Sophia and I went to visit my Grandma with my Dad who was visiting this week from Colorado. We celebrated Christmas early with Great Grandma Nell. We gave Grandma a photo calendar and she gave Sophia a ball popper that had balls flying everywhere. Sophie was pretty scared of it, even when it was still in the box!
Emma made all the Friday playgroup babies these adorable hats. We all think she is a superstar and should go into business selling these hats. Sophia loved her hat so much she let me put it on her for more than 3 seconds which is a record for her.
Grandpa came over to visit on Tuesday and played with Sophia some more. 
Baby's First Christmas Eve. Sophia received this adorable hat and stocking from Barb and Tucker. We spent the morning playing and waiting for family to come over.
Sophia happily played under the Christmas tree in her new dress. 
Jonathan gave Sophia a cute cloth book with baby animals.
Pop pop and Dorothy gave Sophia this stuffed horse to ride (they have real horses at their house, so Sophia can be a future rider). Her pony also came with a "Daddle" that Nick can put on his back to give piggy back rides around the house. 
Merry Christmas!!! surprise surprise, Sophia and I were the only ones awake at 6am waiting for the others to get up. We started the celebrations with an early breakfast and then Sophia napped while the adults ate breakfast. I bet next year we will have to get to presents right away.
"I'm sitting on my new pony ready for Christmas!"
Sophia with her Auntie Krissy.. with presents everywhere! The wrapping paper was the most fun new toy of the day.That's right.. Santa gave Sophie her very own Gymbo the clown. It hasn't received quite the same reaction without Sam singing.
What a happy baby. We gave her her first baby doll (this one pictured here was a stand in for the real baby doll that didn't arrive in the mail yet :)
Of course I made everyone take family photos. ..
Grandma gave Sophia this cute polar bear ball toy that plays really catchy music that she dances to.
Christmas was also Sophia's birthday. Happy Birthday boo! At 10 months old she:-Loves to cruise, stand or sit and play, but only crawls if she really really wants something badly
-Stood alone for a few seconds
-Claps all the time
-Waves bye-bye
-Dances to music (with this rocking bouncey dance)
-Has 7 teeth
-weighs about 20 lbs and is 28 inches tall
-babbles in full conversation mode
-Eats an entire banana, a piece of toast and cereal for breakfast
-Does well with finger foods that she knows (puffs, pasta shells, peas, carrots, corn, steamed apple/ pear on toast, banana), but new foods take some time.. I was getting nowhere with chunks of potatoes and green beans, until I mashed them together. yum!
-takes 2 naps usually around 9-11am and 2-4pm depending on the day
-usually sleeps through the night, but this week was up at 4:30, 5 or 5:30am
-is such a happy baby and we love her to pieces
The day after Christmas is always bittersweet. We had a wonderful Christmas, but it went by too quickly. .come back everyone!
With so many new toys to play with, where do we begin?? With this ladybug ride of course.
On Sunday we celebrated Christmas with Nick's aunts and cousins. Sophia was very serious after waking up from the car ride.
Aunt Mary Ann gave Sophia one of her late Great Grandmother Nonnie's teddy bears. We will be sure to take good care of this special teddy!
Amanda will make a great babysitter very soon. She helped watch Sophia and baby Christopher, while Jonathan snoozed on the couch with his hair covering his face (what a teenager!)
Meltdown! I guess her 20 minute nap on the ride over was not enough... Sophia freaked out during group pictures. After a diaper change and snacks with Daddy, she was good to go for the rest of the evening.. And that ended our Christmas week. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas this year!
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