So when I was 10 weeks pregnant, I flew back from Cairo and stayed a few days in New York before returning to Austin. A great friend of mine lived there at the time and we, of course, met up. (For those of you who don't know, I did live briefly in NY working for MTV and Nickelodeon.) Being the crazy generous happy person that she is she couldn't resist buying an impromptu baby gift/souvenir. Sophie has almost grown out of it so I wanted to get a few pics of her in it to show my friend. I took a billion and I am just now scanning through them... and I am AWED at my daughter. I know that everyone feels their little one is beautiful, so of course why would I see her in any other light, but she still wows me.

Sophie definitely moves at her own pace. She is not that baby that rolls over first, or sits first, and therefore probably won't crawl, walk, etc. first. And that is so okay. She is that baby that totally gets the whole "eating solids" thing and stops traffic when she flashes her stunning smiling eyes at you (which I am beginning to suspect are windows into a very cunning baby mind.) She can be an utter joy or a complete pain. She is who she is and she's wonderful just as such.

So today I really really tried to do the house video. House video? you may ask... it's just how it sounds. A video of our house. I swear I get more requests for it than anything else. It is just not a priority to me at all, so it always gets pushed back. Oh well. Anyway, I got the husband involved and so it WILL be done tomorrow and then depending on the rest of the day, uploaded tomorrow night. Then you will have your precious house tour video! =p

This weekend, Kyle was cleaning the garage so I took Sophie outside to hangout. It was so nice. Shorts weather nice. My pale pale legs were like "oooo, sun." Honestly, for someone with hair as dark as mine, I am very lacking in color. Snow White = Me.

Oh, I so need to sleep but I am waiting for my vid to finish rendering so I can upload to youtube! Sophie "made" it. So go watch!

Oh! I gave Sophie her sippy cup for the first time. It is recommended you start them off at 6 months, which she is not quite yet, but she already tries to drink from my cans, cups, or water bottles so I figured what the heck. I filled it with water and a smidgen of juice (she has been "allowed" tiny bits of juice before to help with occasionally constipation.) I didn't put breast milk or formula in there so as not to make it seem like lunch. So... she just knew how it went. It was like she has always been drinking from them. The only trouble she had was realizing it was a little heavy and she needed both hands to get it to tip enough to drink from. She figured that out and loved it.



Night, all!
Court

Thanks to a certain someone, *cough-Jenney-cough* I have Cloudy by Simon and Garfunkel stuck in my head and it is making me reminiscent.

So, Sophie got a new giraffe as you can see her eating here:

Isn't it odd that it is stripped though? Kyle pointed out that that could be confusing. It confused him, at least. (hehehe) But, no, I get that it is weird. Kind of like a zebra-giraffe hybrid.

So Sophie has gotten so snugly. I assumed that once she got a hold of her head control forever ago, the snuggling in days were over, or at least would be a rarity. But then, some time in January, she started snuggling in. By this I mean, she would be upright while you held her looking around and then suddenly decide to basically nuzzle you. Now, as she is getting older, it has become more pronounced and most definitely intentional. And this isn't a tired thing. I adore it. She just reaches her arms around you and cuddles. Sometimes she is so happy she even scrunches up on you and lets out a delighted squeal about what I can only assume is how awesome we are. (to her, at least)

So, I may have Chris' Outrageous Chocolate Cake from the Cheesecake Factory in my fridge. It doesn't count if I eat it super slowly over a week, right? Right?!?!

Night, y'all
Court