Sophia is sporting her new t-shirt that says "pigtails for palin". I am so proud of my Wee-publican! She put it on today for this pic but I am going to have her wear it all day tomorrow.
Sophia is all ready for the VP debate tomorrow night! I think she could even win over a few votes on the campaign trail too!
I can't imagine a cuter Wee-publican anywhere else! Vote for Palin and help Sophia in her first campaign! How could you say no to that sweet face?!
This is Sophia's first ride...the Jeep! I think she has great taste in vehicles, I love the colors. The best part about her vehicle is there are no payments (thanks Grammy) and no insurance! She loves to sit in this although I think she is supposed to be walking with it, but no surprise that she investigates everything instead of moving much like the Jumperoo.
This is such a Sophia moment, she always investigates all the details of everything instead of jumping or moving...she is content to play with little things for so long, it amazes me how she entertains herself.
Then of course everything ends up in the mouth! She loves to taste everything and chew on it, I'm sure her first teeth will not be long. She loves to chew on the puppy's ear because it has a crinkly material in it.
She is not a bit shy about anyone watching her chew with her mouth open...
In the end the thumb is always her favorite! Buckle up Sophia :)
This is Sophia getting ready for her Aunt Leslie's wedding. She was invited to be the flower girl even though she is only 5 months old! It was a pretty busy weekend...all the ladies began decorating at 7am on Saturday so Sophia stayed home with Jason most of the day and met us for rehearsals at 11:30. She came back to get ready at 2:30pm, so this is a shot as I was getting ready to change her.
This is her Grammy Crawford and Aunt Allison helping her with the bows in her hair. She LOVED that dress...it tasted really good to her! She had it in her mouth almost the entire time, and of course the thumb in the mouth too!
The plan had been to push Carter (Sophia's cousin & ring bearer) down the aisle in a double jogging stroller. Everyone was worried about Carter, I knew Sophia would be a breeze because she is so laid back....HA! Two seconds before I'm supposed to walk down the aisle Sophia starts crying in the stroller, Carter just sits there watching her. So I scooped her up and she walked with me! How do babies sense these things?! Carter rode in the stroller by himself and then we handed them off to the babysitters waiting in the wings. I can't blame her it was nap time, she was ready for a nap...
That's exactly what she did next...SLEPT! She was sound asleep like I had never seen her before during most of the pictures. So she looks like a rag doll, but the cutest rag doll ever! This is a shot of the wedding party. The groom's sister Caressa, myself with Sophia, Leslie, Ryan the groom with Carter, my brother Ryan and Jason.
This was a shot of the three of us that day, she was so tired it had been such a busy few days for her and she crashed hard, I think she looks so adorable though. I have to say I married a real HOTTIE! WOW!!!
She was so good during the reception, she was passed around to lot's of family members. We had hired two babysitters to help with them and they were a BIG help. It was nice to have them take the babies to change diapers, make bottles, and hold them during the big events.
This is one of the last shots of Sophia at the BIG day! At 9pm I took Carter and Sophia along with the babysitters back to our house for bedtime. I then hurried back to the reception to finish the party and then help clean up. It was so beautiful! We all had a blast and could never have done it without the help of my friends Megan, Reni, Jerry, and my cousin Jennifer. Megan and Reni both were married this last year and I asked them for lot's of advice and info. Jerry was the incredible DJ, and my cousin Jennifer helped decorate and did hair! I am so blessed to have such great friends in my life as well as a beautiful and loving family! CONGRATULATIONS LESLIE AND RYAN!!!
Here is my favorite pic from the day, she finally looked at me and we were safe here with no straw around this area! The pumpkins were safely out of distance from her mouth too! We plan to take more fall pics soon when we visit Campbell's Pumpkin Patch in Wabash. Jason's great aunt and uncle own that and we're excited to see them and visit the patch.
I think this pic is so cute, Sophia is trying to figure out how she can get her mouth on this pumpkin and poor Hailey doesn't like the grass. Hailey is such a sweet baby she was so happy the whole day except when Cheri put her on the grass so we figured she must not like the grass. Hailey is now 9 months and Sophia is 5 months, they are almost exactly 4 months apart.
This is Sophia getting ready to eat some of her sweet potatoes. I have been making all of her baby food. I think it's a lot of fun plus I'm saving money and know exactly what she's eating. She loves her sweet potatoes and has also tried green beans, butternut squash, and bananas...yummy! She is such a good eater, she eats rice/fruit for breakfast, vegetable/fruit for lunch, and oats/vegetable for dinner. I never knew foods would be so much fun!
These are the containers I bought for her baby food, they are called Baby Cubes. They are AWESOME, I love them! They are like ice cube trays and you snap these containers into them and they each hold 2 oz. of baby food or breast milk. It is so nice because I can grab a couple of them and throw them in the diaper bag and we're off!
They stack very nicely in my freezer, I bought 4 sets (although I think a 4 more would be great..Christmas ideas?) Anyway making baby food is way easier than I thought it would be. This morning it took me less than 15 minutes of prep time to make butternut squash and less than 5 minutes to make green beans. I even use just a cheap blender I have, not a fancy food processer! The savings are adding up too, I saved $10.40 this week on making my own baby food than buying generic brand baby food at Wal-Mart, so just another reason to make my own.
And when we're done we just put them in the dishwasher they are dishwasher, freezer, and microwave safe! So if you are thinking off ways to save money you can make your own food, or if you just want to know what your baby is eating! It has been a lot of fun and I think the Baby Cubes are the way to go...easy and portable. I think our next food will be another fruit...most likely PEACHES!!! I'm sure she'll love them. What does everyone else think about homemade baby food? Any good recipes? I better run almost time for Sophia's PM nap. Thanks for looking!
She loves to have fun.....
Slowly but surely..
Hmmmm..... not bad!
Getting ready the next day for another bowl of cereal!! Rice cereal..yummy (whatever) and wearing the required Raider armor.....
Getting anxious...I'm hungry!!!!
Never missed a thing!! Miss Nosy we call her.....
Aunt Kristen with Sophia's great grandpa Ron and Jeanie..
and then with grandma..
BYE BYE!!
Sophia has turned into quite the thumb sucker. She used to take a pacifier, but one day discovered her thumb was much better. In the last two weeks she as decided that she also needs this "taggie" blanket that my Mom bought her as well. So when she takes a nap or sleeps at night she holds the blankie and sucks her thumb. So here she is showing Aunt Kristen how talented she is.
This last Sunday Jason's family came over and spent the afternoon and evening with us. Sophia really likes to sit outside so we spent most of our time on the deck hanging out. This is her with Jason so relaxed and happy in Daddy's arms just looking around.
Here she is with her Grandpa VB, they both had their first visit to Asakusa Sunday night. We were introduced to Asakusa last year and loved it. For those of you who don't know what Asakusa is, it is a Japanese steak house (very yummy!) We thought it would be fun to eat there Sunday night, Dave was unsure at first but ended up eating everything on his plate, Sophia was a little noisy but she did really well for the most part. So I think the first time critics gave it a "thumbs up", or a "thumbs in?" (Sophia).
