Sosi and the laundry basket

Ohhhhh, Sonia.... Yesterday, she was like a little Energizer bunny. For the first time ever, she refused her morning nap. Girlfriend usually loves her morning snooze-- it's always her longest nap of the day, she goes to sleep with nary a fuss, and I use that time to shower. Yesterday, Sosini would have none of a morning nap. "Nap? You want me to nap? Naps are for fools!" Then, after a short 10 minute nap in the car on the way to Buy Buy Baby with JLo and Caitlin, Sister Sue took a short half hour nap at 2pm. Even though we have been exploring the realm of only two daily naps, we decided to try for a third nap, and The Great Sosini politely explained that she'd much rather work on crawling and talking than take a snooze. By "politely explained", I mean that she refused to sit still for a story and lullaby and would not stop clapping and babbling. By the end of the day, she had dark circles under her eyes!

Luckily, though, she was in a fantastic mood all day, and she went to sleep at 7pm with no fussing at all. Then, after waking up once at 8pm, she slept through the night until 6am. Hopefully today's naps will be better!

Enough about sleep! The title of this post promises a baby and a basket.... Check out all the fun Sonia has with her beloved laundry basket! Why do we bother buying her toys? I'm not quite sure....

Sonia and her BFF

Sonia just loves the pretty baby in the mirror.... She also loves clapping. Witness:



That child is cuckoo! Over the last few days, she has started babbling-- constantly. A typical "sentence" goes something like this: "Ba-ba-ba glug nuck ma-ma-ba glug!" I'm definitely going to have to get a video of it. The Great Sosini gets sillier and sillier every day!

I think I need boxhab

I can't stop putting my baby (and my cats) in boxes! As I type this, Sonia is still in the box, having a grand old time. She's in there with a bunch of toys, smacking the box flaps and making silly noises. Goofball!!






In other Sonia news, this morning, she slept in past 5:30am for the first time in almost a week. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with teething. ARGH!!!

We're going to need a bigger boat....

.... or at least some rain slickers. Girlfriend has discovered splashing! See the evidence of her newest obsession in the video below:



In other Sonia news, we went to a play date today, and she spent the entire time there flirting with a little boy who is about two or three weeks younger than her. She thought he was very funny, and she kept trying to grab his toys. And so it begins....

Sonia and her minions

Why, yes-- I do believe my mommy has a touch of OCD. Sometimes, she organizes my toys for no particular reason. Why do you ask?

Shake it up, baby!

It kind of looks like Sonia is dancing in this picture.... She was showing off her beautiful new outfit from Ryan and Brittany, and she was so excited that she was going a bit cuckoo.


Sosini has been so funny lately.... She's trying soooooo hard to crawl. I see her gain more and more control over her movements every day-- the changes are amazing. The cats better start watching their backs-- Sonia will be able to chasing after them any day now!

A fun place to take your little monkey

Whoever came up with the idea to combine a coffee shop and an indoor children's play area deserves a medal. Sonia and I both think that Little Monkey Bizness in Western Springs is awesome! We met up there with our play group yesterday and hilarity, of course, ensued.