Life

We celebrated a half birthday at Casa Chalco-Paz last week. Truthfully, we didn't actually celebrate, we just mentioned the fact that Sofia was already six months old. I can't believe how quickly the time has flown. I love the age that she is right now, learning something new every day and growing more and more independent, but at the same time, I am already missing those early newborn days when we just held her all day long. Some of the things that Sofia has been blowing our minds with lately:

She can sit up all by herself.

She can pull herself up in her crib when she is already in the sitting position.

She is eating rice cereal and we just started her on vegetables this week. So far we have had some avocado...next on the list is sweet peas!

She has just barely started sleeping though the night....a combination of sleep exhaustion on our part and her refusal to cuddle with us anymore has forced our hand. We just put her in the crib and hope for the best and she seems to be loving her new found freedom. She has slept for about 10 hours a night for almost a week now.

She has been swimming and she LOVES it. I foresee a summer filled with trips to the pool.

She found her voice...and loves to holler and yell when the mood strikes her.

She hates to hug or cuddle with us...but she will give kisses (or eat your nose) when forced.

She likes to play hide and seek with her dad...I know that you aren't buying that one, but I promise it is true. It is the funniest thing to watch. I need to post a video.

Here are some shots of how awesome she is at six months:

Checking out the ice skaters at The Galleria.

Picnic at the lake.


Play date with Maxwell and Hayden. Impossible to get a picture!

Reading with Mommy.


Bathtub shenanigans.



Swimming.


Cousin Brooks' Birthday.

Walking at the lake.

We cannot wait to head west in a few days for the whole summer!

Yummy

We couldn't wait any longer so we introduced Sofia to some delicious rice cereal the other night. It was a huge hit.

She as not a big fan of the high chair...but the food obviously blew her mind.

Here are some other random pictures from the weekend.

We have a glorious limousine of a stroller, but Sofia prefers to cruise in this $20 umbrella stroller...go figure.


She is waiting so patiently to go out to dinner with Emily. Such a good girl!

Happy Mother's Day!

What a fabulous first Mother's Day with my sweet Sofia! All day long, I just kept remembering how lucky I am to have such a smart, sweet, healthy, beautiful baby girl. I love being Sofia's Mommy and I pray that we have many more Mother's Days together.

Jimmy planned a very fun day for us. We had a delicious picnic at the park and just spent some time hanging out and enjoying our little girl.

Sofia slept through the first 30 minutes of our picnic.
The glorious spread.
Sofia made a lovely centerpiece.
What a princess.
Having some lunch.

I love these pictures of Sofia and her daddy.

Happy Mother's Day everybody!

Riverdance!

We got a new toy for Sofia the other day and it really makes her kick up her heels and get groovy!

COUSINS!!!

This past weekend Sofia's cousin Ellie came to visit with Aunt Jordan and Grandma. It was so fantastic! We spent lots of time catching up, eating, going on walks and enjoying some fam time. We wish that they all lived in Dallas so that we could live it up like that all of the time! I can't wait for Sofia and Ellie to be BFFs like their moms. Someday....

Ellie was very sweet with Sofia. Hey, want to be friends?

Sofia and Grandma. Sofia is ecstatic that she gets to spend the summer with Grandma!
Ellie got some awesome new boots for GG's house.

First time on the trampoline at GG and Great Harry's house.
Ellie lending a helping hand.
Giving kisses.
Loving the trampoline!
Sofia is really getting into reading. I love this picture!
We took the fam to the Dallas Aquarium, our favorite place. We think it was a big hit.
With GG and Grandma.
Grandma with her little ladies.

Great Harry took the girls for rides on the tractor. It was obviously thrilling for them! Somewhere there are pictures of Ellie's dad and me at that same age, cruisin on the tractor!

We had a glorious time with our California Kin and we can't wait to spend more time with them this summer.