Finally...an Update!

Sorry it has been so long. We just finished a busy month of June and finished the 4th of July weekend. Sophie took a couple weeks of swimming lessons..she liked them but was so tired by the end because they took place right in the middle of her morning nap. She was out of sorts for awhile but has since recovered....Oh.. only to show signs of separation anxiety at bedtime. We are working it out slowly. She is only taking a few steps....I finally bought her some shoes so she could get used to wearing them on her feet. (up to now I just haven't bothered-socks seemed just fine) She is saying lots of new words and now knows that the front door is "bye bye". She has learned to buckle herself into her highchair after we put her in it, which I thought was pretty smart of her. And she loves to "pusss" things around...she gets upset if I don't let her push the store cart around (instead of having her sit in it like most kids) We compromise, she sits for awhile while I shop then I will let her push for a few minutes.

We had a good 4th of July weekend. We had grandma and grandpa over on the 3rd because the golf course we live on had a fireworks display. We walked down and sat in some chairs, yards from the lauch site. It was pretty loud, but very pretty fireworks. Saturday we went to a church picnic. Sophie loves to be outside, crawling and climbing (up the slides). We had a lot of fun. Hopefully I won't wait too long until my next blog this time.

Sophie loves to stop put her head down and look between her legs. It's really funny when she has her sippy cup/straw hanging out of her mouth.


Swimming lessons were fun. She loves the kickboard because we would go around the "lazy river" and sing "moterboat, moterboat go so slow...moterboat motorboat go so fast, motorboat, moterboat step on the gas" and do a turn in the water. She knows how to say "gas" now at the end.


Sophie pushes her highchair around our living room, it's so hard because it is so bulky so we finally got her a toy she could push....."pusss"

1 Year well Check

I thought that I would let everyone know that we had Sophie's one year well check. She was 29 1/2 (55%) and 17 lbs 10 oz (4%). The way Bryce and I figure she'll be 15-16 months before we can turn her around in her car seat. Bummer for me because it would be easier to throw her crackers if she was facing the other way. (he he) We also had her immunizations, but just like last time she was happy as a clam by the time we were on our way home. I just want you to know that it is really hard to find clothes for a baby who has this discrepancy in height and weight. The thing were most proud of though is that we FINALLY got her in #3 diapers. It's the small things that we are proud of most. I am also trying to get her off baby food.....and its going very slowly. She still loves her purees, hated any of the third foods I gave her, so we are trying just table food with an occasional puree for nutrition sake. Since I am a first time parent if anybody has any suggestions about that or how to stop her from throwing her food across the kitchen let me know. (I'm especially tired of cleaning up the walls). Anyway, that is all that is new for now. Later.

Sophie was playing with her brush and then seem to have lost it.......I wonder where??

Uncle Jeff and Sophie on mother's day. She loves to be on anyone's shoulders...except maybe Grandpa Hatch since she couldn't figure out how to hold on to his hair (he doesn't have any)

Sophie and dad playing musical chairs. Sophie just kept going around and around.

ONE YEAR OLD!!

I can't believe how time goes by so fast. Sophie turned ONE on May 19th. I'm sorry that it has taken so long to do a blog....it is hard to find time to sit down and do it when I'm chasing a little body all over the place. Sophie is definitely a "busy body". She has mastered going up and down the stairs, but of course only when mom is around supervising. She loves her stuffed "bear" literally by holding it up to the side of her neck and making an "ohhhhhhh" sound. (that's my favorite!) She is certainly becoming our little chatterbox. Word come out and with some translation we might get it like "duct" is duck, "butt...n" is button, "uice" is juice, "baf" is bath. She always tries to mimic our words and it usually starts with a "b" sound. She LOVES her books and can spend a long time turning pages and is getting even better with her fine motor control (there's the PT in me) She is cruising around, can stand a few seconds and tries to all sorts of acrobatics on her changing table. She isn't quite walking yet but it is just a matter of time. We had a small get together for a B-day party on the Saturday before her birthday (it was on a tues). She loved eating cake, and she really liked her balloons and the presents she got. I posted a few pics. The best present though is for me to start weaning her. She has gotten pretty proficient at drinking from a straw and I tried whole milk with her and she like everything else I giver her just ate/drank it without even a flinch. I should metion that we haven't gone to the MD yet...that is Friday. I'll let you know what happens. Enjoy the pics!! Forgive me if anything doesn't make sense, I don't have a brain anymore!!

Sophie goes out to our patio and plays with the rocks. She likes to put them in the cup and is pretty pleased with herself when she does. Oh I should mention she like to taste them before she puts them in the cup. What's new!!


These were taken on May 19th in the AM (her birthday). She always is happy in the morning and loves to hang out by "her" window.

Sophie on the swing on her B-day. We went up to the park near Grandma's. She likes to swing and go down the slide.

The following pics are her at her B-day party.

Eating bows

Eating Cake. I made a butterfly cupcake cake!!



Trying to share cake with mom!


Grandpa and Nana (Carpenter) gave her a musical tea set. She wasn't quite sure how to open it!

grandma and sophie!