A cute new outfit!

My good friend Susan Wilson made this beautiful dress for Sonora since she can tell how much Sonora loves dressing up! Thank you Sube - we love it!

I found it!!

About a month ago, Aunt Nancy came down to play with Sonora and help us out so I could rest/relax before Levi's birth. While she was here she took many pictures of Sonora on her camera and let Sonora play with it. Apparently one day while no one was looking, Sonora hid it (put it down while she was playing in a cabinet) and thus a frantic search was on for Aunt Nancy's phone for the next day. We finally convinced ourselves that Aunt Nancy must have misplaced it or lost it while shopping because we simply couldn't find it anywhere. Well, turns out...Sonora did hide it and she found it too! She was playing again in the cabinet in the kitchen and showed Steve what she found. We were shocked and surprised that indeed it was Aunt Nancy's camera! The unfortunate part was Aunt Nancy had already bought a new camera a week prior to Sonora finding the old one. Thankfully Aunt Nancy thought it was hilarious and now she has two cameras! :)

A very proud Sonora!

The "New" Nursery

Well we have officially finished the New and Improved Double Nursery! We decided to combine both kids in the same room (we'll see very shortly if that was a wise decision or not!) so we had to paint one half of the room for a boy and we left the other side PINK for Sonora! As you'll see from the following pictures, Sonora loves the dots in her new room and we are very happy with the results that Steve did. It might resemble neopolitian ice cream, but we love ice cream around here!

We look forward to Levi's arrival...hopefully any day now!

Random CUTE pictures of Sonora Rose!

Gotta love her! :)

Christmas 2009

I'm obviously a lot late in posting these pictures from Christmas this year. Plus I can't seem to get them in the right order, so the activities are backwards but you will get the picture! Christmas was fun this year, Sonora was 14 months and enjoyed it a lot more than last year at 2 months! BUT, I know this will be nothing compared to the excitement of next year when she's 2 and can understand a lot more about Christmas and all those presents to open! We were able to spend Christmas with both sides this year...the Farris' on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the Kessler's on Christmas evening and the following week when Team Kess joined us for a late Christmas celebration.

Here is Corey & Jordan playing one of their new Wii games.

All three...they even look like brothers from the back!

Sweetheart Jordan reading a book to Sonora. All three boys enjoyed spending time with Sonora and she was in heaven with all the attention she was getting.

Sonora drinking water from her sippy cup. It cracks us up how high she has to lift her head back to drink!


This is Sonora's Christmas Day outfit. Isn't she so cute?!

Opening presents at Grandma & Grandpa Kessler's house.

A family picture on Christmas.

Christmas morning making herself some tea, a gift from Great Grandma Marie.

This is the horse we got Sonora for Christmas. I think she was excited!

A new puzzle from her cousin Ryan.

Christmas morning with Daddy.

Christmas morning with Mommy.

Christmas Eve at the Farris'. She is attempting to climb this antique horse which is why we got her a toy one instead!

Her new giraffe "bike".

The cousins on the Farris side. Randy, Tanner, Haley, Sonora, Trenton, & Carter.

Trying to open up a present but I'm pretty sure she gave up and went off somewhere else.

A new little Bounce & Giggle pig. It was quite funny.

She also got a Jack in the box and wasn't even scared at all. She's a tough cookie.

Christmas 2009 was a great celebration! We look forward to the new year and all the new things this year will bring! Happy 2010!