Sophie's First Birthday

Happy Birthday Sophie... I can't believe that she is finally one year old....


We celebrated sophies birthday when we went out to pioche for halloween. We had Grandma and Grandpa Donohue up for some cupcakes and ice cream.
Sophie really enjoyed her birthday cupcake....

She was so funny. After we sang happy birthday to her and she blow out the candle. She just face planted right into the cupcake... She loved every bite of it.

After cupcakes and ice cream we had her open up a couple of presents. she found this to be very enjoyable also... the picture below of her smiling, just makes my day..

For being such a small party, we sure did have alot of fun.. I think Sophie really enjoyed it too. Her sister bailey got a bit jealous of all of sophies birthday presents. But bailey was a really good big sister and showed her how to use all of her new toys.

No greater thing than a good mother

The other day I was sitting at my desk thinking about how much of a wonderful mother EVA is. The more that I started to think about it, the more that I was in awe of here many wonderful talents and abilities. But mostly I was overwhelmed by her unselfish love.
She is every minute of everyday watching and caring for her kids. Not only that but she has to put up with her biggest kid... me.
I wish that there were words to express my love and thanks to her. There is no diamond in the word big enough to repay her for her unselfish acts of kindness and love. There is truly no greater love than that of a mother.

Eva I love you more than anything in this world. Thank you for being such a wonderful mother and an even better wife. I hope that one day when I grow up I can be half of the person you are.

Happy Halloween!

We ended up going to Pioche for the weekend, it was really nice. Bailey got to go to the school carnival, which I forgot to take any pictures of, and then we took her and Sophie around to trick or treat.

I have to laugh because all the little girls were either princesses or a fairy of some sort... and
Bailey was a frog, and Sophie was a Cow. Oh well, they ended up working out really well though, it kept them warm all night.

Of course we had to do a little pumpkin carving. Bailey was not going to touch the inside of the pumpkin at all.

Enjoying the loot, Sophie pulled out all the suckers and put the rest back, and yes that bowl is just Sophie's candy and Bailey had her own. They totally scored!

Memory Lane

Whenever I see this...
I cant help but think of this!

(Me and my little bro!)