This is a little late, however I have a good excuse…you were teething! The whole world goes on hold and Sophie time when you are teething. Luckily you seem to be doing much better the past few days, and when we were out for our walk and you opened your mouth huge at a squirrel, mommy got a good look at what has been going on in there…you have three massive molars that have cut through! You now have a total of 4 molars. What a champ! Anyway, on to other things that don’t cause you so much pain.

1. You are now saying UP, MAMA, DADA, DOG (maybe), CAT (another maybe) and plenty other words that sound like things but im still not postive. Whatever you are saying, you are saying  a lot. You love blabbing and we love listening. You love to stare at yourself in the mirror and just blab and blab and smile…which brings me to my next point.

2. You def. admire yourself. Whether it is talking to yourself in the mirror, watching videos of yourself or looking at pictures, you are absolutely enamored with yourself. You smile whenever you see your own face. Duh, look at it…mama can’t blame u.

3. Food is a non issue with you. You love it all. Seriously you love eating. We still havent given you any meat, chicken or fish and i am torn with when and if i want to introduce this. At this point i think i will wait until you decide you want it. I wont force you to be vegetarian by any means but i just cant see why i would give you any of that now when we aren’t eating it. We’ll address this when the time comes but for now you are happy eating whatever mommy and daddy are eating and you love beans so i am not worried about protein or any of that nonsense.

4. You are still bfeeding. Yes maam that is right and one day you will say gross mom, but right now you are not interested in giving it up.

5. You love your dolly stroller, pink car, elmo doll, Saki, and all the bouncy balls.

6.You have ahhhh 12 teeth! 4 top, 4 bottom, and 4 molars!

7. You are down to one nap a day and still not sleeping through the night. I hear these parents talk about “sleep training” but mommy and daddy just aren’t down with that whole cry it out method. Yup, we’re suckers for you so we just learn how to run on less sleep. I guess you could say that you have successfully sleep trained mommy and daddy.

8. You have so many hilarious games that you have made up. Your latest one is when we say “goodnight sophie im going to sleep” and we fake sleep and then you look at us and go “ahhhh” in this adorable high pitched scream. Each day you come up with a new little prankster game. You like hiding in the closet, spinning around in circles, hiding under your mat, sitting with saki in your bassinet, and so many more. You seriously are a little trickster and i love it!!

9. You know where your head, belly button, eyes, mouth, teeth, feet, and hair are and you will show me when i ask you. You will also play a game with me and keep pointing to your head when i say where other things are- you know you are being funny and you keep doing it. LOL.

10. You talk to anyone who will listen. You just walk around saying goombi ga bah la badoing taka dah dah dah. Oh if we only knew what it all meant. Sometimes you laugh during it when you have said something funny, and others you will get demonstrative and i am assuming it is serious. Either way, you may not speak full on words yet, but you sure do know how to communicate everything you want.

11. You love dancing and showing your belly button to everyone that passes.

12. You took your first ride on the El train, fed your first giraffe, and blew your first bubble by yourself!

Sosi you are becoming a little girl now and i really cant take it. You are so incredible. Mommy and daddy just love you so much and are so insanely proud of you that words can’t even describe. Please always know throughout life that we are your number 1 fans ALWAYS! At the ripe age of 1 you have impressed us more than anyone else in the world. Today you went out to lunch with Dada so mommy could shower and when i walked to meet you two you got so excited and came running to me with a biggest grin and wrapped your arms around me! There is no other feeling in the world as good as the one you gave me today. You had so much fun exploring with your daddy and he even got you a big ole cookie. I love you both more than anything. XOXOXOXO. Happy 16 month birthday Iggs!