Update! Pictures! Large baby!

Sophie had a regularly-scheduled doctor's visit today, and she's now up to 19 lbs, 13 ozs, at the tender age of 5 months. The doctor said she's eating the right amount, so we're not overfeeding her or anything, she's just a big baby! Just like Mommy and Daddy were!

Here are a few pics to round out the post. (Click the images for bigger versions.)


Sophie has recently started grabbing her feet, and has been considering putting one of them in her mouth


Sophie and a fuzzy sheepskin


Holly reading Sophie a classic... "Pat the Bunny"


Cow in the headlights

Quick clarification

I've had a number of confused comments about the "Sophie's latest phase" post. Seems that people are under the impression that our daughter is sweetness and roses, and that "smacking" meant "giving little kisses". To set the record straight, "smacking" means, in fact, "winding up with a tiny fist and then letting a wild punch fly, attempting to do Daddy a serious injury, or at least knock his glasses off". When she starts giving little kisses, I'll do another post - if I'm still conscious.

Sophie's latest phase

This phase has just started gaining popularity in our house in the last few days, and I call it "wild smacking", or "smacking with gusto". Sophie's showing her affection (of her daddy, at least) by winding up and landing a giant smack right on daddy's forehead.

Bruises and KOs aside, it's a pretty fun phase. But aren't they all?

Long car ride zooms by

This being the weekend of the Fuoco/Vigna family gathering, we took Sophie on a road trip up to Shuswap Lake to meet about 6 million family members. The car ride up there was about 6 and a half hours, but it went pretty smoothly. (And so did the ride back.) Sophie let us know when she was hungry, and we stopped and fed her, but other than that, she travelled pretty darn well!



The trip itself was lots of fun - we got to see all sorts of family members, we got to participate in a bocce tournament, we got to eat like royalty, it was great. Thanks to all involved, we were really happy our family could be part of the gathering!

Sophie's first fireworks

Grandma Jan and Grandpa Ken came over for the weekend, and last night, we took Sophie to her first fireworks show. It was Vancouver's Celebration of Light, which featured China, Spain, and Canada. The judges decreed that Canada won, but we all know that Sophie is the only judge that matters, and here were her thoughts. Intro: Sophie slept through it. Spain: Sophie woke up, and stared at the fireworks without moving for the whole ten minutes. We all agreed, it was very engaging! Canada: Sophie stared at a tree. It was good, but if you'd rather stare at a tree, it probably could have been better. China: Sophie slept through it, even though it was pretty good. And the grand finale was excellent, as one might hope it would be, but I think Sophie slept through that, too. In conclusion, I stand by Sophie's judgement, I think Spain did a great job.

In other news, Sophie is more vocal these days, doing more than just the usual jaw-flapping yelling - she's taking care to shape her sounds more carefully, enunciating her "awooglorr" very well. Good job, little one!

A bunch of pictures

It seems like a while since I posted much up here, so I thought I'd make up for it with a schwack of pictures. Click them to see them big! Enjoy!


A big smile and a punny onesie.


She's starting to understand how some Broadlands prefer to have their picture taken. You can't really see it, but that's an attempt at bunny ears behind her head there.


Just a darn sweet pic!


Sophie and Daddy at Andy and Mia's wedding at Queen Elizabeth Park.


Sophie and Daddy hanging out in the Queen E gardens.


Sophie and Daddy by the Queen E fountain.


And sometimes, you just have to put a pair of pants on your baby's head. They sure won't let you do this when they're teenagers, unless of course, that happens to be the style at the time.

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Sophie spent a good part of today trying her best to roll from her back to her front. She succeeded three or four times, but not without a little help from mommy or daddy. She was doing well, turning onto her left side and twisting her hips sideways, but she just couldn't finish the job by herself. I think the fact that her left arm was sticking straight forward on the mattress may have something to do with it. Anyway, this development means we'll have to keep a close eye on our little girl, she's ready to roll!