Hello Mr. Balloon Where Have You Been All My Life?

It's awesome to watch Sofia begin to take notice of things out in the world. The other day it was a balloon in the grocery store. I don't think she had paid much attention to them before but for some reason they really had her completely fascinated. It fully occupied her entire life for one afternoon. Her favorite part was when her best friend Tosh the cat joined in - she found this to be absolutely wonderful.

Feed Me Woman!!

Sofia is becoming such an amazing & adventurous little eater. The best part about making my own food for her is getting to try all sorts of different concoctions such as sweet corn & green beans as well as adding tiny amounts of spices such as mint, nutmeg, basil, & cinnamon to her fruits & veggies. I've also begun adding olive oil as well - according to Italian folklore it is supposed to make a babies hair thick, curly, & naturally shiny - my grandmother used to say the same thing about eating the crust off the bread. The only thing she hasn't been crazy about is Apricots & Peas - not together of course. This weeks hit was avocados - they made her laugh and go mmmmmmm.

Something New Everyday!

Sofia seems to pick up a new skill almost everyday such as clapping, waving (although she sometimes gets confused and waves to herself instead of the person the wave is in fact intended for), leaning her head to one side to see the world from another perspective, and a whole plethora of new sounds like mamamama & blahblahblahblah, & lalalala. Her latest is scooting on her belly and coming dangerously close to crawling in her crib, unfortunately she has yet to find reverse and gets her self stuck into corners until we rescue her. This has made naptime even more challenging...

Happy Happy Lucky Number Seven!!

It used to be so easy to get a few snaps of the camera off with her cute little homemade Birthday crown on - now however she has taken a rather alarming stand against all things sitting upon her head. So I had to bribe her with a baby spork and the promise of something on the spork in order to get her 7 Month picture done there was also singing, dancing, some bad white girl rap, & the ever popular if you really loved me you'd do it.... She can't even speak yet and I'm already resorting to trickery this can't be good. (And yes I realize my 7 month post is a bit late in making its way to the blog. August has been a doosey. I predict crawling soon very very soon...)

Forts, Laughter, & Clapping

Sofia went through a crazy growth spurt this past week...seriously she took like 3 or 4 naps a day & suddenly couldn't fit into her pants anymore. She's got super long limbs and now is wearing 12 month clothes and she's only 7 months ...holy crazy growing baby! Her and her Daddy built a fort...she loves blanket forts. Her big accomplish this week was learning how to clap which she is so proud of she claps nonstop while laughing her other newest accomplishment it's a super duper awesome laugh that's a blend of a cough and a giggle. We'll post a video soon...

A Visit to the Infant Center at the Denver Childrens Museum

We spent "Sunday Funday" exploring the Infant Center at the Denver Children's Museum. There wasn't a lot to do for a little one who hasn't got the crawling bit down, but she did her best crawl attempt through a log tunnel.

She was really interested in checking out the fire truck. However, once she found out there was a hat involved she said forget that I want nothing to do with this firefighting business...

Sofia liked driving the little boat...just like her Daddy.

We had a fantastic day hanging out on the carpet enjoying Sofia's favorite pastime...toddler watching. She definetely likes the little boys the best...such a flirt her Daddy's in big trouble.