Two Weeks in Arizona

Sophie and I just got back from Arizona after being there for two weeks. My sister Tarrah was about to have her third baby boy, so not wanting to miss the opportunity to be part of this experience, Sophie and I hopped on a plane and flew to AZ! I attached some pictures of our trip!

Since the baby hadn't come yet, Rachael, my mom and I got pedicures! Sophie tried, but her feet couldn't reach!

Sophie bathing with her very tan cousins Davis and Carter

The Triplets and Sophie!

My dad retired from Chair of the Orthodontics Department at the dental school, so we threw him a surprise retirement party to say goodbye.

A week later, there was still NO BABY so I decided to get a dental check-up! I was so disappointed- I had a cavity :( and I had to get numb which I hate!

Dining at Tia Rosa's with grandma and grandpa - still no baby!

She may look like her daddy, but she has her mommy's really long tongue!

Swimming with four babies! Sophie fell asleep in her boat!

Finally! On July 1st, a week after her due date, Tarrah gave birth to a beautiful baby boy! I raced to the hospital at 4:45am! It was amazing! He weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces!

Hudson Glen Banks!

Proud Auntie

Sophie meeting Hudson for the first time. We always think she's so little but she looked like a giant next to her cousin.

Careful!

Saying "Goodbye."

Balboa Island

Ok, so I haven't posted anything for a while because our camera broke the day before Brady's birthday! Now we have no photos from when he turned the big 3-0. Luckily I got a new camera. On Wednesday we went to the gorgeous Balboa Island in Newport Beach to visit my sister-in-law Kerry & her kids. They're renting a house on the beach for a month! It is such a cool place, I felt like I stepped onto a movie set!

It's a small beach. There are no waves so it's great for little kids.
(That's Sophie on the towel. She's been sitting up on her own for more than a month!)

This is Nathan & Kerry's Rhino! It's so cool! It's legal to drive on streets, too!

Sophie & her cousin Kennady

We meet up with Janie & McKay Nelson for lunch! They live a couple minutes from there. Debbie & Matthew came too! We went to this yummy pizza place called "Gina's."

I love this picture of Sophie & Matthew! They both look a little bored but so cute!

Hollywood

Brady's brother Derek flew in from Salt Lake City to surprise Brady for his 30th birthday! Brady always says I can't keep a secret from his so he was shocked to find out that I've known about this for almost 4 months! One of the days Derek was here we took the metro to Hollywood:

Brady and Derek posed with a really creepy Elmo!
He smelled bad and had a really low voice!

Here we are staring at the sun in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

We are such tourists! Brady loves Jim Carrey!

I won't talk about this one. (ok, I have all her songs memorized, and I've been to her concert & really liked it!)

Sweet little Sophie loved riding the Metro. She slept the whole time we were in Hollywood!

Go Dodgers!

We love going to baseball games, especially since we are only 8 miles from Dodger Stadium! (I go for The All Beef Dodger Dog!)

This is my favorite picture: The twins focusing on the game

Dinner With The Missionaries

Sister Watterson and Sister Tuaitanu came over for dinner on Wednesday! We had Hawaiian Haystacks, salad, brownies, and a lot of left-overs! Sophie had rice cereal mixed with pureed green beans.

Pics from AZ!

Sophie and I went to Arizona for a week to visit family:

Brooklyn and I were getting our hair colored, but during the process, the triplets & Sophie needed to be put to bed! Thanks to Camie (our wonderful colorist) for her patience!

Sisters?!
We all got ready separately that day, but showed up looking like triplets! The Davis girls' uniform has always been black & white! (Tarrah, where were you? We know you were in a matching outfit somewhere!)

This was taken at Scarlett Banks' wedding reception! I am with Cuddle-bug Carter and Brooklyn is holding the Sofaloaf!

Like Father Like Daughter

I came home from the gym Saturday morning to see my babies sleeping!
I thought it was so cute!

6 months!

I can't believe my baby is already 6 months old! I feel like she's growing up so fast! We love every minute we get to spend with her. She talks all day (Da-da, Ba-ba), loves to suck on anything and everything, sits up unsupported, and is finally sleeping through the night! She has been a real angel!

First Time Swimming!

Today we went to Brady's aunt & uncle's house in Corona, California, where Sophie went swimming for the first time with some of her cousins! She liked it at first, then cried for a while, then liked it again! Since Sophie got her dad's snowy skin color, we had to pack on major sun protection!

Ruth, Travis, Kyle, Andy, Ryan, Sophie & "not quite ready for a swimsuit" mom.

Soaking it all in!

Sophie's crib

Most mornings that we go to get Sophie out of bed, we find she has rotated into this position or scrunched up into a corner!

And she always wakes up happy and smiling!