Splish Splash!

I remember being a little girl, lookin through photo albums and thinking, Why did my parents take so many pictures of me in the bathtub? Well, now that I have a baby of my own, I know why. Just look how much fun Sophia's having! Do you remember when taking a bath was this much fun? I think she's going to be a little fish like her mama.

Playful Baby!

Here's Sophia having a blast in her Excersaucer, a Christmas present from her Grandpa Carlberg.

We're having so much fun!

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What a silly girl!

Holiday Catch Up

Well, there's a lot to catch up on--it's been a month since I last wrote. Suffice it to say that the trip to Rochester was wonderful, Christmas was merry, and we rang in the New Year quietly at home again in Seattle. We'll tell you the rest in pictures:

Out to get Sophia's first Christmas tree. Don't worry, Brian's there, too; he's taking the picture.

Lauren helping her dad cut down the chosen tree.

Happy family at the Christmas tree farm. Isn't Sophia adorable in her snowsuit?

"I like this snow stuff."

The tree all decorated on Christmas morning.

"Merry Christmas, Grammie!"

Is there anything sweeter than a child's eyes shining on Christmas morning?

Stocking time!

Meeting Great-Grandma Carlberg on Christmas Day.

Making funny faces at Aunt Krissy.

Playing at the Carlberg Christmas party.

Meeting Great-Grandpa Carlberg.

Lauren and Lanie at a girls' holiday tea with me, my mom, and Sophia.

Making a cute "Charlie Brown" smile while hanging out with Auntie Stephanie.

Dad came up later in the week to celebrate with us. Here he is with Sophia and her Aunt Meghan.

On December 28th, Sophia had her first solid food. Rice cereal...mmm...

2008 is shaping up to be a pretty good year thus far...all 17 days of it. Sophia is now 6 months old. My goodness! How time flies. We brought her in for her 6-month check-up on Tuesday, and she is growing steadily and seems to be developing right on schedule. Her new favorite thing to do is blow raspberries at us. She especially likes when you blow them back! She's also begun babbling quite a bit. She enjoys showing off this new talent at church on Sundays. Randy concluded that he didn't mind that she liked to preach when he's preaching...he just minds that she's better at it! What a joker. But, it's so wonderful having a church who really embraces our littlest members.

Health and blessings to all!

An Adventure in Photography

So, after an extremely unpleasant and disappointing experience at JCPenney Photo Studios, Brian and I decided to take our own holiday photos of Sophia. I'll post some of the others later, but this is the one we ultimately decided on for our Christmas cards. If you're reading this page it means you're likely getting one in the mail, but consider this your sneak preview. Is our little girl not the most adorable thing on this earth?

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have had so very much to be thankful for this year! First of all, our beautiful, healthy, happy little daughter who we love so much. We are thankful for all our friends and family, those we were able to celebrate with and those who are separated by distance but always with us in spirit. We are so grateful for Brian's wonderful job at Microsoft and for our church family here in Seattle. I am thankful for the opportunity to be able to excercise my craft at Taproot Theatre this fall. We are thankful for our wonderful marriage. We are especially thankful for and to a God who loves us beyond measure. And, we're thankful for our new camera that lets us capture such beloved memories!

Grandpa Lyle and Sophia.

Uncle Ethan holding Sophia at Thanksgiving Dinner.

One of the Thanksgiving tables set up at Cythia & Bobby's house. They were gracious enough to host 13 of us! It was great to celebrate with a large family again, something I've missed since being away from home.

Sophia and Mama.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving, we went down to Portland to meet up with Lance & Carol and the kids, since they were up visiting Lance's mom for the holidays. It was such a blessing to be able to catch up with them and introduce them to Sophia...though admittedly, it was a busy week for driving! Here is Carol holding our little girl.

Here we have Lancelot carving up the roast beast.

And Nathan with his Pokemon of the day!

Hope you all had as great a holiday as we did! God bless!!

It's the Great Pumpkin, Sophia Hudson!

Today, Brian, Sophia, and I went to the Lattins Country Cider Mill in Olympia to get some of the state's most delicious cider--and to pick out Sophia's very first pumpkin!

Poster baby!

We arrive.


A view of the pumpkin patch.

The old water wheel.

Checking out the bunny with Bun.

Sophia is rather unimpressed by the calf....

...but these little boys sure did like them. Maybe she'll appreciate them when she's older.

Isn't this just hilarious? Okay, maybe it's just me.

Sophia rather liked looking at the ducks.

Sophia started getting a little tired around 3 o'clock. What a good girl she was!

A little pumpkin on a big pumpkin!

Too sweet.