Sweet sisters

Sophie is so sweet and really loves her baby sister. The other day when I was giving Audrey a bath Sophie pulled a chair over to help me. For some reason Audrey was not really loving her bath and kept crying. Sophie continually tried to console her in her very softest and nicest voice. The following are her sweet words to her sister.

"It's okay baby Auge."
"It's just water, don't cry."
"Don't worry about it Auge, it's just water!"
"I'm right here."
" It's okay baby Auge."
"I'm right here, I'm not going to leave you!"

Like I said, sweet! I just had to write this one down for all those days when I think she is not so sweet. I love my girls!


My smiley Baby Audrey

Preview of Disneyland!

We had a great time in California a few weeks ago and I'm excited to write all about it. But for now I just wanted to give you a little preview of all the new friends Sophie met while we were there. If you didn't already know, Sophie LOVES princesses and I hope these pics are worth the hour and a half we waited to meet them.

 

It's a....GIRL!!

That's right, another girl! We are excited to have a new little girl in our house and a sister for Sophie. Things will be a little crazy around here with the baby due on June 13th, Sophie's 2nd birthday on the 22nd, and most likely moving out of Provo sometime in July, but we are excited for all the changes. I've been meaning to scan these ultrasound pics into my computer for awhile and finally got around to it today. I think she looks a lot like Sophie in her ultrasound picture, but I'm sure they all look pretty similar at that point. And I just love the one where she is waving Hi to us.

Better late than never... Christmas!

We had such a great time at Christmas. We went to Grandma and PopPop's for Christmas with the WHOLE Bybee family. It was a lot of people, but provided us with a lot of good fun. Some of the highlights from our break include: going to Temple Square to see the lights, Christmas with the whole family, skiing in Park City, our 2nd Annual Gingerbread Competition, nerf wars at the gym, sledding, going "bouncy" (as Sophie likes to call it) at the gym, and eating lots of good treats! We were lucky to be able to spend Christmas with our whole family and enjoy the memories we were able to make. Sorry about the picture overload but I was just experimenting with putting in slideshows so I hope you enjoy!

Photo album made with Smilebox

This slideshow design made with Smilebox

I finally did it!

I have been wanting to get my haircut for months now, and yesterday I finally got it done. It is a little shorter than I had planned, but I really like it. I think I cut off almost a foot and a half! My hair hasn't been this short since before I moved to D.C., in fact David has never even seen me with this short of hair! I'm glad for the change and the chance for a little excitement. I've included a little before and after picture for you all to enjoy!

Halloween Fun!

I love Halloween! I love the pumpkins, the leaves, the fun activities, dressing up, and don't forget the candy. This year Sophie and I went to Gardner's Village to look at all the witches. Even though it was super crowded we had a good time. This is us sitting outside the cute little shops for a photo.

Here are some pictures of just a few of the witches we saw.

This one would fit in nicely at the Bybee household with all that TNT!

This was one of my favorites flying through the air on her bike.

One of my favorite Halloween activities is to carve pumpkins and thanks to David's sister, Robyn, we didn't even have to buy any pumpkins this year. She grew these monsters in her garden and donated them to our festivities.

These are our pumpkins all aglow. I carved the spider and David the owl. David proclaimed himself the winner of best pumpkin award this year and I would have to agree. Way to go Honey!

What do I like even more than carving pumpkins? Throwing a Halloween party of course. I love dressing up, baking food, and throwing a good party. It is usually a lot of work but always worth it. We had some awesome guests at our party this year. We had Harry Potter, Ron, Hermione and her cat Crookshanks. We also had a bunch of pirates with a really cute parrot. We were most fortunate to be graced with the presence of an escaped mental patient (Sophie's favorite guest by far) and her doctor. We also had some fashionably late partygoers donning one anothers rival school appearal. And last but not least the cutest little witch in town with her semi-creepy parents.

This pirate mamma made the little parrot costume. So cute and so amazing!

The scariest I've ever seen Shey! Sophie seriously could not get enough of Aunt Shey!

The black widow and her web!! I think our costumes turned out pretty good for just putting them together a few hours before the party started.

The cutest little witch in town. Thanks to my mom for making Sophie's skirt and cape. They turned our awesome and she really enjoyed them.

Witchie Poo!

Unfortunately on Saturday it was raining a lot so we almost gave up hope on taking Sophie trick or treating. But luckily it stopped raining around seven so we took her for a quick trip around the block to collect some candy. Candy that of course would be eaten by mom and dad!

Sophie and Dad Trick or Treating

Sophie dipping into her spoils before we even made it back to the house!

Good thing we have a pet door and a set of really long arms because somehow we locked ourselves out of house! Don't worry Super David got us inside in a jiffy.

I hope everyone had a super Halloween and enjoys the upcoming holidays!

September Highlights

I can't believe that I haven't blogged since before we left London! I was doing such a good job, but I've kind of slacked off since we got home. So here are a few highlights from September.

Labor Day Weekend in Pocatello!

This was Sophie's first time swimming and she absolutely loved it! So sad that summer was over so quickly and we couldn't go swimming a few more times.

So excited!

Sophie and her cousin, Aspen.

Enjoying the sun, water, and barefeet!


Enjoying the homemade rootbeer fumes! Classic

I can't believe how nice the weather was in September. David, Sophie and I decided to take advantage of it and hike the Y. It was not a very long hike, but it was a steep hike. The view was beautiful from the top and we got there just in time to watch the sun set.

We are so blessed to live so close to the temple. It is one of mine and Sophie's favorite places to go for a walk. The flowers were so beautiful I couldn't resist snapping a few photos.

One of Sophie's new favorite things to do is dump her milk upside down while she is eating until she has a pile that she can spread around with her fingers. It is very messy and annoys me to no end, so I tried to find a better outlet for creative powers.

Sophie's First Fingerpainting

So, for those of you who don't know, I'm the Young Women's Secretary in our ward and this last month I had an awesome opportunity. The YW took a four week RAD (rape agression defense) course, and I had the opportunity to take it with them. It was an awesome experience and I learned a lot of things about how to protect myself and just be more aware of my surroundings. The class was very empowering and a really great experience for the girls and the leaders alike.

This is me all suited up for my simulation on the last week. I was really nervous before it started, but once we got going I was a fighting machine!


All the YW, leaders, and aggresors after our simulation.

A couple of weeks ago I was cleaning out Sophie's closet and looking for some fall clothes when she found this coat and hat that I bought her for the winter. She wanted to try them on and the refused to take them off. She had them on for about an hour before I made her take them off. I mean come on, it was like 85 degrees outside! Crazy kid, gotta love her!