Sophie is a Big Girl Now!

So this video pretty much sums up Sophie's first birthday. Pretty anti-climatic! Bless her heart, she was having a rough day! I think that more teeth may be coming in. She's cut two already right together and I think she is cutting two more.

A tradition that my mom did every year with me and my sister was to put streamers on our door while we were asleep. My sister and I both decided to carry that on in our own homes. So I decorated Sophie's door, but she didn't seem to be very impressed. I guess next year I'll have to step it up a notch :). I can't believe that she's a year old! This year as flown by!!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!!

Here we are all dressed up in our Christmas attire for church on Sunday (today). I had every intention of getting a family picture, but we were running late for church and then Sophie was not a willing participant after we got home. Sundays are always hard for Sophie! Our church has 2 services which helps because usually I can work around Sophie's nap schedule, but today there was just no way around her missing her nap. Fun times, ha!

Joyful Heart

The thing that I probably feel the most blessed with is how joyful Sophie is! She's such a happy baby and loves to laugh! Where ever we go she brings joy! You can't really hear it well, but she is giving the deepest laugh here. She was putting a bottle of tylenol in my mouth and the would pull it out. She apparently thought it was pretty funny. Joe and I couldn't help but laugh with her which drowns out her laugh :(. And, yes, I am in shorts and a tank top a week before Christmas. Sad I know!

Sophie has her first two teeth! YAY! Finally, ha! She might have 3...I can't tell because she won't let me get my finger in there long enough to confirm that :). I'm going to miss that gummy smile!

Lovey Dovey

The older that Sophie gets the more loving she becomes! She loves on her baby dolls, her animals, and even her beloved cell phone! She hold them up to her shoulder, lay her head on them, and pat them while saying "baby". It's precious. Well, I have also noticed her going up to people and bulldozing them with her head. It resembles something of what a bull would do when in a fight. I thought that she was trying to hug people, but yesterday I realized what she was doing. I think I've mentioned in a previous post where she'll be on the ground and I'll put my head on her belly and kind of push - not hard, of course. Then I'll kiss her all over. She LOVES when I do this! She laugh and laugh. It hit me then that is what she is doing. Anywho...that's what she is doing in the video. If you listen closely you can hear her Making the sound that I make while I do it to her, ha! Let me tell you, she imitates EVERYTHING we do!! The other day I had some soup and I was blowing on it so she started blowing her on food. There is one point that she starts blowing on a cap to her sippy, ha! At the beginning I was trying to get her to Roar like a lion. She has a book about animals and I was doing the noise that each animal made. Well, she loved to roar like a lion. I was trying to catch it, but wasn't able to. At one point it looks as if she is giving the bear CPR, but she's only kissing him. The end she gets upset and when she gets upset she rocks her whole body. We're working on that :). At least she isn't throwing herself back like she was!

More Pics

I realized that I didn't put all the pictures up of Thanksgiving weekend that I wanted to so here are the rest. And please know that I DO put socks and shoes on Sophie :)...she just loves to take them off. Keeping socks/shoes on is a constant battle with this child!

This picture sums up so much of Sophie - wanting so bad to touch the candle holder, but not because she knows she's not suppose to! However, she's going to get as close as she can with out getting in trouble! Boy, am I in for it, ha!

Ok, this is a HORRIFIC picture of me - I have no make up on and my hair is, well, who knows what my hair is doing, ha!, but I had to put it on here because it's one of a few family pictures :). We hardly have any family pics which is sad!

Right as I was about to take a picture she put her foot in her mashed potatoes!

She's always so happy!

Sweet Baby!

Sophie loves to splash, splash, splash!!!

The floor had pools of water on it, ha!

I just love this picture because it shows off her chubby lil' legs, ha!

Sophie loves animals!! She reminds me of the cartoon character on Looney Tunes. You know the one that loves on all the animals and they run from her! That's Sophie! Bless her heart, no animal wants to come with in 10 ft of her once she's gotten a hold of them one time! FYI - she has a dress on even though it looks like a shirt! It just kept riding up!