Fall/Winter

Our Christmas card
Rusty & Max in front of the tree

Sophie with her great grandparents at Thanksgiving

Sophie loved seeing Papou & Gigi for Thanksgiving!

Sophie trying on her Halloween costume from last year (and of course looking at her self in the mirror)!

Halloween

Trick or Treating at YiaYia & Papa's

Sophie & Mommy

Playing in YiaYia's garden

Our little giraffe

The view from behind

Sophie with her cousin Brady

Sophie was a giraffe this year and didn't mind wearing her costume. Even though she couldn't say "trick or treat" she had fun going to a few of the neighbors houses with her Elmo bucket/bag.

KU Football

All bundled up!

Sophie dressed in her KU stuff

Sophie had so much fun running around outside of the stadium

Sophie playing at the tailgate

We took Sophie up to the KU vs OU game and had a great time. We started the day off at my cousin's tailgate with some of the Stopulos clan. We then met some friends at another tailgate, where Sophie proceeded to take a nap in her stroller at the start of the game. By the second half Sophie was up and ready to finally go into the stadium. She actually did really well during the game and loved seeing the Jayhawk (Big Jay) on the sidelines. Can't wait for next year!

Fall

I love this time of year!! Sophie had so much fun picking out her own miniature pumpkin at Botanica!!

Such a personality!!

Loves wearing mom's sunglasses

Tea party or clean??


Sophie's favorite place to watch TV

Say "Cheese"

Getting into trouble...

In the last few weeks I finally completed her own little play room!! She loves going in there to play in her kitchen, have a tea party at her table, play with her babies and pull up the rubber floor. Sophie loves helping me do dishes, the laundry and feed the dogs. She also LOVES going to the Eastborough Park and climbs on everything!

Random pictures...

Sophie just hanging out in her chair, eating crackers and watching TV.

Sophie and dad building blocks & watching TV

Sophie with cousin Brady


Sophie rediscovering her Bumbo seat...

She usually gets one leg caught when she crawls into it herself.

Winding down after her big birthday bash...this is almost 2 hours past her bed time.

Sophie's 1st Birthday!!!

Sophie's birthday gift from mom & dad...she loves making it go all by herself!

Sophie with mom & dad

Sophie's pretty party dress

Sophie playing with her friends

These cookies were made by a cookie cutter from Sophie's hand print at age 4 months (a gift from my cousins)

Our cake

Sophie with mom & dad before digging into her cake

Getting messy with her cake

Having too much fun!

On our way to the bath

All clean and ready to open gifts!

Sophie helping mom open the gifts

Sophie and her favorite friend...Elmo

Well it has been a year! This last year has gone by so fast and has been so fun! For Sophie's first birthday we had some friends and family over to help her celebrate. She had a blast playing with her friends and digging into her pink cake. She got a ton of new toys/books (which she now loves playing with) and clothes that were greatly needed. The night of her birthday she didn't go to bed until 9:30 (2 hours past bed time)...I think she was still on a sugar high.

At 12 months Sophie is now walking all over the place and talking. She says mama, dada, yiayia, nana, dog & bye bye. She also knows bath time and bed time. When I tell her it is time to take a bath, she walks straight to the bathtub and when I tell her it is time to go to bed, she will go into her room and start going through her books. Sophie also loves playing in the pool and playing with the dogs. It has been so fun to watch her grow...I can't wait for what the next year will bring!