New Words

Real quick....

Sophie now says: Mama, Uh-oh and Fish (all in the appropriate times) !!

Jack Frost

1 February 2007

Well guys, I tried to put these pictures up earlier and my whole post was deleted from my drafts, so here is a second try...I'm sure you remember the snow (my birthday). Sophie was interested, luckily we took her out before breakfast to see the snow falling. After we were out for about 10-15 minutes (enough time for a baby-and me :) ) it started to be that 'ole slushy stuff.Do you remember the movie, "A Christmas Story"? Remember the part where the boy is so wrapped up in the snowsuit that he couldn't let his arms down? Sophie tried, but there was no mobility in this thing :)Ok, in the above picture, it looks like she is annoyed or about to cry when really Sophie kept trying to look up at the falling snow, then that would startle her and so on...

Ok, back to no mobility...
Below is Sophie with her daddy.
Sophie and I did build a snowman...look what a good job she did making the bottom...
Of all the snow activities, eating snow was by far the favorite. Sophie didn't really like it-put it in mouth, too cold, make terrible, betrayed face, demand more. Repeat process. After a while she enjoyed it and finished off a plate. Note the PJ's. We stayed in them ALL day!!!
And my favorite picture of all.....

Chuck E. Cheese

31 January 2007

Whew, our first time at Chuck E. Cheese, and I was brave. I let Sophie go and she loved it. Of course she picked up a germ and she spent the weekend sick, but she did have a good time...

Chuck E. was very interesting. She waved &
waved but he never waved back... and then this guy came around. See the confusion, she is looking at the animatranic mouse and the "real live" mouse....I think this was a high school boy who was afraid to hold her hand.

More cute pics I forgot

Just some more cute things...

Remember the Discovery Place??

I have fond memories of the Discovery Place, especially the big eyeball. when I used to be in Girl Scouts, we had overnites there and would fight over who got to sleep inside. So, taking Sophie back was fun.. We went with Lora and Lily (Thanks, Lora for the pics) Silly me forgot my camera, so here is just a few graciously emailed my way :)

We Wish you a Merry Christmas

Ok, guys, I know this is (very, very) late. But don't stop checking yet...

Sophie's first Chirstmas was wonderful. It is our tradition to always go and pick out a real tree. When Sophie is older, we may go cut one down.We went to the Christmas Tree Farm on the corner of Kings and Morehead. The tree did very well, the needles never did drop.
Sophie was very intrigued our tree.Here is Sophie enjoying the smell of Christmas!
Here is our decorated tree (can't see well-sorry) We eventually had no ornaments on the lower half of the tree, but more because of the dog rather that the baby :) Although she did try to taste one or two.sophie enjoyed opening her gift from her aunt before Christmas. The second picture is Sophie's aunt and my sister Judy along with her two cousins, Julian and Colin.
Ah, Christmas morning. Now, all these presents under the tree are not for Sophie, they are all the presents for everyone at all!! I wanted to see what she would do when she saw the previously bare tree after "Santa" had visited.
Sophie is asking, "Can I really do it?" "You're not going to say No?" "This is for me?!"This is my favorite picture ever. We got Sophie her first doll, a Cabbage Patch. I had one when I was a little girl and she still lives in the bedroom. I wanted Sophie to have something she has had since her very first Christmas. Her name is Anna Mimi, and they bear a striking resemblence. Isn't that adorable?
Once she saw the toy Daddy got her, the doll was forgotton!!! This is a walker, what can you expect!!
Here is me and my baby on Christmas day.
Opening more gifts...





All in all, Christmas was so much fun...and Sophie spent most of her time doing what she loves best... "walking" All day walking, without any naps......

Cute pics & new things...

Ok, I have not updated in quite a while. We have some great Christmas pics but they will have to wait and be included in the big Christmas update:)

But, in the meantime, Sophie has been up to quite a few things. In one week (big week) she got her first two teeth, started crawling, started pulling up, she is trying to stand, using a walker to walk about the house and is making a "woof" noise everytime (any animal-all animals are doggies) comes around.
Last night we tried a bubble bath, and while Sophie loved it, it was not the best idea! She does look cute though. This is Johnson & Johnson's bedtime Bath and it says for babies over three months. What they don't tell you is that once you hit the "mobile age" your little one chases the bubbles and eats them. I guess they are yummy. But Sophie chocked herself, too much bubbles at once, so we had to empty the tub and start again. This next one you can really see her teeth!
Ah, memories. Now I am a very sentimental, sensitive type of girl. I had this rocker when I was a little girl and loved it. I am so excited that Sophie gets to share in the same rocking chair. She will have so much fun rocking her dollies:) Already she likes it. Once she figured out that if she wiggled it moved she was all smiles. Calls for close watching, since she hasn't figured out that you have to step down, I guess that will come a while after walking :)

Just chillin' out...
Sophie and Lily are getting so cute together. A few weeks ago when they were at the park, they even held hands. Could you get any sweeter?







Of course, both girls looked at us (me and Lora-Lily's mommy) like we were crazy taking so many pictures. After all, they were just talking.

Walking is Sophie's favorite thing in the world to do. Except now she uses the walker and has learned how to cry when you make her stop...Girl knows what she wants:)