Sonora is 5 months

Sonora turned 5 months on March 23rd and we wanted to update you on a few of her new "tricks". Sonora turned over from her stomach to her back for the first time last week and has done it quite a bit since then. She also started eating rice cereal and is doing pretty good at keeping it down! She is always giggling and smiling and now can actually give great welcome home responses to us when we see her. She loves her exersaucer, Baby Einstein & Wiggles videos, and her walker (which she walks around the whole house in). She has grown so much in the last 5 months and we look forward to many more exciting things to come!

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day was special for two reasons: it was Grandpa El's birthday and it was Sonora's first St. Patrick's Day!! We had a little photo shoot to show off her "Irish" spirit (roughly 40 pictures) and here is just a sample. :)

Sonora & the birthday boy

The dress was a gift from Aunt Nancy and the socks were a gift from Lynn (Nancy's neighbor & friend). Sonora says thank you - she loves dressing up!

Sonora wants to have some ice cream already! Grandpa did give her just a little and she thought it was cold!!

Birthday Party

We celebrated Haley & Carter's birthday at Me 'N Ed's. Haley turned 17 on March 12th and Carter was 10 on Sunday.

Trenton

Carter and his cousin, Josh

Sonora is so happy to be partying!

Rice Cereal!

We attempted giving Sonora her first solid food last Sunday and it was a success! She took the rice cereal with wonderment but swallowed and accepted more! She's quite the trooper!

Blossom Trail

On March 7th, we went on the Blossom Trail for the first time in our lives. We started in Kingsburg and made our way through the outskirts of Reedley, Orange Cove, Sanger, and Selma . It was a perfect day...sunny and mostly clear and the blossoms were out in full force. It was beautiful!

We learned that white blossoms are plums, almonds, and apples.

And pink blossoms were peaches and nectarines.

We had to stop for lunch in Sanger at the local famous "Chuckwagon"...home of the chili dog.

The Reedley Mountain

Sonora at 4 months

Here are some random pictures of Sonora at 4 months. She's becoming quite the beauty...

and strong...

and funny...


and serious...

and talented...

and cool...

and sleepy...

and social!

As you can see, we love our Sonora and think she's the best!!

Caught on video...

We got a Flip Video for Christmas from my (Steve's) parents and have used it some. We finally downloaded them onto our PC this evening and just have to share a video of Sonora's latest development. Now, we were so excited when she started doing this just a few days ago simply because it is something different that she had never done before. She either just began to copy us or developed it on her own... either way, she has really caught on and has soaked the front of most of what she's worn ever since. It is a messy talent... but her parents are so proud! ;-)