Of course, every day something happens and I tell myself that I should make sure to mention it in my blog... Of course, every time I start writing a post for the life of me I cannot remember most of those things. Oh, well... Here we go.
Our little-little precious darling baby girl just turned 11 months last week! In less than a month we'll be celebrating her first birthday! At one of the Gymboree classes during the parent sharing time we were asked what has been the biggest surprise in our parenting experiences. While almost every day contains little wonderful surprises, I think the biggest surprise is how quickly Sophia grows and changes! I know it's no rocket science, but I hadn't thought about it before: how much a baby needs to learn during the first year of life! It's just amazing!
Anyway, I should stop stating the obvious and start recollecting the moments I wanted write down.
1mo:
If I needed to come up with the theme of the month it would be "Independence and Freedom". Sophia's been showing quite a free spirit reacting strongly to any attempts to limit her freedom. She loves exploring, watching, trying new things, but she hates it when somebody tries to help her by moving her hands instead of just showing. She'll wash her hands under the running water, but will try to not let you do much with them. She'll eat her cereal with a spoon and let you fill up the spoon, but won't tolerate you touching the spoon when she brings it to her mouth. She'll let you pick up a piece of fruit of veggie that might be too slippery on the tray, but she won't let you put it in her mouth, she'll have to take it on her own. The list goes on and on...
It is combined in a very interesting way with how much exclusive attention and quality time she needs and likes and how snugly she can be ( I just love the little hugs that she gives Kyle and me! It melts my heart!!). On this picture one of her bears got lucky:
Sophia used to love her jumperoo (notice all the stuff that we had to put under her feet in order for her to stand on the lowest setting!):
Another common theme in this house is the discovering of the kitchen cabinets and drawers... Did I say kitchen? I meant all the cabinets and drawers that are within the reach of the little curious hands. Whenever you feel that your pots, measuring cups, bowls (basically anything unbreakable and not sharp) are not arranged properly or your house is lacking a certain charm that can be added by various plastic bags, socks, books and magazines laying in random places, please, feel free to invite us over and our brave designer, passionate about experimenting, will give your home a refreshed look! :)
Socks... I don't know what is so fascinating about socks, but Sophia loves all types of socks. She can spend a long time going through our drawers with socks, moving them back and forth, looking, sometimes chewing :) Whenever we take off her socks, she grabs them and holds them in her hand wherever she goes. If you gain a special favor you might be awarded with the honor of holding one of her socks for a little while.
Food... It's been as interesting as ever. Sophia's discovering all sorts of food, but I can't help mentioning her love for the pickled asparagus and pickles! The faces she made when first trying them were just precious. But she's fallen in love with these treats! In fact, she'll eat anything as long as you alternate it with pickles... or cheese (she loves it!).
Our big girl is almost ready to walk. In fact she walks all around just holding onto one of my fingers. As soon as she gains enough confidence, she'll take off and there will be no stopping. I think that switching to the new level at the Gymboree class for children between 10 and 16 months is encouraging her to want to start walking, since most of the toddlers in the class are running around on their own.
Sophia's been talking a lot lately. In her own language, of course. I'm guessing the mix of Russian and English that she's hearing can get confusing. :) She's saying a few short words except for dah-dah and ma-ma that we can understand or guess what they are... but in any case she's usually very vocal and clear about her feelings and wishes.
She's started waving "hi" and "good-bye" again. She used to wave "bye" to Kyle when we was leaving for work at 8mo, but she wasn't interested in it for a while. These days she waves to a lot of people when they are saying "hi" or "bye" to her. If she feels like it, of course.
One of Sophia's favorite games is peekaboo. She wasn't a big fan of it when she was younger, but 3-4 months ago she's figured it out and has been loving it ever since. In fact, her favorite thing to do is take a blanket and cover up her face and wait till we start asking "where's Sophia? where's our baby girl?". She'll wait a second or two and then will take it off with a most excited and happy look!
Well, I'm sure I'm missing something, but my sweet honey has got me a cup of tea and I would like to proceed to having it. This post is getting pretty long anyway.
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