Trying to calm Sofia. Turns out she just needed a little nap with Mommy. We went to Hemswell Antiques today and she napped in the car. I carried her around in the Baby Björn while we were browsing. Tom and I didn't find anything worth buying today.
Saturday 26 January 2008
Sofia and Mommy
Thursday 24 January 2008
Mmmm, hands!
Sofia is three months old today!
Isn't she cute in her little jeans, pink sweater and pink shoes?
Monday 21 January 2008
Daddy with sleepy Sofia
Sofia didn't have a proper nap today. We drove down to Goole to drop off some documents for Tom to send off and I expected her to sleep in the car on the way home but instead she just looked around. When we came home she ate and then took a late afternoon nap. She was down for the count. I couldn't let her go without a bath again tonight so we had to just give her some time to wake up. Last night she was so tired and cranky that I didn't give her one like I should have.
Tom went to bed, I fed and bathed Sofia. Bathtime went well tonight. Sofia didn't cry while getting her ready to get in the bath which doesn't happen often. She smiled quite a bit in the tub, too. I did upset her when I washed her hair with cradle cap shampoo because I had to lift her out to rinse off her head. I put her back in to calm down again before getting her out to dress her. Everything went well until I had to put her onesie over her head then she lost it. I finished dressing her and then combed her hair. We sat in the rocking chair and I wrapped her up and within 5 minutes she was off to sleep for the night!
An hour later I am still up...so off I go now for bedtime.
Friday 18 January 2008
Ever so pretty in my Next dress
This pretty dress was a gift from Wendy and Rebecca. We visited Pauline today and she wore her pretty dress.
Thursday 17 January 2008
12 Weeks Today
Sofia is 12 Weeks old today. Here she is in a cute little outfit that Ian and Christine Byers gave her. (I used to work with Ian.)
Monday 14 January 2008
Good Morning!
Good Morning!
Sofia has quickly grown from her newborn clothes right through her 0-3 clothes. Today I put a 3-6 month sleeper on because the one she was wearing was a bit tight. The arms are just a bit long and the legs just a hair long, but it fits better than I imagined it would. I think over the next week or two we will have to break out all of the 3-6 month clothes, right on time for when she turns three months.
She continues to find her hands. She is nearly constantly opening and closing them as well as feeling one hand with the other. She is also starting to grab things, not just bat at them.
The past couple of weeks she was back to anywhere from 2-4 hours at night after she teased me with 5 and 6 hour stretches of sleep. Things are starting to turn around again. I have had a couple of 4 and 5 hour stretches between feeds at night. Of course, I came down with some sort of sickness this weekend that gave me a sore throat and runny nose. It is extra hard to wake up when you are sick!
We are all anticipating our trip to the US in a couple of weeks. It will be Sofia's first airplane trip and our first as parents. Let's hope she takes to this flying business! We will be visiting Tom's parents in Charlotte, Jason and Kari in Minneapolis, Erin/Jim/Scott/Nicole/Others in Kansas City and then to Grand Forks to see the Laumbs and my family. Tom will fly home from Grand Forks and I will stay for a couple of extra weeks before heading home. On our way home we will stop in Minneapolis to stay with Faith for the weekend which allows us to fly directly to Amsterdam and then Humberside without having to do the Grand Forks flight that day, too.
Hope you are all having a great new year. I am off now, Sofia is falling back asleep and I need some rest to get over and fight this sickness before it gets any worse.
Sofia this morning:
Sofia has quickly grown from her newborn clothes right through her 0-3 clothes. Today I put a 3-6 month sleeper on because the one she was wearing was a bit tight. The arms are just a bit long and the legs just a hair long, but it fits better than I imagined it would. I think over the next week or two we will have to break out all of the 3-6 month clothes, right on time for when she turns three months.
She continues to find her hands. She is nearly constantly opening and closing them as well as feeling one hand with the other. She is also starting to grab things, not just bat at them.
The past couple of weeks she was back to anywhere from 2-4 hours at night after she teased me with 5 and 6 hour stretches of sleep. Things are starting to turn around again. I have had a couple of 4 and 5 hour stretches between feeds at night. Of course, I came down with some sort of sickness this weekend that gave me a sore throat and runny nose. It is extra hard to wake up when you are sick!
We are all anticipating our trip to the US in a couple of weeks. It will be Sofia's first airplane trip and our first as parents. Let's hope she takes to this flying business! We will be visiting Tom's parents in Charlotte, Jason and Kari in Minneapolis, Erin/Jim/Scott/Nicole/Others in Kansas City and then to Grand Forks to see the Laumbs and my family. Tom will fly home from Grand Forks and I will stay for a couple of extra weeks before heading home. On our way home we will stop in Minneapolis to stay with Faith for the weekend which allows us to fly directly to Amsterdam and then Humberside without having to do the Grand Forks flight that day, too.
Hope you are all having a great new year. I am off now, Sofia is falling back asleep and I need some rest to get over and fight this sickness before it gets any worse.
Sofia this morning:
Wednesday 9 January 2008
Sofia licking and sucking on her hand
Sofia is really finding her hands now. She likes to chew on her fist and her fingers but not yet suck her thumb. She is also starting to lick things: my arm, any fabric like blankets and burp cloths, etc. I took a short video of her...
Thursday 3 January 2008
Snowy Back Garden
It has been snowing for ages, I need to go take another shot to see what has accumulated. yay for snow!!
Wednesday 2 January 2008
Sofia Update
Happy New Year!
Tom, Sofia and I had a quiet Christmas this year. Since Sofia is completely oblivious to Christmas celebrations we decided not to do a Christmas tree or anything else this year. She really enjoyed staring at James and Corrina's Christmas tree next door so I think she will like to have one next year.
The three of us spent New Year's Eve next door with James, Corrina and Hannah. All of us managed to stay up until midnight to ring in the New Year (well, Sofia was dozing off, but the rest of us made it). We had wine and snacks and then topped it off with a glass of champagne before going home.
Sofia had her first immunizations this morning. Tom took the day off of work today so we all went together. She did really well with the shots she got, one in each thigh. She screamed each time she was poked, but quickly went back to sleep when it was all over. She probably did better than most adults! She has been sleeping most of the day today. We decided to go to the Outlet Mall shopping which was a big mistake because it is discount shopping time and there were hoardes of people there. When we got home Sofia needed to eat since she hadn't eaten much at all today. I think she was having tummy troubles since she hadn't pooed since Monday morning. Thankfully she finally went after she got done eating and I was doubly thankful that she didn't go in her carseat because it would have been a mess. While she was eating she was whimpering and moaning so I gave her baby Paracetamol and she is now sound asleep on my chest. Poor thing! I hope she is feeling better and sleeps ok tonight.
Sorry, I forgot to take photos of her immunizations. I had the camera with us, too!
Tom, Sofia and I had a quiet Christmas this year. Since Sofia is completely oblivious to Christmas celebrations we decided not to do a Christmas tree or anything else this year. She really enjoyed staring at James and Corrina's Christmas tree next door so I think she will like to have one next year.
The three of us spent New Year's Eve next door with James, Corrina and Hannah. All of us managed to stay up until midnight to ring in the New Year (well, Sofia was dozing off, but the rest of us made it). We had wine and snacks and then topped it off with a glass of champagne before going home.
Sofia had her first immunizations this morning. Tom took the day off of work today so we all went together. She did really well with the shots she got, one in each thigh. She screamed each time she was poked, but quickly went back to sleep when it was all over. She probably did better than most adults! She has been sleeping most of the day today. We decided to go to the Outlet Mall shopping which was a big mistake because it is discount shopping time and there were hoardes of people there. When we got home Sofia needed to eat since she hadn't eaten much at all today. I think she was having tummy troubles since she hadn't pooed since Monday morning. Thankfully she finally went after she got done eating and I was doubly thankful that she didn't go in her carseat because it would have been a mess. While she was eating she was whimpering and moaning so I gave her baby Paracetamol and she is now sound asleep on my chest. Poor thing! I hope she is feeling better and sleeps ok tonight.
Sorry, I forgot to take photos of her immunizations. I had the camera with us, too!
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