Sophia's One Year Birthday...

I can't believe it has been a year already since we brought home our 7 lb, 5oz. little girl, Sophia Sunshine Boss. The moment she was born Jeff and I cried tears of happiness and joy. It felt like we had waited forever to finally see our baby girl. Now after a year, I get that feeling all over again every time I see her face.
This past Sunday we celebrated Sophia's one year birthday (her real birthday was Wednesday the 11th).We had quite the full house complete with friends and family. We played a slide show filled with pictures showing how Sophia has grown and matured over the last twelve months, and watched her eat her giant cupcake I made her, and last watched her (or rather, me) open her mini-mountain of presents.
The crowd pleasing part had to be when I put the giant cupcake in front of Sophia to dig into and eat. She poked at it very cautiously with her pointer finger and licked off the frosting. She was so lady-like and dainty, that I had to actually take her fingers and stick them into the cupcake. She enjoyed it so much that she cried when we took it away. That was her first taste of sugar, and now I'm afraid we have a little sweet tooth on our hands.
It was such a nice first birthday for Sophia and she received many wonderful books, outfits, and toys. She will be very entertained for quite some time! Thank you to everyone for coming and for the sweet and thoughtful gifts for our little girl!
Sophia still is not interested in walking by herself, but we are hoping by the time we go to Florida in March, she will have tackled the task and will be walking by herself. My arms are hoping for this triumph more than anything. She is however, becoming a climbing machine and pushes anything and everything that will move around the house such as her highchair and our kitchen chairs, boxes, etc. She is also becoming very vocal and interactive. She loves music and will dance if she hears music playing.
She is also obsessed with anything with buttons such as our cell phones, remote controls and the microwave. She is constantly changing the channel on us when Jeff and I are watching a show. Sophia and Hurley continue to be buddies and roll around on the ground together and play. Hurley will sniff or lick Sophia, and she thinks he is tickling her and she just cracks up! It is so cute to watch them together.
Sophia has been such an amazing blessing and addition to our family. We look at her everyday and can not imagine our lives with out her. She fills our home with so much laughter and joy. She is a joyful little girl and we are so blessed to have her in our lives.