Life of a Soccer Mom......: Busy, Busy.......

     I am finally sitting at the computer during Sophia's naptime. I wanted to let everyone know that she is doing AWESOME! Her big sister Olivia has been such a big help and we are very thankful that "lil miss" is finally trying and eating solid foods now. ;o) Her list of favorites include cheerios, puffs, crackers and nilla wafers. She has been eating some of the #3 baby foods such as the chicken and veggies. She loves the noodles in "chicken noodle soup". She also likes macaroni and cheese. She is not to keen on meat and she is not a fan of fruits. I have tried fruit cups, and fresh fruit and so far she does not like it. So, we will try it again at a later date. She is now drinking milk! NO MORE FORMULA! She gained 1 pound in 2 weeks and her doc said, "she looks great"! She is learning sign language very quickly. She has more, please and thank you down pat! We have been working on the signs for cat and dog because she is PETRIFIED of the animals. She screams and hides her face when ever Max (our cat) comes in to eat and she immediately looks around when we go outside, watching for Isabelle (our dog)
    We have been busy with rec. soccer and high school soccer with Lucas. He will receive his driver's license in Sept. and it will be so nice when he can drive himself to and from practices. He is doing awesome in school and was inducted into the National Honor Society 3 weeks ago. We are so proud of him. He had a great CF clinic check-up yesterday and we are gearing up for another Great Strides Walk in May. So, if have not already, please donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Here is the link: http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/KimAllen.
    Olivia is also on the go constantly. She is playing Dixie softball again this year and is enjoying being able to pitch more often. She is also on her travel softball team, Speed. She loves going to batting, slapping/dragging, and pitching lessons. She keeps telling us that she will go to college on a ball scholarship to be an orthopedic surgeon one day. ;) She made honor roll this last 9 weeks and is studying for her end of year SOL's. It is so hard to believe that she will be in 6th grade and at the middle school next year. We celebrated her 11th birthday at the softball field with her "birthday BFF" Brooke and she just donated 10 1/2 inches of her hair to Locks of Love. This is her second time donating.We are so proud of her.
     Zachary is finishing up his 3rd year at VCU. He is still working as a lifeguard at 2 gyms on campus. He is still living in Richmond and playing in his band. They are getting ready to release their 2nd CD and are super excited to start playing their new music.

Here are a few recent pics: