Happy Birthday to you!

This was Sophia's morning birthday song. She was rather excited about it!

Birthday at camp

The day after Sophia's birthday, Mommy and Daddy brought donuts into camp for her and her friends. Everyone sang Happy Birthday and ate lots of donut holes. When they were done, we went to the activity room and got to watch Sophia play with all of her friends!

Happy Birthday to You!


Sitting with her friends


Eating her yummy donuts


Riding a bike in the activity room


Showing Mommy how she goes on the slide

Sophia is 2!

Sophia is 2 years old! We had a super busy, fun day on Sophia's birthday. She woke up happy as usual, chatting to Hop in her crib.



Giving Hop kisses


After breakfast, I gave her her gifts from Mommy and Daddy. She was so excited to sit at her new table and play with the cool appliances! Her favorite was the coffee pot.






Then we met Nana and Aunt Jenn at the mall. This mall has a kids play area that was so much fun! They also have a Disney store and Sophia got a Minnie Mouse as big as she is!





Finally came the real reason we came to this mall...The American Girl store! Sophia enjoyed checking out all of the dolls and accessories, and Nana even got her a Bitty Baby to take home! We then had lunch in the bistro with her new doll. Everyone sang happy birthday to Sophia after lunch, and she sang along with them. She even blew out her own candle!

Pushing around the baby doll


Loving her new baby!


Helping baby take a sip


Now it's Sophia's turn!


Helping sing Happy Birthday to herself


Chowing down


After lunch, we went upstairs to the carousel and Sophia chose a horse to ride. She had so much fun, and cried when the ride was over and it was time to get off.



That night Nana, Pop, Aunt Jenn and Chase came over to play and have pizza and cake.

Opening her gift from Aunt Jenn


Singing to herself


Loving the attention!


Blowing out the candles


We are looking forward to Sophia's party with her friends this weekend!

18 month class pictures

School ended a few weeks ago, and Sophia has been having lots of Mommy time and play dates! We're having a lot of fun together, but she misses school, her friends, and her teachers. She can't wait for camp to start next week so she can play with everyone again!

18 month class picture

At the end of the school year, the teachers make a collage for each student to take home. They take pictures throughout the year, and you can really see how much they've grown and changed! Here is Sophia, starting out in Mother's Morning Out and not even walking! She then moved up to the 18 month class and started to play with friends, do a lot of art, and play on the playground.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEN!

Sophia loves doing Shabbat at her school every Friday, it might have something to do with eating lots of challah or with yelling "AMEN!!" louder than all the other kids at the end of the bread and "wine" prayer!

Spring Break at the beach

For Sophia's Spring Break, we went on a family trip to Santa Rosa Beach. The weather was a little cool in the mornings, so we'd go down to the beach late morning until lunch time. Sophia loved to play in the sand with her buckets. She had fun transferring water from the big bucket to the small bucket and then pouring it back in. She also liked to stand up in the bucket and make cakes in the sand and then squishing them.

Playing with Mommy at the beach


Hugs for Aunt Jenn


Happy to be at the beach!


Playing soccer with Aunt Jenn and Chase


Laying out


Standing in the bucket


Playing in the pool at the beach


Beach curls


Pouring water into the buckets


Reading to Daddy


Big girl in her chair


Hanging out with Pop


At lunch time we'd go up to eat and then head back to the pool before nap time. Sophia loves to do humpty dumpty on the wall and have Daddy throw her up in the air. She also learned how to jump off the wall standing up.

Humpty Dumpty


Swimming under water


Jumping off the wall


Flying through the air


Swimming in her floaties


After her naps we would play at the condo and then go out for dinner or Daddy would cook for us. Sophia loved being the center of attention!

The family


Wearing her Dora jewelry


Being so silly


View from our condo


Coloring with Daddy

Hanging around the house

Here are a few pictures from the last month of Sophia hanging out around the house. She is constantly moving and always keeping us entertained!

Wearing Daddy's shirt


Making muffins with Mommy


Swinging with Daddy


Watching Dora before bed


Sharing Daddy's ice cream sandwich


Sophia's latest trick. I'm such a proud Mommy!


Posing for the camera (This was not staged!)