A picture is worth a thousand words

Okay, if that's the case then several pictures should be worth a full blog.... here goes nothing.




David was having some fun one day while I was away. The shirt really does say it all.


Sophia's taste for things has really branched out in the last little while. To rice and barley cereal and several fruits and vegetables, she has added her very own feet (with or without shoes). It's quite funny to watch her completely doubled over, chomping away at her little toes.


A little drool action! With the coming of teeth is increased saliva production. Ah, life is good (and wet!).


So, most parents could compare their baby's feet as they are now and as they were when the baby was born. David decided to take a new angle on that. Why not compare the Dog and the Baby? It's kind of cute, don't you think?


You know, people were worried that our little princess pup would feel jealous and put out by the addition of Sophia to the family. Although we still get the "oh, you brought that thing back with you" looks, Haley seems to like Sophia pretty well. She'll like Sophie even better when she starts dropping more food from the high chair.


We read in one of the baby books that cool things to chew on are particularly helpful for a teething baby. I am not convinced that they had a can of Alexander Keith's in mind. What ever works eh?


Grandma Diane was here not too many weeks ago. A good time was had by all, but particularly Sophia. She loves having people to spend time with her. This was a quiet moment where Grandma was reading the ever popular "Each Peach Pear Plum" to an attentive Sophia.




These two photos were taken after a fairly successful feeding of carrots. Trying to get Sophia to actually eat solids has been, well, trying. Most of the time she has been giving me this look of "what the heck are you giving me?" and then spitting it out so that more of it ends up on her than in her. Acutally, it ends up on her face, in her ears, in her hair, up her arms and all over the highchair. But it's fun! I read some where that parents are only responsible for where to feed the child and the baby will decide what, when, and how much. It's a tense situation, but I know in the end she'll end up eating something. And she's not expected to survive just on solids right now, we are merely practicing!


Okay, so I lied... Sophia is not discriminate about whose toes she chews on. If it is offered, she will munch. In this case, my toes where the sacrificial falanges of the moment. (Yes, they were clean toes!)


Grandma Gladys made this little blanket for Sophia. It's great because it supports Sophia's habit of label chewing/sucking. A whole blanket of labels is just perfect. We take it everywhere we go!


Thanks Grandma!