It's hard to believe that half of a year has already passed with Sophia Grace in our lives. Today marks Sophia's sixth month birthday and oh my goodness has she grown and changed in the past six months! Every day I'm reminded of how blessed I am to be her mother and each day I continue to be in awe of the joy she has brought to our lives.
Sophia has developed such a strong, fun personality. She loves to laugh and has the sweetest little giggle. Tickle her toes or play silly games with her and she'll roar and roar. She gives so many smiles now and it's so much easier to catch them on camera. She can be quite the little ham sometimes. She loves all the attention she gets when we're out in the public - if she could have it her way she'd ride around in the shopping cart all day entertaining everyone with her giggles and smiles.
Sophia has two cute little teeth right in the middle of her bottom gums and she's working on a few more, including her top center teeth. She's a big bucket of drool all the time and has taken a fancy in eating her bibs. Everything goes in the mouth. I mean everything! She loves to eat and if her food doesn't come fast enough she'll gnaw on her high chair tray or buckle. She looks like a little bird when she eats - her tongue is always sticking out, waiting for the next bite. We can't shovel the food in fast enough sometimes. Sophia LOVES veggies...in fact, she loves her veggies so much that it's been a battle to get her to eat fruits. I've been making all of Sophia's baby food and I'm really enjoying it AND I love that I know exactly what's in it. Sophia especially loves carrots, sweet potatoes, zucchini, butternut squash, and green beans. The only vegetable she's not overly thrilled about is peas and I can't say that I blame her. We're working on getting Sophia to eat more fruits...she'll eat pears, melon, and blueberries if mixed with her multigrain cereal or oatmeal. Sophia really dislikes apples unless they're mixed with apricots - who would've thought! I'm looking forward to introducing her to dairy and meats in the coming weeks. It'll be nice to give her more options and it will be fun to explore more recipes to make for her.
Sophia is so close to crawling and it makes this mamma a little nervous! In the past few days she's started pushing up on all fours and rocking. She'll crawl backwards but fall on her belly when she tries to move forward. She scoots on her belly across the room in a matter of seconds. She sits up on her own like a pro now. She could play for hours with her Taggies ball and she'll often laugh to herself when playing. Her little feet finally touch the ground when she's in her jumper and she's starting to get the hang of how it works. She's continually exploring the world around her and it's so much fun to watch her learn. Sometimes I swear you can see the little wheels spinning in her brain - she's taking everything in! I've started signing to her in hopes that in a few months she'll start signing back. So far we sign "more", "eat", and "all done". We're working on talking - I'm working on "mamma" while Dave's trying for "dada". I'm thinking her first word will be something completely random we aren't even sure we've said around her.
This is certainly my favorite age so far. In fact, I'm pretty sure I could do without the newborn stage again. I like that Sophia is interactive now and that she smiles and laughs. I am so thankful for the time that I have home with Sophia now. I'd hate to miss all of the little precious moments of her life because she's growing up so fast!
