Teeth, baby proofing, and snow oh my!

Well its finally happened!!! Sophia has cut her first tooth. Its her bottom left one...and the one next to it isnt too far behind. She was biting on my finger yesterday and all of a sudden I felt ridges.....then it occurred to me....she cut her tooth!!! Yay! Gotta love being a mom....things like your baby getting their first teeth are sooooo exciting! I'll be great once she has a few more and start actually putting them to good use! Can't wait till the poke up a bit more...babies are soo cute with those two bottom teeth peeping out!

So we also got our home baby proofed last week by www.safety4toddlers.com/ Its the only company in our area that will come to your home and check out what could be a hazard and will sell you the products you need to either baby proof your home yourself or they can do it for you. We did both. It gets pretty expensive with labor as well as the parts to buy, so we decided to have them do the hard work like the gates and drawer latches etc, and we're going to do the things like burglar bars and finger guards for the doors and outlet cover changing. I learned a whole bunch of stuff though, it was crazy all the items they showed me for proof-age! Phew! Anyway, we're all ready for her to start moving around! She's close to creeping....I'll put her on her back on her play gym and before you know it shes turned 180 degrees or so and facing the other way lol! We also got her one of those walkers made by Chicco. She LOVES it!!! Man, can she move in that thing now too. It is sooo incredibly adorable seeing her walking around the home. Only works well if you've got plenty of hardwood floors for the walker to move on though. I really need to take a video of her and post it, its hilarious!

We got pictures done a few days ago with our Bellevue wedding photographer. It was fabulous and she did so well. It helps that our photographer has 2 daughters himself, so it was easy for him to work with a baby. We got the proofs back, but waiting on the disk so we can post some images. Lots turned out really well. I wanted them originally done for her turning 6 months, but he was booked up so they are more like 7 month photos. Im really trying to find a baby modeling company for her. Our photographer mentioned how great her demeanor was and that shes perfect for modeling and how much a jewel she is! Of course, I'm biased, but its always great hearing something like that from someone and even better when someone who photographs babys often is giving you that kind of feedback. So I contacted the Seattle modeling guild and am waiting for some kind of response as to who to go to. There are so many sketchy places doing "baby modeling" now a days that take your money promising work, but nothing ever comes of it. Dont really want that to happen to us, so hopefully we get some kind of legit information for what to do next with our little lady and if its really worth it. Dont want to stress out the poor child!

We're off to San Diego after Xmas....so it'll be nice to have a little bit of warmer weather at least! Today was Sophia's first time seeing snow! She was like, "ok, guys whats going on here, everything is white?!" She looked all inquisitive, it was really cute! Hopefully our driveway doesnt become too treacherous. I have my car parked at the top of it right now cause I need to sing tomorrow at church for a concert. Hope I can get outta here at 645 am. YUCK!

Anyway....Merry Christmas everyone...hope Santa is good to you and your little babies! =) Im done with shopping, hallelujah!