i'm so clean

the other night we had our friends, the williams (sofia's friend, Jo's, parentals) over for dinner. i made spaghetti squash with lots of veggies. sofia mae loved it. she loved it so much she thought it would be a great idea to rub it on her hair, face, and shirt. i didn't think it was the greatest idea. what do you think?

i think it accentuates her receding hairline.

she had already bathed that day. darn.

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

what defines me as a person is simple. 3 things. 1) my relationship with my Savior 2.) my family 3.) how i treat other people.  although there are more things that are on the surface ( i hate snow, i love jeopardy, i can shut one eye completely without any creases, ice cream is the best invention ever), these 3 things are at my core.

i am a mormon. i am a christian. i believe Jesus Christ to be my Savior and only through Him can i make it back to heaven. i know that Jesus Christ established His church while He was here. I know that a prophet of God brought it back, in it's entirety, to the earth. i have done my research. i know my Savior knows me and accepts me as a christian.

despite what many are saying on TV, that i am not a christian and that i am a member of a cult, my belief in Him and my church grows stronger daily. please don't tell me what i am or what i am not.

i'm not here to fight or argue. just to let you know that

i 
am 
a 
christian. 

and you can't tell me otherwise.

learn more about us here. thanks for reading.

Dad

a few months ago i asked jeff, "are you going to freak out when Sofia goes on her first date?" he replied by saying, "no... (pause) i'm going to be with her." straight faced. poor sofia.

jeffrey found this shirt online and i think it perfectly describes him:

i need to get this for him.

her bud

sofia has some good friends around the neighborhood. mayla and crew are in her top 3 friends (she only has 4). sofia and i absolutely love jo williams. she is totally a bff, and can i add that she loves me, like a lot. laughs her head off when i talk to her. so i consider her one of MY bff's. oh, and i LOVE her mama too, which is a total bonus.

andreas hubby, brian, thinks sofia is so advanced (physically) and has a work out schedule for jo so she can keep up with sofia. love it. they are about 4 months apart.

anyone else notice how cute jo's hands are positioned? and then you look over to my baby girl and see the big watermelon/drool stains on her shirt. gross. and notice the difference in leg thickness? wow. that's my healthy mexican.

just had to post

sorry. ones of those moms here. i just had to post her outfit. at least i'm not posting my own outfits.

i got a picture of her in this right before she pooped all over it. so lady like.

such good voices

i love this song and i truly think these kids do it justice. they were on ellen today.

Update on My Girl

sofia has been such a good girl lately. i think she's making up for being a crazy baby. hopefully me writing this down doesn't jinx it.

on game days, this is what she looks like. jeffrey dresses her.

Jeff washed the windows this weekend and they look amazing...see?

i love that you can see all 3 of us in this picture, if you look really closely, you can see jeff's reflection.

sofia is so funny. new stuff:

1. she dances a lot
2. she claps
3. she points. (kind of rude, i know)
4. she loves looking at pictures of herself
5. she waves goodbye to people
6. she loves giving "besos" to people, open mouthed.

she is the happiest kid ever when she wakes up. just yesterday, while she was napping, i went in to the kitchen to get water, and i heard sofia cracking up in her room. i had no idea when she woke up, so i grabbed my camera, and recorded this...

(note that her voice is still super raspy, which i love, and i apologize for my very high pitched voice that sounds ridiculously annoying)


wake up time from Jacqueline Crane on Vimeo.

both jeff and i fight over who wants to get her from her crib because we love, love, love it. she's a gem, the best part of our lives. we had no idea how much she would strengthen our home, and our marriage.