Monday, January 25, 2010

7 months old!

Another month has quickly passed, and our baby is 7 months old! I said to Jason the other day, "What happened to our little baby? We have a big baby now!" A few days past 7 months, Sophia weighed was 16 lbs 13 oz.

So excited to be 7 months old!


Sophia is a great eater, and loves her solid foods. Her new foods this month included avocado, green beans, squash, pears, bananas, zucchini, and peaches. And she loves them all! She absolutely loves to eat banana in her mesh feeder, and gets mad when we touch it and she isn't through! Mommy sometimes even breaks off a little piece of her banana and feeds it to Sophia. We also introduced the sippy cup, and discovered that Sophia does not like water! She will only drink from it if there is a splash of apple juice mixed in. This month, we put Sophia in a high chair at a restaurant instead of in her car seat for the first time. She really enjoyed sitting up and being able to look around!

Where's my food???


Eating banana in her mesh feeder


Sitting in a restaurant high chair for the first time


Sophia loves to smile her huge smile at people, but still is hesitant to go to strangers. She likes tummy time because she can push up really high, and can reach for toys on her tummy now too. She even started sitting up on her own this month! She is becoming a pro, and reaches for toys around her, but sometimes still loses her balance. When we put things on top of her head, Sophia puts her hands up and pulls it off. At the end of the month, we noticed that when we point to someone or something, Sophia looks at where we are pointing instead of looking at our finger. She's gotten much more into her toys, and plays with all of the toys on her exersaucer and jumperoo now. Her favorite toys are her puppy Violet that says her name, her alligator piano, and Sophie the giraffe.

Such a big girl!


Sophia loves to read with Daddy

Friday, January 8, 2010

Snow day

On Thursday night, it snowed for the first time this winter! We woke up in the morning to snow on the grass, on the porch, and ice on the street. Before her nap, we took Sophia outside in her pink snowsuit to check out the snow.

Brrrr....


Because the roads were icy, Daddy had to work from home today. We went downstairs to visit him a couple of times throughout the day, and Sophia wanted to help Daddy with his work.

Hard at work


Reviewing each others notes


All done! I can't wait to work with Daddy again!

Sitting up

This week Sophia met one of her big milestones...she can sit up by herself! Earlier this week, Sophia's friend Lacey came over to play. Since the last time we saw Lacey, she had learned to sit up and was doing a great job. Sophia spent a lot of time watching Lacey sitting, and the next day she decided to give it a try herself! We can't leave her to sit alone yet, but she is getting better by the day. She looks like such a big girl sitting up by herself, and is even reaching for toys in front of her and shaking them around.

So proud of herself!


Excited about the toy Mommy has for her


You're so silly Mommy!

New Years and Olivia's Birthday

Happy New Year! We're so excited for all the fun times we will share with Sophia this year!


Our first event of the new year was Sophia's best friend Olivia's 1st birthday! We went over to Olivia's house with a bunch of our other adult and baby friends to celebrate. Sophia enjoyed seeing all of her buddies, and even got to borrow some jammies from Olivia so we could stay for present time.

The babies and their mommies
Jennifer & Brady, Christine & Zachary, Jamie & Olivia, Mommy & Sophia


The babies with their daddies
Kevin & Brady, Paul & Zachary, Nate & Olivia, Daddy & Sophia


Olivia enjoying her smash cake!

Tea Time

A few weeks ago, we had a fun girls outing to The Roswell Tea House. My mom, sister, aunt, Sophia, and I all went for lunch and tea and had a great time. The last time I was there was for my baby shower, so it was fun to bring Sophia with me this time. As Sophia grows up, we will have so much fun having many more teas with the girls.

Aunt Jill, Nana, Sophia, Mommy, Aunt Jennifer


Sophia can't wait until she can have tea too!