Nicola and Jeremy: How Is August Half Over?

I really have no idea where the last two and a half weeks have gone - where did August go?! Quite a lot has happened since our last post. Lyndsey, my younger sister, had been taking care of Sophia most weekdays, while Jeremy and I were at work. However, she accepted an international teaching position a few months ago, thus had to leave on August 10th for Abu Dhabi (more of that to follow in a later post)! As a result, we've had a little bit of a change of plans during the week. She has been going to daycare on Mondays and Tuesdays. Her Bestamama (grandmother in Norwegian; aka: Lori, Jeremy's mom) watches her on Wednesdays and Grandma (aka: Carol, Nicola's mum), cares for her on Fridays. The adjustment to daycare was not easy on any of us, especially for Sophia. She acquired a lovely souvenir from her first week in the form of a nasty cold. Needless to say, she was not a happy camper on Thursday and Friday of that week - poor little thing was very congested and was having a hard time eating, as she couldn't breathe very well out of her nose!

That weekend (Sophia with her cold and all), we packed up the car and headed north to Flagstaff for my friend (and vet school classmate) Alicia's wedding. We brought Grandma (Carol) along for the weekend, as she graciously volunteered to take care of Sophia while we attended the wedding. When we got up to Flagstaff, we first visited the Flagstaff Arboretum and absolutely loved spending some time outside in the cooler weather. This was Sophia's first time ever wearing pants (trousers) and a sweatshirt! That afternoon, we fortunately dodged some thunderstorms and helped Alicia and Max celebrate their wedding, which took place at the Flagstaff Nordic Center. The wedding itself took place in a beautiful field and Alicia had arranged for a horse-drawn carriage to be part of the ceremony! The reception was a lot of fun - Jeremy and I had fun playing some beanbag games (see photos below) and got to catch up with some of our other friends from Colorado. Such a great weekend and we were thrilled to be a part of it. Congratulations Alicia and Max!