Happy 17 month birthday beautiful girl! Sofia has been a Texan for 1 whole year! Last April, we said goodbye to all our dear family and friends in the Netherlands, hopped on a plane for 12hrs and started our new life in Texas. My how Sofia has grown and changed in just those 12 months. The next time Sofia sees Opa Rudolph and Nanny Ilse, they will be amazed at how much she has grown up! I can't even imagine what the flight would be like now, with a VERY active 17 month old who loves to run, explore, be outdoors, and play.
One thing Sofia has learned in the past months is how to go down the stairs...backwards!
Like I've said before, she has been talking up a storm and there's no sign of her stopping. I have read that it takes children in a multi-lingual household a bit longer to 'make sense' of the different languages but she's definitely talking. She is so precious speaking her own language. I have deciphered a few phrases which Sofia uses often: "Let's go," "Let's do it!" "Sit" "I don't know."Daddy's girl
Sofia is also learning to do things on her own. She 'brushes' her own teeth, she sits down to put her shoes on and she 'puts on' make-up. In the mornings as I am getting dressed, she sits next to me begging for me to give her my blush brush. She also wants to put on lotion and deodorant. Afterwards, she smells herself and smiles. It's too cute!Mommy and Me
This weekend, we were super busy. It's my dad's 51st birthday tomorrow so we celebrated all weekend. Friday night, we went to Churrascos. We had good food and great company. Sofia behaved wonderfully and ate lots of tostones, steak, shrimp and yuca. It was delicious!
Saturday night, we had a surprise party for JNA. The party was a huge success and Sofia had tons of fun. As part of the surprise, my cousins played music and Sofia LOVED it. It was around 10:00 when they started the music and despite being exhausted from the day's activities, she started clapping and dancing. She was mesmerized by the music and had a wonderful night playing with Isabella and Fabianna.
JNA + SHH = love
The 3 musketeers!
Today we went to church and immediately after, went to the Nass' for a barbecue. Sofia played with her cousins all afternoon and she had her first encounter with a sandbox! Sofia loved playing in the sand with all Isa's toys. She especially liked the shovel and the bucket. She was very busy in the sand box but then, she wanted to eat the sand so we had to get out. Before we went home, Isa and Sof took a bath because they were both covered in sand from head to toe.
Busy bees!
Sofia found a chair just her size!
We had a fabulous weekend of celebrations. Sofia took a very long nap this afternoon and is now sound asleep which means I should be off to bed too. We've got a long day of playing ahead of us.
Have a blessed week.
"where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
"where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
Matthew 6:21
3 comments:
She is getting SO big! Love the mommy-daughter pic!
Nice picture one the stairs.
She's growing bigger everyday.
Cute I love this girl.
Kusjes Nanny Ilse and Opa Randolf
alexandria! queu bella es esa nena. ay Dios! ps i love, love your black and white dress! and when are you going to make me tostones? we could make them together if you like... im pretty good at it... sort of... haha
love you. oh ya i called you today, i dont know if a missed call showed up bc it only rang twice and went to your voicemail but i didnt leave a message.. so just know i called!
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