Sweet Sixteen Months

 Time sure does fly when you are having fun.  Sophie is now sixteen months old and is still showing us how much of blessing she is in our lives.  She is such a sweet fun loving girl most of the time.  With each day she is into or doing something new that amazes us.

She is definitely getting taller or her shirts are shrinking length wise cause we are having to go up another size just so her belly does not hang out the bottom of her shirts.

Some of her favorite things include playing with her baby doll (feeding it with a spoon, giving her a bottle, covering her up and rocking her in her bed or in the rocking chair).  She is reasonably gentle giving the baby hugs and kisses, however when it comes to laying her down she's a little rough.
She also loves her stuffed Kermit the frog that sings and talks, as well as her Fraggle Rock Puppet "Red."  Recently she has learned how to build with her blocks and still loves reading books with Mommy and Daddy.

The newest development was about three weeks ago she stopped taking her night time bottle and is now drinking strictly out of a sippy cup.  She was not so sure about it at first but after a few nights of a new routine she's fine with it.

We have also had a lot of fun this month.  She has had her second round of ear infections in one month, which has made for several unpleasant trips to see the doctor.  In addition to the ear infections she has been cutting about five new teeth total, most of them being molars.  We have seen enough drool and snot to last us a lifetime. She has been quite the trooper considering!

Some new words she's is saying this month are Poppy (Bob's Dad), Grammy (Bob's Mom), Mam Maw (My mom) and Paw Paw (My dad), Grey (one of Lisa and Mike's Dogs), and Aaron (her cousin).  Cakes (Pancakes), Please, Thank You, and walk. Yesterday she said "Maybe" when I asked her a question, and a lot of her other words are becoming more fluent.

She has started laughing at more specific things in books, things we say, and things she has seen in movies or on TV.  She also stayed her first night overnight with Bob's parents and had a blast.

The funniest thing we have seen her do is when she is tired she goes and gets her lambie and soothie monkey and grabs one of our hands and heads for the staircase...like she is tired and wants to go to bed.  Who wouldn't love a kid that is on such a schedule she is asking to go take a nap or go to bed for the night.  Pretty sure this will not last, but we can always hope.

BANKS RYAN YOSS

Over the weekend we got the opportunity to meet Banks.  He was born on the 4th of February to our friends Ryan and Carla.  They are doing great as new parents and he seems to be a very happy baby.  Congratulations to them and now Sophie has another playmate.  We had a great visit with them and can't wait to watch all of them grow together as a family.  Congrats Ryan and Carla!!!

Here he is with his Daddy at the hospital

Just a few days old

Banks all snuggly in his warm blankie

Of course I had to hold this cute little guy...who would pass up a chance to hold a baby...

FIRST OVERNIGHT

This past weekend Bob and I left Sophie overnight for the first time at his parents house with his family.  We headed up to Kent for the afternoon and evening to walk around Kent State University where Bob got his bachelors degree.  

Then we met up with several of his friends from college for dinner at Ray's Place.. This was a favorite of Bob's and his friends back in the day.

Forf

Stephanie and Liam

Devo and Liam

Later in the evening we went to the Zephyr to see Patrick Sweeny play and met up with some other friends that could not make it out for dinner.

Rob, Forf, Devo, Stephanie, and across the table Gene, Mary, and Ryan

We called it a night at about 11:30 and headed back to our hotel room.  We had a great time together and seeing all of his friends from college.

The next morning we headed back to his parents house to find that Sophie had slept well, ate well, and was having a blast with her grandparents, Aunt Becky, Uncle Eric and her cousins.   Thanks to all of you for keeping Sophie for us.

While she took a nap Bob took Aaron for a walk....looks like they found a hydrant

COSI

A few weekends ago we decided we needed to get out of the house.  So we thought we'd try taking Sophie to COSI.  We were super excited when we got there and found out there was an huge place for kids her age.  It couldn't have been any more perfect of an afternoon.  COSI is such an amazing for kids and adults of all ages to learn and explore...which is exactly what all three of us did.

First we played with the baby dolls at the hospital area.

Next we played in the kitchen/restaurant area

"Ma Ma want a nana"

"Da Da sit with me"

"Let's Make Muffins"

"This is so much fun"

Now onto the balls and the playhouse

Here's a ball for you Daddy

Where to next Mommy?

To the house to learn how to turn off and on the light switch, ring the doorbell and wash our hands.

Off to do construction with Daddy and Mr. Elephant

This was neat you place your hands on the metal hands to make music..she loved this one....

However, This had to be the most appropriate thing there since Sophie has recently discovered the light switches at home and has learned how to turn them on and off and say on and off.

We finished the day at the Atlantis exhibit and the special Gecko exhibit.  However by this point she was so tired she did not care all that much, but thought they were neat.