Halloween 2010

Pumpkin Patch Shoot

So somehow this one got posted before all the others. Lets just say Miss Sophia needed a new family picture so we did a mini session with our one my fav photographer Stefani Marcus. The below pictures I took for just for fun. Sophia was bit of a grouchy pants. I think I didn't give her a big enough breakfast and it was a bit on the nippy side. She warmed up towards the end though. I think it will be better to go back in a few years when she understands a little better and can enjoy some of the bigger kid stuff. It seems whenever she is in new places she is shy. She knows her comfort zones and this place wasn't that for her.

Faster Daddy!

Posing with Snoopy for her "Prefect Nana"

Quick one from a park. I don't think she was digging it all that much.

Bunny Ears

Sophia is starting to have mini tantrum. She is the boss of everything. If she wants something she better get it or she will give out this highest pitch scream you can imagine. Sometimes this is endearing but often times we have to basically distract her with someone or something more appealing. Here just a few of her pictures showing of some of this cuteness.

No Mama, those are my bunny ears!

See they look better on me!

Yummy!

Fall Festival 2010

A few weeks ago Sandro's work hosted a Fall festival at South Fork Ranch. It was so beautiful. The weather was prefect. The food was great. It was a nice day. Just a few pictures from that special day. Sophia had a blast.

Uncle Igor's Birthday

These pictures are from the end of August. Uncle Igor wanted to go on a boat trip at the end of August for her birthday. We had so much fun. In retrospect I wish we had rented the entire day. It was so pretty on the lake. Not to hot. The water was hot, but that was really nice. Sophia had fun. She didn't like when daddy splashed her though. :)

Mini Video of Miss Bossy

So mama loses everything. Recently I lost a really expensive HD camera we got for taking video of Sophia. I love videos, especially home videos. So after looking for it for a entire month I decided to bite the bullet and get one off Ebay. I found a super nice one, Samsung, for about 1/4 cost of the one I lost. So I went ahead and got it. It's not HD but it super nice and even easier to upload video than my last one. I was able to upload in less than 30 mins. This includes uploading to youtube.com. Sure the videos where short but the last camera took me all day to upload to youtube. I love the software, I love the battery life, I love that it's rechargeable, I love how much video I can store on it. It's fits our needs perfectly. I have promised myself that it has to go back into the camera bag at the end of the day. I will be really mad at myself if I lose it. It's a great little camera.

Video of Sophia Dancing to Waka Waka

Video of Sophia Helping with Dishes

Summer Ending Soon

The end of August is nearing and I am so excited for Fall. Also Sophia's birthday will be in less than two months. I can't believe that it's almost been a year since she was born. She is so fun to play with and watch. I can't believe how wonderful it is to be a mommy. Tata is enjoying it as well but it's just so fascinating to have a munchkin in the family. It adds a whole other dynamic that can't even be comprehended.

Often times I don't get to thank my husband for being a wonderful person and father. He is so amazing with Sophia. So caring and loving to her every need. Having a newborn baby was a little difficult at first but I know I could have not handled it without having a incredible husband to take part with such a fulfilling challenge. Having Sophia has only made us closer and built on to the an already strong foundation. After 4 years of marriage we couldn't be happier.

This summer was really hot. I think we have a record breaking month of over 100 degrees. We went to Target last Sunday and stopped first to get my brows waxed. Sophia and daddy waited in the car. Took only 5 mins. (The Air was on) Anyways...we we got to Target Sophia looked like a tomato. We thought she had Sunburn or something. But she was just hot. Luckily I started to bring a ice cold sippy cup and she cooled down in Target. But it freaked us out. Freaking heat!

Sophia and Daddy

Sophia floating in the water.
Opening a gift from Paw Paw & Grandma Norma

My Flash died. But she kept working at it.

Sophia is thinking of ways to drive Mama and Tata nuts! :)

Fun Times at the Juric House

Sophia is getting into everything. She loves to play and loves to crawl. Often this can be entertaining. It's like playing Marco Polo with her. We have zones in the house. Once she leaves my eyeline she enters Tata's I say..she is all yours, Sandro. She also can be a big escape artist. She will begin her speed crawl and be across the room in 2 seconds flat. I think we will have some major trouble when she begins to walk. Anything and everything she comes in contact with she thinks is her. She will destroy it. She is a really strong baby. Often bullying her daycare friends into giving her their toys.

The many faces of Sophia...

The cute bonnet and I know everything look

She is coming up with her plan to get outside.
Showing off her teethies.
haha Mama..I won!
Daddy teaching her how to clap.

Sophia, the boss..

What a great week! Sophia is doing wonderful. Her two front teeth are coming in. They have a bit of gap...sorta like her Baka and Uncle. So stinking cute you can't help but want to kiss her all the time. She is extremely talkative (babble) lately. I wish I could find my video camera. For some reason it's gone missing. It's driving me nuts.

One of her favorite games to play with me is hide and go seek. I will put a blanket over my head and say..."Where is Sophia? Where did she go?" a few seconds later she is pulling the blanket off my head very slowly. Just so she builds anticipation. Then when it's off I say "There she is" and she screams and giggles.

The daycare is telling me that she has been stealing food from other babies in the room. Also, she is the boss. A baby could be playing with a toy and she just takes it from them. They don't complain or anything. They just let her because she is the boss! :) The only time they get upset is when she takes their paci...She has never been a paci fan and just wants to play with it or toss it across the room. She is hilarious.

Dedo showing of their matching shirts.

Miss Sophia being bossy as always.

Ruffle butt.

Our first crop of grapes. Small but so tasty.

Showing of her cute outfit

She wants to be a big girl and drink from a cup...

The real milk mouth. I think we have a great ad campaign model.

For my Mama...Summer Daycare shoot. I personally think I can get Sophia to Smile better. :)