I'm a BIG girl NOW :)

I love my sparkle shoes and I turn on my fridge DJ and dance away on the wood floors! It's hilarious
This is me cooking - this is my second passion - pretend cooking...I stir my cheerios and puffs and put them in the muffin molds. I see a kitchen in my future!
Future Central PA Realtor, yes Daddy is putting his shirt on me and I loved it.
Walkin my baby around the house - really more like torturing poor Winston.

I took my first "bites" of pizza with grandma rhine since I have my two front teeth now (well almost!)
Dreaming of Winston...and Winston dreamining of cupcakes - my mom found this shirt at Old Navy last year and knew sophia had to have it!
Look at this big girl. This is the first time she actually sat at the coffee table and ate her snacks off a PLATE and didn't pick it up and dump it out. I'm so proud - it's the little things these days - LOL
We had a playdate with Reagan and Jackie - and this is sophia's first time at a big girl table eating her dinner and NOT in a high chair, she loved it and just thought she was hot stuff!
Reagan LOVES playing dress up and got out her dress up drunk and dressed herself and sophia in princess costumes! Sophia loved it and Miss Reagan helped her with her beads and bracelet - they kept these on allllll night!
The budding artists - this is sophia's first time with aquadoodle and she had a blast and to knock it up a notch aunt jackie got paint brushes out and let her paint on the mat! Again she just thought she was hot stuff and had a BLAST!

Yesterday marked 2 months as a family!! I cannot believe how much Sophia has grown. She continues to amaze us everyday. She got the stomach bug (the rest of the family at the same time, it was awesome...not!) but it was my first experience with a sick child, so I've been christened :) We were out of commission all last week until Sunday. We are trying to get ourselves back to normal.

WOOHOO!!! SHOUT OUT:

to Megan and Ken who just picked up their daughter, Kimberlyn - she's gorgeous and you can check out their blog at http://www.kimberlynwilliams.blogspot.com/. We are so thrilled she is finally with her forever family and on her way home!!!

Lori, Jeremy and Sierra celebrated GOTCHA day this week also getting baby Samantha! We cannot wait to see pictures of the new fam of 4! :) you can visit them at www.tsang2007@blogspot.com they will update as soon as they come home!

Love to teresa and Randy who are on their way in 24 hours to Taiwan to pick up Jeremiah. Wishing you safe travels and a wonderful GOTCHA DAY :) http://www.journeytojeremiah.blogspot.com/

For those of you who have followed our journey - you know we received our referral of Sophia along with 9 other families in May. There are never words to describe the wait as you anticipate meeting your child and we are thrilled to post that in 2 DAYS all 9 BABIES will BE WITH FAMILIES - we have all grown very close over the past 8 - 12 months and with each new high and low it's like you go through it with them and it's been long time coming. Our referral family has grown and my hope is that the other SLC moms we have met will also experience the homecoming of their babies VERY SOON! Messages such as people travelling or receiving referrals give adoptive parents HOPE that their time is coming and it means more than you know. This community is tight and I know my journey would have never been complete without them.

Don't get your tutu in a bunch :)

the tutu comes out again with the chef hat and the fan remote today! Lily and Sophia riding the train Lily set up with the chairs - took her laptop on this trip too!

Wearing Vincent's shoes
Vincent Hug sophia - this is the face we got on that one - LOL
Gettin ready for my walk with daddy and winston
What a picture!?!

And the tutu comes out again...


This is the result of the my gym and YMCA classes - we climb on EVERTHING now!
This is the face we get when we take off the tutu in the morning... our little drama queen!

We have some new obsessions this week - one would be our Zoe Tutu (thanks aunt jackie!) and other folks bigger shoes!! Here are some pics from the rest of this week. We had a weekend of chillin with friends - - Felicity and Seth, Karen Paul and Vincent (even brought doggie Nico over to play with Winston!) and Lo, Kevin, Lily and Jimmy! I love these kind of weekends!!! Nothing like catching up with friends and some kiddo comic relief.

Old MacDonald had a farm...

E - i - e - i - ooooooo

and on his farm he had some

COWS

RabbitsChickensDucks

Geese or some other bird species

SheepPiglets Kissing Alpaca'sWhat else do you do at the PA Farm Show?

Play in the cornRide the carouselFollow around my "mother hen" - LOLPose for pics with mommyAnd then after all that fun = pass out on the way homeand then get my second wind at home and attempt to call all my "peeps" and tell them how much fun Mommy, Daddy and I had today :)

Fun in the Sun??

Do you think she likes it?

Here's Vincent in his shades showing sophia the ropesLittle lounge lizard here just chillin

TROUBLE
C'on ride the train - - and ride it up - woowoo ( you can thank me later for getting that song in your head ) Vin's takin us for a ride on the train
Our newest trick which has become an addiction with every napkin, toilet paper you name it - - blowing our nose!!! Or at least making the noise.
Breaking bread - well nuggets together at MCDGrammy and Sophia on their walk in her new wagonPosin in my new hoodieHangin with dad and winston in my tent!Singin and dancin as always!!

Yep you read right - Jan 8th in PA and 68 degrees - it's not the norm 25 degrees and snowing and we are livin it up!

We started our day by hitting the MyGym for the first time with Karen and Vincent and we LOVED it. Sophia had a blast and by the time we left I was sweating - LOL Guess Mommy needs a little MyGym too huh? We are definitely going back as she just ran around and she actually walked the full length of a balance beam (with my help). We then went to a park and she swung on swings for the first time and had a blast - we then followed it up with a trip to the ol fam favorite McDonalds - yes nothing like finishing off an active morning with some good ol chix nuggets and fries huh? She did have milk so she got some nutrition! haha

We spent most of the afternoon outside and Grammy came over for a long walk through the neighborhood! They bought us a wagon for christmas and sophia has the life let me tell you - nothing like being pulled through the beautiful outdoors while enjoying the baby beverage of choice - a bottle of milk and some puffs! - Still trying to get chris to allow me my adult beverage of choice and a snack while getting pulled in the wagon - he's not budging!

S-U-P-E-R-S-T-A-R!

Like mother like daughter! Love of accessories...shoes, sunglasses, purses, jewelry. I'm in heaven.
Aye Matey!

Throughout the adoption process you hear so much about the matching process. Many parents find themselves amazed at how perfect the child is for their family. How the personality traits, likes/dislikes and overall demeanor fit with the family. I must say I found it somewhat hard to believe while reading it - but now that we are living it - - it is nothing short of a miracle and it is evident that God handpicked Sophia for us. She is so much like Chris and I personality wise it's almost scary. So all of you adoptive parents waiting for that referral and picture of your newest angel - know that the wait will all be worth it as God's is handpicking and finding the perfect child for you and your family.
The weather is PA is fabulous...January 7th and 56 degrees today, 65 tomorrow so we'll be hittin the park circuit tomorrow (haha)