Cookie Monster

This is the face of a girl who has just mastered one of the greatest words on the face of the planet.....COOKIE.
After dinner on Friday, Sofia looks at the pantry, points her little finger and as clear as a bell says "cookie". I think she is figuring out just how powerful words can be. Mum and Dad now clearly understand what she needs. However, with this almighty, all powerful word under her belt she probably doesn't need a whole hell of a lot more.

Jeevesa Hearts Froggie

Even Jeeves has to confess that it is okay to have a little person living in his house when she leaves such snuggly critters lying around to cuddle up with.

Who is it?

I am not sure which of Sofia's mates was on the other end of this call, but apparently they had something very funny to tell her. And yes.....that would be her father giving her the rabbit ears. This is going to be a real challenge trying to raise Sofia and Clyde together :-)

two words in one block

The words are a coming thick and fast now. Sofia got two new words in one trip around the block tonight. We stepped outside the door to take a walk around the block and she picked up a stick, showed it to me and said "Stick". Where did that come from?

Then at the end of the walk she ran up to our neighbour's door to see her dog - or something like that ;-) The dog's name is Precious and she had her own version of Precious that was pretty damn close.

Other recent favourites.....Pasta, Truck, Wow, Sit and Cool.

TOO CUTE!!

It's Official

One year to the day that we stepped into the United States with Sofia, we appeared in court this morning for Sofia's re-adoption in the state of California. Basically what this means is that Sofia will receive a birth certificate from California (still showing Guatemala as her place of birth) and her name has officially been changed from Veronica to Sofia.

The judge was super nice. She wanted to make sure that we had read all the fine print and understood that we must give Sof everything she asks for ;-) And, Sofia was pretty well behaved as well. Now, we are almost done with the paperwork although it could take up to a year to receive this new birth certificate. Once we have that in our hands, we can officially change her name on her SS card and passport and put all of the paperwork away for good. What a relief that will be!!

Grandma and Grandpa came along and joined in the celebration and we all enjoyed a wonderful brunch together.

Family Weekend

This weekend we celebrated our first year together as a family. We decided that we would forego any kind of chores or housekeeping and do all of our favourite things together (and yes, my house is still showing the after effects of that decision).

We started the day Saturday with a bicycle ride to Fairy Tale Town. Sofia wore the same dress she wore a year ago to the Embassy in Guatemala only now it is a super cute top.


We checked out all of the animals.....the donkey and the pigs were the big hits this time.


She was also pretty taken with some big dude in Sherwood Forest.


And we slid down the rabbit hole over and over and over again.


We went and rode the carousel at the mall.




We tripped down the Delta to pick up some wine (okay, so this stop was for Mummy and Daddy) but Sofia did get to run around and around in the beautiful grounds and play in the fountain.



All of this fun was just too much for the girlie to handle and at 6:30pm last night she was begging to go to bed. Not even her new bus jammies helped.

Sweet, Sweet, Sofia

One year ago today, Clyde and I were blessed with the most wonderful gift of all. Our sweet baby Sofia was placed in our arms forever. Here is just a snippet of the joy this beautiful girl has brought us. Enjoy!

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Sof in the City with Gramps

This last weekend we headed back to San Francisco to catch up with Grandpa who was in town for a couple of days. We spent the night and as usual our photos seem to revolve around eating.

Sofia did just about blow a gasket with the sheer number of buses she saw. And then the restaurant we ate at happened to have a bus stop right outside which was just too much for one little girl to handle.


Feeding her lab and feeding her Dad. Sofia likes to make sure that everyone has plenty to eat.


BUS!!! Sof and Grandpa spy the bus at the same time.


Phew.....Mummy still has a pulse after Sofia spills a glass of red wine down her new white shirt.


Hiding in the bushes waiting for the next unsuspecting bus to be pointed and yelled at.


Mmmmmmmm.....Tiramisu.


Breakfast at Moe's and sharing a Jamba with Grandpa.

Tea Party

Sofia and Clyde had themselves a little tea party the other morning. Clyde showed Sof how he could drink his "tea" without hands and not to be outdone Sof showed her Dad that she too could drink "tea" with no hands.

Jeevezilla

Ahhhh...look how sweet. Jeeves sitting keeping Sofia company while she eats her dinner. But, turn your back for one second......


It's especially bad when cheese or yoghurt are involved!!