Wed - Sept 26th - First Soccer Practice

It is time for Sofia to start doing some Sports!
There is a "Soccer Squirts" class close by and so I am officially a soccer Mom ... at least for a month. The first practice was ok ... she had fun and at that's what matters.

Sat - Sept 22nd Solymar is 7 months Old

Solymar turned 7 months old last week ...
These days she crawls all over the house, she says dada, baba, mama to her Mommy among lots of other baby talk. She has a very strong personality and its funny to hear her when upset. Maybe one day, I will get her on camera. She has also gotten better at sitting for short periods without support.

Mommy continues to breast feed and Solymar is doing better with solids. She has eaten apples, pears, bananas, peas, carrots, squash, green beans, prunes... avocado is next on the list. She loves her big sister, as soon as she sees Sofia, she gives her a big grin. Sofia loves school and after a couple of weeks, she can now write a nice S consistently. Tomorrow she starts soccer practice, more to come about that....

Last week Mommy's brother gave us a surprise visit. Sofia really enjoyed being around his "Tio" and it worked out great for her to practice her spanish with someone other than our aunt. We had  fun with Tio visiting the orchard to pick apples, the safari and the park....

Sun Sept 9th - First Photo Shoot

During a surprise baby shower at work, Mommy was given a gift certificate for a family photo shoot. Last week we decided to make use of it. These are some of the pictures...

                           

  

Mon - Sept 3rd - "First Fight", Eating & Moving Around

Sofia has been very good with the baby so far.... now that Solymar demands more attention, is moving around and grabs everything, our 3 yr old has her moments.
Sometimes Solymar has a toy and Sofia takes it from her, we get to know because Solymar screams! she might be little but she holds her ground.
The other day Solymar pulled Sofia's her, something she has been doing for sometime now; this particular day it seems big sister Sofia got tired of it and pulled Solymar's hair too!
It must have been hard because the poor baby started crying ... certainly the first of many "hair pulling fights"!

We've started feeding Solymar solids on a daily basis, first cereal then bananas now peaches. So far it seems she only likes the peaches. We have to resort to tricks to get her to open the mouth. We make her smile or give her something to play with; she opens her mouth, we feed her and soon she realizes we are tricking her. At that point we end up with a tightly seal mouth until the plate and spoon are put away. 

Solymar is not quite strong to crawl yet, but that doesn't stop her from moving around. She lunges herself forward and moves all over the floor. She also knows she can roll over towards the direction she wants to go and so we leave her in one spot and she goes wherever she wants....