And Sophia's Twelve Month Photos!

Sophia has grown so much in the past 12 months.  She was 7 lbs 8 oz when she was born, and now is just over 20 lbs!  We are absolutely amazed by the changes that have happened, especially in the last few months - from learning to roll over, to crawling, then to walking and now she even runs.  She giggles, points at things she wants, has a few words in her little vocabulary (dada, birdie, piggy (her stuffed toy pig), doggy, bye, dat (that).  Our favourite was when I told her it was her birthday and shortly thereafter, she said "bird-day".  Then, for the next three days, everything was "bird-day"...  Toby and Emma became "bird-day", so did certain foods, and her toys.  I think her word association needs a bit more development!  Sophia can wave hello and goodbye (I love that she waves goodbye every morning when I leave for work).  She has a very strong personality and opinion.  She knows what she likes and doesn't like, especially when it comes to food.  She loves all fruit, especially blueberries and strawberries, and bread products.  Vegetables and protein sources are not readily received.  We keep trying... eternally optimistic that the food that we make for her will one day actually make it into her mouth and not onto the floor to be promptly gobbled up by Emma and Toby...

A little comparison from month one until now!  Enjoy!

And a few others from the other day:

Sophia's First Birthday Party!

We've been a little behind on our posts lately - lots going on!  On April 27, Sophia turned a year old!  We celebrated by having a party and had a great turn-out - a big thank you to everyone who was able to make it.  My mum made her a giraffe-shaped cake, and it was absolutely delicious.  Sophia was allowed to try cake for the very first time.  She was very unsure of it at first and initially made a face and spat it out.  However, she then realized how tasty it actually was, and the remainder was quickly devoured.  After everyone left, Sophia had some play time out on Mum's patio with her new watering can - courtesy of her Grandma of course, who must introduce gardening to her as soon as possible :)