Babys got a brand new bag...

A small pink bag with sequined ballet slippers on it adorns Sofia's shoulder at some point each day. This new fascination began when she started draping socks around her neck, then belts, then a pair of pants, then she found a set of carnival beads and it was all over. Now anytime Sofia sees a string of beads she points and whines until she has it around her neck. This quickly turned into her placing bag straps around her neck and now finally she puts them on her shoulder...until they fall off, then she puts them back around her neck. I was worried at first...um, a baby with anything around her neck just seems bad, but we watch her closely and so far no accidents. The cutest part is really seeing what she decides to place in her bag each day. She will take one or two things out and replace them with new things, today she took out a pair of socks and replaced them with an orange ping pong ball.

Merry Christmas!

We have had one broken ornament this year, last year, due to our mischievous cat, we lost three. Fortunately, this year's sacrifice was a durable, hallmark, Eeyore ornament, without which I think I would have lost five separate ornaments. The first time Sofia dropped the ornament Eeyore lost an ear. The second time, piglet suffered the loss of his ear. The third time, Eeyore lost his antlers and the last time, Eeyore lost his front leg. The injuries were minor and from a distance you couldn't tell that this lovable character was worse for wear. SO, each time Sofia took the ornament off the tree and would drop it, I would have her put it back. (A form of "clean up" perhaps?) Poor Eeyore...but he did save all of the other ornaments, and for that we are grateful!

Pondering

Sofia has a myriad of expressions but this one we see most frequently. This look usually happens when we ask her, "where is" something. She ponders for a minute, she'll look around, and she'll gesture with both palms up as if to say, "where is it, where did it go?".

Cool Day at the Park

We went to the park to celebrate Evan's first birthday. It was a bit cooler than normal but that gave me the perfect reason to bundle Sofia up in her new green hat and fleece jacket. The jacket we had purchased for our NY trip but the hat was a happy find just days before in a shop on Abbott Kinney. Surprisingly, Sofia wore her new hat the entire day.

Swing

We saw JinAh and Jonah last week and revisited the park where Sofia had her first infant swing ride. It is amazing to me that she has grown so much. I still think of her as teeny tiny, even though she is over 30" long!
This week I have really noticed Sofia changing, her hair seems longer, her sounds and babbling are evolving, she even has new expressions. She is trying to say words, first attempts at Thank you have been noticed. Her feet are officially out of size 3 shoes, and she is too long for the 9-18 month pajamas. She took 11 steps at Max's soccer game last week and practices a few steps all on her own each day. She loves to stand in the middle of the room and then sit, and then stand, and then sit...she will lift a size 5 soccer ball and she even tries to stand up with Dan's basketball.

Audrey's Ride

Sofia really enjoys being pulled in the wagon.