Seriously! Can You Get Any Cuter, Sophia?

Cool Hat, Baby!

We entered this photo of Sophia in the "Cool Hat, Baby! 2008 Photo Contest" hosted by Parents magazine! Winners are chosen via viewers votes.

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(You will have to create a members account to vote, but it is completely free, and they won't send you anything if you uncheck the boxes.)

You can vote for her up to 5 times per day! The contest ends April 7, 2008. The grand prize is $1,000.

Thanks for your votes!!

CORRECTION: Contest ends April 5th. Again, thanks to all who voted daily for Sophia!

It's Gonna Be a Bright, Bright Sunshiny Day

I was absolutely smitten with the weather yesterday. I woke up and spent the first couple hours of the morning inside. Then I had to run out to the car to get something, and couldn't believe the sunshine. So I ran back inside, got myself together, kissed Jared and Sophia goodbye (they were taking a nap together), and went to revel in the warm sun. I did several errands, including wandering the aisles of Wal-Mart for 1.5 hours, looking at everything I wanted to look at. I haven't had much "me time" lately, so this was a special treat. Then I came home, whisked Sophia from Jared's arms, and brought her out for her first ever stroller ride!! (By the time she was born last fall, the weather was already too cold to bring her out on walks.) We had a nice long walk, stopped back at home to grab some lunch, then were off again to drive around for awhile and soak up the sun. I just really couldn't get enough and found any excuse I could think of to go out yesterday. It was pure bliss.