Sophia & Anna - a day in pictures!

Today Manda and I took the girls to have their 8 month & 2 year pictures taken! We had a great time and got some fantastic pictures as well! We went to Portrait Innovations in Worthington and I would recommend them to anyone.

Her favorite things!

Sophia has definitely developed a few favorite things! She loves bath time, and who wouldn't! Lots of warm water, plenty of toys and attention! I walked in the bathroom last night to find her covered with toys! It was so cute that I had to run for the camera of course!
Her other FAVORITE thing is this penguin. It is part of her zoo set and she will wait for all the animals to pass by until she can reach for the penguin! We've done this little assessment several times and without fail, she chooses the penguin every time!

This is just a short video clip of her getting her bath!

7 months old!

Sophia is officially 7 months old! She's exploring her voice these days by making all sorts of "bird-like" sounds. It is hilarious! She is also very excited by seeing her own reflection and talks up a storm when she sees that "other baby"!

Her first time in the snow. This only lasted about 5 minutes.

These next few of her trying to get her knees up underneath of her to crawl.

What a BIG BIG GIRL :)

What we've been up to lately!

Well the past few weeks Patrick and I have been introduced to the "sick child" side of parenting! I, who never get sick (knock on wood) am not used to missing work/school for being sick so this will take some getting used to. Sophia has been fighting a cold over the past few weeks, coupled with teething and a few trips to the doctor's office. I think we are finally done with the fevers and runny nose and on to better things like a cough and a stuffy nose! She seems to be in better spirits which means we are in better spirits :) I did mangage to sneak in a few pictures though.......

Laying with her hippo!

"Come on mom.....just take the picture!"
Isn't that precious!!!

"oooohhhhh a toy!"

"Hi Uncle Ian! Recognize this??"

She's in a high chair!

Sophia was just getting to big to sit in her Bumbo seat, so we had to bring up her high chair! She loves to sit in the high chair at the sitter's house - a perch to view all of the hub-bub and she loves to sit in it at home too! Look at how big she looks!

YUCK!!!! You are hungry now aren't you!?!

6 months old

I just couldn't choose 1 picture to be her 6 month picture, so here are two! It just amazes me that she is now 6 months old! I was trading out her "too small" clothes for the next size up and I stumbled across a pair of pants she wore the first few weeks she was home. How tiny! The size on the tag said "up to 7 lbs". How did 6 months just slip past us so quickly? At her well check this month Sophia tips the scales at 16lbs. 4 oz. and is 27" tall.

My favorite leisure activities include....

My name is Sophia and I like to read books....
I also like to eat brownies....

And sometimes I help my mommy bake the brownies!