The Wongs: Happy New Year!

Well, where do I begin? I must say so very much has happened since the last post...back in early December! I can't believe it's February already and Sophia is 8 months old!! So many new things - sitting, standing, crawling, talking, eating lots!!

Eating her puffs! Yumm...

Like the hair?

I think her head may have grown a bit
since I bought the head band!!

First of all, we hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and a happy new year! We certainly did! So much went on with us and our family in the past two months, but we are just so blessed and happy to have spent the holiday with everyone, together, happy and healthy. We hosted Christmas day at our home and had my mom's brothers, sister and all of their families over for dinner and our annual gift exchange game. Also, my sister Megan and James' sister Ciara came to town to spend Christmas with us, and were arriving on the same day. However, when I opened the door to greet Ciara, I was shocked to see James' mom, Phyllis standing on my doorstep, all the way from Dublin! I must say it was a great surprise!! It was great to have her with us to celebrate Sophia's first Christmas.

Christmas Eve at our house

Showing off our hats from our Christmas crackers!

Auntie Megan visiting from Washington!

Phyllis & Megan on Christmas Eve

Mimi, Mommy & Sophia on Christmas day

Sophia loved the dolls her Ah-mah

brought all the way from Dublin!

Sophia really enjoyed herself and all of her visitors. It was strange, but it seemed like she knew what was going on. When she woke up Christmas morning and I brought her out into the living room, she was so excited! She was laughing and jumping with delight. Needless to say, she got tons of presents, clothes, toys and dolls, but I think her favorite was the tissue paper!!

James & Sophia at the Botanical Gardens in Claremont

What a beautiful girl we have!

We have been having fun watching all the changes in Sophia as she discovers all the new things she can do. She has been sitting up for a while now, and she is just getting better and better at it. Last week she started crawling, and now she is unstoppable! It's so cute to see her moving around. Now she can move where she wants and get to what she wants, so we are in the process of baby proofing the house. Baby gates and cabinet locks are now a part of our home! We wouldn't change things for the world!

Crawling toward her block...

...almost there...

Got it!

We also enrolled Sophia in something called 'My Gym.' It's a gym for kids, a lot like Gymboree. It's really fun and Sophia loves it! They have fun games, music and lots of things to climb, jump on and play with. She learns a new "trick" every week, last week it was a back flip! We go twice a week, and it's also a fun way for her to meet and interact with other kids. She loves other babies. She gets so excited to see them, once she even made a little boy cry! I guess he didn't like the enthusiastic scream he got in his face! She was just saying hello!