What's in a name?

My sista Lissa tagged me to do a post about how we came up with the names for our kiddos.


We got the name for this sleeping beauty by looking at a ward list from Doug's mission. Since we didn't know what we were having we were having a hard time deciding about names. Sophia (or Sofia in Swedish) was the only girl name we could agree on. We could not agree on a boy name so thank goodness she wasn't a boy! We were going to do the name Mason regardless of whether it was a boy or girl but I guess Sophia won out.

We named this bundle of joy Lilly after my grandma Lilly Nicholl. Again we didn't know what we were having so it was hard to decide. When I was a few weeks away from delivering we decided we needed to get serious about choosing names and Doug said, "how about Lilly". I totally felt her kick right after he said that (I know it's sounds cheesy but I'm serious - she was sealing the deal). If she had been a boy we would have name her Lewis after Doug's grandpa. Before she was born we were going through a list of names we had written when I was pregnant with Sophia and Lewis and Lilly were written on the back of the page right next to each other - spooky.

I tag Kimber, Sarah, and anyone else who thinks this post might be fun. I know some of you may be concerned about putting your kids names on your blogs so feel free to avoid this tag!

Fun Times With the Girls!

We had a fun weekend with our silly girls. Lilly was in the giggliest mood yesterday. He and Sophia were jumping on the bed and she thought it was absolutely the funniest thing ever. She sure loves her sister!

We also had fun today because it was time for...matchers! I dressed the girls in these outfits before Easter but never snapped a picture so I figured I'd dress them in these again so that we could do a little photo shoot. The funny thing about these outfits is that they were hand me downs from two different people. They're even different brands! I couldn't believe how well they went together though. The craziness! Sophia also got a hair cut yesterday (although you really can't tell too well in these pictures).

Lilly had an especially good time playing with this basket today. She kept sucking on the very edge of it and it seriously kept her entertained for about 15 minutes! We love it when our babies start playing with toys!

This evening we went on a nice walk around the block. When we got home we had a fun time exploring the flowers! Whenever Sophia sees them she says, "Look our flowers! They're growin' up!". I'm just pleased that I was successful at planting bulbs (even though only about half of them came up). The picture I have at the top of our blog is of these flowers that grew randomly in our front yard. I thought they were pretty pretty (hee hee). I must give major props to our camera though because each of those flowers is about the size of a dime. You can see in the picture below how they compare to the leaves and woodchips. Can you believe those two pictures are of the same flowers?

Here's one more video to suit all your fancies. I was sitting next to Sophia today and overheard her naming the first presidency. I didn't realize she really knew these men so well. She never ceases to amaze me!

Super Fun Movie Week!

Since we lead such exciting lives, we had nothing going on this week so we decided to watch a movie every night this week. I know, we're so exciting! Here's our list of what we saw:

Monday: It Could Happen to You - It was pretty good. A cute little story that was a fun watch. We also started to watch Chain Reaction with Keanu Reeves but it was pretty boring (and Doug had already seen it so we turned it off).

Tuesday: August Rush - Such a good movie!!!! At first I thought it was a little too artsy for me but I ended up loving it! Doug thought it was one of the best he's ever seen. We strongly recommend it.

Wednesday: Amazing Grace - This was based in England about the abolition of the slave trade. I hate to admit it, but I fell asleep! Doug thought it was okay but it was a little too slow going for me.

Thursday: The Seeker - This was kind of a sci-fi movie that I guess it based on a book called "The Dark is Rising". It was acutally better than we thought it was going to be. Kind of cheesy but still pretty suspensful.

Friday: Enchanted - I watched this one with Sophia while we waited for Daddy to get home from work. It was pretty cute and better than I thought it would be. I thought Susan Saradnon did a good job in it. I think she was my favorite. After Doug got home from work we watched The Kite Runner. It was pretty good too. It was kind of sad but a good story.

Tonight I'm going to watch Miss Potter with my mom during the priesthood session. I'm looking forward to that one. It really was a fun week but not something I want to do every week. We hope you all had a great week! Enjoy Conference!

A little bit of news...

I'm pregnant! I hope it's a boy this time. Well I guess I can't really hide it any more and we feel like now is the time to let everyone know about our newest arrival! April Fools! Did I totally fool ya?

Anyway, on to some real news. Doug got the stump out finally! I just had to take a picture of him on top of his latest victory.

Here's a couple of the girls. They both love the Elmo chair! Thanks again Lissa! Sophia fell asleep in it yesterday and Lilly has been enjoying it lately.

Finally, Happy Anniversary to 2 of the greatest parents in the world! I think Jeffy told me it's been 39 years! Way to go! You are truly an inspiration to us all and I'm so thankful for all you do and the example you've set! I love you both!