Video Bomb

Just uploading videos of what we've been up to this last week. Mostly Sophie has mastered crawling with the speed of a torpedo, and has now moved on to pulling up on any and all furniture...and her crib....and my leg.....cruising is not far off for our big girl!

Disclaimer: please ignore the huge mess of baby things in the background, we hadn't cleaned up from playtime. My house is not usually this gross.



And just for kicks, a video of music time and one of her laugh attacks. Enjoy!





P.S how funny is that thing she does with her hands when she is *really* excited? so hilarious!

Little Miss Crawls-a-Lot

We. Are. In. Trouble! Sophie Lou is MOBILE and getting places! She will be 9 months old in about a week, and she is growing and changing every single day! She can get from one end of the room to the other really well, and constantly tries to be Porkchop's best friend...he's not that into being friends, but they're working on it. Coming soon: video!

Book Review

Little Lou Lou loves to read books. She also tends to chew on, throw, and hit books, but I can tell she enjoys playing with them! When we read at night she is catching on to "The end!" and always looks up at my face with a huge one-toothed smile. Some of our favorites are The Very Hungary Caterpillar, Gossie and Gertie, and Go Dog Go! Here is her latest review of the caterpillar book. :)

A Day in the Park

Ahhh, summertime is here! The end of the year was a tad hectic, but another school year is in the books and now my only concern is to take Sophie to the park, to swim with Sophie, to play with Sophie, and read my Kindle. Did I mention hang out with Sophie? We took a family walk to the park a few evenings ago, she loves the swing and slide (with Daddy, of course).

Spash-a-palooza 2011

Bath time is so.much.FUN! Lou Lou loves playing and splashing and getting her face wet. Sweet water baby! I can't wait to take her swimming this summer!

Jump up, jump up, and get DOWN!

Maybe its just because she's my kid, but this made me laugh and laugh and laugh!

Also, coming later this week, an in-depth book review of "Hungry Caterpillar" by Sophie Lou

Princess Cupcake

Greeting royal subjects,
I am Princess Cupcake, the princess of all that is Easter and all that is pink. I, along with my trust bunny friend, will rule with baby babbling and will provide cheerios for all. Until I'm tired and cranky and then I will let mommy take over ruling the kingdom. Being a princess is hard!

She almost gives me a cavity....how fluffy and girly and obnoxious is this dress? Eek!

The Easter bunny came and gave Sophie her first picture Bible, and some chocolate bunnies (for mommy, no?) and a new toy to chew on. Its so hard to imagine next year she will be able to look for eggs and eat ham and say "He is risen indeed!"

7 months looks good on our little Lou, still no teeth despite a month of teething. She loves food food food food food, and kicks her little feet and waves her arms when she sees the baby spoon. She also had her first cheerios this weekend, which she really likes! She sits on her own all of the time now, and even tries to crawl a little when she's on her tummy. She's getting the idea, slowly but surely.
She LOVES her babysitter, and is happy as a clam almost everyday I pick her up. As great as Abby is (and she is AMAZING by the way) I'm counting the days until school is out and I can hang with Sophie every day! We've got lots of summer plans, including going to the park, going swimming, visiting Nana, and spending time in intense prayer that someone will buy our house.

Maybe this week I will have some job news? Stay tuned, I will keep you in the loop.