Life Is FUN!

Hello Everyone! I just thought that I would share some wonderful things Sophie has learned to do....Some people would call it progress.....I would call it "help me before I pull every hair out of my head". Sophie is now entering what experts call "the toddler years" and it is becoming evident right before my eyes. For instance, the fussing and crying when we won't let her out into the garage just to stare and point at the "broom" that she is totally obsessed about. I figure I better go buy a play broom so she can obsess about it in the house. (shoot...it would be even better if she could use it..Hehe) She is now able to "open" things like cupboards. And since she seems to be busy rearranging all sorts of things in her room and elsewhere I find things all over the house in the strangest places. (At least now she takes things from one place to another instead of just throwing it on the floor) Yesterday, there was her chapstick in a bowl in one of the cupboards of the kitchen as well as few of her animal magnets from the fridge. I know you are all thinking that we need to "childproof" and we are going to, we just haven't had time because we finally found a house and have been dealing with that.

She has figured out what lights are and what "on" and "off" means and also for my clock radio. She can turn it on so that music is playing and then starts "dancing" by just tilting her head side to side. She is walking now....if that is what you want to call it...I think it more of a side to side "toddle". She is full of bumps and bruises from banging into walls. I was thinking the other day I'm glad that we all learn to walk when we are that small, because if we were adults learning to walk then our bums would sure be a lot sorer. (from falling a greater distance) Anyway, I hope to keep you informed of our impending challenges with our "toddler". We look forward to moving into our home, probably in September sometime.




Sophie now 14 months old, still chews on her hand/fingers and toes. I have actually seen her rub her eye with her toe when she is tired.

Above is her dirtly clothes bin, full of books, clean clothes (underneath the books) and other objects including shoes, lotion bottles, ect.... She loves to rearrange.

Sophie has become good at building....the record is 6 blocks. She tends to knock them over as she is getting up, moving around so this was an accomplishment.

Cousin Austin came to visit. He wasn't happy at this moment because I think he didn't have his toy to chew on. Sophie can say something like "autin" now. (I might add that she can say some form of most of our family names except Aunt "Mandy" ...sorry sis!)