7 months, baby!

Sophia, our happy girl, loving her indoor swing!

On her offical 7 month birthday, Sophia playing with her sunglasses

Yep, that's a bikini!

My sweet girl

Sophia's baby pool.

Since Sophia turned 7 months so much has happened! She can pull up on most anything and she is now crawling. Life as we know it has already started to change! Another milestone, her first fever due to what I think is teething.

When I checked on her sleeping in her crib a few minutes ago she looked so big. Where has the time gone? She is able to do so many things now and I am amazed by her ability to bring so much joy to those around her. I am anxious for Raph to return from Central America on Sunday so he can see Sophia and all of her new tricks!

Sophia at the pool

Loving the Swing!

Mom and Dad took this video while I was with my college friends in D.C. this weekend. Last night was the first night I was away from Sophia and I missed her so much! It was great seeing the Sweet Briar girls though and we had a perfect weekend of catching up, site seeing, shopping, and yes, karaoke! Clearly Sophia is loving the swing and she made out great with Grammy and Pop this weekend. I appreciate Mom and Dad babysitting - I knew she was in wonderful hands.

This is an experiment...

I took this video for Raph and I am trying to load it on my blog. Please forgive the camerawoman...I will get better!

Any day now...

Everyday is something new with Sophia and since she turned 6 months I am even more amazed with our girl! She can now pull herself up to a sitting position from laying down and then she can pull up to her feet. Any day now she is going to start crawling - she gets on all fours, rocks a couple of times, moves her hands but then sits back down. Part of me is so excited about this next step but the other part of me is wondering where the time has gone. Also I want Raph to be here when she starts crawling - clearly Sophia has her own schedule and we will just wait and see.

Sophia is such a happy, playful baby! She smiles and giggles all the time and I love watching her. She is fascinated by her toys and all that is surrounds her. She moves constantly and sometimes I feel like I'm wrestling a tiger!

The photos are from the Portrait Innovations photo shoot the other night.

We are going to miss you!

I love this photo!

Raph and I heading to the end of the year faculty party at WFS.

My family

Raph leaves early tomorrow for Nicaragua with ten WFS students for a school trip. He will be gone three weeks and Sophia and I are going to miss him terribly. Thank goodness for webcams and Skype so we can see and talk to him regularly. I will post the link to the blog that Raph keeps while they are in Central America.

Bye-bye Little Gym, see you soon!

Sophia before class

Harper showing Sophia some of her moves.

The girls before class

Cecily, the teacher, and Sophia, her adoring student.

A (crazy) group shot of our Little Gym class

Today was the our Little Gym class of the term but we look forward to returning in the Fall for more fun!