What's New with Sofia

Now that Sofia is officially a toddler, she is certainly keeping us on our toes. Yes she has some of the Terrible 2's....she likes to assert her independence (a lot). She is also teething again, her eye teeth are finally coming in (the bottom two first) but she has been waking up a lot in the middle of the night. Which is a total bummer on many levels, that she is in pain, but since Gabby sleeps through the night, it means we still have to get up :p She also hasn't been digging naps lately...she will rarely fall asleep until she's been in her crib for an hour and most of the time she is hooting and hollering to get out. I still think she needs the nap because she gets super cranky without it, but it's a challenge.
Some of her favorite things to do are - play with her baby dolls, make pretend food, pretend to be a princess, swing and play outside in her playhouse, watch Dora, read books, and hug & kiss Mommy, Daddy & Gabby.
She still loves food but only specific things, and she doesn't ask for milk as much as she used to. She sits at the table with us now, in a booster chair, which she likes a lot. She has a Dora placemat.
She is super smart, she is already starting to speak in sentences some of the time. The other day she pointed to something and said "Look Mama, see up there" instead of "Look. There." She knows words to several songs, she knows some numbers and ABCs, she learned her middle name so she says Sofia Bella. She also knows my name is Heather and Daddy is Nelson. (I have a video of her saying this - it's classic, I'll have to post it soon)
Ever since her birthday she thinks it's her birthday every day. Today is Benjamin's birthday and I tried to tell her that and she said "no - happy birthday to Sofi!"
We are starting to potty train. She has gone several times at home and at daycare. She gets to pick a special sticker and put it on her potty chart when she goes. Last night she woke up at 5am and went peepee on the potty so as much as I didn't want to get up, I was glad. She gets very excited when she goes and says "I did it!" and "I want sticker!" She points to the stickers from past days, and says "I did it!" and gives high fives. We are taking it slow but she is showing some progress.
She still loves swim class, she is almost ready for the next class up. We are still talking about putting her in gymnastics this summer.
She is just an energetic, happy and fun little girl and we adore her so much!!
Update 5-1-11: Sofia just learned how to open doors including the one to the garage from her playroom - time to install an upper lock! There's no containing her now. Also her third eye tooth is coming in (upper right) so she's still been waking up at night. Ugh!

Pretty Princess

Trying Grandma Sara's empanadas

Sitting in Gabby's Bumbo