A Tricycle

Sonia has been sitting on and scooting around the house with everything that has wheels --including small toys that are not DESIGNED to be ridden. We figured that maybe it was time to see what she'd do with a tricycle. She has a long way to go before she's a skilled rider. Here was the evening we brought home the tricycle.

Water and Rails

Our family went on the Water and Rails tour this year, which is a tour of area backyards with water features and/or train layouts. Here is Sonia enjoying the day with her Grandpa Don while looking down into a coy pond.Sonia loved seeing all of the unique scenery.

Sonia and the Black Cat

Sonia and I are hanging out today and enjoying Myah... at least while she's awake. When Myah, sleeps, the cat takes his turn entertaining us.

Mother's Day

On Mother's Day, we stopped by a park to let Sonia run around and used this opportunity to take some pictures of her in her pretty, blue dress.

Spaghetti

Here's Sonia having fun with some spaghetti on April 30th. I was having just as much fun watching her and taking these pictures. :-)

Portrait Studio

Beth came to visit on February 19th and we had these pictures taken on February 20th. As of this writing, Sonia can now answer, "Meow" when you ask her what a kitty-cat says. She says the word "hot" for warm food/drinks, and "hi" on the phone to people when she feels like it. Of course, "Momma," Dadda," and "Kitty"(a "K" sound with a rolling, Spanish "rrr" after it is the Sonia pronunciation) are all regularly spoken. With sign, she knows and uses the words "eat," "drink," "bye-bye," "book," "apple" and "all done." With sign AND vocalizing, the cutest, "no-no" comes out with her shaking her finger at you when she iterates back that she understands that some item or activity is off limits to her. This week, she's learned how to climb on the dining room chairs and from there, up onto the table and, get this, actually get into her on-chair high chair! Ok, ok, she's not ALLOWED to get herself into her high chair via way of the table (which is her only viable route), but we let her do it once because it was funny. Today, while working in the back room, I came into the kitchen and there she was, sitting in her high chair...and I didn't put her there. She also climbs on my night stand now (which is another "no-no") and has been caught recently up on bookshelves and coffee tables when we mistakenly left something nearby that she could use as a step-ladder.
As of yesterday, she's 14 months old.
Ok, enough chatter and status. Here are the best of the recent JCPenny photo shoot. Enjoy!

Videos

Here are some videos that I shot today with my digital camera.

And here are some pictures that I took on February 1st.