Sofia Takes Her First Steps...Oh.Good.Lord.

So MY DAUGHTER goes with me to visit her dear friends Lucas & Sofia Marie at Claudia's house on Saturday, August 30th. The day goes by rather normally, until the unexpected happens...
She walks by herself.

She literally pulled herself up with no help from any supporting object. And when we got home, I put her on the floor to show Mando and abuela...

It's very strange to see a 9-month-old baby walk by herself. I'm still in shock.

Sofia Turns 9 Months Old!

August 21, 2008

The school year has begun and already life has become more hectic than ever. Sofia has also changed a great deal since my last post. She is teething again, and we're expecting her top teeth to make an appearance soon. She's more animated (if that's even possible), and she's learned some new tricks. She is learning "the Itsy, Bitsy Spider" from me and actually vocalizes while I sing and puts her hand together, almost making the spider movements! She also cracked up for the very fist time yesterday at abuela's silly "a,e,i,o,u" game. She's waving byebye and even signs for her milk :)

She's 8 months old!

She's 8 months old! Hooray! And she's teething...Not so Hooray.
Unfortunately, we thought we were in the clear since she didn't even flinch when the bottom two came in. Not so with the top. She's been quite crabby lately, messed up sleeping patterns, and just weird. Poor thing, I can only imagine the discomfort.

I have come down with a slight cold (thanks to Mando) and I'm so worried about Sofie catching this at the same time with the teething...not fun. I just hope that if it does happen, it will be next week while I'm still on vacation.

Yes, you read right. I must head back to work for another "exciting" year at JIS. Looking forward to seeing the kids, not the parents. That's all I'm going to say.

But onto the good stuff... some random pics taken the week she turned 8 months old :)

BIG UPDATE!

From left to right: Meli, Ale, Steph, Lucas, Jen, Sofia V., Me, Mon, Adri, Claudia and Sofia M.

I finally got around to updating you all on some very special milestones! Sofia got her first tooth!!! Yes, a lot sooner than everyone expected, but on June 23rd, both mommy and grandpa noticed a white shadow and noticed her bottom right tooth is coming out :)

Also, Sofia has learned to vocalize "mamamama" and finally directed it to mommy!! So happy :) On top of everything, about three days ago, she bolted from one side of her playpen to the other, making her first steps by herself, unassisted! So much in one month!!

We recently had so much fun at Monica's house, where we visited with all the "knottie aunties" and especially with Sofia Marie and Lucas! Everyone really enjoyed watching them romp around, crawl, laugh, play, etc. We have so many pics...I'm only able to show a few...Enjoy!

Sofia Marie sitting on Sofia

The kids playing around in Monica's living room...

Lucas

Sofia M's such a cutie!

It's the Lucas Sandwich, take two.

We also spent Sofia's first 4th of July at Madrina's and Tia's house, where she had her first dip in the pool! Needless to say, she had so much fun, I don't think she wanted to come out :)

4th of July- with Mommy!

With abuelo...

I know...I'm lazy!

But really, so much is going on, it's hard to do just one post...
But for now, I'll give you one new pic...I still have post some of my fav's from her 6-month portrait session. Sofia turned 7 months TODAY, and has hit so many new milestones...she's standing (pulling herself up in her playpen), vocalizing A LOT, sitting up by herself, and is even starting to understand things like "No" and some sign language...

Sofia turns 6 months old!

Hard to believe. I kinda cheated and took her pic the 22nd, since she wasn't feeling too good the day before because of her vaccines. Enjoy!

Making a Splash!

Literally...My daughter's new thing this week is splashing the water during her bath. This has now forced me to move her bath into the bathroom! Here's the video to prove it!