Happy New Year!

New Year's Eve we spent with our friends, Rebecca and John, and New Year's Day we relaxed at home. What a good start to 2011! (Thanks Auntie Aleen for this cute New Year's outfit!)

Merry Christmas!

This year we spent Christmas in New Jersey with the Sharps. We got to see a lot of family - and Sophie got a second round of presents (lucky baby!). 

 Here we are Christmas morning

 Sophie with her cousin Zoe (we really need to work on that smiling on demand thing...)

The day after Christmas Mayslanding, NJ got 18 inches of snow. We didn't venture out in it, but rather gazed on from the warmth of the house. 

An Early Christmas and The First Steps!

Nana, Pap Pap and Becky came up this weekend to celebrate an early Christmas. Sophie got everything that she asked Santa for (he can understand her language) as well as quite a few other things. She also took her first two steps! Aunt Becky is happy to say that they were toward her. Videos to follow.

She tasted each and every box. This one looks like it was especially good.

 Reading among the goods.

Sophie and Aunt Becky at Brad and Joan's annual tree decorating party.  Very color coordinated.

9 Month Check-up

On Friday Soph had her 9 month doctor's visit. We found out she weighs 20.14 lbs, which still puts her in the 90% area for weight. We were also given the go ahead to try and introduce some soy back into her diet to see if she can tolerate it now. Fingers crossed she's outgrown her colitis issues.

Later that night she spend some quality time reading with dad...

Thanksgiving 2010

We spent Thanksgiving down in Virginia. Mom and Dad had a house full and Dave cooked the ENTIRE dinner for 16 people all by himself (well, I checked on some things in the oven, but we won't count that). 

Here he is with the 22lb. turkey. Thanks to Catherine and Hannah for bringing the meat thermometer or we might have been waiting until midnight for that sucker to cook. 

 Becky and me with Quinn & Carley

 Sophie had some close encounters with Vahid the tortoise. Soon he'll be as big as she is. 

 On Thanksgiving morning we ran a 5K (Sophie cheered with mom from the sidelines). She probably worked off at least one piece of pie... maybe. 

 Sophie had her first taste of turkey.  From the looks of it she seems to like it. But we haven't actually found a food that she doesn't like. 

 We went for a hike on Friday. 

The Coughlin clan 

Candice

I recently realized that I don't have any pictures of Candice on this blog. Since she's the person Sophie spends most of her days with - we must have a picture! 

Do you speak Swahili?

Apparently Sophie thinks it might be a good language to learn.
Her new things is clicking her tongue and then waiting for you to click yours back. Here's a video.