This is the only picture of Sophie on her blessing day where she is not crying. She fell asleep at church and was awakened unexpectedly, so she was pretty upset. I have plans of putting her back into the outfit and taking some pictures, but the best laid plans..... Bella is wearing the dress she wore at my cousin's wedding. She is really funny about picking out her clothes each Sunday, it is the only day she has a definite opinion on what she wears.

Our ward had a DI drive this past weekend. Usually I completely forget about these things, or don't want to poke around and find stuff to get rid of, but this time, I decided to be an overachiever. It all started with a nightstand. We only had one in our bedroom, so I had my mom bring one down when Sophie was born. I had been using one of those magazine stands with a light on it on my side of the bed, and really wanted some drawer space. So she brought down the nightstand and Sophie was born less than 24 hours after she got here. Needless to say, I didn't make the switch before she was born, and everything slows down after you have a baby, so it didn't get made till last week for the sole purpose of the DI drive. Well, after that happened something clicked in me and I started filling bags and boxes for the drive. I went through all the toys in the house and got rid of several Rubbermaid bins of toys that hadn't been played with in ages. As well, now I have some paranoia about the whole lead in the paint in toys made in China. I mean, Sophie is totally going to be putting things in her mouth, and I am sure the statue of limitations has run out on testing most of the toys that belonged to Jack as a baby. Also, I realize it is pointless to store Jack's outgrown clothes any longer. I have started sending some of his outgrown stuff off to my sister-in-law, who has four boys younger than Jack, and giving some of it away. I mean really, if we do have another boy, it will be years and years of holding onto stuff before he can even use it. And Nate pointed out, I will want new stuff anyway. So I have really pared down and got rid of a lot of stuff. It felt so freeing! I think sometimes we can really be affected by what we own, and if we hold onto a lot of things just in case, it really brings us down. A month or so before Sophie was born, I cleaned out my sewing room and craft stuff. I had some projects I started before Jack was born. Let's face it, I am not going to finish something that has been around that long. So why keep it. I sent Nate with a carload then to the DI, and it felt so good. I think with Christmas coming up, I really want to be organized and get things to a manageable level. I just want fill our lives with experiences rather than things.