Well, I found a corner in my grandparents family room where I can get the internet and post a few pictures. I want to eventually catch up with everything since this is basically a journal for me, so we'll just start where I left off. Sonja's birthday!
I still can't believe she is one. Although she is beginning to assert her one-year-old opinions (especially when she is hungry!) she is such a sweet and happy little girl. Seriously, this girl DOES NOT STOP SMILING. I hope that continues her whole life. That smile just melts my heart. She is walking pretty exclusively now, so that makes life more interesting. We jokingly call her the tornado as she usually enters the room and grabs things off a table, opens and closes cabinets, presses buttons and doesn't spend much time sitting still! She also usually goes straight for a remote control or cell phone if she can reach them. She does have her cuddly moments as well and will put her head on your shoulder if you ask her for a snuggle. Its really sweet. She loves to eat and often turns her face away (there are those opinions!) when we try to feed her, so she's gotten pretty good with a spoon on her own. We have spent a lot of time cleaning her hands though as she often ends up sticking them in whatever she is eating. Gwen was never really this messy, so I guess we'll have to get used to it! Its fun seeing how different the girls are from each other and interesting to see how much we are learning about Gwen too in finding those differences. Sonja just isn't as calm as Gwen was :) Can't wait to see how those differences play out as they grow.
Anyway, on to the birthday shin digs.
On her actual birthday she had a little cupcake after dinner. She couldn't wait to dig in.
And a few days later, we had a small family party. I thought her cake turned out looking like a huge donut.
These next pictures are sort of dark, but when everyone started singing, Sonja just watched everyone with a huge smile. She loved it.
And then her interest turned quickly back to the cake :)
And then she got to dig in. I just love the classic one-year-old eating her first cake pictures.
And she got a birthday crown as a present, I couldn't believe she kept it on as long as she did. I thought it was funny how her ears stuck out!
We just love our sweet little Sonja Begonia!!!!
