Messy Spaghetti!

Yummmmm, aren't the messiest foods the funniest to give babies? How does spaghetti get in her hair, her ear, and her diaper all within 20 minutes?

We've taken the leap to table foods and there is no looking back, baby girl loves spaghetti, macaroni, cottage cheese, yogurt, grilled chicken, potatoes, you name it she'll devour it! Every stage is fun and new and I can't explain how my heart swells watching this little bug discover her world.

This is my favorite baby.Well, I don't mean Sophie is (although she is my favorite, duh). This is early morning, messy face, goofy hair, barefoot, only wearing a onesie and a diaper Sophie. And she is my favorite. She looks up at me with that big cheesy grin and I need to scoop my heart up off the ground. She babbles about turtle-durdles and giggles at the wall. And she's my sweet baby bug, and I couldn't be more in love.

I love our quiet mornings together, it won't be too long until she's sleeping until noon and going out with her friends and thinking I'm a total idiot just because I'm the mom. For now, we giggle together and stack blocks and play patty-cake. Can't she stay small forever?

Video Bomb

Just uploading videos of what we've been up to this last week. Mostly Sophie has mastered crawling with the speed of a torpedo, and has now moved on to pulling up on any and all furniture...and her crib....and my leg.....cruising is not far off for our big girl!

Disclaimer: please ignore the huge mess of baby things in the background, we hadn't cleaned up from playtime. My house is not usually this gross.



And just for kicks, a video of music time and one of her laugh attacks. Enjoy!





P.S how funny is that thing she does with her hands when she is *really* excited? so hilarious!

Little Miss Crawls-a-Lot

We. Are. In. Trouble! Sophie Lou is MOBILE and getting places! She will be 9 months old in about a week, and she is growing and changing every single day! She can get from one end of the room to the other really well, and constantly tries to be Porkchop's best friend...he's not that into being friends, but they're working on it. Coming soon: video!

Book Review

Little Lou Lou loves to read books. She also tends to chew on, throw, and hit books, but I can tell she enjoys playing with them! When we read at night she is catching on to "The end!" and always looks up at my face with a huge one-toothed smile. Some of our favorites are The Very Hungary Caterpillar, Gossie and Gertie, and Go Dog Go! Here is her latest review of the caterpillar book. :)

A Day in the Park

Ahhh, summertime is here! The end of the year was a tad hectic, but another school year is in the books and now my only concern is to take Sophie to the park, to swim with Sophie, to play with Sophie, and read my Kindle. Did I mention hang out with Sophie? We took a family walk to the park a few evenings ago, she loves the swing and slide (with Daddy, of course).

Spash-a-palooza 2011

Bath time is so.much.FUN! Lou Lou loves playing and splashing and getting her face wet. Sweet water baby! I can't wait to take her swimming this summer!

Jump up, jump up, and get DOWN!

Maybe its just because she's my kid, but this made me laugh and laugh and laugh!

Also, coming later this week, an in-depth book review of "Hungry Caterpillar" by Sophie Lou