Tis the Season for Christmas Jammies

How cute are baby clothes? I mean seriously, footie jammies and sweet onesies with matching sweatpants, SO adorable! And lots of the clothes have little labels on the outside with little sayings like "Sweetheart" or "Cutie Pie" (just in case you forget how great your baby is, there is a label to remind you!) The holiday season brought so many blessings to our family, but one of my favorite things was the Christmas jammies Sophie Lou got to model. I leave you now with picture time.

Our little family

Sophie Lou and her Nana at church

3 months already!

Sweet Baby Sophie Lou,
I can't even begin to tell you how happy you make your Daddy and me. I just stare at you and giggle at how stinkin' cute you are.Your hair is getting more curly after your bath; when you are older I'll teach you my tricks to tame your curls. Sorry you got my hair love. You smile all the time, and you're staring to talk and tell us "stories" about your day and your life.We are figuring out that large groups of people stress you out; not taking after Mommy there, but once we are cozy at home with the 3 of us you are content :) You are just now outgrowing your 0-3 month clothes, and its time to move up to 3-6 months. Right on track! You are grasping toys and rattles now, and you love to stare at your hand. You also love mirrors; there's another baby to play with you!You are really good at sucking your thumb, and you almost prefer it to your paci now. I think you are just perfect and beautiful and I'm excited to give you little brothers and/or sisters to play with some day (not soon, but someday). Thanks for being my sweet baby!

Bumbo-rific!

I'm free! Well, just a little free. But I'll take it. My little love has found another place to hang out besides my arms: the all-powerful Bumbo chair! Before we had our little sugar dumplin' I took it upon myself to educate my husband on all things baby: don't put her to sleep on her tummy, burp her after she eats or she'll spit up on your sharp-looking polo, and the joys of both a Boppy and a Bumbo...which he still mixes up sometimes. She can finally hold her head up enough to chill out in the Bumbo and, like all things she does, she looks stinkin' adorable in it.


She does have a few factors working against her, first she hates being on her tummy, so I know her neck isn't as strong as it could be. I really do try to be a good mommy and put her on her
tummy at least once a day, but sometimes I can't stand to hear her cry on her tummy...its so pathetic! Second, she has chubby cheeks that rival the jowels of a bulldog, and I'm pretty sure they weigh her head down considerably. But now, big girl is doing great and I have my hands free to play Betty Crocker and domestically make cookies....let's be honest if you know me at all you know I don't make cookies. But I have hands free to EAT cookies. Mmmmmmmm :)

Lazy Saturday

Let's just be frank: I do love being a teacher. (Must keep telling myself that) Its fun most of the time, its nice to have summers free, and while testing sucks I'm changing the world one little life at a time, blah blah, blah. :) But I hate being away from my sweet baby girl. She's in great hands and is happy every day when I pick her up, but I just am addicted to her! I'd so much rather be snuggling her and playing with her and changing the diapers on her little chubby butt than dealing with kids calling each other "black head" and "fag-tard". Is fag-tard a new one that everyone is using, or do I have gifted, creative students? 10-years-olds are not cute and cuddly. The smell weird and are mean to each other. Sophie, on the other hand smells like baby and is never mean. She is just so sweet and chubby and yummy and I can't get enough of her.
I did cry less each day as the week progressed, and I'm getting used to spending 45 minutes of my day hiding in the library media closet to pump. Its actually kind of nice to be alone in peace and quiet :)

Here is the little darling modeling the latest fashions from California, courtesy of Aunt Carol and cousin Carrie (and Cate) Thank you guys for the wardrobe additions!

To wrap up our lazy Saturday, Sophie and I played photo shoot today, enjoy!

2 Months!

Growing so fast!! Sad day all around, I went back to work after 9 glorious weeks.....and I didn't care for it! It wasn't a bad day, I just would have rather been at home. But shout out to Abby, the best babysitter there is! My Baby Lou was happy when I picked her up, I could tell she had had a great day with Abby! Then we went for her checkup and shots....she looked right at me and made a face that said "Why Mommy?!? That HURTS!" But she was happy again by the time we got to the car. Sweet baby!!

Being Thankful

With Thanksgiving this week lots of people are posting on facebook things they are thankful for, and classrooms of kids will be making hand turkeys and writing about being thankful....thought I'd just write a few things that remind me how blessed I am!

* I'm thankful we have a house and a decent backyard for the doggies to run and play....and stay out of my hair :)

* I'm thankful to not have any student loans between Tim and I...thanks Mom and Dad for planning so far ahead for us!

* I'm thankful to have a job that I enjoy (most of the time) and that I was able to take 9 weeks leave to be with my sweet baby girl

* Speaking of her, I'm actually thankful for the dark circles under my eyes, the new array of stretch marks on my tummy, the shirts that smell like spit-up....because these things all mean that I have carried life, and that I have a beautiful, precious child of God that has been entrusted to me and Tim. We worked, prayed, cried, and waited for a year and half before becoming pregnant, and we finally have her! I know this is a short time compared to some others....MANY couples wait much, much longer, endure more loss, and have a tougher time.....I'm thankful God's timing is always better than mine.

* I'm thankful we have great daycare for Little Sophie Lou

* I'm thankful for Premier Designs, and knowing that in a few short years it will be my full time job along with being a Mommy

* I'm thankful for my sweet husband and the father that he is becoming. He works so hard to be better every day, and I love him.

* I'm so thankful for this happy, chubby, healthy munchkin

Smart Baby

Just so cute, that is all!

Daddy learns what a "blowout" really is!

I should feel a little sympathetic, I should have offered condolences, but all I did was laugh and laugh and laugh.....

So, Tim stayed home today to have one more family day before I go back to work (awww, he rocks). We sat and watched Sophie smile, listened to her talk to us (I don't want to brag, but our advanced 2-month old daughter does say "ahhhh"). After that, Mommy got baby-less Wal-Mart time.

Now, I hate Wal-Mart, but I hate it less when I can get in and get out, so Sophie stayed home with Daddy. I came home 45 minutes later to the tail end of a massive diaper change, a REALLY happy baby, and a yucked out hubby. All he told me was "I had to double bag the diaper, and I used like 10 wipes to clear her; it was up to her arm pits!"

I laughed.....a lot! I don't see a stay-at-home daddy in our future, and I think we are both OK with that :) He is such a super dad, I'm not sure anyone has loved his little girl more than this guy.

Coming to an end

Today starts my last week home with my sweet baby girl. I told her that and this is what she thought about it

I agree :(

Tribute to Tummy Time

Little girl has pretty awesome head control and neck strength, which is impressive because she pretty much hates being on her tummy so far. She would chill out on her back all day if I didn't love her enough to care if she got a flat head from it. Just a small collection of a few rare moments she was pleasant enough for pics......enjoy!

Growing too fast....

Oh my goodness I can not believe I almost have a two-month old sweet baby girl! She used to be so small!


Now she's all fatty thighs and cheeks and I just want to eat her up! She is beyond perfect, I just STARE at her sweet face all day! And the laundry sits...and I don't care! :) Sophie Lou still has all of her wavy brown hair, and recently started smiling. Not little gas smiles, but big take-over-her-face smiles.



Her daddy and I just melt. She's also started cooing and making sounds....sometimes in response to what we say. We have to take her in next Monday for her two-month check-up and.....dun dun DUNNNN....her first shots :( It'll be harder for me than for her I'm sure. Until then I'll just give her extra love and cuddles :)