half a year

I cannot believe that our little Sophie is 6 months old. She turned 6 months last Thursday, but had her check up today. She is now 17lbs, 11oz and 27.25 inches long, whoa! A lady in the waiting room had a 12 month old and Sophie was as tall as her, she is going to be so tall! She isn't crawling yet, but she tries very hard to do so. She does roll around a lot though, we have to keep a close eye on her, it's going to be crazy when she does start to crawl. The doctor said that it seems like Sophie will be learning to crawl and walk on the same day! I don't know about that, but when I try to put her on all fours, she just stands up. She's so funny!

Sophie has developed quite the squeal, usually it is just because she is happy or excited, but sometimes it's in anger, which I don't like. She is starting to recognize people and reaches out to grab your face and give you a "kiss" now. She has the biggest smile and is so happy, I love that!

Sophie has tried lots of new foods and has only really liked her oatmeal, green beans and peaches. We'll keep trying things until she does like them though! :)

Baby It's Cold Outside...

We've seemed to go from Summer to about 2 weeks of Fall straight into Winter. We saw our first snow on October 1st. It wasn't much to talk about, but it was snow! I'm not sure I'm ready for snow yet. Luckily Sophie is prepared and looking pretty darn cute, if I do say so myself!

Shots, Cereal and Teeth....Sophie at 4 months

On Thursday after Sophie and I picked Travis up at the airport we had to take her to the doctor for her 4 month check up, whoa! She is now 13lbs, 5oz and 25 inches long. She is still low in weight for her age, but they attribute that to her being so tall. She had to get 2 shots which isn't very fun, but she handles them pretty well, although the second seemed to make her very mad. They tell us to watch her as if she were a six month old because she moves so much. The doctor also said that she can already tell that Sophie is very independent. I knew that by how she moves and when I hold her, she already will try to get down. I always ask her where she thinks she is going, I mean she can't even crawl yet! The doctor said that we can start introducing solids to Sophie. So we started that on Saturday. She didn't really respond one way or another, but did have a hard time keeping things in her mouth. We will try again in a week. She did look like such a big girl sitting in her high chair though.

On Wednesday, I discovered that Sophie has had a tooth break through! She really hasn't had any symptoms of teeth coming in and has taken it very well. Our little girl is growing up so fast!

little things in life...

Babies change so fast and it is amazing how quickly they learn and discover things. Sophie truly amazes me and she just brings so much joy to our lives. One of my new favorite things is going into her room in the morning and getting her out of her crib. When she sees me her whole face lights up and she smiles so big and gets so excited she can hardly stand it. She has her arms and legs just a going until I pick her up. It's so great to see someone get so excited about the little things in life.

Speaking of getting excited about little things, she has discovered her feet and now try's to get them a lot. It's so cute. This in turn leads to her grabbing her feet and rolling over to one side. She is so funny. She also rolled over from her back to her stomach for the first time on her own yesterday at her daddy's office. She has rolled over before, but they have always just been flukes, but yesterday was for real and it was so exciting, to me anyways. So our baby girl is growing up so fast and she is so much fun!

3 months

One day after we got back from North Carolina, Sophie turned 3 months old.  She has changed so much and is growing like a weed!  She is up to 9lbs, 9oz and is so long she needs to be in 3-6 month outfits.  She is now sleeping in her crib like a big girl and has started eating formula because she is just growing so fast!  Yesterday she had to have 6oz, wow!  She might catch up with her cousin Duke soon.  

She was amazing flying, it didn't even phase her, she just slept basically the whole time.  We had a great time in North Carolina seeing all of our family and Sophie was great.   She talks so much and smiles at everyone.  The doctor is really pleased with how she is doing.

2 months old

Sophie is now 2 months old, we were at camp when she turned 2 months old, so that's why this is a little late.  She had her 2 month appointment today though and she is now 8lbs, 3oz and 23.75 inches long.  She has mainly only grown in length and we have to work on getting some weight on her.  Fortunately, I don't have to supplement her with formula, which I am very thankful for.  She got four vaccinations today, 3 shots and one oral.  It was so hard to watch her get shots, but she was great.  The doctor said that we have to watch Sophie as if she were a six month old because of how she moves around so much.  She is very strong.  She was great with the doctor and cooed and just looked at her while she was checking her out.  The whole ordeal wore her out though and she has been resting a lot today.

She was amazing at camp and I hope she does well next week when we travel home to NC.  Travis took her swimming and she even went under!!!!  She seemed to like it, which is good.  Sophie is so happy when she wakes up in the mornings, very smiley.  She also likes it when I say things about her daddy, I think she must like the way the word daddy sounds.  She is amazing and I love her so much.

Working...

I've been helping out at my old job lately because  of people being gone for vacation and other things.  Sophie is so great and and just sleeps most of the time.  It's nice to get out of the house every once in a while, but I definitely don't want my old job back!