More sweet dance moves

Pardon the diaper...

Sofie has a habit of turning her milk upside down in her lap during dinner...

But I thought this was a darling video.

Playdate

Today Sofie and I got to enjoy the company of my friend Jess and her sweet Ashlyn! Ashlyn is a little over 9 months now -So Darling!!

Teaching Ashlyn bad eating habits...plastic greasy burger!

Sofie wasn't sure about another little person in her toys.

But they played very nice and even shared the rubber cheese!

Life in the Fast Lane!

Life is rapidly changing these days, and I'm struggling to catch up!

The fun swimming pool from G-ma and G-pa Blatter! It's the perfect size, and is small enough to be an indoor pool too, which will be perfect for the winter!

Sofie is starting to really get around! She's still too short to figure out the stairs though, thank goodness I don't have to worry about those yet! Oh, and yes, we are sportin' the mohawk today!

Sofie is starting to show a bit of obstinance these days as well. Cute, but sometimes a bit tiring!

A Year in Retrospect

THEY GROW SO FAST!!

The first week

3 months

6 months

9 months

1 year

Birthday Girl!

Sofie turned one yesterday! It was noisy and fun with grandparents and some cousins. (Sofie wasn't terribly animated though 'cuz she didn't have much luck with naps that day)

First we opened gifts...lots of gifts. This baby girl is so spoiled!

Then we tried the cake thing (emphasis on tried). Sofie at this point had too much noise and not enough nap I think...so the cake was rather intimidating to her. She just poked around at it for a while. The videos show a little bit. Eventually we gave her a spoon and she played around with that for a while. Then as a last resort Derek pushed the cake into her face. She never really got past the frosting!

I got a free 1st Birthday cake from Albertsons. Pretty cool! Not the cutest cake in the world, but definitely the cheapest. And it did it's job well. (Don't worry, everyone else got a great "Earthquake Cake", which was incredibly good, by the way.)

Take One

Take Two

Can't get over it!!

Here's my little Bam Bam, and I can't get over the fact that she's turning 1 on Sunday!!! Ahhhh! She's so stinkin' cute! Thought I'd blog my feelings on that and just let ya know!

I had to put the clip right on the top of her head so that she couldn't reach it to rip it out.

11 months, 2 weeks and 5 days!!

She walks!! (sort of)

If we can get her to hold onto things in both hands, it tricks her into thinking she's holding onto something for balance and she's more brave. How darling! My little girl is all grow'd up!

Rippin' up the carpet

Sofie got this great push-toy for her birthday (which isn't for another couple of weeks, but her aunts and uncles couldn't wait!). She loves the music and is showing us some new dance moves. (by the way, Sofie's hair is apparently in transition right now too, just like mom's. Can't do much with the mullet...) Today Sofie took a couple of steps on her own, no hands!!! We had to trick her into doing it, but she did it! I wish I had caught it on film 'cuz I'm sure it won't happen again for a while. She's getting so grown up :)

Eden Rain

My friend Lisa Garber had a second baby girl this last weekend. Her name is Eden Rain. She's gorgeous!! Anyway, Lisa will have her hands full. Her babies are only 10 1/2 months apart. (For the first baby, check out the October 2008 post called "Essence Jade".)

(yeah, I know, I need a haircut, it grows too fast!)

Mullett Makeover!

She's so darling. I love how you can see her bright red "stork bite" on her hairline (the picture doesn't show it very well unless you magnify it) So far she's only tried to pull 'em out twice :)