Baking Cookies

Sophie & Martha placing cookies on cookie sheet

Aunt Martha (Paula's sister) showed Sophie how to make cookies. They were the pre-cut Halloween shaped sugar cookies and they weren't bad. Sophie liked eating some of the cookie dough. Aunt Martha is teaching in Wilson County this year and so she has had a long fall break since they do the year-round schedule. She and Sophie got to spend some time together on Thursday and on Friday, we met Aunt Martha and Uncle Phil (Paula's brother) at the park. Uncle Phil surprised Sophie with a cute little Minnie Mouse doll and a Minnie Mouse mouseketeer hat (sp?). She was excited! She carries a Mickey Mouse doll around and usually calls him "Minnie". He brought them back from Disneyland for her. I'll try to get a decent picture of her with her Disney paraphenalia soon. Tonight she was pulling Minnie Mouse around in her little wagon and calling her "sweetheart". It was too precious!!

The weather has been much nicer this week and it has actually felt fall. The downside to that is we've all been struggling with allergies. Sophie was coughing really bad for a few days due to allergies but now she's feeling better. Today, we got to see Sophie's cousin, Luke, and his parents since they were in town for the weekend from KY.

O-R-E-O

Well, Paw Paw Waggoner and Uncle Phil came in yesterday (2/19) after Mimi and Paw Paw Tom left Charleston and headed back to Virginia. Among other things, Sophie has been introduced to Double Stuf Oreos. It doesn't get much better than that! She promptly finished her "required" lunch food to eat a Double Stuf Oreos. Like most of us, she couldn't stop after one cookie either. =) Paw Paw Waggoner showed her how the cookies could also been dunked in milk but Sophie drew the line at that. Anyway, we've had a good time hanging out with Uncle Phil and Paw Paw Waggoner!

Christmas in Nashville

Sophie and Paula were able to visit Nashville for a week in mid December. They attended Martha's (Paula's sister) graduation from Freed Hardeman University (about 2 hours from Nashville) and celebrated an early Christmas. Matt was able to get away for a long weekend and enjoy the festivities too. Paula was so proud of her little sister who earned a degree in elementary education. Sophie enjoyed spending time with Nana (shown above), Paw paw, Uncle Phil, Aunt Martha, and many extended family members and friends.

Since Sophie already had some baby dolls and typical girl toys, Uncle Phil decided to branch out and give Sophie a little track tower where you can race three cars at a time. Uncle Phil also taught her other useful tricks such as growling like a lion. =) Sophie enjoyed all of the attention.

New Tricks

We took Sophie to Hampton Park in Charleston after dinner one night. There were ducks in a lake who were very friendly and walked right up to Sophie. She kept pointing and saying, "duck!" "Duck" is only about the third word in Sophie's vocabulary. She also says "Mama" and "Dada."


Uncle Phil and Nana came down to Charleston to visit Sophie not too long ago. Phil and Sophie had similar schedules during the day; they both woke up late in the morning and took long afternoon naps. Sophie did go to bed at night five hours earlier than Phil though. (OK, so their schedules were a little different. She's usually up by 7 or 7:30 A.M.)
Sophie has also taken an interest in brushing her teeth. She loves to sit in the sink and brush her teeth. The week before Phil & Nana's visit, Grandma & Grandpa Vergne came down to help get some projects done and help babysit Sophie.