13 months

Another month gone by.

Sophia's personality has come out so much in the last month. She's so much more expressive and interactive. It is so much fun to play with her and watch her explore. Favorite things about Sophia right now:

- Clapping: she LOVES to clap. Whenever we say 'good job'- she claps. Whenever she hears people applauding on the radio (we listen to live concerts a lot)- she claps. When she's bored sitting in her crib or her carseat- she claps. 

- Playful: she loves to play peek-a-boo with us. She's got it down and will move your hands in front of your face for you. She'll do her version of peek-a-boo and cover her face, then raise her arms off, and squeal. She also loves to chase and be chased, bounce on the exercise ball, drop things from her high chair, jump, and dance. Her favorite band is Mumford & Sons. She'll dance to anything though- from hip hop to Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

- Show me some love: she loves to blow kisses. In the grocery store she'll blow kisses left and right from the cart basket. It's basically like she's a Rose Parade Queen or something. She also tells says hi and bye and waves to almost everyone. And Rick taught her to pat her belly, which always makes me laugh.

- Smarty pants: she loves the 'stacking rings'- thing (is there an official name for that toy?), and has gotten really good at it. She also is starting to figure out the shape sorter. She loves her wooden blocks, but mostly just hits them together. 

- Animal lover: One of her other favorite activities is to go in Petra's crate and tackle the dog, then laugh hysterically. Petra does not seem impressed by this game. Sophie also learned to feed the bunny rabbit his treats. She climbs up the stairs to where he is currently living, gets the bag of treats, brings it over to you to open it, then will take one out at a time and stick it in the bunny's cage and watch him eat them. She thinks this is the funnest thing, and could do it all day long. She tries to go up there almost every chance she gets. We're going to have a fat little bunny soon.

- I think she's got it!: one of the most amazing things is how much Sophia understands. She points at things to ask about them. She'll point to my picture around the house and say mama. She understands if I say to stop or no or ask her to go get something close by or when it's nap time. Even though she can't say much, she really understands more than I think we realize. It is so amazing and fun to watch everyday!

So we're all recovered from the holidays, and just kind of waiting for winter to actually get here. After the record breaking snow last year, we haven't had ANY snow this season. It finally snowed a little bit yesterday, and we decided to enjoy what little we had.

Remember this little snow baby this time last year? Amazing how things have changed!

Here we are now! She had a blast in the snow. The cold part didn't bother her at all. She just plowed right through it.

We're so lucky to have such an amazingly happy baby.

Make a path! 

She would not be difficult to track in the snow...