Sophia turns 1!!!

It's the BIRTHDAY GIRL!

We celebrated Sophia's first birthday on Saturday the 18th with a bbq and pool party! Thankfully we had our community pool all to ourselves! Grandpa Paola did ALL the grilling for the party (on this fine 95 degree day) and Grandma Tees made an amazing chocolate cake that was a hit! Mommy made Sophia her very own banana cake with cream cheese frosting and we saved it until her actual birthday on Sunday as the birthday girl was asleep during cake on Saturday!! It was such a perfect day surrounded by good friends and family~we are so grateful for all who made the day so special.

Our good friend Kari made Sophia's tutu and matching headband for her big day!!







Enjoying pool time with cousin Emily!

She loved her new pink poll float from Nana!

"It's my birthday...please hold my bottle for me Grandma"

Banana cake that mommy made!

"Hmm I'm not sure about this!"

"Kinda looks like they're gonna let me go for it!"

"Alright they're not stopping me...here I go"

"Wohooooo...it's CAKE time!!!"

Sophia's 1 year doctor visit and stats.

Today was our 1 year visit and Sophia weighed in a 21lbs 2oz and is 29"long. She's in the 25th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for height and doc assured us she'll be "tall and skinny" ha! She weighed 20lbs at her 9month so her weight gain has slowed significantly (which doc said is normal). Doc said she's "advanced" in her language as she said "hi" to the doctor many times and showed off her monkey, doggy, cat, and lion sounds. SUCH a ham. We'll start to transition her to whole milk now(which mommy and daddy's bank account are very happy about). She's been on Neutramigen which is a highly specialized formula for sensitive babies so we're happy to transition her to regular milk!! Now it's time to celebrate Sophia's birthday~lots of pictures to follow!!

Sophia is queen of kisses and showed them off in the doctor's office(kissing herself of course)

"Hey...that's me!"

Sophia's first beach trip last weekend...

We've got a Baseball! ~15 weeks

Pregnancy Week 15:
"You obviously made it to home, congrats! Your baby is the size of a baseball." We thought we'd change it up from the normal fruit reference! Mama is feeling great and definitely showing!

We've got a Lemon~ 14 weeks!

"Your adorable little fetus is busy with thumb sucking, toe wiggling, and (not so cute but equally amazing) making urine and breathing amniotic fluid as the liver, kidneys and spleen continue to develop. Lanugo (thin, downy hair) is growing all over the body for warmth"
This might explain my tummy pains yesterday: "In theory, your uterus' ability to expand (14 times in size, 20 in weight) is awe-inspiring; in practice, it kind of hurts. When the aches and sharp pains hit your belly, think about this happy news: By now, your risk of miscarriage has gone way, way down"
Other than that mommy is feeling fantastic!

We had an awesome 4th of July long weekend. Mommy and Daddy spent a night away in Santa Barbara on Friday night and even snuck in a "Cantina" burrito in IV(old college haunt)! Saturday morning we woke up and met Nana and G-pa, and Sophia at a street fair in Ventura. Sophia's favorite part was sharing blue shaved ice with mommy. We headed back home and headed to the park for some more festivities. Sunday we had a bbq at our house with all the grandparents and cousin Michael and BT bbq'd some burgers!

Our 4th of July baby(outfit courtesy of Auntie Aim!)


The fam at the Ventura Street Fair:


Sophia enjoying some blue shaved ice:)


Sophia's new favorite thing~playing with the tupperware!


Upside down baby!!

Tees Baby #2!

We are so excited to add another Tees baby to our family. We're due January 6th! First trimester is over~phew! Our good friends Kelly and Ryan got Sophia an adorable "big-sis" shirt with her name on it(we're gonna have her wear it to the hospital but below is a cameo of the shirt!). OF COURSE we had to try it on her...ha! We already had a 4D ultrasound at week 11 and baby#2 was moving around all over the place...wiggling little arms and feet:) Mommy is showing a little sooner with this pregnancy so not sure how long we'll be doing "belly shots" for but there's one below! Check back for more updates!

The 3D came out better than our 4D!

Our new punkin' in 4D

PROUD big sissy! It's hard to get an 11 month old still enough to take a close up!

The 13week belly shot!

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?