Sophia is in a Photo Contest!! She has the chance to win $2000 towards her education or other prizes.
You can access the voting gallery by clicking this link http://photocontest.babystages.ca/en/vote/vote.php and search for her photo by this number 140345.
If you have not voted yet you will have to put in your email address, then verify the email in your inbox. This prevents cheating and keeps the contest fair. You can only vote 1x per day, so keep this link handy. Feel free to pass along to anyone as Sophia has some catching up to do.
For those of you that are voting daily - THANK YOU!!!!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
What we've been up to...
The past few weeks seemed to have flown by... I can't believe that April is almost here! Life is sooo busy!
A couple of weeks ago Adrian found out that he got a new position with MTS... Field Survey Tech. He's got 2 weeks of training then he's on his own! Because he's the only one doing this position, he will be working mostly days which means he'll be home evenings and weekends! Wooohoooo... Yay Daddy!
Last weekend we went to Grand Forks with our friends Doug and Angela and their little girl Alex. We stayed at the CanadInn's Destination Grand Forks Hotel. The kids and Daddy's had a blast in the water park. Shopping was quite the experience with a 5 year old and a 5 month old. Anika wanted EVERYTHING and Sophia HATES her car seat and stroller - or anything that buckles her in. By the end of the trip, Mommy was glad that she got the super big bottle of Gin rather than the smaller bottle that you are allowed to bring across duty free!!
This week I started a fitness boot camp. For any of you who wonder what that is... its HELL. (well not really but pretty close). My girlfriend Wendy called me a couple weeks ago and was telling me that she was going to join and wondered if I wanted to. I talked to Adrian and he said "sure if you want... or you could use that money and go to the spa for a full day!" Well the spa isn't going to help get me in shape so I decided to join. For anyone that is interested their webiste is www.sfbootcamps.com . Hell, I mean Boot Camp is 3x per week for 4 weeks. Its at 5:30 am. So if I thought I wasn't get much sleep before... I'm getting less now 3 days a week!! LOL - yes I'm a sucker for punishment! So I've got 2 classes under my belt and even tho my body is super sore, I feel fantastic when I'm done. Only 10 classes to go!!
Anika had a great Easter. The Easter Bunny visited us at the hotel and brought her Squackin' McCaw and some other goodies. Mommy and Daddy found Anika a couple of Hannah Montana t-shirts which she LOVED! If I'd let her wear them every day she would! When we got home, the Easter Bunny had left her an easter basket full of crafts, a new Webkinz, and chocolate eggs. She was sooo concerned that the Easter Bunny would skip her all together because we were going to be in the States! Next week is Spring Break. I've got to start looking around to see what kinds of things Anika, Sophia and I can do. Maybe a trip to the Forks, Children's Museum or even the Museum of Man and Nature would be fun!
Sophia turned 5 months old on Saturday. She's changing so much and is growing up so fast. She is rolling from back to belly and is sitting unassisted now. She gets so excited when her Daddy and Big Sister come in the room and will turn to look to see where their voice is if she can't see them!
These are a few pictures from Easter at Grandma's...
A couple of weeks ago Adrian found out that he got a new position with MTS... Field Survey Tech. He's got 2 weeks of training then he's on his own! Because he's the only one doing this position, he will be working mostly days which means he'll be home evenings and weekends! Wooohoooo... Yay Daddy!
Last weekend we went to Grand Forks with our friends Doug and Angela and their little girl Alex. We stayed at the CanadInn's Destination Grand Forks Hotel. The kids and Daddy's had a blast in the water park. Shopping was quite the experience with a 5 year old and a 5 month old. Anika wanted EVERYTHING and Sophia HATES her car seat and stroller - or anything that buckles her in. By the end of the trip, Mommy was glad that she got the super big bottle of Gin rather than the smaller bottle that you are allowed to bring across duty free!!
This week I started a fitness boot camp. For any of you who wonder what that is... its HELL. (well not really but pretty close). My girlfriend Wendy called me a couple weeks ago and was telling me that she was going to join and wondered if I wanted to. I talked to Adrian and he said "sure if you want... or you could use that money and go to the spa for a full day!" Well the spa isn't going to help get me in shape so I decided to join. For anyone that is interested their webiste is www.sfbootcamps.com . Hell, I mean Boot Camp is 3x per week for 4 weeks. Its at 5:30 am. So if I thought I wasn't get much sleep before... I'm getting less now 3 days a week!! LOL - yes I'm a sucker for punishment! So I've got 2 classes under my belt and even tho my body is super sore, I feel fantastic when I'm done. Only 10 classes to go!!
Anika had a great Easter. The Easter Bunny visited us at the hotel and brought her Squackin' McCaw and some other goodies. Mommy and Daddy found Anika a couple of Hannah Montana t-shirts which she LOVED! If I'd let her wear them every day she would! When we got home, the Easter Bunny had left her an easter basket full of crafts, a new Webkinz, and chocolate eggs. She was sooo concerned that the Easter Bunny would skip her all together because we were going to be in the States! Next week is Spring Break. I've got to start looking around to see what kinds of things Anika, Sophia and I can do. Maybe a trip to the Forks, Children's Museum or even the Museum of Man and Nature would be fun!
Sophia turned 5 months old on Saturday. She's changing so much and is growing up so fast. She is rolling from back to belly and is sitting unassisted now. She gets so excited when her Daddy and Big Sister come in the room and will turn to look to see where their voice is if she can't see them!
These are a few pictures from Easter at Grandma's...
Monday, March 10, 2008
Sophia's 4 month appointment....
Drum roll please.............................................
Sophia weighs 16lbs 1oz
Sophia is 26" long
both are in the 90% for her age... she's doing wonderfully... big thighs and all! She had 2 needles, and just like last time the first one didn't bother her a bit, but the 2nd one made her bottom lip come out and she let out a good cry.
She is being refered to Dr. Becker - an allergist because of the shellfish problem. We aren't sure if he will take her so young. We might have to wait until she is 18 months for her to be tested. In the mean time we are avoiding all fish and shellfish. Its hard because you don't realize how much you like something and miss it until you can't have it. I dream of sushi... almost nightly!
Here is a picture of her today... This is by far my favorite picture of her :)
Children's Museum
On Sunday, Angie, Caden, Livia, Jack, Anika, Sophia and I went to the Children's Museum.
The kids had a blast! Here are a few pictures!
(pictures to come... apparently I'm having a problem uploading them to blogger)
The kids had a blast! Here are a few pictures!
(pictures to come... apparently I'm having a problem uploading them to blogger)
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Sophia & Hailey
Sunday we popped by Shawn and Shirley so that the girls could meet Hailey. As excited as Anika was to find out she had a girl cousin that lived close by, when she saw how small she was, their dog was a little more fun! LOL...
Here's a picture of Sophia the Giant next to Iddy Biddy Hailey! Thankfully Sophia hasn't mastered the art of rolling over because she would have crushed little Hailey!
Monday, March 03, 2008
Sophia Laughing
After a zillion attempts of getting Sophia to laugh while the camera was running, we FINALLY got some footage!! Turn up your speakers, sit back and click here... its HILARIOUS!
I lost ANOTHER tooth!
On Thurday, February 28th, Gramma came over to babysit Sophia while Mommy went to do a big grocery shop while I was at school. Grampa came with Mommy to meet my bus. When I came in the house I showed Gramma my VERY VERY wiggly tooth! Gramma said "lemme see that tooth - how wiggly it is". So I let her wiggle it.... and she pulled it out!!!! AND... I didn't even know it!
So nearly a month after losing my first tooth in Mexico, I lost my second tooth. Gramma felt bad and gave me $5, and I guess my starring at Grampa with my bloody, toothy smile worked because he gave me $3... and the tooth fairy gave me $2. $10 total.. not bad for a tooth!
Here I am showing off my big space on the bottom :D
So nearly a month after losing my first tooth in Mexico, I lost my second tooth. Gramma felt bad and gave me $5, and I guess my starring at Grampa with my bloody, toothy smile worked because he gave me $3... and the tooth fairy gave me $2. $10 total.. not bad for a tooth!
Here I am showing off my big space on the bottom :D
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Happy March!
We are so glad to see February done! The weather was sooo cold, both Sophia and Mommy are sooo sick of being held hostage in the house. So we ordered up some nice weather, this past week and this weekend were beautiful. Sophia and I have started going for walks right after we put Anika on the school bus. We head home, grab the dogs and off we go. Its was sooo nice to see the sun out and get some fresh air! Now this week the weather is supposed to get cold again. I think I actually saw -29 on the weather channel for the end of the week. Bleh. Hopefully they are wrong and we can go back to having our walks - it does us and the dogs good.
Here are a couple of new pictures taken March 1st! By looking at the pictures, you'd think we have the baby that never smiles, but she's constantly is hamming it up until she sees the camera, then its "Serious Sophia". One new thing that she did this week was find her feet! Its definately a challenge for her to get her thick thighs up high enough to grab her toes but she has mastered it.
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