Sophia grabbing her toy

Just recently Sophia started grabbing her toys every so often. In this case she seems to have taken particular interest in her cow hanging on her playmat.

Meeting Julia

This past weekend my cousin Brad came in town with his family. He and his wife had their baby, Julia, a little over a month before Sophia was born. The babies had never met before, so we were so excited to see them and let the babies "play". They came over Sunday morning and we had some monkey bread as a cake to celebrate Sarah's birthday. Julia had fun in Sophia's exersaucer, while Sophia just hung out with mommy and daddy. Before they left, we made sure to take a couple of pictures of the babies together.

Why is everybody making silly faces at us?


Wow, my cousin is so cool!


Uhhh...why is Julia leaning on me?

4 months old!

This past month has been a busy one for Sophia! This month we made some new friends and started attending baby story time at the library and playgroup at the JCC. Sophia loves her new friends Brady and Lacey. Early in the month, we switched Sophia from a swaddle blanket to her sleep sack and she has done a great job. At the same time we (finally) moved her from the bassinet in our room into her crib! She is now truly sleeping through the night (7:30 or 8 until 5 or 6, and then goes back to sleep for an hour or two). She has started talking a lot more, and making lots of different noises, instead of the same sound over and over. Sophia loves to study and play with her hands these days, and tries to fit her whole fist in her mouth. Sometimes she tries to fit them both in at the same time! She's started batting at, and grabbing her toys, and really pulls down on them on her gymini. She loves her exersaucer, but is not very steady in it yet. We have also noticed that Sophia LOVES the television. She cranes her neck to see it from the floor where she is playing. We will sometimes let her watch for a few minutes, just to get her to keep doing tummy time for a little bit longer.

At Sophia's 4 month appt yesterday, she weighed 12 lbs 14oz (30th%) and was 23 3/4 in long (27th%). She had to get 4 shots, and was not a happy camper! We got the ok to start feeding her solid food, but we're going to wait at least until she is a true 4 month old (another 5 1/2 weeks).

Sophia didn't want to cooperate when we were taking her 4 month pictures, so I'll post the best one we got. Here are a few other pictures from the past month too.

Yay! I'm 4 months old!


Grabbing the monkey


Watching the star on her gymini


Doing tummy time and watching tv!


Playing in her bouncy seat


Hanging out with Pop

Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend Jason and I took Sophia to the pumpkin patch at a church down the street. We dressed her up in her Halloween costume (a ladybug), and we were on our way! Of course, in the 5 minutes it took to get there, Sophia decided it was time to take a nap. So she was a little groggy in the pictures, but it was still a lot of fun. We posed by pumpkins and scarecrows, and then picked out a few pumpkins to bring home! Hopefully on Halloween we will be able to get some smiles!

Sophia sitting on a pumpkin


The family posing with scarecrows


Sleepy Sophia on our way back home

Exersaucer

Last week we decided to break out the exersaucer for Sophia to play in.  We thought it would be a good way to get her off of the back of her head, and would strengthen her neck muscles.  I was hoping that she would like it, but didn't expect her to LOVE it!  She had the best time sitting up looking around and checking out all of the toys.  With all of the toys around her, her favorite thing to look at is the fabric on the bar going across it!  Unfortunately, we were told today that we shouldn't put her in it until she's 6 or 7 months old.  So we're going to have to stop using it for a while (or at least just use it once or twice a week).

Lunch with the girls

Last weekend Sophia went to her first lunch with the girls. Jessica was in town visiting, so my high school friends got together for lunch at Joli Kobe. Sophia was very happy being passed around the table, and even cooed and smiled at everyone. I'm trying to use Sophia's cuteness to convince my friends that it's time for them to have babies too! :) We missed you Blummer!

The girls at lunch



Sophia telling Jessica that she wants another friend!

Getting Dressed

When Mommy dresses Sophia....

When Daddy dresses Sophia....

Yom Kippur and Breaking Fast

Last Monday was Yom Kippur and Jason, Sophia and I went to services. The synagogue was really full this time, so we just sat in the fussy baby room the whole time and had a mostly private viewing of the service. Last weekend we met Aunt Ronni's friends Amy, Josh, and their baby Brady and they had just joined our temple! Amy and Brady hung out with us in the fussy baby room for a little bit and Sophia had fun hanging out with her friend.

Monday night we went to Laura and Greg's house for break fast. Sophia loved spending time with all of her family, and she finally got to meet cousin Levi. Levi is about 2 months younger than Sophia, and she is so excited to have a cousin so close in age to play with.

Playing in her pretty dress before services


Sleeping cousins: Levi and Sophia

Zio Gioel and Aunt Ronni come to visit

Last weekend Zio Gioel, Aunt Ronni, and cousin Luca came to Atlanta to visit for a long weekend. They were all so excited to meet Sophia...especially Luca! Luca loved his new cousin and always wanted her to play with him. He wanted to show her his toys, and thought she would love his cars. He got lots of practice playing with a baby, because he is going to be a big brother soon! We spent a lot of our time hanging out around the house, went out to eat, and took Luca and Sophia to the park next door since it was such a beautiful day. We had so much fun, and we were sad to see them leave. Come back and visit again soon!

Luca talking to his cousin


Sophia and Luca playing on the Gymini


Zio Gioel snuggling with Sophia


Sophia with Aunt Ronni in the dress she bought for her