my new moves

Well, I've been taking my time getting mobile (don't really see the need to rush these things!) but now that I am 9 months old I figured I'd bust out a few new moves :) I don't think either really qualify me as "mobile" but it is progress...!

move 1: cruising


move 2: bum to belly

A little give and take...

I've been learning how to share at school... It goes like this - I give you something and then you give it back, and then we do it all over again!! I do it with my books, my toys and especially with my food ... I give my mom and dad cheerios and then I take them back and eat them. It's fun to share with the dogs too! I more just tease them with my food though - I act like I'm going to give them my food and then just when they think they're going to get something good I put into my mouth not theirs!!! Hehe.... :) of course I do tend to drop a few nibbles here and there "accidently". I'm also figuring out how to share toys with the dogs!! Check it out - when I give Bruno a toy - he gives it back!!!

My 1st Halloween

Yes.. I was a sunflower for Halloween :) - since lots of people like to call me "Sophie Sunshine" I figured a sunflower was an appropriate costume for my first Halloween!! My Yiayia made this costume just for me!! Guess my mom isn't so good with the ol' sewing machine so lucky for me my Yiayia loves to sew and can make me fun stuff like this!! I had fun going to school and showing off my outfit... my other friends at school had some fun costumes as well... let's see there was a pea pod, a teradactyl, and a tiger! Everyone looked pretty silly!!

Visit to the Pumpkin Patch

I had my first visit to a pumpkin patch! I love playing with the pumpkins.. I tried to play them like drums - they make a fun noise when you bang on them! We searched all over for the perfect pumpkins- mom and dad picked out one for them and I got a little one just for me! Maybe mom will cook the pumpkin after Halloween and I'll get to eat it! (And mom will get to make some pumpkin cookies!! :) I also tried out dirt for the first time... mom and dad wanted to take a picture of me in the corn stalks and I discovered all this great dirt under me that I could scoop up and put right into my mouth. Mom tried to scoop it back out of my mouth which I wasn't so happy about - I liked the dirt!! I'm getting excited for Halloween - I'm going to be a sunflower :) Yiayia made me a costume - just wait until you see me!!

Rockin' fun

My Aunt Terri bought me this cool rocker when i was really little and I couldn't really ride it then but now that I've grown up a bit I can rock back and forth on it all by myself!! It's super fun and I love to hang out on it. Pretty soon I'll be rocking back and forth no handed!! Just wait :)

Who says laundry isn't fun... :)

My dad had to do some laundry before his trip to Florida tomorrow so I thought I'd lend a helping hand :)

fun with cheerios

My mom and dad have been giving me cheerios!! It's pretty fun... I haven't quite mastered the art of picking them up yet but I am getting better!!

story time

It's been raining outside so I just decided to hang on the couch and read a book...

7 1/2 months old...

Little update on me... let's see - I'm almost 8 months old.. I sit up really well, I love all sorts of food, and I grab just about anything I can get my hands on (then put it in my mouth of course :). Oh yeah, and I've been saying "da da" alot... My dad always seems to respond when I do, I wonder if that sounds means something! Still no teeth, no hair, and don't really see the need to crawl yet - it's really fun just sitting up and playing so I stick to that... lots of my friends and classmates crawl all around so I think I might give a try soon - I want to be able to keep up with them!!! As for now, they all just crawl over to me so that's works out well :)

Orcas Island

Wow!!! We went up to the San Juan Islands this weekend... it was amazing!! We got to ride on a ferry - which I just thought was SO FUN!!! There were so many people and I was sure to smile really big at all of them so they would smile back at me :) The dogs seemed to have fun hanging out with me in the back of the van too... Bruno is really silly - he was climbing all over the place!! I think he was trying to figure out how to get closer to me so we could hang together... :)

We camped at Moran state park in Flash (our van) which is always an adventure. Lots of mom and dad's friends were there and my friend Bailey was there too. We did lots of hikes and explored all day and then hung around the campfire at night. Mom went swimming in the lake and dad I hung out in the hammock. It was great. It was so nice to hang out with friends in such a beautiful place, I hope we go back again next year!!! For more pics - check out our Flickr page.