papa". Once she got over the chicken excitement. Every morning first thing out of her mouth was "Papa? Papa?" So cute melted my heart every time!

And then suddenly I failed at taking pictures. Haha I totally suck.

I left it in the very capable hands of my mom! So I just need to get the pictures from her because let me tell you there are some darn tootin cute ones!

There was a heat wave while I was in Vancouver so my brain melted and all I could think about was finding shade a fan and water. Everything else was an extra and too much to deal with. It was awful to be honest. I pretty much hate being hot. So I pretty much complained and turned into a crazy person the whole time, haha just kidding, no im not. Thanks "maga" and "papa" for taking care of us and dealing with me in my "heat coma".

Besides the heat wave I loved spending time with my parents and seeing my close friends. We kept it simple and just enjoyed each others company. I had to work in there too, but I just try to ignore that part.

Are you still reading this lengthy post?? If so I just want to tell you that I will be taking a blogging break. I go through phases with blogging where I love to and where I don't love to.

Right now we have a lot on our plate as a family and to even take the time to blog is a lot. We have a lot of life decisions going on over here and until I know what we are doing I don't think I will blog. I'm pretty sure you don't want to hear me complain and listen to me be indecisive about life. So until my head is in a better place im signing off for a while.

I will peek in here and there to say hello to bloggy buddies and if you want to chat just drop me an email anytime!

becks.sophia@gmail.com

Peace out!

summer holiday

2009-07-11T13:29:00.002-06:00

Just wanted to let you know we will be gone for a few weeks.

It is time for our annual road trip to visit family across BC

Enjoy the sunshine!

oh canada

2009-07-04T13:09:00.008-06:00

For a good laugh look at these outtakes!

All in the hopes of a cute picture.

This is in a span of about 15 seconds

Oh the drama

But we got a cute one, little goober!

Here are some more photos from Canada Day

(maybe we should look into our self timer)

I really can't stand this photo of me BUT Sophia is smiling and looks cute. It's a mommy sacrifice!

Sophia and her little buddy Alex.

This playground was awesome because everything was just their size which meant it saved me from having heart attacks in fear of her falling off.

jumping is her new favorite thing!

Classic Sophia face, so funny !

We had a fun and happy Canada Day and I wish all of my American family and friends a happy Fourth of July!!

garage sale mayhem

2009-06-26T15:04:00.009-06:00

I don't usually go to garage sales.

Not that I don't like them but because I am too lazy to get up that early and drive around to find them. (I get lost going to the grocery store)

However last Saturday I decided to go with my friend. She was the navigator/driver so we were safe there.

Our first stop was your average ho hum nothing special garage sale. I bought a golden book for 50 cents. (a rip off if I had known what was to come)

Our second stop was like finding a little girls dream fairy princess garage sale. I had hit the mother load. I became frantic and started piling. I couldn't stop, it was glorious. This garage sale was every girls paradise including mine.

It was the second and last stop on our trip. I needed no more. Nothing could top this.

I was on a garage sale high for the whole day. I declared to anyone and everyone about my amazing deals and finds. I am still on a bit of a high from it.

And guess who was the happiest little girl ever!!!

All of the toys pictured except the highchair were from the garage sale, holy toys batman.

(pictures are from my fuzzy blackberry)

doll bed that Sophia claimed as her own!

The lady who had the garage sale was basically giving things away. It was so cheap it hurt. Lady whoever you are I thank you and my daughter thanks you! I was very close to driving back again later to score more goodies, but I resisted. Ok more like Chris stopped me because I was obsessed.

Two side notes -

A. I usually don't let my house look like this. That day was an exception. I have tried not to let my house be taken over by plastic toys. It is hard not to. I have been really good about it...until the garage sale day! (it is now all in it's respective places and in cute storage bins) Who am i kidding? I have lost the battle of plastic toys. I am letting it go. It makes my girl happy so it makes me happy. end rant.

B. Yes, to the keen eyes out there Sophia is wearing a swim diaper over top of her real diaper and her pj shorts. Not sure how to explain this other than I left her with daddy while I garage saled it up and this is what she was wearing when I came home. In Chris' defence she is very convincing on what she wants to wear. Especially when it comes to swimwear.

Peace out. I have some Strawberry Shortcake videos to go watch with my girl.

her favorite place to be

2009-06-20T14:37:00.004-06:00

a clean house is a happy house

2009-06-20T14:28:00.005-06:00

Is it to early to start chores??

She is my little helper girl...