10 months

high-pitch scream
Looking at Lily.

Sophie is VERY intrigued by leaves!
Sophie is Sooooo Big!
Talking to a leaf.

"No matter how many times I taste these things, they still taste bad!"

9/25
Hey there!
"Mom, why do you need more pictures of me, don't you have enough?"
"Ok, i'll smile a little..."

9/23 Sophie signed "eat" tonight for dinner and also said "manger" 3 times which means eat in French. Cute little frenchie!

Sophie used to be afraid of the vaccuum, but not anymore, she helps me pick up leaves with it now! Such a little mommy.

This is how she spends most of her day!

9/21 See my top teeth?
Yucky leaf!
What are you doing up there mom?

Sophie has been sitting on the potty in the morning before her shower with daddy for months now. She has tinkled in it three times so far!! We sit her on her baby bjorn chair and within seconds she does her business! She's very proud of herself and claps when she's done.

Sophie has been saying "bonjour" for a couple of weeks now, with her own little accent ('bodio'), but Saturday (9/15), it was very clear!!! She kept saying it while waving. Last night Greg asked her if she wanted pizza, as a joke, and she said "pizza" back to him very clearly.

Sunday (9/16), Sophie "walked" forward two steps while holding on to the coffee table with her right hand.

9/14 A beautiful day for the zoo.

Such a big girl!



Sophie with little antennas. Mom didn't do a very good job because she's a wiggle worm, but it's cute.

My passion for photography is growing bigger every day!!! All I want to do is take pictures during the day! Now, I just need my own nice camera.

One of my favorites!
Last night (9/6/), Gabriel came over to play for a few hours. Sophie took very good care of him. She brought him his binky when he was fussy and put it in his lap, kissed him a couple of times to make him feel better and rocked him in his car seat. It was adorable to see her being a little mommy. She also liked his bottle and helped him finish that a couple of times.

This evening was also the first time Sophie furniture walked. She pulled up on the couch at one end and "walked" to the other to try and get the remote. She also let go of Gabe's car seat and stood on her own for a few seconds. Should be walking in about 6 weeks!

Sophie has been an extremely happy baby. We are truly blessed. She sleeps very well at night and takes a minimum of two long naps during the day. She's been teething (two top teeth) for the past 7 weeks and had an ear infection, but you wouldn't know looking at her: happy and smiling the whole time. Her new thing is to pull up whenever and wherever she can. At our house it's mainly on the coffee table. She will also crawl up to us when we're sitting on the floor and pull herself up to a standing position. It's quite comical at times because she doesn't always walk her feet up to be vertical, so she'll look at us with a little sad face asking: "what do I do now maman?" Standing in her crib is new as of this week. She used to wake up around 7am and then play for 30 to 45 minutes before asking to get out of her crib; now that she stands, she wants out sooner because she doesn't always want to let go on her own.

Sophie now says "papa" for Greg. She started saying that last week as a very low whisper, but now knows how to say it very loudly. She rarely stops babbling and you can tell she understands a lot of what we say. She's using the "more" and "milk" baby signs, is a great "waver" and loves to share her pacifiers and food. It' s adorable to see her sharing! Another cute thing is when I ask her if she made a poopy she'll blow air out of her mouth and wave her hand in front of her face. So cute, she learned that from mom! She likes to shake her bottle when there's a clump just like we do to loosen one. As of this Sunday, 9/2, she's been patting me on the shoulder when she cuddles. This is just the beginning of her imitating us!

8/30 On this series of pictures that I took, Sophie is making funny faces. She does this grin a lot now and it cracks me up!