Summer Recap 09

Wow - Have I ever gone that long without blogging? I don't know. I must admit, it was kind of nice to take a hiatus and just enjoy living in the summer. As I've said in all my posts, it's great to be back in the States and around the family and friends that we have been away from for far too long. Today is officially my first day back at work; however, they are letting me work from home, as our apartment in Eugene isn't ready until next weekend. It is so nice of them to let me do that - it will definitely help me ease back into work and being away from the kids. I am excited to go back to work, but I am going to miss our two little Shmoos so much. At least this time around I got nearly five months with Sofie, as opposed to only eight weeks with Lucy. Still, it will be hard to drop them off at day care in a couple of weeks.
Pete and I are doing our personal best to jump-start the economy. In the past week we bought two TV's, a DVD player, a vacuum cleaner, an iron, a blender/slash food processor, a toaster oven, a coffee grinder, clothes ... the list goes on. It's kind of fun playing house after four years of making do with Bulgarian hand-me-downs from 1928 and the bare minimum in Hong Kong.
So - are you ready for the whirlwind summer recap? I really haven't taken as many pictures as I should have, but here is what I've got:

We spent some time at the beach in mid-July. It was so great to get back to the Oregon Coast.

I plan on taking a picture of Pete and the girls every year at Haystack Rock. As they get squigglier, it is more and more difficult to get the perfect shot.

My dad bought Sofie this cute hat.

The Sofster. This picture is almost a month old now and she has changed so much. I'll try to post a more recent one soon.

On July 24th, we headed to Hood Canal to attend one of my dearest friend's wedding. Leah - you looked SO beautiful and the day was gorgeous. I am so happy for you, my friend.

Lucy met some friends at the wedding and had fun twirling in her dress.

Here are a few shots of Lucy and Sofie playing. It's not happening often yet, but it is so cute when they hang out even for a few minutes.

Our friends Carolyn and Teresa (Pete used to teach with them) came to town last week. Carolyn brought this cute outfit for Lucy. It was a little cold outside the other day, so I put some leggings on underneath. Too cute!

I don't have any pictures of our weekends with Andy, Ali, Brady, and Drew, but it was so fun to see them and so fun to get the kids together. Lucy and Brady had a blast running around in the sprinklers.
Just for my baby book (since I don't even have one for Sof and Lucy's is practically empty) - Sofie has rolled over twice now, but I don't think either one was intentional. Once at Leah's wedding (aided by the angle of the lawn chair she was laying on) and the other time on Sydney's birthday (August 9th). She's working on it. What she is really good at is smiling. She is such a smiler and is so happy - we love it.