First Valentines! 2009

Around Valentine's Day Sophia learned the "commando crawl"! She looked like a cute little Army soldier! We hosted Valentines dinner for my siblings and the guys. Uncle Toan was nice enough to make his scrumptious ribs on the grill. For the first time, I made Seafood Diavlo. I might add, it was very tasty!! Checkout the yummy menu in the picture gallery!

Gymnastics here I come!

I don't have words to describe how amazing it is to see Sophia obtain new skills! It literally took two days for her to know how to hold her sippy cup, and one day to pick up Purely O's (aka whole grain Cheerios). In late January, she mastered sitting up. But, how she transitions from a crawling position to sitting up is too cute. Enter the gallery and watch her! Her daycare teachers told us to put her in gymnastics!

Pureed food, Purely O's, and Sippy Cup

January through February- Sophia went from sampling rice cereal, to whole grain cereal, then welcomed an assortment of home made pureed organic veggies, followed by home made fruit purees, and dabbled in a few Purely O's (organic whole grain oat cereal) PLUS the introduction of the sippy cup!! We decided to wait until she was 8 months to introduce solid food. Wholesomebabyfood.com has been a great resource for me. The current recommendations indicate that breast milk or formula should be baby’s main source of nutrition until at least 6 months of age. Check out how much she loves eating pureed peas and her finger skills! She still loves whole peas and can eat Purely O's all day! Click to enter.

Rub a Dub Dub!

I enjoy comparing Sophia's birth pictures with her more recent images. Here she is at birth vs 7.5 months. In January, we thoroughly enjoyed using the Safety First bath chair. It allows us to have both hands free and the chair swivels for maximum fun! She has quickly out grown the chair but it's still worth the purchase. She has filled out well don't you think?