Sophia's Grandpa John stayed with us this weekend. He was in town to attend a Willamette University Board of Trustees meeting and instead of going back and forth to Portland each day; he spent Friday and Saturday night with us. My mom’s friend Brenda stayed with her. It was quite a treat for all three of us to have him visit and Sophia seemed quite fascinated by him. Granted, for these few days, he has been the most interesting and strange member of the household, so who can blame her?
Today we tried to go to a farm that has all kinds of fun fall activities, corn and hay mazes, a hay ride, a pumpkin patch and other things. Unfortunately, by the time we got there it was pouring and we decided not to wander around outside. We did take the opportunity to pose for a few pictures in their gift shop and buy fresh corn to have for lunch. At least Sophia is too young to be heartbroken by the change of plans. But the ride to and from the farm was fun for Sophia since with my father here, she got to have someone ride in the back seat with her and she loves to have company back there.
I don't think we reported on Sophia's six-month doctor's visit which was held on Tuesday. She had all of her vaccinations and weighted in at 18 lbs 13 oz. She is 27 3/4 in tall with a head circumference of 17 inches. She remains slightly above the 90 percentile, the same place she has been since birth, which is one of the things doctors look for. They don't want to see dramatic decreases in percentile position. She is quite healthy, but we think she may have a skin allergy to apples. Her six month visit was a little late because the doctor wanted to wait until she was over her ear infection.
Lately we have noticed a tendency for Sophia to create what we are calling a "blast zone" of toys around her: whatever toys she is playing with end up spread in about a circle just beyond arms' reach. It certainly increases the mess around here!Things continue to go about on schedule for her. She really loves eating her finger foods, but we've only got her on the veggie puffs so far. Today we gave her some mashed potatoes. She seemed to like the taste but have a hard time with the thickness. She isn't crawling yet, but looks like she's about ready to sit up from lying flat on the floor. That will be a big step since one of the things she's doing a lot lately is falling over and bonking her head into things that are giving her bruises. It's awfully hard to see her with bruises on her face, but I guess we'll just have to get used to it as she gets more mobile.
