Sofia 5-month pictures

Yes, yes, I know these are late.  I know that Sofia's going to be 6 months in a week...sorry but I hope you enjoy these anyway! ;)

Josh with Sofia :)

 Sofia & I

Sofia getting ready for her first solid food experience.  She was staring very intently at the box of rice cereal...

 Yes, the above picture is at a different time than this one.  I was alone when I took the above one & then I had Josh take some pictures of her actually eating

 She's so happy to be on her belly!  She loves to do push-ups, too ;)

 This is a toy to help strengthen a baby's neck.  Josh's mom got this for Steven but he didn't really enjoy it a ton.  Sofia likes it pretty well.

 Steven did really enjoy spinning her around, though...



Steven's Birthday Pictures (amended)

Steven coloring his birthday crown at daycare

 Steven wearing his birthday crown.  Nice face ;)

Outside with all the kids

 The birthday trio (their birthdays are the 9th, 10th, & 11th)

Cupcake time!

Here is Steven at the bowling alley for his birthday

Josh & his pretty dang good bowling stance.  He's WAY better than me!

Steven watching Josh bowl

Josh helping Steven bowl with the ramp & bumpers.  They put the bumpers down when it wasn't Steven's turn...I was hoping to use them, too! ;)  (The sad thing is, I'm really not joking...)

Our final scores.  Steven didn't do too bad!  I've had worse scores as an adult...

Steven with his cousin, Anna, at his birthday party.  He was way more interested in playing with his cousins than anything else at the party....

...even this big pile of presents

Josh setting up Steven's basketball hoop

Steven's first experience with basketball.  I'm sure it won't be the last :)

...and in the hoop it goes!

Steven's first golfing lesson

Is it going to go in??

Super excited!

Opening his present from Aunt Lisa (my sister)

Steven loves his new book

Random Fun (amended)

Recently Steven has started to say his own name.  He says it "Ste-man" but close enough :)  I've also taught him his middle & last name.  He doesn't always say them but sometimes we'll be driving in the car & he'll say "Name: Ste-man James Pendleton [Pendleton is said very quickly & smashed together].  Job!"  I tell him "good job!" when he does something good so it's so cute to see him cheer for himself (he will also sometimes say "Yay!" after he does something).
Yesterday we were at Costco & Steven stopped to look at one of the people at the sample stands.  The gentleman said hi & Steven said, "Name: Ste-man".  It was so cute!  He's definitely becoming more aware & it's fun to watch.  Along those same lines, today after church we were walking in & he introduced himself to the neighbor's cat.  He bent down a little and said, "Hi. Name: Ste-man".  Oh, and when he says "Name" he points to his chest.  What a smart little boy :)
Steven also has discovered what noise a frog makes.  He'll randomly crouch down & hop like a frog while saying "Ribbit, ribbit!"
Steven is really into TV, especially Dora & Diego.  If we let him, he would want to watch it all day.  So a few weeks ago I decided to put a limit on how much he watches.  We got an extra timer & told Steven that he can watch TV for an hour & then he needs to take a break for *at least* an hour.  He hardly ever actually sits down & watches the TV for an entire hour...if he does leave & take a break in the middle of his "TV hour", we'll stop the timer until he starts watching again.  Anyway, last Saturday, I was at my Chem lab so Josh was watching the kids.  Josh was feeding Sofia when he heard the timer go off.  Steven came running in & said, "Times up!  Times up, Daddy!"  Josh told him he needed to take a break now & go read a book or play with his puzzle or something like that.  Steven left the room & Joshcame into the kitchen a little bit later.  He heard the TV on & said, "Steven, you need to turn off the TV".  He didn't hear any reply & so he walked into the living room to see what was going on.  He didn't see Steven & so he started looking for him.  Josh found Steven in his bed, asleep, with this blanket pulled up around him.  He has never done that before!  Apparently he decided that taking a nap would be the best way to spend his break.  It was around his nap time, & he slept for 2+ hours, so it worked out great!  What a funny kid :)

More Steven pictures

Steven hiding behind the curtain. I think his little feet sticking out are so cute :)

 Steven playing with Sofia; they have matching expressions!

 Sofia looks like she's trying to eat Steven...

 Steven playing at a park nearby.  Yeah...it was probably 90+ degrees outside & Steven chose all on his own to wear that hot outfit... (notice his bright red cheeks)

 Slide-climbing pro!

The weekend after Steven's birthday, our condo association put on a little fair for the kids. They had games & the kids could win tickets to redeem for prizes. In this one, you were supposed to get the ring around the octopi arms. Steven thought it would be better just to put the rings in the water :)

 Josh told Steven to put the ball in the cup.  So he did.

 Steven has recently discovered pockets.  He was filling them with his tickets. It was so cute to watch him pull up his shirt to put his tickets in his pocket :)

 Steven playing with the t-ball set he got for his birthday

...more pictures to come! :)

Sofia's 5 Months!

Yesterday was Sofia's 5-month mark. It's a little weird to me that she's still so young. It seems like she's been in our family forever.  She's such a happy baby & is so fun to be around.  A few updates:
-Yesterday she got her first tooth!  The one right next to it is about to pop through & it'll probably be out today. I didn't even notice that she was teething until I saw the tooth yesterday.  She was a little cranky the night before but nothing too crazy.  Steven teethed really well, too, & I'm excited that Sofia's following the same trend (so far).
-She's a little rolling pro!  We definitely can't leave her somewhere for more than a second.  Steven didn't start rolling around like that until after he was 5 months & Sofia's been doing it for a little while.  Not that that's a big deal but maybe that means she'll crawl sooner?  I'm not sure I want that to happen...
-She still loves playing with her feet & if she's not rolling around, she'll be playing with her toes.  It's amazing how flexible she is!
-She is quite the babbler.  She'll just lay there & make lots of noise. It's very cute. :)
-She loves attention!  She does not entertain herself well for very long.  She's incredibly cute so it's not usually a big deal ;)
-She loves her big brother & loves to play with him.  Fortunately, Steven loves her, too & loves playing with her.
I'll post pictures later :) 

Steven Pictures

These aren't all the pictures I'm planning on posting but this is me getting started.

This is Steven in a t-shirt Josh's parents brought him back from a cruise they went on last year. It was too big for him to wear for quite a while (it's still a little roomy) but now it's one of his favorite things to wear.  What a little goof-ball :)

Eating yummy blueberries

Steven helping me make cookies

We took Steven to the Gateway (an outdoor mall in downtown Salt Lake) where they have a water fountain for kids to play in.

He thought it was pretty cool

Apparently lying down was fun...

Steven playing with his cousin, Ethan, when they were over for dinner one night

Chillin' at the bar with their drinks ;)

Sofia, Josh, & Steven. This is actually a good picture of Josh! ;) And I love that Steven is sticking his tongue out :)