Soccer Sofi

Sofi's buddies are doing an organized soccer thing these days. We thought we'd bring Sofi by to see how she did in one of these early training sessions. Things started out well. Sofi knew the picture pose every kid who plays soccer has to strike. Here's her smiley shot.

Slightly more serious in the one knee on the ground pose.

She went over to see what her buddies in cool uniforms were up to.

And that was about it. She checked it out and decided she wanted no part of it. The rest of the time we were there (not long once the crying started) she kept asking to be held. I think she knows that 10 years from now will come all to fast... that's when she leaves to train in Barcelona. I guess she just wants to spend as much time with us as possible.

Sofi's Point of View

Sofi has been taking pictures with the camera for a while now. Most of them are of the ceiling, random pieces of furniture or her hand, but some of them actually come out. Here are some of the things Sofi's managed to capture.

A self portrait.
Papa putting Ofelia into the tub.

Papa getting Ofelia ready for the tub.

Mama on the phone and smiling at Sofi.

Papa coming home from work.

Hi Smiles! *

Ofelia is getting stronger and stronger these days. She's been sitting up with support for a while now, but she's starting to do it without support lately. Here she is hanging out with Ernie.
Talking to Ernie. I love this shot. They have the same look on their faces.

Sometimes she falls, but she makes it look good.

*For those of you offended by the Chubby Chubby nickname, we also call her 'Smiles'.

Like Peas and Carrots

Sofi and Ofelia are really starting to like each other. Ofelia smiles just as big at Sofi in the morning as she does me, and Sofi usually likes playing with Ofelia. Sometimes they both decide to wear "bubble" jammies.
Here Sofi was showing Ofelia the little animals and pushing her gently in the jumparoo.

When the umbrella stroller is out Sofi asks me to put Ofelia in and then she pushes her around the loft.

Both chicas like this.

This video goes with the picture above. On top of showing Ofelia how things work, she likes to make sure she has her toys.

Easter Eggs

Happy Easter! Yes, I know I haven't posted anything in a while, but we've been sick these last couple of weeks. Here's Ofelia spreading some Easter cheer.
That morning we let Sofi color some eggs. My little neat freak was very careful with the eggs and made sure not to touch the colored water for fear of getting 'sucio'.

Do you think she's having a good time?

She was trying to show Ofelia how to do it. Papa was just trying to sneak into a pic with his girls.

Here you go Papa.

Chubby Chubby

I know it won't be Ofelia's favorite nickname later, but we've been referring to her as "Chubby Chubby" lately. It's funny to hear Sofi say 'Hi, Chubby Chubby' when Ofelia wakes up in the morning. So on Easter morning we gave Ofelia rice cereal for the first time. Little Chubby Chubby knew just what to do with it!

Here's her first bite. Sofi had to sit on the counter to supervise.
Not sure she liked it at first.Thinking about it...

I think she likes it!

A very satisfied eater.

This just in... er, out?

A couple of weeks ago Mike sat Sofi on the potty with a book to read. I went in and was reading with her (NO, I was not on the potty!) and she got this surprised look on her face. Then a big smile came across her face and she stood up. Sofi peed in the potty!!! Yay!!! We tried to make a big deal out of it and went to go get the camera.

Here she is posing with her potty.
Another pose - thanks to Papa's suggestion.

The next day Sofi sat down again and went poo! She stood up to see it and I started rolling! The poo she couldn't find was stuck to her butt!

Think she'll like this blog post when she's older?