20 months

So, this is like a week late, but it's because we were on vacation.
I think that's a pretty valid excuse.

So here are some of the things that make Sophia awesome right now:
1) WORDS!!!! SO MANY WORDS!!!
While we were on vacation, a lot of people remarked on how much she could say. She's a parrot and will repeat everything. Here are some of the words she's learned this last month.
Amen, bless you, open, excuse me, dip, good girl, towel, I see you, kitty/meow, map, abre (yep, Spanish thanks to Dora), potty, poo, splash, cool, pants, fun, play, cow, monkey, feet, elephant (in Chinese), duck, dog, let's go, hao (means good or ok in Chinese), pool, swim, yesss (she really drags out the sss sound), bonk, stuck, hot dog, bump, hug, ouch, Petra (not just puppy anymore). And basically all of our family members' names we saw on vacation. Her favorite name to say was Uncle Matt (she still says it every day almost). There are definitely more, but I can't keep up.
2) No boundaries: she is quite the little adventurer. You know how some kids have this 'safe-distance' that  they will go from the parents? Like where they can still see them? Well, not Sophia. She just goes. She really is not afraid of anything. She just will go up to the biggest slide across the play ground without a second look back at me. I'm glad she's so confident and independent, but it's a little unnerving too.
3) Little fishy: We went swimming everyday in California and Sophia loved the pool. She'd run to the edge, sit right down and lower herself in, and push off the wall (all the way underwater) to us. It was crazy! She just loves the water. Once again great, yet unnerving. We have to keep a very close eye on her around water now.
4)BIG hugs! Sophia now gives these great big hugs with both arms and a tight squeeze. I love them...
5) Fast walking/running: you hear it all through our house. The quick thud, thud, thud of little feet going back and forth, back and forth. Everywhere she goes has to be at a fast pace. I wouldn't necessarily call it running, but very fast walking. She inevitably looses her balance and falls down, or runs in to something soft (like the couch) and laughs. It's a strange game.
6) Climbing: she climbs anything you put in her way. She got all the way up on top of the table to get some bread the other day, seriously within seconds. She can climb up the ladders at the park now too.
7) Coloring: she finally figured out coloring and is having fun with it now.

She is just a ball of fun, and we love playing with her every day.
So her are some quick pictures of us playing in the backyard.

She loves our bikes.

 

"Hello ball. We meet again."

Sophia and Daddy kicking the soccer ball around.

She actually does pretty good at dribbling it. We got a little soccer player?