Double Digits!!!

My girl is now 10 months and this is such a fun age.  Sophia is not yet walking, but she thinks she can!  She can stand on her own and walks around if she is holding on to something.  She is in to everything, which can be difficult at times, but I love it because she will stay busy on her own for a while and give me some free time.  This month was also special because I turned 30-Ahhh!!! I had such a great time celebrating with friends in New Orleans and Sophia was spoiled rotten by Grammy, Grandpa, and Aunt Kel. Here is what else Sophia has been up to this month:

Sleeping:  Bedtime is around 8:30pm and she wakes up around 8am.  Nap is around 1:00pm for at least 2 hours.  She still loves her sleep and has added her pink puppy as a bed companion.  I absolutely love seeing her sleep with a stuffed animal-so sweet!
Eating: Our girl loves to eat.  In fact, we have yet to find a food she does not like!  She currently has 3 bottles in the morning and some light snacks and 2 bottles in the evening.  She now eats a full meal with us at dinner consisting of a meat, cheese, and fruit/veggie.  She rarely leaves a crumb:)
Playing:  Sophia is always busy getting into anything she is not supposed to-cabinets, dishwasher, drawers, etc.  She loves to take everything out of cabinets and she is very quick at it.  She has also started saying Dada and she waves to everyone.  I love how she is not shy and always smiles at strangers.  We always have an audience when we go out to dinner!  This month she has become interested in reading books, especially touch and feel ones.  It makes me so happy when she gets excited about picking out a book to read.

Here are pictures from month 10:

Eating all her green beans:)

At Avery's 2nd Birthday

Loving pool time:)

Hanging out with Dada

Helping Avery open her presents

Family Birthday dinner at Maggiano's

With Grammy at my Birthday celebration

Reading a horse book(of course!)

Loving on her bear

Being silly!

As if June was not busy enough, I also went to Kelly's Bachelorette party in San Antonio.  We had a great time hanging out by the pool, and then going to a piano bar afterwards.  I can't wait for the wedding that is just a few days away!

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Pool Day!

Yesterday the family all went to my parents house for a pool day.  The weather has been really hot so the pool is finally warm enough for swimming.  I have been so excited to see what Sophia would think of the water and she LOVED it! At first, she had a confused look on her face and then she was all smiles.  We had such a great time, we will definitely be going back soon.

Little water baby!!!

Kelly's Bridal Shower

Melanie and I were so excited to host a bridal shower for our sister Kelly this past month.  We decided to have a kitchen shower because Kel loves to bake and everything turned out great!  Here are some of the pics:

The yummy food

Welcome table with recipe cards and favors

Wreath for the door that Mel made

Pictures of Andrew and Kelly and the wedding sign we gave Kelly

Kitchen "cake" -thanks Pinterest for the idea!

Bridesmaids

Monique was able to come and give Sophia some love:)

Avery and Sophia in their matching dresses

Happy girl:)

After the shower we celebrated Mother's Day since we were all together.  Billy grilled burgers and we had a great time hanging out with the family.

Loving Avery's swing!

With Dada

Happy Nine Months!

Sophia turned nine months last week and her stats at her check up were: 21 pounds and 28.5 inches long.  She is still my big girl but she has slowed down her weight gain (thank goodness!).  This month I started working at the MDO at First Baptist church on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Sophia goes to her classroom while I teach 4 year olds.  It has been a bit of an adjustment but I think it is really good for Sophia to get to socialize with kids her age.  I enjoy staying busy and a little extra money is definitely coming in handy!  We have also been staying busy this month with Kelly's bridal showers and graduation from nursing school.  Sophia has been great going to all the activities with me and I am always very proud of her:) This is what else she has been up to this month:
Eating: We are starting to introduce more solids that we are eating and she really likes it. We are not giving her any baby food and she still drinks the same amount of formula-about 32 ounces per day.  Her favorite foods are-cheese puffs, string cheese, bananas, and greek yogurt.
Sleeping: Her nap is starting later now, usually around 2pm.  She sleeps from 8:30-7:30 at night.
Playing:  Sophia is extremely active these days.  She walks around holding on to whatever she can and has started to stand on her own.  It won't be long before we have a walker!  She has figured out how to open cabinets and loves exploring new things.  She is so much fun to play with and is always giggling.

Can't catch me!

On the move

Sophia and Avery in their Mexican dresses

With Aunt Kelly

Playing in the ball pit

Kelly's graduation lunch at Pappasitos-Yum!

With Grammie

Grandparents

Always standing up :)

I cannot believe that Sophia is already nine months.  I am already planning her first Birthday and can't believe time goes by so quickly.  I love every day with my little girl and it just gets more and more fun to be a Mom!

Sophia's Dedication

This past weekend was very busy...Sophia turned eight months on Saturday and on Sunday we had a church/parent dedication where we committed to raising Sophia in a Christian home and teach her about God.  Hopefully, later in her life, she will choose the Lord as her savior and she will be baptised then.  It was such a special day filled with important friends and family close to Sophia.  I could not have asked for a better day!  The ceremony was at Second Baptist Church and the ceremony took place before the service.  After the ceremony, we all headed back to our house for some yummy lunch.

In her pretty pink dress

Waiting with Daddy :)

Waiting for the ceremony so patiently!

Such a good girl during the ceremony!

Parents and grandparents

So happy with her wonderful Godparents

Silly Grammy and Grandpy

Sophia with her Aunt Mel, Uncle Billy and cousin Avery

Aunt Kel

No one left hungry:)

  We are so blessed to have such wonderful people in Sophia's life and we thank the Lord every day for blessing us with such a sweet girl!