We're walking!!!

Sophia took her fierst official steps at 11months and now 2 weeks later is walking all over the place! She's not as wobbly as we'd expected either! She greets us every morning in her crib with an enthusiastic "hi". She's also learned "more" and "all done" in sign language when she eats(which has come in handy for mommy and daddy). Sophia also loves to blow kisses as we leave the room~which of course we love! Here's a picture of Sophia standing on the drum in music class from last weekend:)

Disneyland, The LA Zoo, and a visit to the park!

We've had a busy past few weeks. We bought an annual pass to the LA Zoo so we made our first trip 2 weeks ago. Sophia loved the giraffes and the monkeys best. It ended up being a beautiful day(in between many overcast days). This past weekend was a busy one for us. Saturday we had a visit from our good friends Kelly and Ryan and their adorable baby girl Emma. We had lunch at the park and they brought their fancy camera and took lots of pictures of the girls on the swings! Sunday we were off with Nana to Disneyland(we like to pack a lot into our weekends!!). Sophia ate all kinds of junk food for the first time at Disneyland(french fries and a churro among other things). She LOVED It's a Small World and the Tiki Room and didn't like Pirates and Haunted Mansion as much as mommy and daddy did! Nana had never been to California Adventure and LOVED Soarin' over California. Here are some pictures from the past few weeks! Sophia also took her first step on Friday June 12th(almost 11 months) so she'll be off and running soon!!
Daddy and Sophia with the flamingos at the LA Zoo!

Mommy and Sophia with the giraffes(Sophia was giggling and pointing at them)

It's Disneyland time...Sophia with mommy and daddy in Bug's Land at California Adventure

I love this picture of Sophia as we enter the tunnel into It's a Small World!

Sophia couldn't get enough of all the colors in Small World.

Nana and Sophia in the Haunted Mansion(right before Sophia buried her head in mommy's shoulder for the entire ride!)

Right before we went into California Adventure


Cool picture of the river!


Sophia got sick of her stroller(of course) so she clapped along to the parade in her sling


Baby Emma with her big smile enjoying the swings at the park!

Nice family picture with Ryan's fancy camera...Thanks Ryan!

I think Kelly actually got this picture of Sophia..I love it

Sophia's latest favorite...PEEK-A

BOO!!!

Adults can have fun at the park too!

I wonder if Sophia likes the swings?

Music Class and more!

We've been taking Sophia to music class at Gymboree for the past month and she really loves it. The first few weeks were Latin music themed and this week she shook her booty to 80's music. She especially loves to climb around on the jungle gyms and beat the drum, and pop the bubbles. Sophia's other favorite past time this week is having mommy and daddy walk her all around the house. She grabs our fingers as if to say "come on I wanna walk". Nana also taught her to say "Wow" so that's her new favorite expression(next to "uh oh"). Here are a few highlights of the past few weeks:

Not sure what mommy was laughing at but Sophia has "shakers" in her hand(that she loves to eat of course)

Sophia practice shaking the vitamin bottles before class...a skilled musician needs to warm up!

And this is where all her practicing paid off...she's shakin' away!


She LOVES the teacher!

This is a bit blurry but it's Sophia flyin' on mommy to the 80's jams

Oh and MY favorite part...I mean Sophia's favorite part...THE BUBBLES!!

Sophia "walking" mommy all over the house:

And finally a cameo from Sophia's latest best friend...her "lamby" whom she loves to hug and kiss:

10 months and we have a tooth!

The long awaited first tooth is finally arriving!! We saw it yesterday starting to break through on her bottom gums. She hasn't been fussy and has been sleeping great so we had no idea:) I had a perfect first Mother's Day weekend. Grandma Tees came to visit for a special Mother's Day lunch on Saturday and Sunday we had brunch at our house with Nana and Grandpa Paola and then dinner at the in-laws! This weekend Sophia went "swimming" for the first time! She loved it. Brian's long time friend Jerry came to visit with his son Aiden and we spent Sunday at the pool. Here are some pictures from the past few weeks festivities!

With Daddy on Mommy's Day!

This is Sophia "kissing" Mommy's nose:-)

Doesn't Nana look pretty??

Sophia LOVED all the flowers Mommy's got on her big day!

Our lunch with Grandma Tees for my first Mother's Day.

Sophia pretty much "dove" right in! She loved the water.





We're gonna have to work on Sophia's summer tan!

There we go...Daddy and Sophia match with their ivory skin!

Almost 10 months old!

It's been such a busy month we've been so bad at blogging. Sophia had her 9 month shots and weighed in at 20lbs and is 27" long. She is perfectly normal! Yay! She was sick last weekend with a 103.5 fever she ended up at Urgent Care all the while in great spirits of course. It takes quite a lot to get Sophia down! She's pretty obsessed with eating cheerios and playing with spoons these days and loves our weekend visits to the park. Here are some of our fav pictures from the month

"Talking" with Nana P(with spoon in hand of course)! One of Sophia's fav people to "talk" to

With her Auntie Sarah on Easter Sunday

Getting so big!

Sophia has discovered the hats we put on her and isn't very excited about them ha! But they sure look cute!!

She came home with a mohawk from daycare:) Mommy can't wait until Sophia actually has hair to play with

Our happy girl:)

Sophia LOVES her bath time so much she hardly looks up at us...she so busy playing with all her toys! She flashed us this smile though in between her play time.

Sophia's new favorite thing...EXPLORING!!

From crawling at 8 months to starting to walk at 8.5 months!

Daddy baby proofed the house while mommy was in Miami last weekend and it was just in time...Miss Sophia Lillian is "cruising" already after 2 weeks of crawling. She's been crawling around the house at lighting speed since her 8 month birthday. Now she's 8 months 2 weeks and she's standing/pulling herself up and cruising around the furniture! She's making kissy faces(which we LOVE) and says "mama", "dada", "up" and "uh oh".
Our lil' crawling monkey!

We love her in purple:)

A Sunday stroll with mama.

As usual...Sophia is smiling!

Daddy's lil' girl!