To: Grandmas of the World!

You'll love these video clips! We have had so much fun with Sophy lately that we haven't had time to share her with you! Here are some video clips of her most recent advancements. She is not only an expert crawler, she is an expert climber. She is also working on and will add to her list of accomplishments very soon, walking while holding onto something. Thus the reason that mom hasn't had time for blogging. :( She's been giggling and crying a bit about her two new teeth that have come in on the bottom, with top ones coming in soon potentially.

Sophy is playing with neighborhood-twin Anna Wilson. She is very confused about why Anna gets to sit in her chair. Jealousy over toys is beginning already... (if you notice, in the beginning of the clip, cute Anna sticks her lizard-like tongue out at Sophy as she is Queen of the Exersaucer!)

Here is a clip of Sophy climbing. She is such a little adventurer and so strong! I think you'll see that she is learning to walk a little (though she's learned more since this clip was made) from object to object, claps to show excitement and approval, and can wave to say "hi." I am reading up on "Baby Signs," and it seems that she is more than ready to begin learning those...really she is trying to teach me to communicate with her!

And our little crawler... She definitely keeps us on our toes. Now she crawls from the livingroom to the kitchen in 1-2 minutes flat (and used to be splat) to be with mom. Separation anxiety has set in a little bit, but mostly she's just really excited about her new talents.

Sophy's 7 Month Update

Sophy is now 7 months old! She is crawling (described as more of a "Michael Phelps" crawl, but she's getting it), and loves playing "peek-a-boo" above the bumper (sometimes pulling the bumper down for a better view) in her crib when she wakes up from her nap. She stares at the door while giggling or screeching until mom or dad comes, then she can see us right when we come in the door. At her 6 mo. appointment she weighed 15 lbs. 10 oz. (50%), her length was 26" (60%-tall? wierd!), and her head 40.5 cm (25%--which is odd because the Dr. said that last check up it was 70% and they must have measured "a bit too large".). She thought that crawling was the neatest thing for a little while, but now that she's learned to climb a bit, that is the coolest. She is eating solids fairly well. Loves oatmeal, peaches and suprisingly peas, and is getting used to the other foods quickly, although her favorite food comes straight to her after mom or dad have eaten a bite. On the day she turned 7 months, her first tooth poked through! She's still teething so we're sure that there are more razor sharp teeth to come soon! We are so proud of her. She is learning so much and growing so quickly, we can hardly keep up with the books on what she's supposed to be able to do!

Dad & Sister Visit

My dad drove my sister, Kara, down to visit on her way back to college at BYU-Idaho. My dad stayed for a week and we did quite a bit of site seeing, picture taking and playing with Sophy. It was great to spend time with him. We toured the Utah state capital building after its recent rennovation, ate at Memory Grove park, toured Temple Square, played Ultimate Frisbee, weeded the Garden, ate at Texas Roadhouse, visited with Troy's family, and visited with my Dad's family. For living in Tacoma, Washington, I sure have been blessed to be able to see my family a great deal lately. The top slideshow is my pics and the bottom is my dad's.