Sophia vs. the crib! The crib won.

Sophia was fighting me while I was putting her pjs on. She started playing with the drawer under the crib, pulling it out and pushing it in. well, she lost her balance and landed face first on the corner of the crib! :( after a lot of blood we were left with a cut and a bruise! Pray it doesn't scar. Our poor baby. ouch!

"Enough with the camera, Mommy!"

This child is destined to be famous just because of the amount of

times the flash has already gone off in her face! ;)

What a face! our little cutie-pie!

swimming and painting...busy day!

It was a very busy day! Sophia had her first day of swim class for the season. Chris gets in the pool with her and I act as the paparazzi!  

Learning to climb out of the pool~

Daddy and his water baby!

swimming around.

Chris decided that it was time to repaint the ceiling in the dining room...as you can see he gets really into his work! ;)  (that was his mad face that I was taking his picture instead of helping...can't miss a photo op!)

Sophia's first dance class!

our curly girl is loving the mirrors!

Dance class is serious business!

Today is Sophia's first dance class! She had her first gymnastics class this past monday, but I didn't have a chance to take any pictures. I will try harder to get pics today! :)  

Sophia's new table and chairs.

Today Sophia "helped" Chris put her new table and chairs together. We got the "primary color" set because we already have Sophia's PBK stove in red and will be getting the other appliances for Christmas and her birthday... the pastel table and chairs set would have clashed! ;)

"Here's a green seat daddy!" She was hysterical, she would move the pieces away as Chris was  trying to work on them. 

Sophia supervising the progress.

That's not a chair silly, that's the top of your table!

Ahhh, the finished product! Looks great! Never thought our house would be so over-run with kid's STUFF!

Also, never thought I'd have a kid wearing character clothes. Oh well, at least Ariel is a freakin' princess for God's sake! ;)

In other news, Rebecca, Sophia's babysitter is coming tonight to watch Sophia. I actually get to go on a date with my husband!!!! Congratulations to Rebecca on getting her driver's license. I told her that I think I'm more excited about it than she is! ;)

We love our Friday play dates!

I am so grateful that I have met such great friends and that they have boys all the same age as Sophia. Chris is a little younger, but not by much!  I love our Friday play dates, I think more than Sophia does!  Thanks Beth for being the hostess-with-the -mostest as usual! ;)

Just hanging out!

Here's James!

Max and Sophia--the two wild ones!

Baby Chris. He's getting so big!

The three musketeers!

A kid, a box and some crayons! Does it get any better?

Why do we buy her toys? She gets so much pleasure out of a cardboard box and some WASHABLE crayons and markers! whoever invented these washables is a genius!
Seriously-- A GENIUS!!! I am eternally grateful!

Cardboard boxes are fun!

Hard at work!

Look what FedEx delivered! Can we keep her?

We also had Sophia's well-visit today. She is doing great, although still not saying a whole lot. ;)  She is 23.5 lbs (25th percentile) and 33 inches long (almost at the 75th percentile).  our next well-visit will be when Sophia turns 2!!!! I can't even believe it, the time has gone so fast!!! I told Chris the other day, "Our baby is gone, now we have a kid!"

Sophia playing with her new stove!

So we recently went into a local toy store to update Sophia's toys--she was getting bored with what she had.  There is a PBK next door to the toy store, so we went in. 

Sophia was having such a great time playing with the stove at PBK. So much so, that when it was time to leave she pitched a holy fit and was screaming her head off because she didn't want to leave the stove. Well, as most of you know, Sophia has Chris wrapped around her little finger (so cute)... needless to say, we left PBK with the stove! LOL! 

I think next time we're in a jewelry store I need to pitch a holy fit and see what happens! ;)

Sophia and her beloved red stove. also note her new tea set!

playing so hard! 

Who say's "Flashdance" is dead????

This is one way to wake up from a nap, I guess! we can't figure out how she wrangled her arm out! 

Sophia, showing off her WILD side! LOL! Our little maniac! 

 (I can hear the "flashdance" music in my head!)

Surprise GINA!!!!

What a fun time we had at Gina's surprise 30th. It was at a great little french bistro in the west village. the food was great, as was the champagne! ;)  Gina has so many great friends, some who traveled from as far away as California, Colorado and DC to share in the surprise! 

"SURPRISE!!!!!"

When Gina realized what was going on she just kept saying, "Shut up!"

Chris, Marie and Sophia.

Here's to you! Cheers, Gina! Thanks for being the best SIL that I could ever ask for!

 xoxo

After all of the hard work and planning by Marie and Joe, the party was a HUGE success! YAY!

Fun at the park!

We had our weekly Friday play date...today it was at the park. Sophia had a ball with her friends, Max, James and Baby Chris! I think she likes being the only princess in a sea of  princes! ;)

our precious girl!

going UP the slide!

my ongoing obsession with baby feet!

fun at the park!

Another beautiful day at the beach! we love summer!

digging

frolicking!

seriously, who wears shoes at the beach? I'm taking these off!

catch me if you can, mommy!

Sophia hanging out by the water... her favorite place to be!

running, bucket in hand!

our wind-swept baby!

mommy and sophia footprints going down to the water.

a sandy sophia foot! love it!

Being a beach baby is exhausting!

Sophia on the way home from the beach last night. she was out cold within 2 minutes...it's only a 10 minute drive! LOL!   

Our last official beach club day for 2008!

Sophia and Dylan splashing!

Daddy and his girl

Rebecca, our favorite sitter and Sophia.

moving day! :(