Sophie's Progress!

DATE WEIGHT LENGTH
5/30/2008 7.2 pounds 19 3/4 inches
6/4/2008 6.10 pounds  
6/13/2008 7.8 pounds 20 1/2 inches
7/2/2008 9.2 pounds  
7/14/2008 10.4 pounds  
7/31/2008 10.14 pounds 22 1/2 inches
8/6/2008 11 pounds  
8/15/2008 11.11 pounds
9/2/2008 12.7 pounds 23 1/2 inches
9/15/2008 13.3 pounds
9/24/2008 13.10 pounds 24 inches
10/26/2008 14.5 pounds  
11/10/2008 14.11 pounds  
12/1/2008 15.4 pounds 25 1/2 inches
12/11/2008 15.6 pounds
1/23/2009 15.12 pounds 26 inches
2/18/2009 16.9 pounds  
3/4/2009 16.11 pounds 26 1/2  inches
4/8/2009 18.2 pounds  
5/14/2009 19.3 pounds  
6/1/2009 20 pounds 29 inches

Developmental Milestones!

DATE DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONE
6/2/2008 First practice smile while falling asleep!
6/17/2008 Able to hold her head up and steady when upright!
6/27/2008 Able to hold her head up when on her tummy!
7/2/2008 Loves to be standing now with help from mom & dad!
7/7/2008 First reactive smile!
7/10/2008 Tries to pull herself to sitting up when mom & dad hold her hands! Especially when they say "ready, one, two, three"
7/11/2008 First laugh!
7/15/2008 Started wearing her 0-3 month size clothes!
7/23/2008 Started wearing size 1 diapers
7/26/2008 Rolled over from tummy to back for the first time!
7/28/2008 Reached for and gripped rattle!
8/1/2008 Started to consistently make babbling noises!
8/8/2008 First time purposefully putting her fist in her mouth!
8/9/2008 Pushing chest off the ground while on her tummy!
8/13/2008 Started sleeping 7-8 hour stretches at night!
8/13/2008 Clasped hands together!
8/14/2008 Rolled over from back to tummy on the right for the first time!!!
8/14/2008 Found her foot and grabbed it with her hand!
8/16/2008 Scooted around her play mat on her tummy!
8/19/2008 Started purposefully grabbing for her toys!
8/20/2008 Started to flip over to her back EVERY time she is placed on her tummy!
8/20/2008 Sat up on the couch by herself with just her back against the back of the couch for 6 minutes!
8/21/2008 Rolled over from her back to her tummy on the left!
8/22/2008 Started putting her toys in her mouth!
8/23/2008 Started stringing babbling sounds together!
8/24/2008 Discovered her loud voice!
8/24/2008 Started sleeping 9-10 hour stretches at night!
8/28/2008 Sat up by herself for a few seconds on Daddy's lap not propped up at all!!
9/11/2008 Scooted around her play mat on her knees and elbows!!
9/12/2008 Started sleeping 11-12 hour stretches at night!
9/13/2008 First belly giggle!!!
9/14/2008 Started rolling over on her tummy EVERY time she is put on her back!
9/17/2008 Sat up by herself for 3 seconds!
9/19/2008 Started sitting up by propping herself up with her arms!
9/27/2008 Sat up by herself for 6 seconds!
9/30/2008 Put her foot in her mouth for the first time!
10/3/2008 Sat up by herself for 16 seconds!
10/8/2008 Started sucking her thumb!
10/9/2008 Hair is starting to come in!
10/10/2008 Started scooting backwards on her belly!
10/10/2008 Started wearing size 2 diapers
10/11/2008 We think she is right handed, picks up her toys with her right hand first!
10/11/2008 Started dropping toys on the ground and looking to see if Mommy & Daddy will pick them up!
10/13/2008 First time drinking out of Mommy's cup!
10/15/2008 Got up on her hands and knees by herself for the first time!
10/16/2008 Sat up by herself for 30 seconds!
10/16/2008 Sat up in the bathtub for the first time!
10/17/2008 Started copying Mommy when Mommy sticks her tongue out!
10/18/2008 First time drinking out of a sippy cup!
10/18/2008 Started wearing her 3-6 month size clothes!
10/18/2008 Started doing 360º turns on her belly!
10/19/2008 Sat up by herself for 2 minutes!
10/19/2008 First time trying to make crawling movements!!(she tried to move forward on her hands and knees, forgot to move her hands and went bonk, and we have video of it!)
10/20/2008 May be cutting her first tooth on the bottom right front!
10/21/2008 We can officially say she is sitting up on her own!!(after 10 minutes of her sitting one her own mom stopped timing it!!)
10/22/2008 Started making the Blblblblblblblblbl sound!
10/22/2008 Started rocking on her hands and knees!
10/26/2008 Started to shake her toys so hard she bangs herself in the head with them!
10/26/2008 First time sitting up in the bathtub!
10/27/2008 Hair is getting long enough it it starting to stick up on top!
10/29/2008 First head cold :-(
10/31/2008 Started doing her caterpillar crawl!!(up on hands and knees then push forward on hands, crawl with feet, plop down on belly and repeat)
11/1/2008 First time sitting up in the shopping cart!(she LOVES this one!!)
11/2/2008 Figured out how to splash with her hands in the bathtub!
11/3/2008 Started to laugh at Daddy's silly dancing!
11/3/2008 Went from sitting position to crawling position on her own!
11/4/2008 First time laughing when Mommy did a zerbert on her tummy!!
11/6/2008 Mastered her caterpillar crawl(I am now told it is better described as an inchworm!) and is very efficient and quick!!(Can move from one end of the rug to the other in less than a minute!!)
11/10/2008 Mom & Dad were wrong the Dr. says no teeth yet!
11/10/2008 Pulled herself up to a standing position from a sitting position!
11/13/2008 First time moving both hands while on her hands and knees, all she needs to do is learn to move the hands ALONG with the knees and she will be crawling!
11/14/2008 Mimicked Mommy flapping her arms and giggled the whole time!!
11/15/2008 Doing a 3 legged crawl, she can move her legs and left arm but doesn't always move the right arm!
11/15/2008 First time eating solid foods!!  Had about 10 spoons of rice cereal!!
11/17/2008 Went from a sitting position to a crawling position by herself!
11/17/2008 Started pivoting around in circles on her right arm, she is crawling with her legs and left arm and since her right does not move much she ends up doing circles!
11/17/2008 Started saying Babababababa ALL the time!
11/19/2008 First time eating sweet potatoes, she LOVED them!!
11/20/2008 Moved both arms and legs in crawling motion but really didn't go anywhere!
11/21/2008 Started crawling today!!!!!!
11/21/2008 First tooth IS here!  It has not broken through the gum yet but you can see the white line on the bottom right!!
11/21/2008 Started mimicking Mommy waving hello & goodbye!
11/25/2008 First tooth broke through the gum!  Bottom right side!
11/26/2008 First ear infection in left ear :-(
11/27/2008 Started pulling herself up to a standing position on anything she can get her hands onto i.e. cabinets, Mommy, Daddy, entertainment center etc.!
11/28/2008 Started walking holding onto Daddy's fingers for balance!
11/28/2008 Went from the crawling position to the sitting position holding onto Mommy's hand!
12/1/2008 Second tooth is visible on the bottom left, has not broken through the gum yet!
12/2/2008 Went from crawling position to sitting position on her own!
12/5/2008 Tooth on the bottom left broke through the gum!
12/7/2008 Mastered the crawling to sitting position!
12/10/2008 Walked around her play table by herself just holding onto the table!
12/12/2008 Mastered the art of pulling herself up on things and is pretty sturdy once she gets up too!!
12/18/2008 Started walking just a step or two while only holding onto ONE of Mommy or daddy's hands!
12/19/2008 Started sleeping in her crib at night(she rolled over in her Amby bed!)
12/23/2008 First plane flight to Colorado for the holidays!(she did very well on the flights!)
12/23/2009 Started sharing by handing her toys to Mommy & Daddy(then promptly taking them right back!)
12/24/2008 Started using her pincer grasp(pointer finger and thumb) to feed herself!
12/26/2008 Started to learn how to get down from a standing position!
12/27/2008 Stood by herself for 5 seconds!
12/28/2008 First time feeding herself Cheerios!
1/5/2009 Mastered getting down from a standing position either by landing on her bottom or by squatting and falling on her hands!
1/10/2009 First time feeding herself cubed sweet potatoes!
1/11/2009 Purposefully opened kitchen drawers to try to get stuff inside!
1/12/2009 Mastered the art of cruising around furniture, cabinets, walls and anything she can hold on to!
1/13/2009 Started purposefully waving hello and goodbye!
1/15/2009 Took one step without holding onto anything!
1/16/2009 Started wearing her 6 month size clothes.
1/16/2009 Started giving "high 5"
1/19/2009 Stood by herself for 8 seconds!
1/19/2009 Took 2 steps without holding onto anything!
1/25/2009 Started dancing and bopping up and down while standing and sitting!
1/26/2009 Started blowing raspberries!
1/28/2009 Started sticking her tongue out while crawling or walking around or thinking!
2/2/2009 Make her first purposeful word sound, while standing behind mom she raised her hands and said "uh" multiple times Mom thinks this was her trying to say "up"
2/6/2009 Started wearing size 3 diapers
2/10/2009 Mastered walking while only holding onto one of Mommy or Daddy's hands
2/12/2009 Third tooth broke through on the top, just to the right of the front teeth!
2/13/2009 First injury with blood, she bumped her mouth on the coffee table and cut her top gum!
2/16/2009 Started saying "ma-ma"!
2/16/2009 Started saying "ba-bable", Mommy thinks this is for bubbles!
2/16/2009 Fourth tooth broke through, top left side!
2/16/2009 First flu virus :-(
2/22/2009 Started putting her toys away(not necessarily in the containers Mommy would, but putting them away!)
2/28/2009 Stood by herself for 15 seconds!
3/1/2009 Started pointing at things!
3/2/2009 Mimicked the sounds of letters R & L!
3/3/2009 Clapped for the first time!
3/5/2009 First step by herself!!!!  Stood for a few seconds, took a step then stood for a few seconds again and plop on her bottom!
3/5/2009 Stood by herself for 30 seconds!
3/7/2009 Started wearing some 6-9 month size clothes
3/16/2009 Did her first sign, "more"!
3/17/2009 Took 3 steps on her own!
3/25/2009 Started being able to push buttons!
4/3/2009 We can officially say she is standing completely on her own!
4/5/2009 Took 4 steps on her own!
4/6/2009 Took 7 steps on her own!
4/10/2009 Did her second sign, "milky"!
4/11/2009 Did another sign "all done"
4/11/2009 Took 10 steps on her own!
4/14/2009 Fed herself with a spoon(Mommy filled the spoon and she fed herself!!)
4/15/2009 Started wearing her 9 month size clothes
4/21/2009 Second plane flight to CO for Grandpa's retirement party!
4/22/2009 Consistently follows commands from Mommy and Daddy!
4/23/2009 Started actually building with blocks instead of just knocking them down!
5/1/2009 Started to pound on her car seat to the beat and waited for Mommy or Daddy to pound then followed etc.  Mommy calls it "tap-tap"
5/5/2009 Figured out how to stand up on her own by getting into a squatting position and then standing up!
5/6/2009 Fed herself with a fork!
5/7/2009 Started saying "uh oh"
5/12/2009 Really started walking!!!!
5/13/2009 Gives Mommy something yellow when Mommy asks for it!
5/13/2009 Second flu virus :-(
5/14/2009 Did another sign, "eat" except she does it on mommy's mouth(or forehead or eye!) instead of her own!
5/20/2009 Started doing the "eat" sign to herself instead of Mommy!
5/22/2009 Started to actually throw the ball for Hamilton!
5/27/2009 Mastered getting into a standing position by herself from a sitting and lying position!

 Sophie's Likes & Dislikes

LIKES DISLIKES
Daddy singing Louie Armstrong! Too much tummy time!(up until 9/14/2008 when she discovered she LOVES tummy time!)
Play time! Too much quiet!
To be moving, bouncing, swinging etc. Too many kisses!(up until 10/9/2008 when she started thinking they are pretty funny!)
Mommy singing! Too many pictures!(up until 10/13/2008 when she started hamming it up for the camera!)
To be out and about! Getting out of the bathtub!
Smiling faces! Too much time in the car seat!
To put her hands in her mouth, especially the left hand! To have her nose wiped!
To kick her feet! Doggy kisses!
To be sitting up and standing up with mommy & daddy's help! Getting strapped into the car seat
To be on her back on her play gym! Having shirts pulled over her head!
To watch the dogs! Getting her face wiped
To be talked to!  
Listening to music!  
Bath time!  
Swimming!  
Talking!  
Looking in the mirror!  
Tummy time!  
Dancing with Daddy!  
To laugh at the dogs when they play fight!  
To be sitting up grabbing for toys!  
Daddy's silly dancing!  
Splashing in the bathtub!  
Rice cereal!  
Drinking water from Mommy's cup!  
To flap her arms!  
To be independent!  
Pulling herself up on things!  
Solid foods!  
To feed herself!  

Sophie's consonants!

Date Letter
8/15/2008 M
8/21/2008 B
9/17/2008 N
9/24/2008 W
10/26/2008 L
11/13/2008 G
11/15/2008 D

 Sophie's food preferences

FOOD FAVORITE OK DISLIKE
Rice cereal X    
Sweet potatoes X    
Avocado   X  
Bananas   X  
Peas X    
Oatmeal   X  
Plain yogurt     X
Green beans X    
Pears   X  
Apples   X  
Butternut Squash X    
Potatoes   X  
Yellow squash   X  
Cheerios X    
Flavored yogurt X    
Zucchini   X  
Mixed grain cereal X    
Peaches   X  
Mango   X  
Cottage cheese   X  
Spaghetti squash      
Papaya   X  
Tofu   X  
Chicken   X  
Egg yolk X    
Turkey   X  
Acorn squash   X  
Broccoli X    
Flax meal   X  
Blueberries   X  
Cheese(especially cheddar) X    
Strawberries X X  
Delicata Squash   X  
Raspberries   X  
Asparagus   X  
Kiwi   X  
Plums   X  
Buttercup squash   X  
Ground beef   X  
Pasta   X  
Brussel Sprouts   X  
Spinach   X  
Wheat germ   X  
Beets     X
Kale   X  
Black beans   X  
Red bell pepper   X  
Cauliflower X    
Blackberries   X  
Cantelope X    
Ham   X  

Sophia's personality traits!

Personality traits we have seen in her first 6 months of life(we will see if these stick around!)

Smart
Determined
Athletic
Strong
Social butterfly
Contemplative
Active
Persistent
Talkative
Friendly
Smiley
Enthusiastic
Curious
Stubborn
Impulsive(at around 9 months this one is not so true)
Inpatient
Dominant