Sophia Rose – Fall 2011
Fall 2011, a set on Flickr.
Photos of Sophia from the fall of 2011, including photos featured in her “Fall 2011″ video.
blog update 092011
I haven’t posted a true blog update in I don’t know how long. If anything, this isn’t a real update. It’s just an excuse to write something on the blog. An excuse to write something more than 140 characters. An excuse to stay away from Facebook. An excuse to do something other than post a video or photo set or bitch about work (although I probably will do that as it is something I’m really itching to do).
I’ve also found that Posterous just isn’t working out for me. It originally was a central place to post easily from (a) my Android phone or (b) my iPod touch. It consisted of primarily photos and videos of Sophia. It was convenient to send to Posterous, where the site would automatically post to Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, etc. Earlier this year, I did away with hosting and mapped the tenyjr domain to Posterous. Then I found that all the videos posted on Posterous just bogged it down, preventing the home page from loading properly. At this point, I felt Posterous served its purpose. So I’m attempting a return to WordPress.
To keep things interesting, I will try to post daily. If I have nothing interesting or new to say, I will most likely post an image from the archives, similar to a photoblog I used to maintain years ago. This weekend, I hope to remap the tenyjr domain to point it here. I enjoy using the social networks and will continue to use them. But teny jr dot com is my home on the web, and I have creative control over it, something I feel I’ve been lacking lately.
If you choose to visit me, follow me, friend request me, +1 me, block me, hide me, or unfriend me, do what you please. But if you do decide to stick around, I hope you enjoy your stay.
Sophia – Summer 2011
Summer 2011, a set on Flickr.
Photos of Sophia over the summer (including those featured in her “Summertime Girl” video).
forward roll into standing position, take 2
forward roll into standing position, take 2 a video by Teny Jr on Flickr.
forward roll into standing position
forward roll into standing position a video by Teny Jr on Flickr.
backwards rotation/tummy roll
backwards rotation/tummy roll a video by Teny Jr on Flickr.
backwards roll
backwards roll a video by Teny Jr on Flickr.
course run
course run a video by Teny Jr on Flickr.
upside down
upside down a video by Teny Jr on Flickr.
on the phone
on the phone a video by Teny Jr on Flickr.
Sliding together
Sliding together a video by Teny Jr on Flickr.
Sophia – Summer 2010
I know, I know. I went all summer without posting updates or photos of our itty bitty princess Sophia. Life moves pretty fast, and I haven’t had time to stop and look around. So here’s the best I can come up with. These photos date back to her birthday in June and lead us right through the end of August. I have to note that these include shots taken by other family members (I went over a month of not using my camera). Enjoy! There will be another set coming soon of our recent visit to the Magic House in St Louis.
22 to 24 months
I’m so late with this. Life continues it’s crazy pace, and it’s a struggle to keep up. Lolo and Lola visited a couple of weeks ago, their first visit since June 2009. Sophia obviously didn’t remember them, but it didn’t take long for her to warm up to them. They were here to help celebrate Sophia’s 2nd birthday, and I don’t think Sophia would have it any other way. She’s shown them she knows her colors, looks for buses whenever she’s in the car, loves the Backyardigans, and can’t wait to go to Walt Disney World. She was sad by the time Lolo and Lola left, and each day since, she looks and asks for them. Fortunately, they’ll be visiting again along with Sophia’s cousin Jasmine later this summer.
Sophia's 1st trip to the zoo
Last Monday, both Christine and I were off, and it was a beautiful day. We decided to take advantage of the weather and took Sophia to the St. Louis Zoo. She enjoyed seeing the animals, talking about them and pointing them out to us. However, she didn’t want to have anything to do with touching the animals in the Children’s Zoo. Click the image above for the photo set. And below are two links to videos of Christine and Sophia visiting the goats.
16 to 17 months
Here is Sophia’s latest photo set (click on the image above). She is very active, walking, almost running. Sophia can identify things by pointing, and she knows what you’re talking about when you ask her something. She’s also quite the little worker bee; she’ll put things in the trash if you ask her to, and Grandma has her doing the floors in her kitchen. In these photos, you’ll see Sophia when she was in the ER with the flu, trying her hand at Beatles Rock Band, posing for the fall, and in her Halloween costume (despite not trick-or-treating this year).
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14 to 15 months (and then some)
Click on the image to see the latest of our little girl. Sophia’s doing well in the toddler room of her daycare. Her teachers say she talks a lot and plays hard. That probably explains the better nights we’ve been having at home, much so that she’s not relying on the bottle anymore. Sophia is a big Toy Story fan too (don’t think she can sit through the upcoming 3D double feature, though). I introduced this to her several weeks back, and I’ve seen it more times than I have collectively since it was released 14 years ago. Sophia waves “Hi” and “Bye” now (as opposed to opening and closing a fist). In fact, when we go places, she waves to everyone she sees. What a sweet girl!
12 to 13 months
So sorry that this is over 2 weeks late! The end of June and beginning of July found us entertaining my family from Connecticut, who were in town to celebrate Sophia’s 1st birthday. Then came a busy week back to work for Christine and I. Immediately following that was a family trip to Branson (Sophia’s first road trip). All in all, since the end of June, I had taken over 1300 photos, and it’s been a challenge to weed thru them, sort them, and upload them. Click on the image above to see Sophia’s latest photo set. More photo sets coming soon, including the Gateway Arch, Busch Stadium, the All-Star FanFest, and Branson – stay tuned!
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Christine and I were able to attend the ballgame Friday night (tickets courtesy of a friend). It was a very nice afternoon/evening. We had comfortable temps until the sun went down, the air became still, and the humidity creeped up. The seats were great, the food was expensive, and the atmosphere was fun. Cardinals were leading 2-0 when we decided to call it a night; they eventually won 5-0. Click the image above for the photo set.
8 to 9 months
It was 9 months ago today that Sophia was born. She’s certainly growing up fast! In the past month, she’s excelled in her crawling (she likes being chased). Sophia has also been talking up a storm, blowing raspberries, and nodding her head. She’s been saying her own variation of E-I-E-I-O (from “Old MacDonald”; hers is more like “aiyaiyaiyai”), and she’s just started saying “Mama” (although she doesn’t stop: “Mamamamamama…”). Click on the photo for her latest photo set.
7 to 8 months
Sophia turns 8 months old today! Baby girl is crawling forwards and can now pull herself up to stand! Click the photo above to see her in the past month. And to see her in action, click here.
update 120308
Have been tweaking the blog. Gone back (for the third time, or is it the fourth?) to the Cutline theme. This theme has always worked for me. It’s clean, simple, and I get a kick out of my random header images. I also cleaned up the sidebar a bit. Gone is the Digg news feed; instead it sits above the header image along with my other links (including a link to my shared items on Google Reader). Also, the Photos link no longer links to Flickr; I upgraded WordPress along with all plugins last Sunday (long overdue), and now my images are viewable once again on this site. You can still go to Flickr.com to see my photostream there as well.
5 to 6 months
Sophia turns 6 months old today! Click her image above to see her latest photo set.
