Almost 5 months old - Finally getting around to posting

You'd think with Daddy Dave beginning his 12 weeks of parental leave, he'd have time to make a few blog post entries. You and he would both be wrong. After much delay, I am finally posting the pix that Mommy Michele promised last time. Apologies for the delay.

There were a couple of quick anecdotes I wanted to share.
Sophia's First Word
After deciding she has finally mastered Klingon - I verified her annunciation with the Klingon Language Institute, Sophia decided to try on something new. I am proud to announce Sophia's first word: "Galarraga". Who knew she was a fan of the former Braves first baseman.
(In case you are still wondering, yes that's a joke. But say that name with your best baby voice out loud - come on, you know you want to. See, easy to hear how I think she said it.)

Daddy Dave Begins Parental Leave
So it's true, I have started my official leave. Those of you following me on facebook and twitter already knew that, I suppose. Today is the first day of my second week. The 3 of us had all last week off together. It was great. We relaxed and had a nice stacation.
Michele is now back to work. As much as she doesn't like being away from Sophia, she is also happy to be back at work. She likes her work and enjoys the people she works with. Being only a 1 1/2 minute drive (sorry, Larry) from home also means she can come home quickly if she wants.

Peter and Abuela (maternal grandmother) came down
Daddy Dave's brother Peter made the trip to Morrisville to ostensibly run in the Morrisville 5K. That didn't happen. Instead, they attended a photography class. Dave needs to learn to use his sweet Canon EOS Rebel Xsi that Mommy Michele got him for his birthday. (Most of the pix on this post were taken with that camera.)
To make us feel better, we did some trail riding the next day at Lake Crabtree park. I was surprised that Peter had never been "mountain" trail riding. Lake Crabtree is not much of a mountain, though Loop 6 can kick my... sorry, family blog.

Sophia kinda starts on solid foods
Sophia was given the clear by her pediatrician to start rice cereal. Our pediatrician should have told Sophia that. As you'll see in one of the videos below, Sophia wasn't exactly chomping at the bit to (a) start eating non-liquids and (b) eat from this new fangled thing called a spoon. She likes the nipple just fine, thank you very much. (Again, family blog, so keepin' the entendres to a minimum.)

First ever visit to her day care
Today, Sophia took her first ever visit to her daycare. She will be going to Primrose Schools. We can't wait for her to start because you see, one mortgage is not enough. :( Seriously though, we are very happy with our choice and know she'll be happy there. Ironically, we met a nice lady named Sylvia who is from Spain. She was very excited to meet me because she said that she had yet to meet anyone in this area from Spain. I guess I'll just have to do.

We know we are lucky, but when we heard that one of Sophia's future classmates comes in from Pittsboro every day? D*&M!! For you non-locals. (Sorry again, Larry.)

Pictures (94 of them)
(If you want to see the photos individually and not in a Flash slideshow, here's the album.) You may want to go there also if you want more control of the slideshow. If you want to start the slide show below again, you'll need to refresh this page and scroll down to see the sldes again.


Videos

Mommy Michele making Sophia Laugh (45 seconds) Note that Mommy Michele was the one holding the camera, so not only is it artistic, it is impressive.


Solid Foods. Kinda. (2:39 in length)


Mommy Michele Making Sophia chuckle some more (1:01 in length)
(if you listen, you can here abuela, cousin michele, and cousin travis in the background.)