Sophie's big announcement

Well, in case you couldn't guess from Sophie's shirt, we are expecting our 2nd child. Our baby is due on January 24, 2008 and we are very excited! Paula is about 9 1/2 weeks pregnant and everything is going fine so far. We went to the doctor on Friday and they did an ultrasound. Sophie helped us give our news to the grandparents. She has enjoyed seeing her Vergne grandparents this week. By the way, we've told Sophie that there's a baby coming but there's just no way that she can understand that right now. =) I'm sure that after the baby is here, she will understand a whole lot better!

Nana visits

Nana came to visit us on Monday and she has spent the week with us. We've had fun going shopping, hanging out, etc. We went to the beach one day. It's been a little cooler than normal though so it was almost too cool to go swimming. We've also had a lot of rain. Sophie has really enjoyed spending time with Nana. She was so excited before Nana came and talking about how the things that she wanted to show Nana.

Picture time

We took Sophie to Portrait Innovations last weekend to have some 2 year pictures made. She was easier to handle this time than the last time. I couldn't believe the difference when I compared her pictures from this year and last year. She has changed so much and grown up!

one of my personal favorites

June Happenings

Sophie's got style! Sophie with her P.J.'s on, her maracas,
and her BIG boots.

Sophie playing in the rice pool

Damage from storm-neighbor's tree on house

Storm damage

Well, things haven't been too exciting here lately but we had a huge storm come through the 1st weekend in June, as soon as the official hurrican season began! A big part of our neighbor's tree ended up on the side of our house. Thankfully, it didn't seem to do much damage and we found someone to remove it for us but it was kind of a mess. It could have been much worse though. Sophie went to one of her first "kid" birthday parties last weekend. One party was rained out. The only other "kid" birthday party she'd attended besides her own parties of course =) was when she was a couple months old.

Anyway, this week I decided to try to keep our schedules free so that I could potty train Sophie. It went well the 1st day but we spent a lot of time in the bathroom. The 2nd day however, was awful. So, I think we'll just not worry so much about it for a little bit and then come back to it when she seems to be ready. Potty training is not for the faint hearted it seems (which I'm not, but this is a real doozy of a task).

Memorial Day weekend

Sophie at Memorial Day picnic

Sam, Sophie, & one of the twins (I can't remember for sure)

Sophie

Matt & Paula

For Memorial Day weekend we went up to visit Matt's parents (as we mentioned in our last post a while back). I'm finally adding a few pictures to those from a picnic that we had that weekend. It was at the Harkabus' home and a few other families that are close friends of the Vergne's came to the picnic as well. Sophie had a great time playing with Sam and his twin sisters, Abigail and Cadence. These kids are being kept by Robyn (Harkabus) Jennings and her husband, Joe, right now. Their mom died of cancer a few months ago and their dad is not coping well. Anyway, the kids had fun playing in the sandbox and on the swingset. I wish the best for those kids.

We're going on a bear hunt

While visiting family in Richmond on Memorial Day weekend, we visited Maymont Park. There is a farm exhibit there with cows and goats and pigs. Sophie loved watching all of the animals. There is also a bear exhibit with two young bears. The bears were very active, and Sophie enjoyed watching them swim and try to climb a tree.

Trip to Hilton Head Island

Sophie at Shelter Cove marina

Well, it's been a little while since we've given an update on our lives. We've been staying busy with one thing or another. This past weekend, we got away to Hilton Head for a much needed relaxing trip. None of us had ever been and we really enjoyed it. We got to go for a nice long bike ride, spent some time on the beach, walked around, etc. Sophie loved playing in the sand and getting very messy! When we were at the beach, we saw dolphins swimming just a little bit out in the water. Sophie also enjoyed seeing an alligator, turtles and some interesting birds right outside the hotel where we were staying. I hope we can go back to Hilton Head sometime. Tomorrow, we are headed to Richmond, VA to spend Memorial Day weekend with Matt's parents, sister, and one of his aunt and uncles.

our family at Harbortown

Sophie playing on the beach