The Family York: May 2013

We had our friend Mandi Backhaus take some photos of our sweet girl for her big day! Sophie had a great time and enjoyed an entire cake made just for her. Here is a sampling of the photos we captured.

My favorite! Stunning, sweet face!

Mmmm, cake!

Sophie had a visit to the doctor for her 1 year check up. These are her stats:

18 lbs 15 oz
31 inches tall (95th percentile!!)

2 shots :(

Sophie had her first bad reaction to getting vaccines. The poor thing had a fever for about 2 days. She was grumpy and snuggly at the same time. This mommy was worried about the poor baby, but we struggled through our first fever and she is back to her normal self.

Sophie is babbling up a storm! She has something (I'm not quite sure what) to say about everything. It's adorable how enthusiastic she gets about certain things! Lucy continues to be one of her favorite things to talk about and interact with. She enjoys poking her eyes and sticking her finger up her nose. If Lucy is especially comfy in her spot, she will let Sophie poke as long as I let her.

Sophie started walking the day before our 2nd wedding anniversary, April 20th! She took about eight steps while we were having a little dance party. I actually caught it on video! She still prefers to crawl, but walks a bit when she feels like it.

We have been enjoying being outside more these days since she has gotten more mobile. She loves being outside! We frequently play on the front porch and wave to every car that passes by. That's a lot of waving! We live on a busy street! She enjoys pushing her toy around on the porch and occasionally venturing off the porch while holding my hand (*sigh* so sweet!) We even have a tiny tricycle with a handle attached to the back and a buckle to strap her in. She enjoys sitting back, taking in all her surroundings while I push her around.

Playing on the porch. "Bring out the butter! I think I'm stuck!"

We RUN with our push toy on the porch!

Rock star!

A visit to mommy's work on the weekend

We went to the beach for Mother's Day with our friends Jay and Megan and their little girl Sloane. This was Sophie's second time to the beach and boy was it different. She did NOT like the feeling of the sand on her feet. She didn't mind that she had sand all over her, she just wailed every time I tried to stand her on the sand. Needless to say we spent a lot of time on the towel or being held by mommy or daddy. She enjoyed the ocean and the waves so much, they lulled her to sleep!

I am not touching that sand!

Beach buddies! Sloane on left, Sophie on right

Tu tu head! Grandma and Grandpa had to ship all of the presents Sophie got for her birthday. She had a great time going through boxes. She even enjoyed wearing her tu tu on her head for a bit!