1st day at new daycare

Miss Jennifer (who usually watches me during the day) just had a baby boy on Thursday!! So that means that I have to go to another daycare for a couple of weeks. My first day there was yesterday. I got there and I was so smiley and happy... as usual. Miss Linda is now watching me with a few other babies. Two of my friends that go to Miss Jennifer are also going to be with me here these next 2 weeks - Hadley and Gavin. Gavin was the only one there on Friday but I was excited to see him. Mommy called around 11a to make sure I was doing OK... Miss Linda's words were "She is awesome!" Yay for me :)

I was excited to see Mommy when she picked me up. All smiles! Miss Linda gave Mommy my daily report and here were some of the things on it.

Lunch: Sloppy Joes with some bun, french fries, carrots, and pears. We practiced some things for the older kids, but I learned about the letter H, the number 6, the color blue, and the shape of an oval. I also took some good naps! I slept from 9:30a until 11a (Miss Linda had to wake me up from my nap) and then again from 1p-4p. Miss Linda said that my day wasn't "off", or "OK", or "good" but my day was GREAT!! And she left a note for Mommy - "Sophia was wonderful today. She is a great baby!"

I think it's safe to say that I impressed her on my first day :)

Let's hope the next 2 weeks go the same way!

Tooth watch 2008

Well, I think I am finally getting my first teeth!! Nothing has popped through yet, but if you click on the picture and look at it bigger you can kind of see my top 2 teeth coming in!! Mommy said that she won't say I actually have teeth, until the pop through. But here's a start!

How did I get so lucky?

(This post is from Mommy)

As I laid in bed last night I just kept thinking how lucky I am to have such a wonderful baby! Seriously. You hear people all of the time talking about how their babies don't sleep well at night, or don't nap well, or don't eat well, or don't play well by themselves. Something. How did I get so lucky that mine does all of these things well?

She is a great sleeper at night. She will sleep from 8p or 9p until 7a or 8a without waking up (other than a few nights of teething... but that is expected.) And she has been like this since about 3 months.

She is a great napper. She will take a 1-3 hour nap in the morning and then another 1-3 hour nap in the afternoon. All we have to do is lay her in her crib and she goes to sleep.

She LOVES to eat. No teeth, but she sure does love her food! She has never been picky (definitely doesn't get that from me!) and will eat anything. Loves chicken, cheese, peas, green beans, bananas, peaches, cheerios, spaghetti... you name it.

She plays well by herself. I think daycare has helped her a lot as far as being around other children and playing with them. But she will crawl around to her toys at home and play with them for hours at a time. Now, she does love it more when we play with her (especially Logan)... but is also very content by hersef.

She is a happy baby. I can't tell you how many times I have people tell me that she is such a wonderful and happy baby! "I can't believe how good she is... and so happy!" or "She is so happy... is she like that all of the time?" Yes, mostly. People can hardly believe it. We can take her anywhere, anytime... she will sleep where she needs to when she is tired. She rarely is fussy. Although lately she has learned to throw some fits which I find to be very amusing :)

I'm still not sure how I got so lucky, but I did. I honestly couldn't have asked for a more perfect baby, and that is exactly what she is. I am so honored to have her as my own. I can't believe that she will be 1 year old in less than a month. It seems like just yesterday that I carried her out of the hospital in my arms. Where has the time gone? I miss when she was a baby, but she only gets more fun as the days go by and I am looking forward to the happiness and joy that she will continue to bring me.As her 1st birthday rolls around, I'm sure it will be hard for me but also exciting at the same time. I know there will be days that I cry my eyes out because she isn't going to be a "baby" anymore - and I'm sure the night before her birthday I will be holding her and sobbing.

There are still nights that I will hold her (just because I can, and because she will let me) and she will fall asleep in my arms at night. I just sit and stare at her, and kiss her eyes, and cheeks, and nose. Over and over. Then I tuck her into bed.

She amazes me every single day. She is so smart and beautiful. I look at her in awe most of the time. I can't believe just how pretty she really is (and I'm not just saying that because she is mine) but because she really is beautiful. She has the simple beauty that I've always loved. Not only did I get the baby girl I really wanted... but she is perfect.

Again, how did I get so lucky?

Still rockin' the baby legs

I wonder how old I will be when I stop wearing these? They are great though to crawl around in, and I think I look pretty cute in them :) Especially since I'm still so little!

Can you see my tooth?

No? That's because I still don't have any!!

I'm 11 months (and a few days...)

Sunday I turned 11 months old!! Since all of my cousins were in town we decided to go to the zoo and it was soooooooo much fun!! I loved to look at all of the animals and watch them. The monkeys were my favorite!!

Yay, this is my first time at the zoo!! I'm so excited!

Why are those sea lions barking like Benny?

'Zat? (What's that?) Oh, it's a monkey! I love the monkeys!

Hey sissy, did you see this big bear?

Look at him!

I didn't know bears took baths, too!

That is neat looking animal, I love the stripes!

Me and my cousins.


Sissy and a monkey.

Sawyer East.


The crew.


Oh, look at those dolphins!

Can I go swimming with them?

Now there is 2 of them!


Mmmmm, diet coke.

Seriously, how cute am I?


I love my Daddy.

Sissy, Aunt Heather, Grandma and me.

Mommy, since I was a good girl today, can I please get a monkey from the gift shop? It can also be for my 11 month birthday.

My new Curious George doll.

My new trick

I can climb up the stairs all by myself! Video to come later :)

The next American Idol

"If you're happy and you know it clap your hands..."


So... Simon, how did I do?

Eh, whatever. I thought it sounded good.

Rewind, almost a week ago

Last Friday Grandma, Aunt Heather and all of my cousins came into town! It was so good to see them. We met Mommy on Friday night for dinner at Red Robin. Saturday was sissy's birthday party so we spent the morning getting things ready for that. She got a lot of neat things... a snow cone machine (which I love, the snow cones are so yummy!), some cool new clothes, Hannah Montana game for the Wii, 3-D sidewalk chalk, a soccer goal and some other neat stuff!! We had a busy day but it was a lot of fun... here are some pictures from the day.

The water fight was a lot of fun! Sissy's best gift of all though was that she got a letter from the Disney Princesses and they invited us to Disney World!!!! We are going in July... it will be both of our first time to Disney World to see Mickey Mouse and all of his friends. I am so excited :)