Pictures! Finally!

I think this one is gonna get long....I'm going to try and post in chronological order and get all caught up.

Again, we had visitors for July 4th weekend. Here are a few pictures from our weekend...outside of the professional pictures, we didn't take too many. Sorry these aren't the greatest, they're all we've got.

Waiting on the metro.


At the Washington Monument


4th of July cookout at Michelle's, trying on her shoes.




July 5th in the ER. Waiting on the doc.


Mommy, I'm hungry and tired and in pain....why can't we go home?


Ok, I'll entertain myself by taking pictures of myself with the camera.
(You won't believe how happy she was to take pictures and try and flip it around and see the image before the screen went dark.)




Just got done with casting, waiting on the doc to release us.


Sofie bellied up to the bar with Kellie after Marc's baseball game on the 12th.


I bought this really cool cake pan that makes a bundt cake in the shape of a flower...for $3!


This past Saturday I went to a bridal shower for my friend Hillary.
The bride and her matron of honor.


Showing off one of her gifts.


Everyone that was at the shower.


After the shower, we caravaned to a few local wineries for tastings.






Barb taking of picture of me taking a picture of Barb. :)


After the wineries, all the girls went to dinner and then went out partying. I didn't go because I had to be at my running group at 6:30am the next day. It's a good thing too, I was sacked out on the sofa by 8pm with a migraine. But it sounds like I missed a good time!

Breakfast this past Sunday


On the way home from Marc's game....notice the chocolate face. I brought donuts for the team and Sofie went to town on a chocolate covered one.


Phew! I think we are caught up now. I'm off to make lunches and get in bed before 9! Michelle and I are running 6 miles in the morning.

Leg Update!!

Sofie had her check up with the orthopedist today. Last week the doctor couldn't see anything on her xrays, but he said it could have been fractured in the growth plate, which he told us would not show on the xray until it started to heal and show signs of calcification. She's been in the splint for 10 days and she had new xrays. And there were still no signs of fracture! Whoo hoo! At this point, since she can't tell us where or how it hurts, we can only assume it is a bad sprain. She walked on it tentatively and jerky, but she walked. She hasn't walked since, she's scooted and she's crawled on her hands and knees (which leads me to believe it's in her ankle).

We had a house full with Marc's daughters, our two nieces, and Marc's dad (they were here for 4.5 days). Sofie had her leg incident their last day here. Then my parents came up to love on Sofie while my dad was here for a meeting.

This week we've finally had our house back to ourselves and we are trying to settle back into our routines. I still have pictures from the girls' visit but they are on my camera. I'd never get around to blogging if I kept putting it off until I got the pictures. I've been running at 4:45am and 5am, rushing home to get ready, drop Sofie at daycare, learning a new job (finally got to meet my client!) and commute. By the time dinner is done and lunches are made, all I want to do is go to bed and start it all over again.

Family Photos

My father-in-law is visiting and he brought my step-daughters and 2 nieces with him. One of the first things we did was go have family photos taken. Our last one was horrible!


All the girl cousins (my nephew, Bobby is missing)

Front row: Sofie, Vanessia (my neice)
Middle row: Araceli (my other niece), Hayleigh (step-daughter)
Back row: Alicyn (step-daughter)

The West Coast cousins

Araceli and Vanessia

The Illinois cousins

Alicyn and Hayleigh

All of Marc's girls

Sofie, Hayleigh, and Alicyn

Marc and I


Marc and I with our girls

Alicyn, Marc, me, Sofie, and Hayleigh

Grandpa with the girl grandkids (again, grandson, Bobby, is missing)

Alicyn, Grandpa, Sofie, Araceli, Hayleigh, Vanessia

Our First ER Visit

Sofie has a fractured leg. She was going down the slide with her big sister (we've had house guests, hence no recent posts, will update soon). Her shoe got caught on the slide and her foot stayed put while the rest of her body kept going down the slide. Her leg bent behind her and Marc heard a pop. She wouldn't walk or put any pressure on her leg afterwards. We called the pediatrician who recommended we take her to the ER. A few x-rays later, they are pretty sure it is fractured near the growth plate, down by the knee. Apparently, it's pretty hard to read x-rays for kids this small since they are still mostly cartilage. So, she got a splint to immobilize her leg and we are headed to the orthopedist tomorrow. I will update more once I know more...and better pictures too.