Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Sophie Update!

I'll get the pictures out of the way first :)




Sophie is on the move! She's now mobile! She rolls and rolls and rolls! She loves it and knows how to get to anything now :) It's pretty fun, except for when she tries to roll when you're changing her diaper!

Speaking of diapers. Holy Smokes. We go through A LOT! I went to my mom's for 11 days. I only brought 10 diapers for the day of travelling cause I knew she had bought a box of 284 from Costco. We went through ALL those and had to go buy a box of 36 the day before I left! That's like a diaper an hour! And not even that cause she sleeps about 1o-12 hours a night! I do change her diaper a lot though. My mom said she changed our diapers very often so we weren't used to being wet. By the time it came to potty training, we trained in about a week cause we didn't like being wet. Maybe one day all these diapers will pay off! :)

Sophie also loves her room and sleeping in her crib. She slept good at my moms (my mom had a whole room with a crib set up for her!) but slept a lot better once we got home. She has actually slept in her nursery since the day we brought her home. She sleeps the best on her tummy and sleeps SO long! The only problem with her sleeping 10 hours a night is that sometimes she wakes up covered in pee! And lately, she doesn't even wake up crying! Cory and I will be laying in bed waiting for her to wake up and we'll just hear her cooing, giggling, and gabbering on! We'll go in and she'll be on her back just talking away to her pink flowers on her ceiling. She's so cute.

Anyway... getting back on track, last week she found her feet! She thinks they are pretty amazing and grabs on to them all the time!

Also, Our doctor thinks she teething. You can see little white buds under her gums. She constantly slobbers and gnaws on ANYTHING! I'm sure they won't come in for a few months, though (hopefully!).

She is liking solid food. She really likes sweet potatoes and does not like applesauce. She thinks it's very sour!

The best thing lately is being able to put her down for a nap or bedtime awake and she falls asleep on her own. I love that she can just pop her thumb in her mouth and fall right to sleep. Sometimes she wants to be held :) But for the most part, she's getting used to it.

And lastly, we are having a 6 month old birthday party in July! My parents are coming for it :) And you're invited too!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Solid Foods...

Are a lot messier than bottles! But sweet potatoes are sure yummy!

Sorry she looks like a little orphan in this picture! But she sure gets messy eating!


Also, we got a new TV! It's a 60" and Sophie thinks its a-MA-zing! The tools are larger than life!!

I spy with my little eye... a little Sophie!


4 Month Check-up!

At Sophie's appointment she was 14.4 oz and 25" long. And her head grew a whole inch since she was 2 months old :)

However, she is sick again :( The doctor said we might have to buy a nebulizer for her. Boo.

Also, I had the best mother's day. I had to work until 2 but when I got home Sophie took a 3 1/2 hour nap! So I sat out on the deck in the sun reading my book while Cory made dinner. We grilled steaks, had a yummy pasta salad (Cory homemade!), and a whole bunch of other stuff :) A few weeks ago Sophie and I went to Indiana, when we came home Cory surprised me with a patio table that I have REALLY wanted! The middle has 3 inserts, one for a firepit, one for soda's and ice, and one a flat surface to make it a whole table... I hope that makes sense. Here's a picture of it...

So, we were able to eat our dinner on the new table for the first time! We even started a fire in it when it got dark and chilly. I also got some great gifts! I got one from Sophie and one from Cory :) I got a super cute card from Soph too! Cory had to help her write it, but he put the pen in her hand so she could sign it (seriously!) ....


This is her gift...

Cory went to Hobby Lobby and got a hand molding kit! He did it all by himself and painted it too! I like how he even painted her bracelet!

Cory also got me something I have REALLY wanted! A stereo! I'm not a huge fan of watching tv (although I do love watching movies) but I like to have the house a bit noisy during the day :) Don't think it's super loud, though! I just don't like it to be so quiet that it has to be silent for Sophie to sleep. I think I've got her pretty used to noise cause I can vacuum her room while she's asleep! So here is the stereo from Cory :) And he also wrote me a VERY nice card. He is such a wonderful husband. I sure got lucky with him. I love my little family :)

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Some Recent Pictures of Soph

Her 4 month checkup is on Monday. I hate that this happy girl has to get shots :(







I tried to take a picture of her on my bed... I took this picture.... looked down at my camera for a few seconds...

And this is how she was! Oopsie :)






My Sweet Baby

...is 4 months old!

And coincidentally, I ran into her first nurse at Walmart tonight! I said, "You were her first nurse and you gave her her first bath!" I tried to be kind even though she was the one who made Sophie go to the NICU... Just kidding :) Good thing she realized Soph was sick so we could get her all better.

Anyway, I love this video :) I could listen to this girl giggle all day! Here she is with my mom...


My Little Lamby

Hates being burped!

Miss Sophie must be burped half way through her bottle. If we do it any other way, she pukes it all up. So after 2.5 oz we take the bottle out like so...



...and this little girl goes bonkers. I mean, she acts like she was hit in the face! And I'm not exaggerating, it's like this EVERY time! She even gets a lamby shrill (think Casey James from American Idol). It's so sad but at the same time funny cause of how instantly she starts crying! She even frowns :(

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Going to Indiana

We went to Indiana for 11 days! It was so much fun seeing my parents! I figured out she has seen my parents almost 10 weeks out of the 16 she's been alive... and they live 1500 miles away :) The pictures aren't the best quality cause I forgot my memory card for my camera at home! But I'll get some from my mom soon :)

This little girl must be sucking on something at ALL times! Everyone says I won't like having a thumb sucker... but as of right now I'm loving it! She can do without a binky and can always get herself right back to sleep. It's great :)



In her overalls on my parents' farm.
With Grandma :)
In her bumbo with her new sunglasses :)
We pooped her out running errands all day! She fell asleep at Kohls so we layed her in the cart!


I need to get some pictures of her and my dad on her. She just loves him. She loves sucking on his fingers and loves the sound of his voice. My dad has a REALLY deep voice so whenever he starts talking she looks around the room for him! It's so cute :)