And we have a tooth!!!!!
I'm shouting this from the roof top because we have been waiting for this tooth to pop through for months!!!
Congratulations Sophia!! You FINALLY have one toofer!!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Sophia is 8 Months Old!!!
Time is flying by... EIGHT MONTHS OLD ALREADY??? WOW!!
Its been a few months since I have updated the blog... not because I don't want to but because I have a VERY VERY VERY busy baby on my hands. As I sit here on the sofa, she's standing here beside me hollering and pounding on the keyboard.... LOL. She's accomplished so much in the past few months.... well weeks really. We've gone from sitting quietly on her play mat, reaching for things and falling over, to being able to get her self to sitting position when she's laying on her belly - (YAY SOPHIA... because the days are over where she lays there so frustrated because she can't crawl and can't get herself back to sitting position), to commando crawling, to pulling herself to standing in the crib at Grandma's (did you lower the mattress yet??), pulling herself up on the furniture, to cruising along the sofa to the ottoman. She even tried to WALK... yes... at 7 1/2 months she had it in her brain that she could do what we do. To set the scene.... Adrian, Anika and myself were having lunch a few weekends ago and I looked over to Sophia who was playing in the family room. There she was happy as a clam standing at the ottoman in front of the love seat. Well.. she took a look at me then looked at her toy chest which is about a foot away, let go and attempted to go over to it!!! Needless to say that her brain and feet have not yet coordinated themselves and she tipped right over. I'm sure it will be a good couple of months before she's actually walking but she one determined girlie!! Sophia has started giving lovely open mouth kisses, she'll say MumMumMumMum when she's upset, and if you say Hi Sophia she will say "Hi". She has started to wave - not overly consistant but its coming, when you say Hi. She is still very much a Mama's girl. She doesn't want anything to do with a bottle, only will chew on the nipple for a few seconds but will take some water out of a sippy cup at meals. She's eating a good variety of food, toasted bagel, yogurt, fruit, veggies, meatballs, infant cereal, pasta, puffs, cheese and other stuff (just can't think of them)... all without any teeth!! We can't remember when Anika got her first tooth (she only had 2 at a year old), so it looks like Sophia is following suit. We are still working on Sophia sleeping through the night, but truthfully, I don't mind the cuddles we have during the night... she'll only be a baby for so long - RIGHT??? The only thing we aren't caring for is the fact that she is a VERY early riser. 5:30-6am, she will start poking at your eyelids, tugging at your lips, and pulling your hair. Adrian says he feels like a dead carcus on the highway and Sophia is the crow pecking at it. If she's awake... EVERYONE needs to be awake LOL. She has a fantastic schedule of napping in the morning at 8am-10am, then napping again around 12:30pm-2:30pm. Anika still proves to be the best big sister anyone could ask for. She is soooo helpful when Sophia fusses, or when Mommy needs to have a shower. Its often you'll see her sitting on the family floor playing with Sophia - teaching her things and scolding her when she's getting into something she shouldn't be. She's such a little mother... who would have though that the little girl who said she didn't want a brother or sister could be so loving and so happy to have a sister!
The girls had their pictures done together at the end of April...
Sophia had her 7 month picture done at the beginning of June (wearing the same dress Anika wore when she turned ONE!!)...
Anika is almost done school. We are starting the final week of Kindergarten! This school year has flowen by for me. I can't believe she's done and going into Grade One in a couple of months. She has grown up so much over the past year. (sniff sniff). Thursday she has her graduation (portfolio party). I will be sure to take lots and lots of pictures of it. She is sooo excited that its almost time to sing the songs they've been practicing, and dance the dances they have learned. It has been fantastic to be home with her everyday to be there for her when she gets on and off the bus. Its going to be hard to not be there for her everyday when I go back to work at the end of October.
On a sad note.... Anika and Sophia's Great Gramma passed away last Wednesday. I know that Anika will miss her dearly. She enjoyed going for visits even if it was to mainly see the goats. My girls brought so much happiness to my Gramma. I visited her a couple of weeks ago with Sophia and she wanted to hold her so badly, even though she was so weak. She even tried one of Sophia's veggie puffs and thought it was the most disgusting thing around. We'll miss you Gramma... hope you are enjoying your reunion with Dad and Grampa.... Hope your having a wonderful golf game up there and enjoying your wine spritzers! Hugs & Love... K
Well.. I should run. Anika will be busting down the door to go swimming in about 10 minutes. Summer is finally here!! The sound of the lawn mower going, birds chirpping, bbq's grilling are so wonderful. I hope this message finds everyone well.
My FIRST Pickle.... LOVED IT!!!
Learning to crawl
Does this walker make my thighs look fat?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE to have a bath in the kitchen sink
Out for Mommy's birthday...
My first time in a restaurant
now that I have a mind of my own!!!
My first dinner roll...
Thanks Grampa!
Auntie Danielle and Gramma REALLY want me to eat this bun....
Mommy's favorite girls (no I don't have implants!!!)
Cheeeeeeese!!!!!
Anika outside at the first bonfire of the summer with a mouth full of marshmallows... can you see it on my lips?
Showing off my new
Shirt and headband from Oma...
Thanks Oma!!
Its been a few months since I have updated the blog... not because I don't want to but because I have a VERY VERY VERY busy baby on my hands. As I sit here on the sofa, she's standing here beside me hollering and pounding on the keyboard.... LOL. She's accomplished so much in the past few months.... well weeks really. We've gone from sitting quietly on her play mat, reaching for things and falling over, to being able to get her self to sitting position when she's laying on her belly - (YAY SOPHIA... because the days are over where she lays there so frustrated because she can't crawl and can't get herself back to sitting position), to commando crawling, to pulling herself to standing in the crib at Grandma's (did you lower the mattress yet??), pulling herself up on the furniture, to cruising along the sofa to the ottoman. She even tried to WALK... yes... at 7 1/2 months she had it in her brain that she could do what we do. To set the scene.... Adrian, Anika and myself were having lunch a few weekends ago and I looked over to Sophia who was playing in the family room. There she was happy as a clam standing at the ottoman in front of the love seat. Well.. she took a look at me then looked at her toy chest which is about a foot away, let go and attempted to go over to it!!! Needless to say that her brain and feet have not yet coordinated themselves and she tipped right over. I'm sure it will be a good couple of months before she's actually walking but she one determined girlie!! Sophia has started giving lovely open mouth kisses, she'll say MumMumMumMum when she's upset, and if you say Hi Sophia she will say "Hi". She has started to wave - not overly consistant but its coming, when you say Hi. She is still very much a Mama's girl. She doesn't want anything to do with a bottle, only will chew on the nipple for a few seconds but will take some water out of a sippy cup at meals. She's eating a good variety of food, toasted bagel, yogurt, fruit, veggies, meatballs, infant cereal, pasta, puffs, cheese and other stuff (just can't think of them)... all without any teeth!! We can't remember when Anika got her first tooth (she only had 2 at a year old), so it looks like Sophia is following suit. We are still working on Sophia sleeping through the night, but truthfully, I don't mind the cuddles we have during the night... she'll only be a baby for so long - RIGHT??? The only thing we aren't caring for is the fact that she is a VERY early riser. 5:30-6am, she will start poking at your eyelids, tugging at your lips, and pulling your hair. Adrian says he feels like a dead carcus on the highway and Sophia is the crow pecking at it. If she's awake... EVERYONE needs to be awake LOL. She has a fantastic schedule of napping in the morning at 8am-10am, then napping again around 12:30pm-2:30pm. Anika still proves to be the best big sister anyone could ask for. She is soooo helpful when Sophia fusses, or when Mommy needs to have a shower. Its often you'll see her sitting on the family floor playing with Sophia - teaching her things and scolding her when she's getting into something she shouldn't be. She's such a little mother... who would have though that the little girl who said she didn't want a brother or sister could be so loving and so happy to have a sister!
The girls had their pictures done together at the end of April...
Sophia had her 7 month picture done at the beginning of June (wearing the same dress Anika wore when she turned ONE!!)...
Anika is almost done school. We are starting the final week of Kindergarten! This school year has flowen by for me. I can't believe she's done and going into Grade One in a couple of months. She has grown up so much over the past year. (sniff sniff). Thursday she has her graduation (portfolio party). I will be sure to take lots and lots of pictures of it. She is sooo excited that its almost time to sing the songs they've been practicing, and dance the dances they have learned. It has been fantastic to be home with her everyday to be there for her when she gets on and off the bus. Its going to be hard to not be there for her everyday when I go back to work at the end of October.
On a sad note.... Anika and Sophia's Great Gramma passed away last Wednesday. I know that Anika will miss her dearly. She enjoyed going for visits even if it was to mainly see the goats. My girls brought so much happiness to my Gramma. I visited her a couple of weeks ago with Sophia and she wanted to hold her so badly, even though she was so weak. She even tried one of Sophia's veggie puffs and thought it was the most disgusting thing around. We'll miss you Gramma... hope you are enjoying your reunion with Dad and Grampa.... Hope your having a wonderful golf game up there and enjoying your wine spritzers! Hugs & Love... K
Well.. I should run. Anika will be busting down the door to go swimming in about 10 minutes. Summer is finally here!! The sound of the lawn mower going, birds chirpping, bbq's grilling are so wonderful. I hope this message finds everyone well.
My FIRST Pickle.... LOVED IT!!!
Learning to crawl
Does this walker make my thighs look fat?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE to have a bath in the kitchen sink
Out for Mommy's birthday...
My first time in a restaurant
now that I have a mind of my own!!!
My first dinner roll...
Thanks Grampa!
Auntie Danielle and Gramma REALLY want me to eat this bun....
Mommy's favorite girls (no I don't have implants!!!)
Cheeeeeeese!!!!!
Anika outside at the first bonfire of the summer with a mouth full of marshmallows... can you see it on my lips?
Showing off my new
Shirt and headband from Oma...
Thanks Oma!!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Our Girls...
Thought it would be fun to post a pic of the girls at the same age - wearing the same thing... Do you think they look alike?? LOL
Anika 6 months
Anika 6 months
Sophia... 5 1/2 months
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Peas....
Sophia loves carrots, sweet potatoes, squash and bananas. She also loves her oatmeal and her rice cereal.... but she hates PEAS! I've tried mixing them in with other things and its a no go.
Here are a few pictures!
YUCK!
Cheese... I mean Peas!!!
I HATE peas... but LOVE the camera!!!
Sophia & The Allergist
Yesterday I took Sophia for her allergy appointment and she is allergy free! She was tested for Shrimp, Scallops, Mussels, Squid and Wheat. Dr. Roberts figures that the hives she had in Mexico were from a virus. Fantastic news for us!!
First EVER Spring Break with Anika
The first week of April 2008 marked itself as the "FIRST EVER SPRING BREAK" for Anika! As most of you know, Anika is a girl who insists on planning every moment of every waking hour of every day! She was sooo sad that her friends Garrett and Elizabeth weren't going to be around to play with... what on earth was she going to do?? The snow was almost gone but there is too much gravel on the road to ride her scooter or bike - we really didn't want a field trip to the Children's Hospital ER with a head injury so early in the season... the park was too wet, and its hard to swing with rubber boots on - they always fall off when she pumps her legs.
We started the week off with a play date at her friend Angela's house on Monday afternoon. She had a blast!
Tuesday Anika, Sophia and I met our friends Wendy, Connor and Liam at the Forks for lunch at the Pancake House then went and watched some children's entertainers and Anika and Connor had their face's painted.
Wednesday we went to Stay and Play which is a play group that Anika's friend Angela goes to and Anika has gone to a few times and loves it, then in the afternoon we went bowling with Wendy, Connor and Liam... and a few of their friends. It was so much fun... much different from bowling on the Wii... the balls are much heavier!
Thursday afternoon brought us to the Manitoba Museum (formally Museum of Man and Nature) with Angie, Caden, Livia and Jack. The kids had so much fun running around looking at everything there... I think Anika's highlight was going on the NonSuch (Sp??) and making her Canoe at the Voyageur Exhibit.
Friday's field trips brought us to the Library for story time with the Scary Fairy... I mean FairyTales with the Story Fairy. Anika had a great time and listening to the Fairy talk about her friends (lady bugs, frogs, ants, birds) and nature. Anika thought it would be great to let all the kids know (most of them were about 3 years old) that she saw 2 birds this week... but they were DEAD! I think I turned 40 shades of red. In the afternoon, we headed out and got Mommy's hair cut LOL
That was spring break! When I asked Anika if she had a great Spring Break her answer was "Oh yah Mom - it was awesome!"
Mission Accomplished!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Sophia's in a photo contest...
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!!!!
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!!!!
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.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Anika and Sophia would like to introduce....
Their first GIRL cousin ~ HAILEY ANNE, on Sunday, February 24th @ 2:30am!! She weighed in at 6lbs 2oz and measured 20"!!
Anika is soooo excited to finally have a girl cousin that lives close by!
Congratulations, Uncle Shawn and Auntie Shirley...
she's soooo cute!!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
4 MONTHS OLD!!
Wow... where is time going?? Sophia is FOUR MONTHS OLD!!
Everyone has asked what is new with Sophia, what is she doing now?? And she hadn't done anything UNTIL the day BEFORE she turned four months she rolled from her belly to her back. She probably would have done this much sooner, however I hadn't been giving her tummy time. No particular reason - just didn't want my baby to grow up too fast :( Now as soon as you put her on her belly she will flip right over unless something catches her eye. She is also starting to get her chubby little legs up under her belly and trying to push herself forward. Anika was crawling at 6 months... wonder if this one will as well???
Here are a few pictures of Sophia playing...
(click to enlarge)
On an Anika note - incase you are wondering why there hasn't been any photos of her... well she's been a little camera shy lately and doesn't ever want to get into the picture with her sisiter... hopefully soon Mommy can get a few of her and will post. Her 2nd wiggly tooth is holding on by a thread... should be coming out any day!!
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