My little Model - Well, Not Yet

This past week Jim worked during the day so it was just me and the kids. It was a good week though. I tried to fill it with projects around the house and with walks and playground fun. At the playground in our neighborhood this week, we ran in to Santi - one of Sophia's Gymboree friends. We had not seen them in several months. It turns out that they live in the neighborhood so at some point we are going to have a play date together. Fun Fun!! Sophia also got some new clothes so I took pictures of her in them so I won't forget how cute she is. I asked her to pose so the pictures are of her "posing".

Here is Sophia in the Hanna Andersson outfit Grandma Tempel bought her. Too Cute! There are yellow shorts with blue stripes underneath the dress. They peak out from the bottom. Sophia loves these play dresses.

Here is the Hanna Andersson dress I bought for a great deal on Ebay. I LOVE it.

This is Sophia's Fourth of July dress that Jim picked out for her.

James thinks all this is kind of funny.

This week has also been filled with new achievements made by the kids. James has increased his alertness and is tracking very well and smiling up a storm! It is very cute. He is sleeping better at night - only waking us up at around 2 and then at 5. He is eating quicker at night and then going back to sleep. He is also staying awake during the day for about 2 hours at a time.

Sophia on the other hand has made some new synapse connections (brain developments). She is putting together a 9 piece puzzle all by herself and is doing a 10 piece puzzle sorter all by herself as well. She is saying new words (her newest one is emblem) and is putting together two word phrases ("No Mama" and "I want"). She has also figured out how to put together a buckle (like the one on car seat). Sophia also asked to sit on the potty this week. We were not fast enough and she pooped in her diaper. She also asked the next day and ended up peeing on the carpet as we were running (without a diaper on - lesson learned) to the potty. She is my big girl. As a result of those two incidents we went to Babies-R-Us and bought a potty. We also bought a booster seat and stored away the highchair. She is a big girl now!!