Growing little girl...

The other day I had to take Sophia in for a check-up and another group of shots. These doctor appointments are getting increasingly harder to go to, just because of the fact that Sophia is getting older and knows when they are going to poke her with the needle. This time I was prepared with some treats after wards in hopes that it would make the pain go away faster and bring a smile to her face through all the sad tears. The stickers and fruit snacks did seem to help and though she cried, her tears faded a lot faster and by the time we were on our way to the car, she had stickers on both hands and a mouthful of fruit snacks, and was only sniffling a little bit. I was so proud of her!

Sophia is growing like a weed and is in the 92 percentile for her height and 27 percentile for her weight. She hasn't gained any weight since her last check up, but the doctor said that as long as she seems to be eating good and frequently, than there is no cause for concern. I was pretty surprised, because to me, when I hold her, she feels so heavy and at times it's as if we can't fill her up! I have a feeling she will be built like her daddy and be a little bean pole, lol. I definitely wasn't as tall as she is at this age, so I'm thinking she's going to pass me right up!

She is continuing to develop her vocaubulary and is now adding two-syllable words, such as "bubbles" and "balloon". She has an increasing interest in letters and loves to play with a puzzle my sister-in-law got for her that spells out her entire name. She puts it together and then dumps it out, and does it all over again ( a million times, lol). She also carries on little conversations with herself while she plays and has grown more interested in dolls and stuffed animals lately. We are trying to show her how to hold her baby dolls, and kiss them and rub there backs. She is quite the little mommy. I am so excited to see her with the new baby! Sophia also helps me with chores around the house such as dusting, dishes, and laundry. She LOVES to help! I will give her a little bundle of laundry out of the dryer to go put on the couch so we can fold it, and once she sets it down she comes back to me with open arms and says "more". You can tell she is so proud of herself when she knows she's helping us.

Sophia vacuuming the couches

We are so blessed to have such a wonderful little girl! I love her more and more everyday and can't imagine my life without her! It has been so much fun getting to stay at home with her these past two months and I feel so lucky to get to be there for all those "little moments", that I feel I would have missed had I been working. God truely designed me to be a mom, and I absolutely LOVE it and wouldn't change a thing!