18 weeks and going strong!

"Your fetus has become amazingly mobile (at least compared to you), passing the hours yawning, hiccuping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking and swallowing. And, baby's finally big enough that you'll be able to feel those movements soon."

And my growing belly looks like this...

It's a BOY!!!

Friday night (at 17 weeks pregnant) we drove to Long Beach to meet our dear friend Mary for our ultrasound. She used to work at this hospital doing ultrasounds in the ER and she's kind enough to sneak in her closest friends and family for ultrasounds still!!! We were soooooo happy to find out we're having a baby boy! Now our household will even out a little...ha:) He wasn't quite as wiggly as Sophia was but he was definitely wiggling around in there. We're so excited to start shopping for our lil' guy. Mary gave us a LOT of picture but here are just a few. We cannot thank Mary enough for her time...this night meant a lot to us and our family and we love our new boy soooo much already!!!!

Flexin' his muscles

He was just relaxin' with his legs crossed for a few minutes until he started wiggling again of course

It's DEF a boy...he showed us many times:)

Busy weekends!

We've had lots of family time these past few weekends and have lots of pictures to share. We had dinner with Nana and Grandpa Paola last Sunday and a visit from Uncle Frank, Auntie Sarah, and Emily where we bbq'd and swam. Sophia LOVES her new swim boat and cousin Emily took a ride in it too! Sophia's new favorite word is "opey" for "open" and she's active and running around like crazy:-)
Shopping with Daddy at the mall

Nana showing Sophia her favorite animals

Backyard dinner with Nana and Grandpa

Grandpa reading to Sophia...she likes to be read to but only for 3 minutes tops ha!

Cutest picture ever of BT and his "mini me"

It's BBQ time!

Sophia looked so cute in her new swimsuit from Grandma and Grandpa Tees!

Her new boat was a hit...she's liking the pool more and more.

Even cousin Emily dug the new boat!

Sophia enjoying her nectarine

The only decent picture we could get of the two of them...talk about wiggle worms!!

The "Grill Master"!

Auntie Sarah workin' hard!


Sophia enjoys her Starbucks just like mommy does:-)

Crawl before you walk...

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!