Sailing on Sunday

Our friend Susie manning the boat
"Peek-a-boo"!
"It only looks like I'm escaping..."

This afternoon, our friends Minh & Susie took Ed, Sophie and I out on their sailboat in Marina Del Rey. Sophie loved being out on the boat and watching the water and the other boats.

Hiking

Today we explored a new hike in Palos Verdes, CA. The view from the top of the hike was so beautiful with incredible ocean views. We only explored one trail but plan to go back and explore a few more. Sophie once again loved riding in her throne, I mean the backpack......she "talked" the entire hike!

4th of July, then and now...what a difference a year makes

This is me last 4th of July, 9 months pregnant with Sophie.
Here we are one year later.....
Little Miss America
The cousins and their babies....they love their babies!

Busy Weekend

Siena's birthday party....cupcakes & cocktails!
Aiden & Bella's birthday party at the park.
Ed creating a chalkboard/magnet wall for Sophie to play on.....hours of fun, right?
Sophie so excited to have discovered how to climb into her exersaucer, but oh sad when she discovered she couldn't get out by herself!
Sophie managed to get herself in the stool, but not out!

It was such a busy weekend at the Olko household. We had party's,....and more party's......then we had house projects...then there was Sophie discovering that she can climb the stairs, crawl in the exersaucer and the stool, and then not get out.....It was such a fun weekend! Weekends are much to short!

What's a girl to do on such a hot day??......Why go to the beach of course!

Laughing Sophie

Girls day Out

This afternoon, my sister Anne, her daughter Isabelle, my friend Hilary and her daughter Paige (not pictured) and Sophie and myself met up for lunch. It was so fun to hang out with other moms.

Sophie's First Sleepover

This past week, Sophie had her first sleepover (mom slept over too) at her cousins house. Sophie thought the pack'n play was to play in...she was so sad to find out that it was not meant for play time but sleep time!

Such a hot day!

No!

No matter how many times we tell Sophie not to touch the TV, she crawls right over to the TV. So tonight, I attempted to barricade the front of the entertainment center with the ottoman and the exersaucer, hoping this would keep her away from the TV, but alas, she was able to find a way to touch the TV. Will she ever learn no?

Father's Day & Dedication

Today was such a great day! We started the day out with Sophie being dedicated at our church. Auntie Anne, Uncle Josh and cousin Isabelle all came to see Sophie being dedicated.....Sophie even let Pastor Glen hold her without crying at all!

We celebrated Ed and Uncle Josh's first official Father's Day together over lunch. Sophie made her Dad a photo book filled with pictures of her and and her dad. Sophie also got her dad a massage, because she thought he might need a bit of relaxing...given the constant go go go of his daughter! It was a great day to celebrate Sophie being dedicated and Ed being a fantastic dad. Sophie loves her dad so much!

I caved.......and there's no turning back

Today Sophie had her first bites of Macaroni & Cheese. We had decided to hold off with foods like this as long as possible as we wanted Sophie to eat only organic healthy foods. However, with her ears bothering her so much, she's barely been eating. So today, I fed her macaroni & cheese, and let me tell you, I have never seen her get so excited about eating and have never seen her eat so fast. Can I withhold this from her any longer????

Such a big girl!

We went hiking this past weekend and put Sophie in the Big Girl hiker backpack. She loved being so high up...I think she likes the idea of being carried around like a Princess.

An athlete in the making......

The Date That Wasn't

Last night, armed with a babysitter and plans for date night, we left Sophie with the babysitter and headed out to a movie. About an hour into the movie we received a call from the babysitter telling us Sophie would not go to sleep, we could hear her screaming and doing sad cry in the background. So, date night ended quite quickly....she was so sad when we got home, her little sad eyes and only wanting mom, it could just break your heart.....is this the start of separation anxiety????

Day at the San Diego Wild Animal Park

On Saturday we took Sophie to the Wild Animal Park in San Diego. At 10 months old she didn't really grasp the concept of animals, but Ed and I had a really great time walking around and taking the tram to look out over the park. Sophie did seem to enjoy riding in the tram, or least grabbing and trying to eat the metal bar. She is such a good natured baby, we lugged her around all day in her stroller and she was still so happy.

Peek a boo

This is my first attempt at making a video on our digital camera and then uploading it to the blog. Sophie has just started to take part in our peek a boo game.

No Stopping Her Now!!!

Sophie has been an official crawler for almost two weeks now. When she first started crawling, forwards that is, she was a bit apprehensive about it and not getting very far. Then she got a really bad cold/cough which lead us to the pediatricians office only to find out she has a double ear infection! Needless to say, we weren't to busy chasing her around....yet! One dose of antibiotics and she is feeling much better and becoming quite the crawler. She's discovered the stairs, outlets ( yes we baby proofed but how do you babyproof the plugs that are plugged into the walls already?) the entertainment center and also now knows that she can crawl from the living room to her room and find even more toys to play with.....let the fun begin!

Fiesta Hermosa

On Memorial Day, we packed Sophie up and made our way over to Fiesta Hermosa, a street festival held every year. There was some really great food and some equally good shopping. Sophie loved to look at all the action around her. I think her time in the baby bijorn is coming to end....carrying her around isn't easy as it used to be.

On the move

Sophie has finally started to crawl forwards. Gates here we come!!!
Sophie's learned that she can get food in her mouth a lot faster if she does it herself. Yay for starting to learn how to feed herself.

Isabelle's Baptism

Our niece Isabelle was baptized Sunday. Ed and I are her godparents and feel very blessed to play such an important role in her life.

Mother's Day

This is how Sophie was sleeping when I went in to check on her last night. It's amazing how she can sleep with both legs in the air.

Busy Sunday Afternoon

No, we are not watching the playoffs
Clearly not napping....
Let me out!
Helping Daddy baby proof the bathroom

Cleaning Out the Garage

Sophie was a big help with cleaning out the garage...to make room for all of her toys!

Day at the Beach