Sofia took her first steps

I have been trying to get photo's of Sofia with her standing by herself. Today we met with our caseworker. She suggested that we sit facing each other with Sofia in the middle and let her walk to us. (Mom told me the same thing) It worked she took about 4 steps towards Daddy. It won't be long and she will be walking on her own. Sofia also likes to play Peek A Boo. The photo of her by the couch is her playing peek a boo with us.

Game Day

Here are some photo from Sunday. We had the cousins over for a party. Sofia had fun with the boys.

GO BEARS

Adventures of Sofia

Well Sofia learned to climb stairs. Grandma helped with bathtime. Tea time with the twins. (I mean Sippy Cup time)

Baptism

(Update) Sofia and Alyssa had their baptism today at St. Peters in Rockford.

Gymboree

Steve and I took Sofia to Gymboree today. She tried it out for free and liked it so much we are going to take a 6 week class. We are going on Saturday's so Daddy can come along and have fun with us. We took photo's at Gymboree. I also took some photo's of Sofia with her sippy cup. She is getting better with her cup. She only has a few weeks left before she doesn't get the bottle. YEAH

Coke

Grandpa Ed was here today. He let Sofia get into the refrigerator. OK Sofia was just checking it out. Then Grandma had to show her how to get a Coke out. She was hoping Sofia would bring it to her. Aunt Tina bought Sofia her first Valentine PJ's along with a book. The book has card's so Sofia can send out Valentines to all her friends. Enjoy

Sofia and Wrigley

I took some photo's today. Sofia is asleep and Wrigley is keeping her warm. The other photo's are of Sofia in her walker. Daddy was making faces at Sofia. So Sofia made some of her own. Enjoy

Sofia is 11 months today

Today Sofia turned 11 mos. Where has the time went. It's almost been 3 months since we held her for the first time. I took some more photo's today. Like I don't take enough right. I think there might be a day or two that has gone by without taking a photo. (Maybe) Sofia loves to take off her socks. Sammy enjoys playing with them.

Sippy Cup

Sofia is getting used to a sippy cup. She gets her cup at lunch time. We also found her standing in her crib the other day. I just love the photo of her laughing one minute and crying the next. Enjoy

New's 23

For those who didn't watch or can't get the news. Steve, Sofia and I were on the news on Sunday night. Aunt Leigh and Uncle Nick should be proud. She wore the pretty purple sweater you got her. She really looks good in that color. Of course she looks good in anything. The story was about China's new rules for adoption. They cut out alot of the interview. But Sofia is a big star. She has been in the local newspaper and now on TV. Wow just think she is only 10ms.

First Christmas

Sofia enjoyed her first Christmas. We went to church Sunday morning. Then to Steve Grandma and Grandpa's house. Then we went to Aunt Tina's and Uncle Lyle's house for dinner. After that we went to Grandma T and Grandpa T's house. We came home and went to bed. Christmas day was not so busy. We opened our gifts and then went to breakfast at Grandpa T and Grandma T's house. Came home for a rest. Went and ate at Aunt Tina's house for lunch. The rest of the day was spent at home enjoying family time. Sofia is back on her schedule. We are enjoying everyday. We are so Blessed.

Today is the Day of First for Sofia

The first one Sofia had a babysitter today. Grandma came over and babysat while I took Steve to the hospital. He is doing better. He is seeing his Doctor in the morning. Grandma took the photo of Sofia under her highchair. Grandma said Sofia was crawling on all fours today another first. The other photo is of Sofia pulling herself up which is another first. She likes to stand. We had a busy day.

Christmas Cookies

We went to Grandma's house and made Christmas cookies. Sofia got into Amnesty purse and found some gum. Don't worry we didn't let her chew any. And she didn't eat any of the cookies. We had a lot of fun.

Daddy Back to Work

Daddy went back to work on Friday. It's been different not having daddy around the house. Mommy had to learn to put Sofia in her crib at night. The crib is high so I have a hard time putting Sofia to bed without waking her up. We also were in the Rockford Register Star on Monday. In the Go section of the paper.

The Boys and Sofia

We took photo's today of the boys and Sofia. It was hard to get all of them to look at us at the same time. Sofia also found out she can feed herself. The boys think they should help her. The newspaper came and took our photo for a story on First Christmas.

Sunday afternoon

Sunday we let people start holding Sofia. Yes its been 6 weeks already. Time goes by fast. On Sunday we went to Jen and Kevin's for dinner. Katelyn was feeding Sofia on Jen's lap. Sofia really enjoyed playing with Katelyn. Thanks Dani and Vince. We are so happy to have met such wonderful people through Lifelink. The boys are loving Sofia. They sit right next to the highchair to pick up anything that drops. They help keep the floor clean.

Family Day

We went and got our tree today. The boys went with. So we took a picture of the family minus Sammy at the tree farm. Then Grandpa and Grandma came over. Grandpa Ed got to hold Sofia for the first time ever. She likes her Grandpa. She laughed and drooled on him but that's OK.

Photo's

Sorry so late with photo's the blog is taking forever to post photo's. I'm only able to put 2 on a page for some reason. But 2 is better then none. Sofia didn't know what to do in the snow. The boys thought she was a new toy.

Sofia been home 3 weeks

Sorry we have not posted in a while. Sofia went to her swimming lessons today. She loved the water. We still need to work on getting her head wet. But she only gets mad for a minute and she goes back playing. Grandma marked another week off her bib. We also made a Gingerbread house. Well Daddy and Mommy made it and Sofia watched. She really enjoyed all the kids. We are having problems posting photo's. So I will upload photo as soon as I can.