Tough Weekend

Eric is away at training for four weeks so Sophie and I made a trip to see Eric's parents this past weekend. Unfortunately Sophie had an accident the first night we were there. I had just got her in her jammies and she was showing off dancing and spinning in circles. She fell and hit the fireplace hearth and cut her forehead open. We headed to the ER where we waited hours for her to get stitched up. It was a horrible experience for all of us. They had to put Sophie in a "papoose" (which I call a straight jacket) in order to give her stitches. She was bleeding and she was screaming mama. I think I cried as much as her! Fortunately, Sophie will most likely forget the experience....unfortunately the rest of us will not! The day after "the incident" Sophie got a cold which made things even worse. She didn't sleep for about three nights...which means mama didn't either! However, she is finally feeling better and back to her happy self playing in the water in our backyard.

Grandpa stayed with Sophie while she was napping one day while Paula and I went to Hillsboro to watch the air show. It was really cool! We saw several small planes doing tricks as well as big fighter jets. It was nice to have a little break after the trauma of the previous couple of days.

I am now in scar prevention mode combatting the scar on my beautiful baby's face! I have been finding any/all creams, ointments, and lotions to help make the scar appear not as noticeable. She's so young so hopefully it won't be too bad.

I never realized how horrible it could be to have your child in pain. I wanted so badly to take her place. I'm sure this will not be Sophie's last injury but in the future hopefully daddy will be there too. She has been missing him so much and talks about him several times a day. Today she picked up my phone and "talked" to daddy for 5 whole minutes! We are looking forward to seeing him on the 9th. She and I will go to Boise for the BBQ/Concert for soliders and their families. He will then come home to La Grande on the 10th and get to spend a week here before leaving for his year long deployment.

The pictures I am posting were taken with my phone. I think with everything that happened I never took my camera out of it's case this weekend. I also think it's hard for me to look at pics of her with an owie or bandage!

Visit with family

Eric's parents, brother Jeff, and two nephews (Justin and Ronnie) came to visit us on Wednesday. It was great to see them and nice for Audri to get to visit with them while she was here. They brought their camper and parked at our house for one night (the boys tented it in the backyard!). We had Eric's aunts, uncle, and cousins over to visit with all of us that evening. Then the next day our guests headed to camp at Jubilee Lake. Audri had to head back to Nampa to work but Eric, Soph, and went up to Jubilee Lake for the day. Unfortunately Sophie had her first case of car sickness on the way up there but other than that we had a lot of fun. She enjoyed playing with her cousins in the water and dirt. She really liked seeing the mommy duck with all her ducklings following behind. Unfortunately we didn't get any pics of the ducks. But Sophie sure wanted to dive in the water and chase after them!

Big Sis comes for a visit

Audri came and stayed with us for three nights last week and we had a very nice visit with her. On Tuesday she had her senior pictures done by the same photographer that did Sophie's one year old pictures. We have got to see a couple of them so far annd they turned out great! At the end of her photo shoot we were able to get a few family shots as well.

Camping

Audri was here visiting us last week and we decided to go on a short one night camping trip on Monday night. We stayed close to home (20 minutes from our house!) and went to a state campground/picnic area called Red Bridge. It was very nice up there...not crowded and 10 degrees cooler than in town. Thanks to our friends the Dearingers for letting us borrow their 8 man tent since our little 3 man one won't hold a Pack 'N Play! Sophie did very well sleeping in a tent for the first time. We all had a great time relaxing and doing fun camping things. Sophie enjoyed the water and trees and the rest of us enjoyed the campfire and smores! :)

Hot Hot Hot!

The past several days here have been "rather warm." My new mantra is that I will not complain about the heat because Eric will soon be in a place where the forecast is 122 degrees. On Sunday evening we were getting a little warm in our house and Sophie needed a distraction from teething so we decided to take a little drive. We took the Hilgard exit and drove up a long the river and found the cutest little picnic and campground area called Red Bridge. I had been there once in college but it had been a long time ago. It was beautiful up there! It was 10 degrees cooler than here and we saw deer, elk, and a cottontail rabbit on our trip (not to mention a snake by the river...yuck!). The picnic area/campground is right by the river. We weren't sure if she would want to get in the water because earlier in the day she was not a fan of the cold water in her pool. However, the river was surprisingly warmer than her pool and it had rocks....which Sophie LOVES playing with and throwing! She spent at least 30 or 40 minutes sitting in the water and playing with the rocks.

We had a wonderful summer evening up by the river. I think I have Eric convinced to let us go on a one night camping trip up there while Audri is here visiting this next week!

Chief Joseph Days

We spent the weekend up at my mom's in Wallowa. Grammy and I took Sophie to the children's parade on Friday. She seemed to be more interested in the bouncy ball that Cousin Chance found than the actual parade! And of course she wanted to walk WITH them in the parade instead of sit down and watch. Needless to say mommy got her excercise chasing Sophie. I'm thinking when she gets faster I may need to get one of those backpack harness things for her to wear! On Saturday Eric got off work and came up to join us. Grammy and Grandpa Larry watched Sophie and Eric and I went to dinner and the rodeo. It was lots of fun!

Wishing I would've got some pics at the parade of Sophie and her cousins Chance and Gage but Sophie wouldn't sit still or even let me get the camera out of the stroller! So, here are a couple of family pics that my mom took before we left for the rodeo.

Fun at the lake

Sophie and I went up to Wallowa Lake for the day to visit our friends with Dearingers. They were camping for four days up there and invited us to come up and play in the water. At first Sophie was not excited about getting in the water but after it warmed up a little she LOVED playing in the sand, rocks, and splashing around. She and her friend Taylor had lots of fun!