18 month stats

OK, so this obviously isn't a recent picture of Sofi. She's had a really bad cold these days and I didn't want to take a current one of her to put here. I also wanted to see how many people would tell me how different the two girls looked when they were born. I kinda think they look alike, but on little sleep and with a slight cold myself, who knows. Ok, Sofi's stats:

Height: 31 inches = 25th percentile(wow! 25%?! We're usually at 5%)
Weight: 20 pounds 3.5 oz. = 3rd percentile (more butter!)
Head: 18 and 3/4 inches = 75th percentile (c'mon, are you really surprized?)

Current look: Picture a really, really cute, slightly taller lollipop shaped Sofi. : )

PS Sofi, when you learn to read please understand that your parents have really warped senses of humor. I'm sure we still tease you about the head. -Love Mama

Bonding

Lately Sofi and Ofelia seem to be bonding more and more. I think Sofi has accepted that Ofelia isn't going anywhere and Ofelia is managing to stay awake long enough to notice Sofi (or at least movement from a small person -- who knows how much she actually makes out at this point). The first couple of shots were taken this morning. Sofi motioned that she wanted to hold Ofelia. Once she had her, she pointed to the camera and went "uh" which translated to 'take a picture of us woman!' I like how Sofi looks like she's really excited about Ofelia in some of the pics, and how Ofelia looks like she's amazed with Sofi. Hopefully this bond will help them on the field when they're known as O. Medina and S. Medina in all those National Team games.

The Sianez Clan

My big bro and his family came out to visit us last week. It was a good time, but we found we were chasing our kids around way more than we were visiting. I guess that's how it'll go until the kids get a bit older. Sofi had a great time with her cousins and still asks for Emma... no offense Austin, I think it's a girl thing.

When they got here Sofi was quick to show them her wagon. I think Emma likes it!
After quite a bit of playing and a little bit of pushing, shoving, biting, hitting and hair pulling they all managed to take a bath to relax. Sofi was very much the observer with Austin. I think she was amazed at how fast and coordinated he was.

Ofelia was doing her own thing during all the fun.

Here both girls are amazed at Austin's speed up and down the hallway.

A still shot.

Help Me Obi-Wan, You're My Only Hope...

Sofi's hair after pig tails.

Getting Naked

Last night we were cooking dinner and Mike and I started talking about giving Sofi a bath. Sofi was hanging out playing and then disappeared for a minute. Mike found her in the hallway half naked! Sofi has learned to take off her shoes, socks, pants and diaper all by herself! Aren't we lucky? We were laughing pretty hard at our naked toddler, taking pictures and cooking when we noticed there was pee on the ground. Of course Sofi slipped in it and hit her head on the floor (she's ok) before we could capture the moment on film.

Fight the Power!

Oh the tricks my daughter knows. Sofi and Mike were "raging" to a little 'People of the Sun' the other night and Sofi's newest trick emerged. If you say "power to the people" sofi raises the five sided fistagon. She still looks a little too happy when she does it though. I think we have to practice a mean face --or at least a serious one to go with it. Now that I look at the last pic, we also have to get rid of the karate stance.

2 Week Check Up

At our 2 week check up last week Ofelia came in at the 10% mark for weight (6 pounds 14 ounces) and height (19 and 1/4 inches). Her head hit the 30th percentile... not sure what to think about that. I was expecting something higher with our family's track record. Oh well, maybe Sofi is just an over-achiever.