Fourteen Months Later...

Well friends, in my last post I promised that if Sophia ever started sleeping I'd jump back into blogging. While she's still not sleeping through the night, she IS starting to give me regular afternoon naps (yahooooo!!). After scarfing down a quick lunch, picking up the mess of toys scattered about my house, putting in a load of laundry, and unpacking the dishwasher, I realized I still have a good half hour of nap time left (if I'm lucky) so I'm sticking to my promise and jumping back on the ole' blog. Does anyone even read this thing still?

We're enjoying life with our little monster toddler :) I LOVE this age...I really do. Sophia has developed the sweetest, strongest, most wonderful little personality - she's just so much FUN! She's running all over the place, talking up a storm, always laughing and dancing, and gives the sweetest little kisses. As her opthamologist put it, Sophia's the most strong-willed, spirited fourteen month old she's ever met. She assured me this would be a great thing later in life. I sure hope she's right! Since pictures tell the story best, here's what we've been up to over the past few months:

Sophia turned one on February 23rd. We celebrated with an owl-themed "Guess Whoooo's One" Party with all of our family and friends. Our sweet girl certainly is loved. The party turned out wonderfully and we were so thankful to have her godmother, Kelsey, there to capture some special memories of this very special day.

We even got Sophia to flash a few smiles during a one-year photo shoot with a local photographer. I'm so happy with how these pictures turned out and I think they capture her personality perfectly! (Photography by Jody Kelley with Pose Photography)

We enjoyed the mild March weather, playing outside with Sophia's new car, wagon, balls, bubbles, and swinging at the park.

Sophia just finished her first swimming class! She loves the water. She learned how to use her "scoopers" and she loves singing all the songs from swimming while in the bathtub. I wish I had brought my actual camera to a class but I didn't want to be that mom :) We'll be starting swimming again in a few months, with an outdoor class this summer (and I will bring my camera with then, promise!).

Shortly after her first birthday, Sophia got glasses to help correct her significant far-sightedness. It's been a battle to get her to keep them on but we're slowly making progress. Although, she still finds it absolutely hillarious to take them off, run away, and attempt to hide them. She thinks she's so clever! (I must add that puppy - aka pup-pup- is now Sophia's bff and frequents pictures these days :) )

Provided Sophia keeps up this napping, I may just be able to jump back into blogging regularly. I love the convenience of looking back on old blog posts to remember the big (and little) moments over the years. I hate that I already missed documenting so much of Sophia's first year but lets face it, when you're sleep deprived and just a little overwhelmed by the challenges of being a new parent, there's more important things to tackle than blogging. Here's to hoping the second year goes a litte easier...and slower :)