Sophia Turns One

Sophia celebrated her first birthday over the weekend. Her birthday was actually on Friday, but we waited to celebrate on Saturday. She was excited to get to spend not only her birthday, but several days with her Kaul grandparents. My sister, Beckie, and her family also came over to help us celebrate the big day. Sophia doesn't really understand the whole present opening process, but her big sister was more than willing to help. In fact, I think Olivia was more excited about her sister's birthday than Sophia was. Sophia got a couple of adorable summer outfits, some very cute sunglasses, a little car that she can ride on, a Little People's bus and farm, and a set of musical instruments. I think she will be kept busy for quite some time. Since Yale's parents were here, Yale and I enjoyed our first night away together since Olivia was born. We kept it simple and just stayed in a hotel in downtown Denver. It was nice to be able to have 24 hours worth of conversations with complete sentences, and to just be able to enjoy each other's company. Sophia and Olivia loved having their grandparents here. Sophia clearly is quite attached to her grandpa. It's pretty cute to watch her try to get his attention. Speaking of attention... I think both of the girls will go through attention withdrawal now that their grandparents are gone.