On top of Old Smoky

Here is Sophie on her first shoulder ride…she loved all 1.5 seconds of it.

Genetics

Sophie has inherited her Father’s sense of direction. She was sitting facing the opposite direction on the blanket and managed to flip onto her belly, turn around, and crawl backwards to the final position. At least it’s movement! I was with her, but Adam took the pictures from upstairs to better illustrate her moves.

New Talents

Sophie is beginning to master the sippy cup AND the mesh feeder. She tried cantaloupe for the first time in the mesh feeder and LOVED it. Next stop…steak and potatoes, maybe after a few more teeth (we have 2 in, 2 almost in, and 2 breaking through…that’s more teeth than in most households in TN).

  

Shopping Trip

So much to post and so little time. First of all, check out Sophie’s recent purchases…new shoes (they have some room to grow…she continues to have freakishly small feet!) and an adorable bathing suit. She actually got 3 new pairs of shoes, ridiculous I know, but shoes are so much cuter in baby sizes. We did get them a size bigger than she is wearing so they should last her quite some time. I’ll post pictures of the other two pairs later!

ICE CREAM!!!

Sophie is getting ready to transition to table food. We have tried a couple of things like a pea that had to be extracted, refried beans that received a big NO, and well…ice cream…she LOVES it. I think it feels good on her teeth. We don’t give her very much…but wow does she love it. She in the picture with the cone she actually reached for Adam’s hand and pulled it towards her. Oh, and no, we don’t let her have the chocolate…man I hope DCS never looks at this blog. I’m definitely not going to win mother of the year!

Pink Chair

Sophie tried out a new chair at Phillips Toy Mart. How cute is she?



Sophie got to meet her first horse, named Buddy. She wasn’t exactly a huge fan.

Top Ten

Here are the top ten things I love about Sophie…if I have to narrow it down to ten.

1. When you go to get her up in the mornings she pretends she doesn’t see you at first and then jerks her thumb out of her mouth, turns her head, and gives you a huge grin.

2. Whenever she is on her changing table and you take off her diaper or even just her pants she starts bouncing her legs up and down and even lifts her butt off the table because she gets so excited.

3. Lately when Zoe comes near her she starts laughing and reaching for her.

4. Whenever you read to her she reaches for the books constantly!

5. When you put her in her highchair she starts making a fist with her hands and moving her legs because she is so excited.

6. When you put her in her carseat she laughs as you go down the road…we have yet to figure out what she is laughing at.

7. When she is in her exersaucer she plays with it like it is her job. If you walk towards her she looks up at you as if you have interrupted a meeting in her office.

8. Those eyes

9. Now that she has teeth she moves her jaws like an old man not wearing his dentures. It’s hilarious.

10. When we put her to bed at night we hand her her baby and she always starts laughing.

11. Her laugh is unlike any baby laugh I have ever heard, it almost sounds like a cough. It’s adorable

12. She is JUST like her daddy…

Okay, I couldn’t stop at 10…and could easily keep going…but here is a picture instead.