Snow, Snow Everywhere!

We've had a very snowy winter here in Kentucky, and in honor of it finally getting warm this week, I'll post some pictures of a beautiful snowy Saturday.

Sophie attempted sledding, but didn't really like how fast she went downhill.

One of her favorite snowy pastimes is making snow angels. Apparently, she got tired of making them the old-fashioned way!

And a picture of a lovely winter bush in our yard:

First Snowfall in Kentucky and a Visit from St. Nicholas

We had what was to be the first of many snowfalls here in Kentucky in December. Although the snowfalls after Christmas were much more abundant, Sophie was excited with this dusting we got. She insisted on getting her snow get-up on and playing:


One of her favorite things to do is to make snow angels:



We also celebrated the Day of Saint Nicholas in December. Traditionally, German children put out their shoes/boots for St. Nicholas to fill with treats. Sophie put out her rain boots, and St. Nicholas dutifully stopped by!

Thanksgiving in California

We spent Thanksgiving in California with my family. (Yes, I know that this post says that Ian is posting, but my account is too full to post very many pictures, so I'm going through Ian's account.) We were so tired from the long semester that we didn't take very many pictures, but here are some of our favorites from what we did take.

You can't see it, but Great Grandma Linda is reading Sophie a book here. Sophie was fascinated with her necklace:

Here she is with Great Grandpa Fine:

Giving Great Great Grams a kiss:

One of the highlights of her trip was to make cookies with Grandma Fine. On Nick Jr., her main source of cartoons, they played a segment (endlessly) of a man making turkey sugar cookies by using their hands as the base for the turkeys. Sophie was set on making these, and Grandma had the patience of a saint when she helped Sophie for over three hours with them!


Sneaking a taste:


Very proud of her creations: (There were more, but these were the main turkeys.)


Eating the turkey cookie that's almost as big as her head!

Playing Around

Just a couple of pictures of Sophie (and Daddy) playing around with Sophie's vampire teeth:



Sophie's drawing has also improved dramatically lately. This picture is from before Christmas, but I liked it because she drew me and the baby. The baby is the splotch in my body:

Halloween 2009

Well, we've finally made it to the end of October here on the blog! Halloween was really fun with Sophie this year because she actually understood what was going on. We carved pumpkins, which we didn't get to do last year, and Sophie really enjoyed herself--except that she really didn't like the slimy parts!


Here she is after we finally got the pumpkins on the front porch:


She wanted to pose by her pumpkin before we went trick or treating. Hers is the cat pumpkin.


She dressed up as a lion, thanks to a friend of ours whose kids also dressed up like lions. :-) She really got into her costume and started roaring like a lion. She even won a costume contest at Centre's Halloween festival!


At the festival, she won a pair of vampire teeth, which rounded out her costume nicely.

A group of students got together and recreated Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Sophie loved it, and I think they did a pretty good job!



The students had all sorts of games and crafts at different tables for the kids:


And we even ran into some of Sophie's friends!

Sophie showing off all of her loot after the festival and normal trick or treating:

Baby Boy Wilson!

As you may already know, I am 21 weeks pregnant, and this week we found out we're having a boy! For now, we'll just call him "Baby Boy" or as Sophie would like, "Squishy." As soon as we've settled on a name, we'll let you all know! Here are our latest (20-week) ultrasound pictures. The first is proof that it really is a boy...

Profile of head, upper torso and arm:

Looking at the camera:

A footprint:

In honor of the newest addition to our family, we will be changing the name of our blog, but not the address (at least for now).

Sophie's First Camping Trip--Cumberland Falls

Way back in October, we took Sophie on her first camping trip to Cumberland Falls. Our first attempt had been at the end of September, but we were rained out, so off we trekked again to the campground in October. On the way, we stopped at the Sanders Cafe (the original KFC). It was a strange mix between a normal KFC and an old cabin/cafe.

We had to pose with the Colonel:

We finally got to the campground and set up our new, larger tent.

Sophie enjoyed her first camping meal!

And after dinner, Daddy started a fire so we could roast marshmallows. He also told her some not-so-scary campfire stories while I cleaned up.

By the end of the day, she was exhausted!

We were able to visit the falls, and as you can tell by how tight Sophie was holding on to us, she was a little scared of them...

Sophie also enjoyed throwing rocks into the river...what kid doesn't?!

Hanging out:

Posing on a hike we took:

Hiking with Mommy and Daddy: