On Monday, Sophie turned one year old!! While I still can't believe it, the year did not fly by, and I'm not very sad seeing her get old or grow up, instead, I love it and it's such a joy. And what celebrations we had this year. We are so exhausted, and even though it was all worth it... yikes. She's definitely not getting parties like this every year!
Throwing the llama to the floor
Kinda glad these monthly photos are done... we couldn't get her to calm down and lay down ever anymore!
We had a party for her and made it French themed. And because of the year we've had, we had a lot of time to prepare and thought we'd get crafty and build a whole backdrop setting. Plus, I miss being crafty and wanted a project. I communicated my dream to AJ and together we put together the backdrop to Cafe Sophie.
Before the party started, we took Sophie out to enjoy the kiddie play area herself and she just loved it! She absolutely loves balls and being in a ball pit was a dream come true for her, and she did great on the other toys too.
The party was such a hit, we all had so much fun and were so happy with how it all turned out. It was just a shame we had to limit it with these lingering covid times and the size of our place. We said it felt like our wedding - so much fun, surrounded by people we love, and not enough time to spend with everyone! But it was for Sophie and she had a wonderful time.
I wish I got better pictures of these fabulous cookies that my coworker made for us
Pretty standard photo of these 3 lol
This face and expression is everything
Godparents!
Godmother1
Godparents all together!
A little fairy ready to fly
Cleaned up in a new outfit
Her joy when playing with balls is so cute it makes me want to cry
Us with our baby girl!
She cleaned up on gifts though! She received so many wonderful gifts - from books and giant bead mazes to cute clothes, adorable shoes, a balance bike, a real vacuum (she's obsessed with the vacuum), and even a beautiful framed star map from the day and time she was born. She is blessed!
On Monday, her actual birthday, we braved Disneyland, which was definitely interesting with a one year old (a one year old who won't nap that is) but it was magical to experience it with her, and we all saw Galaxy's Edge for the first time. Not eager to go back right about now, but we had a lovely time.
Entering Disneyland for the first time!
1st Visit AND Birthday!
Waiting in line for her first ride...
Alice in Wonderland!
I was nervous because it was loud and dark in there, but she did great! She had to sit "normal" like a big girl but loved it and watched the ride with fascination
Looking around in the Tiki Room (where she also loved to dance!)
The monkey cage on Casey Junior's train
King Arthur's Carousel
She was so angry that we wouldn't give her some of our coffees, and then when we did give her our cups, they were empty. She was frustrated, but she was also way too tired and cranky at this point LOL
Looking around on the Storybook Boats
Crashing hard in Tomorrowland
I am so relieved and happy about how everything turned out for her. Love you baby girl!
We had a great first Halloween with Sophie Bee. We had our annual glamping trip up near Solvang and had fun dress up time with our group. There was the Jurassic Park entourage, gypsies... and a whole bee family!
Her little bear suit was actually too small and we couldn't fully button it... the excess looks like a little bear tail behind her!
Her head kept falling forward and hanging at a very uncomfortable angle while she slept in the car. I used the excess belt from her car seat to create a little head attachment. Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
The weather was nice and Sophie did pretty good on the car rides. We got back in the early afternoon on Sunday (Halloween) had a good rest, and then we met up with some friends for trick or treating, which was really fun when there ended up being a crazy group of about 15 of us.
It was a nice first Halloween for an 11-month-old, and now we're full steam ahead for Sophie's first birthday in exactly a week - say what!!
We did a lot this weekend, for us lol. From the Irvine Global Village and then visiting a pumpkin patch yesterday, and it might have been all of our first time at a pumpkin patch. (Have I been to one before? I honestly can't recall).
With reservations it wasn't that bad as far as the crowds (one good thing to come out of COVID I suppose) but it was hotter than I would have liked (which was a shame because it's been starting to cool off otherwise) but we did get some cute pictures of Sophie out there, and learned how tall she was this fall.
This is how they get you to keep coming back!
We bought two small pumpkins to actually cook and eat since jack o'lanterns wilt too quickly this close to the ocean.
This is the BEST time of the year and it always flies by, so I'm glad we've started to take advantage of it early.
Baby sleep is some form of friggin triple integral calculus (I Googled "what is the hardest level of math" and that's what I got) and I can't figure it out. I know it doesn't help that she has a bit of an irregular schedule doing part time daycare and not sleeping well there, but we're all over the place now. She didn't sleep well at daycare yesterday, so she went to bed early, and she was up at a nice 5:30am today, so that's been fun. I actually put her down for her first nap here and took her to daycare about an hour late.
The best part was getting to daycare, and when the door opened and Sophie saw Ms Ellie, she immediately reached out for her. That's a great feeling and really what you want, so that's made me happy.
I had a brunch in Long Beach followed by a session in a Salt Room today so it's been a nice Tuesday so far (plus I won football pick 'ems this week: thanks for that regular-scoring win last night Chargers) but I am ready to sleep already. Mama needs a nap if I'm going to be stay awake for the Bachelor in Paradise finale tonight!!
