Look who's coming to town...

La, la lala, La la lala...It's Elmo's World!

We are gearing up for our little girls first birthday party. Since Sofia has been watching Sesame Street since she was about 6 months and she LOVES anything Elmo, we decided to throw her an Elmo party. We are so excited, we can't believe that a year has come and gone so quickly. It seems like it was just yesterday that we were bringing her home from the hospital.

Looking back over this last year, I'm really happy with the way things have turned out. We've created a family, something Nick and I never thought would happen. Sofie has developed such an awesome personality, she really makes Nick and I laugh over something new each day. Seeing her continue to learn and develop is such an amazing thing. Sofia is starting to talk! We can hardly believe it.

So far she says-

-Ma ma ~ me

-Da da ~ Nick

-Wa wa ~ water

-Ba-ba~ bottle

-Na-na ~ banana (sorry mom...she points and wants her banana)

-bubal ~ bubbles

-bebe ~ baby

-hey ~ hey

-dat ~ that

and she is starting to understand where her eyes, nose and mouth are. So far she's pretty good with the eyes and the nose and mouth are hit and miss.

It's funny, I can remember when Nick and I brought her home and how careful we were and how we wanted to do everything just right. I remember so vividly, giving her sponge baths while singing to her, waiting for her to poop (she was terribly constipated)...Nick and I were so worried that we must have taken her to the doctors half a dozen times. I use to watch her sleep at 2 a.m. and fighting the urge to pick her up and snuggle. Those memories will always be in our hearts. The best memories are yet to come.

Seeing our little girl turn one year old will the a memory that we will cherish...after all, it only happens once! Sofie is gonna have a blast next weekend. We can't wait to post the pictures!

Snifflin' Sofie

Well, Sofia is sick again and this time she has Bronchitis. If it's not one thing it's another. It seems like she has been sick this entire month! Nick and I have been really stressed and hate seeing her uncomfortable.

We picked her up from daycare on Thursday and she had a temperature of 101 degrees. So, we took her to her Pediatrician she was diagnosed with Bronchitis. He gave us this breathing machine called a nebulizer and prescribed antibiotics. We have to put medicine into the chamber of this machine which then turns the liquid medicine into vapors. Our poor little girl has to wear this mask over her nose and mouth and breath in the vapors for 10 min., four times a day.

WE FEEL SO BAD FOR HER!

Sofia has been such a trooper. She has been out of it for the last four days. She only drinks and eats when she feels like it and she WILL not be forced or tricked for that matter into anything.

So, this evening we decided to take her into Urgent Care after consulting her doctor. It's been three days and her temperatures have varied from 101-103.5 and without improvment. So, by the time we arrived at urgent care, her temperature had lowered to a normal temp. The doctor listened to her chest and let us know to keep up her breathing treatments and continue giving her antibiotics and Motrin for the temperature. At least pneumonia was ruled out. Thank the Lord.

Sofie is such an amazing little girl. She continues to amaze me each and every day. Each time I pick her up and she rests her little head on my shoulders, I remember that I have the best job in the world, I'm her Mommy. The feeling is AMAZING and I will never be able to describe it perfectly.

Zoo-licious

Our little monkey-see, monkey-do!

Sofia is well on her way to turning the big 1. She is doing new things everyday. She has not started to walk but is really close.

She enjoys when we hold her arms and she takes a few steps then wants to sit. She'll get it! Here she is showing off her new Curious George "Big Girl Jammies".

Last weekend we took Sofia to the Phoenix Zoo for the very first time and she LOVED it. Despite the fact that she had no idea what the animals were, they fascinated her! Her favorites were the otters. She watched them swim around and just looked amazed. We loved the fact that she was able to focus on the animals. We are planning on going back when she gets a little older.

Here are some great shots we took of our day at the Phoenix Zoo.

We went to the zoo with our friends, the Revolts. Their daughter loved the animals too.

These guys were Nick's favorite. The wallaby sanctuary. They were able to walk around freely and were very friendly.

Here is Sofie having her first taste of a cherry snow cone. We only gave her a little bit...it was pretty hot and she LOVED it!

Then the only problem was, she wanted nothing to do with her lunch. All she wanted was snow cone!

Here is Sofie seeing a horse up close for the first time. She was a little afraid but still was a big girl.

Nick pointing out some funny named animals...thanks Nick. We can always count on you!

She enjoyed watching the otters swim around and play with their toys. She was intrigued my the lions and tigers and was amazed by the Orangutans...