Friday, December 17, 2010

A long break and rice cereal

School is out for Winter Break. That used to signal sleeping in for two weeks. Now it means spending time with Sofia and attempting to go back to the gym.
Sofia is eating rice cereal when she has the patience for it. Sometimes she will eat about 15 bites and doesn't want anything else to do with it. The video is a little long. It was also Christian's first time to use the new camera. It was also close to Sofia's bedtime and she was getting sleepy.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Christmas card photo shoot

Last Saturday and Sunday,our little Schick family had some firsts. Saturday night we left Sofia with Fran and Kat from next door to watch Harry Potter. That was the first time, other than daycare, Sofia was left in the care of someone other than family. The girls did a great job. Their dad was also next door the whole time. Sunday, we had our first family Christmas photo shoot with Alex from next door. I just realized we needed each of the neighbor kids this weekend. I am feeling very grateful Steve's kids are great. Alex is a wonderful photographer. He is the same neighbor who took my maternity photos. Originally I wanted to go to City Center, but Christian vetoed that idea. He suggested going to the Galleria. He changed his mind when I asked if he was going to go into the mall on a Sunday afternoon. We settled on the Water Wall. If you are ever in Houston you should check out the Water Wall by Williams Tower. It is a pretty cool free place to go. I am lucky we were able to get a good picture near Water Wall area. I wasn't able to use any of the ones from next to the Wall. Oh well....maybe next year.

Here are some outtakes.



A face I have never seen before on Sofia. Plus do you see the flip flops? I couldn't believe it!!!




It was chilly when the wind blew the water on our backs.


Hand in mouth. Mom remove. Repeat.


I don't know what was on the ground that was so fascinating.


It may appear as if Christian was pulling me back. He wasn't. I was attempting to get my hair out of my face as he tried to put his arm around me. No violence happening.