21 weeks

Soph is 21 weeks old already. I decided i'm going to try to continue taking weekly photos and when she turns one, i'll put a picture from every week into a frame to show how much she has changed.

21 week photos:

Soph talking:

Loves playing with her blocks:

Ready for winter:

Watching it snow:

Soph sat up on her own. It wasn't for long, but still, we were super excited. I'm hoping the more she sits up, the longer it'll last.

Sophia loves her dog. It says her name, her favorite color, food and sings songs.

Columbus Zoo

We got a family membership to the Columbus Zoo for Christmas and took full advantage of that and the warm weather this weekend. First, on Friday Elliott and Sophia went to the zoo together. It was Sophia's second time, her first time was when she was only acouple weeks old and she slept almost the entire time only waking for a bottle.

El took her to the aquarium and showed her the fish. She loved it. She followed them around and kept looking at everything. I was shocked when he sent me a picture. I thought for sure she'd still be too young but he said she really liked it.

So on Sunday, Elliott had off and we took another trip to the zoo. I was soo excited to see her check out the animals. It was a bit colder so we only went to the indoor exhibits.

Sophia checking out the monkey's. The baby monkey was born just days after Sophia.

In between each indoor exhibit we put Sophia in her stroller, put her winter hat on her, snapped the bundle me and put a blanket over it to ensure wind wouldn't get in to her. El always says I am too protective, however, I'll do whatever I can to prevent her from getting a cold.

This exhibit was small so we kept her in her stroller. You can see the baby black bear behind her.

She didn't mind being in her stroller, she was just happy to chew on her hands. :)

She loved the fish (def Elliott's daughter)

This turtle followed us and Sophia loved it. She kept following it and smiling.

Daddy and Sophia when we first got to the zoo. She was asleep, then woke up as soon as we went into the aquarium.

This was taken on Friday when El took Soph:

20 weeks

Sophia is 20 weeks old and getting bigger every day. She always surprises me with something new. She's eating baby food every night, laughing more and more, talking (baby talk), rolling over from back to belly and belly to back, watching Maya and smiling all the time. She's such a happy baby.

20 week photos:

She loves watching the rain outside:

If I would let her, she'd be in just her diaper all day. She laughs and giggles when I take her clothes off.

She wasn't a fan of peas at first

But then she loved them:

Such a pretty girl:

Just checking her email on her new laptop:

I thought all kids loved bananas but not Sophia:

They weren't her favorite, but she still ate them:

Christmas Morning/Day

Waking up on Christmas morning in our own house and spending Christmas morning with just Soph and Elliott was really nice. This year I didn't really care what I got for Christmas, Sophia was all I've prayed for the past year and having her in my life is the best present of all.

Sophia right after she woke up (we lay her on her back every night but every morning she's always on her stomach):

Sophia by her very own Christmas tree that Nana bought her:

We gave her a binky and she thought it was funny:

Soph waiting to open her gifts:

Checking out her stocking:

Maya loved her stocking stuffers:

Daddy helping Sophia open her presents. She loved her laptop:

Such a happy girl. She got everything she wanted:

Soph and I after opening gifts:

Daddy and Sophia:

After opening presents we changed Sophia's outfit and let her play on the floor with her toys. She was soo tired she fell asleep:

We went to Piqua in the afternoon for Christmas dinner.

Sophia and her Nana:

Family picture on Christmas:

Just chewing on Nana's fingers:

Annual cousin picture (everyone always wears pj's):

Since Sophia is soo small and won't remember her first Christmas I decided to put all her gifts together and get a picture so she'll see everything she got for her first Christmas when she's older. After putting everything together I realized how much she got. She's definitely a spoiled little girl. :)

She loves all her gifts and it appears she is "Santa's Favorite":

Christmas Eve

This year we started a new tradition. Instead of going to Piqua to my aunt's or Cinci we decided we'd spend Christmas Eve in Columbus so we could wake up in our own house. This was the first year in 28 years, that I didn't wake up at my parents house. So, on Christmas Eve we went to church and the Beaty's joined us. We went to the 4:30 p.m. service which was for families. It was a packed house. All three kids (Addie, Soph and Jaxon) were really good the entire time. After church we got takeout and went back to Misty and Ricky's for our gift exchange.

Jaxon and Soph playing:

Addie wanted to hold Sophie lol:

Opening presents:

Cousin picture:

We thought it would be nice to get family pictures after church. The Beaty picture was a bit harder to capture:

Goff family picture:

Addie opening the first present: