So the final stage of our three part Christmas adventure took us to Atlanta to celebrate with my parents and Ashley, Graham and Evie! We had so much fun watching the girls unwrap all their gifts!! Sophi started to interact with Evie a little more than at Thanksgiving. Evie, however, was was not to happy with, what she still considered, lack of interaction and decided she would just eat Sophi instead!
We love having them together and can't wait to watch them grow into good friends! We still miss living close to Ashley and Graham and look forward to the day that changes!
We came back to Pasadena to celebrate New Years with my parents and experience the Tournament of Roses Parade. It was so neat to see the street outside our house fill up with people camping out New Year's Eve so they could watch the parade on New Years day. Fortunately, Dad bought us tickets in the grandstands so we did not have to spend the night outside!! We LOVED the parade! Sophi slept through most of it but what she did see we think she really enjoyed!
The next day we went to see the floats up close. All of them are made out of organic materials, it is pretty incredible!
Monday, Dad treated us to a special day and took us all to Disneyland!! We all had so much fun. Sophi got to meet Mickey and found her favorite ride, "It's a small World" which was still decorated for Christmas and looked so cute! Josh and I loved riding Space Mountain (my favorite ride at Disney World) but our favorite part of the day was getting to watch our little girl experience all the "magic of Disney."
Josh started teaching and classes on Tuesday and mom and dad went home on Wednesday. It's back to the real world for us. I am already looking forward to next Christmas, my favorite time of the year!
Sophi turns 4 months on Monday so stay tuned for her monthly update!
Sophi had her four month check up last week and weighed in at 13 pounds 3.5 ounces putting her in the 45% for her weight. She measured 24 and 3/4 inches long continuing to keep her in the 75% percentile for her height. Josh and I are anticipating that she will be taller than her mommy! Her head measured 16 inches putting her in the 45% for head circumference. The doctor said she was doing great!!
Sophi is now reaching for everything and anything she gets a hold of goes directly into her mouth. This is currently her way of showing you she likes something, putting it in her mouth. She is constantly trying to put mommy and daddy's faces in her mouth!! She is moving a good bit when put down on the floor. She can wiggle her way around the floor and is rolling over occasionally but still not consistently. I feel, though, that crawling is not far from our future! She still loves to stand and jump most of all!
She can now sit in her stroller front ways and LOVES to watch EVERYTHING going on around her when on walks. She loves to laugh and has the BEST giggle which her dad brings out best in her. She likes to talk to you when she is in the mood, but currently seems to be pretty introspective (knida like her dad!).
She is changing daily and we love watching the sweet personality God has given her start to shine through. We can't wait to see all that he has in store for her in the coming month!
