Sofia & Joshua Gordon Jeff and Angie's tribute to their children

Sofia was a great help setting up the Christmas tree this year.  We did this the week before Thanksgiving as we had family and friends coming in from out of town.  See the fun below:

lights muy bonita!

circling the tree

Flash and Lola guard the ornaments

It has now been confirmed that sometime in the middle of June 2008 Sofia will have a big surprise.  Mommy is pregnant.  See below for first pictures of Sofia’s 8 week old sibling.

Mom was ready to get Sofia’s ears pierced.  Dad was not.  Dad finally agreed but was not willing to be present while a stranger stabbed a hole in each of his daughter’s ears.  Janee’ went with mom to the mall this past Sunday afternoon.  Sofia did well and only cried for a minute.  They were smart enough to do both ears at once.

Dad does have to admit that Sofia looks just that much cuter.

Sofia was the cutest ladybug on the block and seemed to enjoy getting a free treat from every house we stopped at.  She did very well.

getting ready

This is too much fun!!!

Big steps

Where to first mom?

so this is where the free stuff goes?

Trick or Treat makes me thirsty

Check out my cool Halloween spider tattoo

Today was beautiful outside.  Daddy had to spend most the day working this Sunday, but pulled himself away to take a trip to the park near our house.  Sofia really enjoyed walking in the grass and swinging.  She got upset when Daddy took her out of it so someone else could have a turn.  Sharing is tough!

Started getting chilly at night here last week. Took some cute pics next to the fireplace with Sofia.

Sofia has now mastered walking and can entertain herself for quite some time by utilizing this new skill.  Circling the family room is evidently more fun that we adults had realized.  She would much rather hold your hand and walk through a store than sit in some dumb shopping cart.  She is also very curious and thinks it is fun to touch every new object she lays her eyes on.  Running is not far off and we can already see her attempting it when she gets really excited.  Below is your array of recent pics….enjoy.

Sofia and all had a good time at her birthday party.  It was her first experience with cake and ice cream.  Sofia likes sweets just like Daddy.  There was a bounce house and piñata to keep the kids entertained.  I’ve uploaded several pictures from the party to browse through. They are thumbnails so click on them for a larger image.

Sorry it has taken so long to get some of these new pictures up. Sofia is now one and learns new things daily. It is amazing how she begins to point at things and try to identify them with her ever expanded vocabulary. I promise to get the 1 year birthday bash pics up soon.

Sofia has reached the point where walking is now her preferred method of transportation.  She will crawl occasionally when playing, but loves standing up and walking to move around.  Mommy or Daddy’s hand is always welcome to assist but not at all necessary anymore.  Check the pics below…..

Sofia is now walking on her own. Stands up, walks, falls down, gets up again, repeat. She can make it clear across any room on a good day. Mom and Dad are busily preparing for Sofia’s 1st birthday party which looks to be a big one. We find it interesting to reflect on the stress involved trying to pull off a successful party with 20+ kids between the ages of 1 and 4. The things we do as parents. 🙂
Sofia turns 1 on Sept 25th and the big party will be on the 29th. There will be plenty of fun party pics posted afterwards. For now you’ll have to settle for these two shots in Dad’s office.

Check out my sweet purse!

Our sweet little baby is quickly transforming into a sweet little toddler right before our eyes. Sofia is now practically walking, bending over, picking stuff up and starting to say Da-da, Ma-ma, Na-na, and uh-oh. We can’t wait until she learns the work “no”, that should be fun. Preparations have begun for her 1st birthday blowout! Click pictures below and enjoy!!!

Uncle Jason returns from his adventure in Japan.  Sofia hasn’t seen him in 6 months, the reunion went well with lots of smiles.  Sofia is starting to take steps on her own.  These are hard to capture but we’ll keep working on it.

steps on my own

Look close and you can see Sofia’s rainbow!!!

The company that hosts my blog has what they termed “corrupted data” for the past 3 months that they had to remove. Their tape backups were also corrupted….how nice. For Sofia’s blog this means everything we had posted from Aprill 22 2007 until now is lost. Fortunately I’ve kept backups of all pictures I’ve posted since that time so this entry will be long and full of pics. From now on I’ll also save backup of all posts so I will have a backup of them. I’m not very happy about this situation as you could imagine but I don’t wish to fill this blog with such things so we move forward and Daddy tries to think happy thoughts in his head.

Sofia has just turned 10 months old! She is becoming very brave about standing and trying to take a step without anything to hold on to. I expect she’ll be running by next week. 🙂 She also has recently gained almost an entire upper deck of teeth. I think 5 broke at the same time. Below are some of the most recent images.
Dad’s chair is comfy

9 months

Sofia’s 9 month adventure including her new walker race car. This is her favorite toy as it give her the mobility to move around the hard floors downstairs and in the kitchen. Banging into walls is also fun! We also had professional photos taken which we love. They are posted below as well. Other events included Dylon Depot’s 1st birthday party which was plenty exciting!

Mommy beautiful

Here come the walker photos……

Having fun at Dylan’s 1st birthday….

9 Month Professional Photos…

Daddy’s favorite pic

Mom’s favorite pic

8 Months

At 8 months Sofia discovered how much she shares Dad’s passion for cars. Just look how happy she is behind the wheel in the driveway. Just 16 more years to go. There are also some photos of reading with Dad before bed time. Sofia loves reading but loves turning pages even more, doesn’t really matter if the page has been completely read or not. Another huge accomplishment was being able to crawl the entire flight of stairs!

nap time with Mom

Reading time

7 Months

Sofia decided she had enough of breast feeding at 7 months. She just stopped one day which I know relieved Angie as Angie did not want to be the one to stop. Solids were becoming routine and we struggled somewhat to get Sofia use to formula.

Green beans are yummy mom

Here they are.  If you’d like one all you have to do is email us (link is on the right of the page) with the address you’d like it sent to and which photo below you like the best.  Don’t miss out of one of these precious photos to call your very own.

Sofia Photo 1

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