Sofia meets the Easter Bunny

Yesterday Sofia and I were running errands at the mall when we came across the Easter Bunny! He was waving to everyone and didn't have any visitors so we decided to introduce Sofia and the Easter Bunny for the first time! At first, Sofia thought the bunny looked a bit odd (I think it was the big teeth), but she wasn't scared and was soon smiling. In fact, after the picture was taken she wasn't in a hurry to return to me. She was busy looking over that crazy bunny with big teeth and tall ears.

Cheerios

Sofia had an afternoon visitor - her friend Grayden came over to play and we all went for a visit to the swings on Saturday afternoon. After our return, we gave Sofia Cheerios for the first time to check her finger-thumb coordination. Needless to say, Sofia was very concentrated and entertained by her Cheerios. She did succeed in getting a few in her mouth and seemed to enjoy them.

Grayden and Sofia playing together


Swings!


Reaching for her first Cheerios

Yum, strawberries!

Sofia had her first strawberry (or several) yesterday and she's a big fan! CK held one for her so she could scrape it with her tooth and it was soon gone! We gave her a few more to suck/chew on and she had a lot of fun sitting in the sun and eating strawberries! It's starting to feel like spring is finally on the way!

Yum!


Strawberry face


Mom and Sofia enjoying the warm sun


Squeals of joy

Swinging!

Sofia's last swim class was today, although we will likely sign up again because she enjoys it so much. After her long post-swim nap, we went to Garfield Park and played on the bucket swings. Sofia loved it and I think it will be a regular excursion for us. I tried to take good pictures, since she had a smile on her face the entire time, but most of the pictures turned out blurry. I plan to return with our little recorder.

She moves.....backwards

Sofia is good at getting to her hands and knees and swaying in place, but then drops back down to her tummy. In doing so, she inches her way backward instead of moving ahead! It seems to be only a matter of time before she moves forward (hopefully). This morning I left her on her tummy near her box of toys in her room while I finished getting ready. I was surprised at how quiet she had become in the 15 minutes or so that I was away, so I returned and found her about 5 feet behind where I had left her! Here are some pictures from another tummy time, but they don't really capture it.








The musical flowers - still her favorite, although she loves to chew on them as much as listen to the music.

Sofia and Annalise

We went over to dinner at Karina and Dave's house Saturday night and it was great fun getting Annalise and Sofia together again! Annalise, who is nearly 11 months, pulls herself up easily and gets around well. She is also a very thoughtful little girl who offered her half-eaten bread and toys to Sofia. She also enjoyed giving Sofia kisses on her head. All of this resulted in what looked like a wrestling match at times, but the girls were good to each other and seemed to have fun (until it became their bedtimes). Here are some pictures from that night.

The girls playing together


The wrestling match!


Karina and Sofia


Sofia

Crawling Lessons...

Sofia hasn't started crawling yet, but she sure is trying hard! She loves spending time on her tummy and somehow inches backwards when she tries to crawl. Her knees are working hard to get her up and her arms are very strong, but it just isn't happening yet. Here are some pictures of her trying!



Look at those muscles!!


Big blue eyes


Sofia's new toy basket