Joe's Disguise

It appears to be just another Tuesday afternoon, but it is really a secret competition: who is having more fun? Wish you were here. :)

My two front teeth

Sophia's teeth are coming in slowly but surely.

She says: count them...1, 1 1/2!

9 Months - Hooray

Sophia is nine months old. She's grown so much neither of her parents can believe it. And she's finally got a tooth. Well, not a full one yet, but there's two lower front teeth sticking up through the gum. Ouch...don't let her use your finger for a teething ring. Those ridges are sharp on brand new teeth. However, Sophia did not cooperate and let me take a picture of the almost teeth, so you'll have to just wait and see them in person. But we did spend some time on the balconey. We may not have a swing, but we'll have fresh tomatoes come the fall.

A Swinger

While Mom and Dad were packing up the car from camping, Sophia had Mrs. and Mr. Gehrke look after her. They took her out into their yard and let her swing. She gave them her best smile for it. I'm worried she's thinking of trading us in for parents who have a full playset in their backyard.

Camping..well sort of

Sophia's first camping trip was on July 11. And it was great. We opted to camp in the Gehrke's back yard (stop snickering - it was going to storm). It was a lovely time with the Reiks, the Gehrke's and the Refermats. We even got a fire in. However, at 3 a.m. the winds picked up and were blowing the tents inwards. We dodged the rain drops and spent the night in the living. The next day all three tents were still bravely standing, and we were dry. You can see that Carson, Natalie and Sophia entertained themselves very well while we were erecting the campsite... or maybe just having a good conversation.

Standing Tall

Sophia has started pulling herself up on everything. And from Sophia's point of view it must have looked like a great big jungle gym. She followed the cat into the center, then started pulling herself up. It's not an optical illusion; she actually is in the middle of the bars. I guess its days of a drying rack are numbered.

New Friends

Sophia attended her first product party at Emily's Friend "Aunt" Brenda's house where she met lots of new people, one of which was Lauren. Daughter of another good friend "Aunt" Lisa, Lauren is almost four years old and loves to play mom. She showed us all her baby, which was hungry and preferred pretzels to carrots. Lauren was taken with Sophia and wanted her to walk and talk and play. Brenda's trying to make both girls happy.

When Sophia became entranced by Aunt Lisa's shiny gold bracelet, it was Lauren who said, "Mom, she can have it." And what was Lisa to do. Lisa had to share. "She's going to be a jewelry girl," Lisa predicts. We'll see.