Playing with Benson's Food

No matter how many new toys we give Sophie - her most favorite thing in the kitchen in Benson's food & water (much to his dismay). She knows she's not supposed to play with it, which makes it that much more tempting I guess. She was cracking herself up so much this time, I thought I'd record it before letting her know she was caught. You'll see how thrilled Benson is about the whole thing. Video here.

New Tricks

We've been working on Sophie's "tricks" and this weekend her Nana & Papap taught her "So Big!" This is added to her repertoire of clapping and waving. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present: So Big

Sophie's First Birthday

We celebrated Sophie's first birthday this weekend with a family party at the house. She had a blast visiting with so many of her family members and generally being the center of attention.



Here are two of her many birthday presents. Her first pair of Jellies (thanks Auntie Aleen!) and a recliner from Nana and Pap Pap. She's also showing off her new trick: the clap. Yay!

Uncle Dick made balloon hats for everyone. This is Sophie with her second cousin Shannon.

And of course there was cake!!

Thanks to everyone for making it such a special day! What a perfect first birthday party!

One Year Check-up

Sophie had her one year doctors appointment today. She's a very happy, healthy little girl (which we already knew!). She weighs in at 22lbs 11ozs and is 29 3/4'' tall. Pictures from her actual birthday to come (as soon as I find the adaptor cord to our camera).

An Early Birthday Present

Sophie's birthday isn't until Wednesday, but we couldn't wait to give her her present, a little kitchen! Since she spends so much time with us cooking, we figured she could do a little of her own now.

Sophie helping Dave assemble. Since it came in a million pieces, it took a little longer than we had anticipated...

And the final product!

She'll be a master chef before we know it.

A Day at the Zoo

This weekend I took Sophie to the Zoo. Sunday was a beautiful, almost spring-like day, so we decided to get a little time outside and see some animals.

 Sophie up close and personal with a gorilla. Of course, she didn't even seem to notice him.

 We went into the petting zoo area and spent some time with goats and sheep. She looks a little skeptical of this particular goat.

The bird exhibits ended up being her favorite. I think there might be Ibis in this pen. She was also very interested in the flamingos and ducks. Who knew? I guess next outing we'll hit Kelly Drive to see some Canada Geese.

Aquarium

Yesterday we visited the Camden Aquarium. Sophie loves the fish at the Sharp's house (which she calls "shhhhh"), so we thought a building full of them would be fun. She loved the big tank, but was also very intersted in the swarm of other kids that were there.