10 month love bug

My lil Smoosh!!! How are you two months away from one year!?!?! I love watching you grow right before my eyes. You have such a beautiful personality. You are passionate, emotional and wear your hear on your sleeve. I have even seen a little bit of a hot temperament now n then. You know exactly what you want and let me know it! You also like to talk, especially first thing in the morning. I can tell you get frustrated because you can't yeat speak words. My favorite thing is nursing you and listening to your sweet laugh. When you nurse, you look up into my eyes and twirl my hair, rub my chest or rub the mole on my chest. It's my absolute favorite thing you do!

You are walking EVERYwhere and can now stand from sitting. You prefer walking over crawling.

Sophia Loves:

Watching baby Einstein first thing in the morning, chasing Gigi, grocery shopping and siting in the cart looking at all the different colors, watching the cars and kids go by past our front window.

I haven't blogged for a long time. There isn't really a reason to it, i just didn't feel like blogging I guess. But I'm back yay :)

6 month love bug

Wow, my lil' Smoosh is 1/2 a year old! When I look back to the day we brought her home up until now, I am overwhelmed with emotions! From anxiety and new challenges to the incredible depth of Love I now know, she has changed our little family for the better in so many ways.

Sophia is CRAWLING, backwards that is :) So who knows when she will figure out she is supposed to go forward :) She is also holding herself up on the couch, crib and anything taller than her. She LOVES and I mean LOVES to bounce. She will bounce in her johnny jumper for an hour straight. However, her favorite way to bounce is when someone is holding her--which gives you an intense tri-cep workout.

No solids yet, but we were given a high chair a few weeks ago, and she loves to sit in it and be part of the ''party'' when we eat meals. I also put her in it while I'm cooking in the kitchen. When she is ready to get out of it, she lets you know!

We also go on a daily walk--usually around the neighborhoor. There are some killer hills, so I'm getting my workout too! It seems like just the other day when she would fuss and cry when I took her on walks, but now she really enjoys them. I think she loves the fresh air, the smells, and watching her dog Zeus lead the way. The walks put her to sleep almost every time, so now I try to plan out my walks when its nap time.

Her new favorite toy that makes plenty of fun noises

That's what I call a chunky knee

One of her new favorite faces: doscovering that tongue of hers

My happy girl

Getting into everything she can

Gotta love this shirt!

Attack of the car seat.

Sweet life

I don't know what's cuter???? The leggings, the ''snugs'' or the chunky thighs :)

photo shoot gone crank...

Thought I would ad this part of the 5 month photo shoot....she's not always happy as a clam. :)

5 month love bug

Lil' Sophia is the perfect fit to our family! We adore her in more ways than we could have ever imagined.

Sophia Loves:

smiling at everyone...whether it's her nana, daddy or a complete stranger. If you look at her and smile or make noise. she will giggle and smile back with those precious lil' dimples she has. She loves bath/shower time. Playing with her piano. Going shopping with mama and looking at all the lights and different colors. Being tickeld. When daddy throws her in the air and catches her. kisses on her belly. being outside. listening to herself scream--yes, that is correct. 

Sophia doesn't so much love:

Being in her car seat while awake, this can be hit or miss. I try to plan out my errands right before she is going to fall asleep--this way as soon as I put her in the car, she passes out.

How I'm doing:

Still having to wear lovely nursing tanks with those lovely nursing pads at night. I leak like a leaking sink still :( Approximately 2 pounds away from ''pre baby'' weight, although I feel like I'm smaller than I was pre-baby because I believe I have lost some of my muscle :( I realized really early on that her crying REALLY bothers me. I'm sure no one likes the sound of a crying baby. but I honestly cannot stand it. Other babies crying doesn't bother me one bit, just mine. 

What I've been up too......from Sophia

My fav sun dress n hat

With Mommy

My new favorite thing: my toes

Fell asleep in my carrier on my mom at Sand n the City

This is how I sleep in my basinet

Green Lake brunch with auntie Taryn

Green Lake brunch

Nana Kath

Sitting on my great grandpa's lap

4 month Love bug

Sophia in 3 words:

STRONG!-I think anyone that holds her agrees. She had been strong since day one and keeps getting stronger each day. I have to warn people that hold her for the first time because she will literally jump right out of your arms.

Coordinated-Her hands and eye coordination is a 10!

Precious-Of course I think she is the most precious baby in the world! She is so sweet in every way :)

Sophia Loves:

Laughing and watching her doggies. She loves bath/shower time. Smiling at people she loves and at strangers who smile at her. :) Grabbing anything and everything and putting in her mouth--or at least trying too. Going on walks and looking at the world. 

Sophia doesn't so much love:

Sitting on her ERGO carrier facing me. She wants to face the world so I borrowed a front facing carrier from Jen and she loves it! Loud voices. This is too bad because I always said from day one that I wanted to be used to loud voices because our ENTIRE family is loud....but she isn't just having it. Bottles--yep, we pretty much missed the boat on this one. I didn't know I was supposed to introduce her to one before 4 months :) So it looks like its my boob until she's done. 

Sophia's Stats:

-weighs 16 pounds or so (according to my scale)

-Wearing 6 month clothes

-Balding on her left side (because that's the side she sleeps on)

-Goes to bed at 9pm, wakes up between 7-9am...with a feeding or two now n then.

-She can almost sit up on her own for more than 10 seconds :)

-She can roll over back n forth and does so often

-She is a drooling machine.