Learning

Sophia

Sophia is learning new things every single day, She amazes me. She is so mobile now it's crazy. I thought she would never crawl but this weekend she finally started. She does her own thing though, she gets on her hands and knees at first, then puts one leg down. She crawls on one knee then pushes herself with the other foot. It's so funny. I think she does it because she isn't that confident yet. She gets around pretty well that way though!

She is also pulling herself up on everything. We were in her room playing yesterday and I started putting her laundry away. She was on the floor playing with her toys, I turned around to put something away and when I looked back at her, she was standing up at her play table! She did it all by herself! I was so proud of my little girl.

Holding on like a big girl!



Also, if I hold on to her hands while to is standing up and let go, she can stand all by herself without holding on to anything for a few seconds. I bet she will be walking in the next month or so! I can't even believe it. Where did my little baby go?

Me-

I'm also learning about my new camera. Yesterday was so nice I decided to pack Sophia up and hit the park to snap a few photos. It's so hard to take pictures of Sophia now because she wants to crawl all over the place. Here a some that I got when she wasn't moving everywhere :)

::sigh:: I love this little girl so much. We had such a good day yesterday. Maybe we'll hit up the park again today!

Sophia's very first Valentine's Day

It was a good day yesterday. Sophia and I spent the day prepping for dinner. We went to the store in the morning to get everything we needed to make a special dinner for daddy. I decided to make Chicken Parmasean (I even made my own sauce). I put the sauce in the pot and let it simmer all day long, it turned out pretty good.

Then, like every other year, I made Rudy a heart shaped cake. I usually make a strawberry cake but I thought I would do chocolate this year. Mmmmm it was good :)

While we waited for everything to bake and cook, the doorbell rang. It was the flower delivery guy. He brought us this.

Rudy sent us flowers! One dozen red for me and half a dozen pink for Sophia. Such a sweet hubby and father. Thank you my love :)

By the time Rudy got home from work, Sophia was already asleep. That left us a nice, quiet, relaxing evening to spend together. It was really nice.

This Valentine's Day takes the cake, by far the best I've ever had. Hope everyone enjoyed theirs as well!

Well she did it...

Sophia finally said "mama". I've been waiting to hear that sweet word for 9.5 months now. It was like music to my ears :)

Of course, she is just babbling at this point. She hasn't associated the word "mama" to me yet, at least I don't think so. She has been saying "dada" for a good month now. But all of a sudden yesterday, just out of the blue she said it. I was so suprised!

It's amazing how one word can absolutely melt your heart...

Snow Day part II

So we had another round of snow Thursday night. We bundled up Friday morning after Sophia's morning nap and played in the snow for a bit. This time, it wasn't as cold and windy as it was Tuesday so we were able to stay outside a little longer. I thought for sure this stuff would be out of here by now, but it still hasn't melted! Plus I heard we will be getting hit again next Wednesday...boo. Hopefully this next storm won't leave me stranded in the house for 4 days again. That was painful to say the least.

Anyway, here our are snowy day pics :)

Maybe there will be a part III soon?

Birthday stuff

So with all the ice and being stuck in the house, I decided to work on some more of Sophia's birthday decorations. I just finished her birthday banner yesterday. It was pretty simple to make. I saw some examples on etsy.com but they were about $15, so I decided to make my own. I bought 2 packs of scrapbook paper from the dollar spot at target, a pack of letters from the dollar store, and used some string/rafia stuff I found at the house.

Total cost for a super cute banner- $3.50

I am going to make Sophia a big cupcake cake for her smash cake at her birthday party. I finally bought the pan and made a pratice cake the other day. I still need to tweak the baking times because the top part of the cupcake finished baking before the bottom half did leaving me with a semi-overdone cake. I think I need to put batter in the bottom part and bake for a few minutes first then add the top half. I forsee a few more cakes being made in my future. I think I'll probably give them away, I don't need all that cake in my house :) Anyway, here was the final result. I'm debating whether or not I should frost the bottom half. The top half was hard enough to do and I think if I do the bottom half it might just look sloppy. Anyone have any tips on how to frost the cake a little better?

I think next on my agenda is photo banner kind if like this but I'll use our theme instead of owls. Maybe I'll start that today since we are stuck inside yet again. ::sigh:: I'm ready for this ice to melt so we can get out!! Hopefully soon!

Wordless Wednesday

Well nearly :) This is my first Wordless Wednesday. You are supposed to post one picture that speaks for itself without any explanation. Hence the title "wordless wednesday". Here's mine.

Snow Day!

We don't get these in Texas very often, but when we do, we try and make the most of it! The news had us prepared, we've been hearing about it for a good week or so. The freezing temps are supposed to hang around until at least Friday, so I know I'll be going stir crazy by then!

I decided to take Sophia to get a few pictures of her first snow day, but I knew I couldn't be out there very long with Sophia in the frigid temps. We stayed outside for maybe a minute or two and headed back inside to warm up!

If you couldn't tell Sophia (and the dogs) enjoyed it very much! The snow was fun but I'm soooooo ready for Sprng to arrive :)