Pictures

We have quite a few cute pictures that are definitely worth sharing but haven't made the blog yet. Some are a little old, but we've also been trying out our new camera. Of course, the day the new camera arrived, I found our old camera in a small coin purse that I carry in my regular purse. We decided to go ahead and keep both cameras since we'll likely be doing a lot of the "divide and conquer" method once the baby arrives. Now we won't have to worry about missing any cute moments, we'll just have to argue over who gets the new camera and who gets stuck with the old one!

Looking cute in the backyard with Daddy

Showing off her playdough jewelry

Modeling one of the dresses Gramma made

Modeling another one of Gramma's dresses

An impromptu family portrait

Concentrating on a sidewalk chalk masterpiece

Getting tickled by Daddy

Playing dress-up in Mommy's shoes and ski hat

Showing off those big blues

"I Wuv Bubbles!"

Sophia has always been a bubble fanatic, so when she saw a toy called the Bubble Windmill, she just HAD to have it. It's basically a hand held bubble machine. She carried it in her lap throughout the store, threw a fit when I had to hand it to the cashier, then carried it with her on the car ride back home. As soon as she got out of the car, she sprinted to the backyard to give her new toy a try.
At first she tried to use it the old fashioned way

After a quick demonstration, she figured out how to work it, but she pointed it straight at her face!

The next attempt was a success, and she spent over an hour playing with the Bubble Windmill (while I did some studying for my recertification exam).

She even blew some bubbles for her baby sister!

In two days, she's gone through 3 bottles of bubbles! I ended up buying a gallon of bubble mix, so hopefully that will get us through the rest of the week!

Sophie-isms

Sophia is making the transition from toddler to little girl at an alarming speed, but there are a few cute toddler traits that she is still hanging on to. She still has several vocabulary words that are unique, and I've meaning to write them down so I don't forget.

water - "mo" or "marlow"

baby - "mamy"

oranges - "ernies"

raisins - "raineys"

bathing suit - "mamy suit"

blanket - "meek" or "mick"

crib/bed - "night-night"

food - "num-nums"

horse - "neigh"

cow - "moo"

Trent - "da" or "puppy-da"

Gramma/Grandpa - "ee-ma" or "ge-ma"/ "ee-pa" or "ge-pa"

Katherine - "kathy"

Elizabeth (our neighbor) - "bee"

Traice - "tee-cee"

When she wants to ask where something is, she'll say the first syllable of the object she's looking for, followed by the object. For example "Where's Daddy?" sounds like "da Daddy?" and "Where's the ball?" sounds like "ba ball?"

Since she was an infant, she has had a fascination with covering her face, and the fascination continues with a few new twists. She now calls the game "night-night" and likes to have us participate with her. Her favorite place to play "night-night" is on her trampoline. She also likes to play "night-night" on our bed, but she likes to go through our dirty laundry first and find one piece of my clothing and one piece of Will's instead of a blanket.

Sophia at 6 months

Playing "night-night" with our dirty laundry

Playing "night-night" with Mommy and Trent under her favorite "meek"

And she still puts a hand over her eye and sucks on her wrist when she's tired. It'll be interesting to see when she finally grows out of it, but until then, it's so stinkin cute!