Month 14: All grown up?

Ok, maybe not ALL grown up, but I don't really consider Sophia a baby anymore. She is walking, rolling balls, stacking blocks and communicating in her own way.

By her 14 month birthday, Sophia is:

• Walking more than crawling, but not all the time


• Stacking 3-4 blocks


• Using the shape sorter correctly


• Rolling and throwing balls


• A social butterfly


• Saying Hi and Bye with meaning


• Waving and clapping constantly
  

Here are some highlights from month 14.


Easter celebrations:

Sophia and Rylee visited the Easter bunny who was conveniently just hanging out at the mall one day. Unfortunately, it was a disturbing experience for everyone. I was even a little scared.

Sophia woke up Easter morning to find that the Easter bunny was actually nice and had brought quite a few presents. He went a little overboard this year, but it was a lot of fun to see her eyes light up at her new Little People toys, fluffy bunny and photo album.

It was Grandma's birthday on Easter as well. Sophia gave her a little photo album.

Aunt Krissy also came over to play

We also celebrated Pop pop's birthday which was 2 weeks ago

Sophia enjoyed opening more gifts and playing with everyone..

Playing at home this month:

Sophia had 2 colds, 1 ear infection and a stomach bug this month. SO we had a lot of quality time playing at home. Here Sophie is wearing mommy's new shirt around the house.

On a gloomy day, there is nothing more fun than looking at rain fall on the deck...

Well maybe watching TV is more fun. And we sure watched a lot this month while she was sick.

Grandma came over to visit and watch Sophia while I got a day to go out.

Just like mommy and Daddy, Sophia likes to take a break from the long day and lounge

Sophia's first word is officially Hi- if that counts as a word

Sophia can now throw balls...

and can stack 3 or 4 blocks at a time. Wow!

She has also learned to take her bib off. I had been so impressed by this Baby Bjorn bib that she could not take off because it does not have Velcro. Oh well, foiled again!

Playing hide and seek is still a favorite in this house...

...but we also have a new game of watching the baby doll walk. It always gets a good laugh.

Our friend Chuck did some work on the deck this month and Sophie spent the entire time staring at him our the window, mesmerized by the carpentry skills.

Sophia is doing a lot more walking this month. By the end of the month, she seemed really confident that she can walk across the room on her own. She still falls down though, so I am thinking of investing in some knee pads.

Grandpa and Babbie came to visit at the end of the month. Congrats on their engagement! It was a beautiful weekend of 80 degree weather. Here we are waiting outside for them to arrive and then the next day walking around the "block," or as they say in CT, down the "street."

Hanging out with her playgroup friends this month:


Sophia was in a race at Layla's house and actually won, which just goes to show you how fast she can be with her butt scoot when she wants her mommy. I am sure Maddie would have won using her walking skills if she was going the right direction.

Then we took some pics inside and outside in the nice weather

We went to the park one day. Layla showed off her new glasses and we went down the big kid slide, which Sophia did not love. She is a little apprehensive about moving fast and furiously (unless she is trying to get to mommy). I do not think she will be a race car driver.

We did a music demo this month, which was fun. Sophie's favorite part involved scarves.

We did go to a fun indoor playspace on this one rainy day. The kids had a ball playing with all the fun toys. The "roller coaster" was a bit scary for Sophia and we found out (twice) that she really hates ball pits for some reason.

Ana hosted a playgroup one week before Easter and we had a fun activity where the kids tried to draw a picture but ended up just eating crayons.. so we went to the playroom and Sophia had a ball with all the fun toys.

We spent a nice Friday at the park again where everyone shared a little pizza crust.

Next we played in the sand with trucks and shovels.

Sophia did not love the tire swing, but she hung in there for a few seconds.

She liked the big slide a lot more this time. Amy's trick is key to pull them up so their feet dont get stuck.

Out and about during month 14:

Sophia went to her very first hockey game and had a great time. I thought she would be antsy, but she was mesmerized by the hockey puck going back and forth, the tiger mascot and all the cheering.

We also went to Brooklyn this month to drive Kristin home and visit with Karen, Lucia and her new baby Violeta. I forget how little newborns are and she was just too cute. We went to the park and got a chance to play outside before the long drive back.



We continued with music class this month - again playing with scarves is probably her favorite part. By her last class this month, she was loving class and walking all over the place!

Luckily, Sophia was sick during the rainy days of the month. We had some incredible summer weather on her 14 month birthday, which also happened to be her third cousin Amanda's 9th birthday and my friend Kerrie's (30 something) bday. Happy bday everyone!

Daddy managed to get Sophia to wear her (my) big hat.


Grumpy or just hot?

Now there's a smile!

A little hula hooping outside leads to..

cooling off inside with Amanda and baby Christian

Next we made it to another BBQ where we ran into Craig and Christina and their new baby Leyton. Wow, he is almost 3 months already- what a big boy!

Sophia played on all the fun toys at the party - what a treat! Unfortunately, the Red Sox scored a run and Sophie started crying so we had to make a quick exit. Happy 14 months - you will always be my little boo!