Monday, July 13, 2009

Summer vacation

Since her first birthday on June 5th, Sophia has 
been walking and has totally given up crawling. 
She can say a few words like "more" (applies to 
anything she happens to be eating at the time); nana (for banana),
ma ma, da da, and la la (for Laura).  Even with her limited
vocabulary, she understands everything we say. She has
boundless energy, is busy all day long, always exploring,
touching and (usually) tasting everything in sight.
She is enjoying life immensely, and loves to give kisses
and hugs to her family, and even to Molly (although 
Molly doesn't always appreciate it, especially when 
she's munching on a dog biscuit).


On the phone booking my flight to Santa Barbara
for our family vacation


Molly helping me remove my bow while
mommy isn't looking


Now I can take some of the pictures for
a change



Taking a nap with my favorite dolly


This TV remote looks like a phone, but doesn't
seem to work like one!


In Santa Barbara with my Aunt Karen, Uncle Rich and
cousin Sara

My big sister Laura enjoying the california sun; what teenager doesn't!


Eating my first plum from a tree 
growing in my aunt and uncle's back yard




On Sterns Wharf in Santa Barbara

Sophia's first time at the beach



On my own with my yogurt and spoon

I may have gotten just a bit carried away

With Mom and Michael at the Santa Barbara zoo on 
my first train ride

Meeting my cousin Eamon at his home
in Pacific Palisades


Back home in my pool


My sister Laura has crazy ideas at times; she
put all my bows in my hair at once!  Mommy 
loved it.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Happy 1st Birthday and 11th Month!

This was a big month -  a month of Sophia's first
steps and her first birthday

Hugging my favorite dolly




Taking some of my first steps

Hanging with my sister Laura and her peeps, on my swing


With friends I met at a "Families with Children from 
Vietnam" (FCVN, New Jersey Chapter)





In mommy' s garden checking out the 
bleeding heart bush


Looking for just the right cup in here


Admiring the mess I made

Watching our kitties on the back deck


In my first car, about to go for a 'ride' with Molly


I wonder who gave me this shirt???


Trying on one of mommy's shirts I found
in the laundry


Decked out for Memorial Day






Relaxing in our hot tub and pool with Laura on Memorial Day
weekend




I have my own pool too!!


In front of Michael's apartment in NYC on our way to
the Bronx Zoo


Walking with Michael at the Zoo


Wearing my Birthday Girl shirt just before
my first birthday party on June 5th


Wearing my Ai Dao (the traditional Vietnamese
dress) on my birthday


Getting ready to dig into my first birthday party cake.


Dressed for Laura's dance recital

Hey, I'm on my first cell phone....Isn't anybody there?