out like a light

So I came up stairs to post a blog and then go on facebook to try and catch up on my emails. Sophia had been sleeping and joe was sitting next to her watching tv. I finally peeled myself away from the comp and went down stairs assuming they both be up watching tv and this is what I saw!

It is so easy to fall asleep with her!

No more tears

Sophia is doing so much better today~ she is just whinning! Last night she fell alseep pretty early and then woke up with a slight fever. :-( so we gave her some more tylenol and she ate some and then went back to bed. This morning she woke up and was doing pretty good from what I was told! I got to sleep in today!! She enjoyed her bath again this afternoon! And now she is sleeping she been sleeping for like 2 1/2 hours now. Hopefully she will be good tonight when i go into work.

After the doctors

Before the Doctors

So today was Sophias 2 month check~up along with shots! We all woke up dreading the time going by. I got Sophia dressed in such a cute little outfit and of course she was in a great smiley mood! So we got to the doctors and she was the talk of the office! We then went into the room and my stomach started turning! The nurse then weighed her she was 10.10 pounds! The last time she was weighed was two weeks after she was born and she was 7.11. She is in her 50 percentile and she is now 23.5 inches long lasttime she was 20.5 inches long. She is now in her 75 percentile and her head is 39 which is 50 percentile. The doctor said she is growing wonderfully. So then I broke out our list of questions and everything is normal! yes...joe her legs WILL straighten out!and she will not be bow legged!! I made sure she repeated that twice when we were in the office! So then came the time ughhh i grabbed some tissues just in case because whenthe nurse gave the oral vacc my eyes started to water because i saw her face and she had a sad face... then came the needles ohh geeze i never heard that kind of cry before. it was sooo loud and peircing sooo sad but i am proud of my self i didnt cry i just felt so sorry for her. before her shots i told her we were going to go shopping today and she was able to get an outfit or a toy! After we left she was still crying then we got come and she ate alittle and took a small nap. we then ventured off to babys r us and then five guys burgers and fries and then the mall. she was wonderful full of smiles and all and then on our way home she slept alittle and the it was crying from then on. once we got home i gave her the infants tylenol and she passed out. she just woke up after an hour or so nap. alittle upset but i think she was just hungry too. it looks so sad bandaids on each leg! aww today and tomorrow is her day... well heck everyday is her day! i'm just glad i already had off tonight from work!

Time for work

Well, I am finished getting ready for my first real day! I hope it's busy, but it's monday so we'll see! after seeing these two lay there and watch tv it makes me want to lay down with them.

too tired to fall asleep!

So I brought Sophia up stairs with me so I can update her baby book that I always put off! I put her in her chair and put soom toons on and she went out like a light! Once she fell asleep I figured I now had some time that I could come on here and download some of the pictures I took this afternoon. I was about to go take a picture of her sleeping soundly in her chair, but this is what I was saw! Her stretching and watching tv! I guess she was just resting her eyes earlier! I know she is tired...she didn't sleep all morning/afternoon.

Not wanting to take her nap!

Once I put her clothes back on and walked her around she started acting like she was going to fall asleep for her nap...that didn't happen! Everytime we put her down her eyes pop back open!

Bare naked!

Sophias just enjoying the fact that she has no clothes or diaper on!

New Job or should I say my second new JOB!!

So being a parent is a job. That sounds pretty harsh, but you know what I am mean! It's a job I love to death. So anyways I got another job and I finshed my training today...thank goodness! Tomorrow I start on my own and I can not wait. You will all have to come visit me! So last night I had training again and again when I got home hoping to see Sophia sleeping she has decided to wake up! Joe says its because she hears my voice and that she had been sleeping the whole night before I got home! I was normally the one to put her to sleep at night so the two of them are just going to have to get used to the swing of things! Since I worked earlier today I'll be able to put her to bed tonight.
I am still one of those parents! I think everyone and their grandmothers know I have a baby!!! LOL
Alreighty well, I just wanted to post something, but I am going to go cuddle with my love bug on the sofa before its time for bed!

I am turning out to be one of those!

Yes, I have to admit. I had a feeling this was going to happen... I have become one of those mothers/people!! The kind that tend to talk about their kids way to much! So last night I started training. I am so glad it is right around the corner literally! Since the weather was gorgeous out Joe and Sophia walked me to work! It actually made it a lot easier for me to leave the house knowing that I still had some time with her. Even though she was more interested in the trees and sounds then walking mommy to work! So once we got there I said my goodbyes and be goods and I walked in, excited and a bit sadden. I wasn't even in the door 5 min and I was already texting asking what Sophia was doing!! So after waiting for the manager I sat down with a another lady who was training and we started filling out those tax papers and it clicked...oh wait don't I need to fill this out differently now!! I had no idea what I was doing. I always had a hard time filling it out when it was just me and now I have to add something new!! So that was now the first of many times that night where I brought up Sophia! Then came questions like, oh how old is your baby? Is it a boy or girl? What's her name, etc? And then with a big smile I respond to all the questions and then of course like that mother I have become I pull out her picture. (well, I didn't really have to pull it out I have her picture in a keychain attached to my bag~I figured it would make me feel better being able to see her picture when I am away from her! It worked!) Anyways so yea, I show the picture and that wasn't the only time she was shown! or even talked about! So as the night went on I learned that the other trainee does not have children and that I was probably annoying the hell out of her. I also learned whom else had children too! And the only reason I learned that was because...I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO TALKS ABOUT THEIR KIDS!! Thank goodness! Once someone starts talking about them someone chimes in and then it just goes on from there! Well, on another note...I had a great first night, I learned alot other then what you think! There only open for dinner so it looks like Joe now has the lucky job of putting Sophia to bed!! And that leaves me the lucky one to wake up with her! Well, I work the next 3 nights so i'll keep you updated on how it's all going!

So today is Sophia Two month birthday!!! She is wide awake still. Normally when I feed her int he morning she takes her nap soon after. Well not this morning she woke up at 7:30 and she is now sitting in her chair staring at me moving around like a wild child making noises and smiling at me!

Morning Nap

Well, I knew it wasn't going to last! For the last three nights it has been sooo hard to get Sophia to bed! She likes to trick us! She looks like she is falling alseep around her bed time 7:30ish and as soon as we put her down...up she is! Although she is falling a sleep later it isn't too much later! And she still is sleeping through the whole night. Thank goodness! She woke up this morning at 8 am and then after an hour of staring at me she fell alseep! Am I that boring! She is still sleeping now on the sofa...

So tonight I start training at the Stone Grill! I am very excited. Not sure on what my hours will be and for how long. I have been away from Sophia before , but only for really short times and she was the only thing I thought about! So I know tonight will be alittle bit harder sice I will be away from her longer. As Joe says.. she won't even know you will be gone! Hopefully she goes to bed for him on time tonight!

1..2...3....SMILE Pictures

Here are what the pictures look like. Since I could not yet scan them onto the comp. I just took a picture of them!

It's been awhile!

I know...I am slacking! It's not that I haven't thought about updating! It's just that I was starting to get comp. crazy! I needed a break!

So hmm what is new! Sophia of course is getting bigger everyday! I thought we had to take her to the drs this week, but it is next week. ughh that's when she gets her needles that I am not looking forward to. Her poopy is doing very well. We stopped giving her the rice cereal. She isstill sleeping through the night. we have been putting her to bed around 7:30, butthe last two nights she doesn't seem to want to go to bed. Last night she finally fell asleep ( a deep sleep) around 8:30ish. She then woke up about 5 this morning and ate and stayed up just for like a half hour and then we both woke up about 10:30 this morning!! She does love to sleep just like me! Now that the weather is getting so nice out not hot not cold she has been outside alot more now for alot longer. Everytime I bring her in I feel bad and tell promise her we'll go back out in a little bit!

ohh yea, so we gave her a nice long bath today!! she loved it! we had her sit in her little tub and enjoy the water. she was great!

We got her pictures back from Walmart and they look great. now I just need to see if my mom can scan them so I can put them on here (we didn't get a cd~wasn't really worth it for two posses!)

So after I finish this I am going to go online and look for a costume for her. So far me and joey are thinking a little turtle! I know your probably thinking ..."a turtleand not a little princess!" yes, a turtle! but who knows what I will find online.. I know for one thing she will not be a pea pod!

So one of my good friends nadine came to the states to visit for a month! She lives in Jordan~ middle east. I haven't seen her in soo long. Yest she spent the day with us. It was great spending time with her. It took Sophia a little bit to get warmed up to her, but Nadine told her some great stories and played with her toys with her. Oh yea and even gave her a manicure! nah she just clipped her finger nails.. which needed to be done, but I have been to nervous! Well, now I don't have to worry about her nails for the next month..Nadine to the rescue!

well, I am feeling the great breeze come through the window and I hear Sophia behind me moving around in her chair. So I guess that means she is getting a little antsy to go back outside! Here are some pictures I just took of her waiting....

Sleepy Head

So last night I put Sophia down for bed at 7:30! She normally starts getting tired at 7ish and I normally dont end up putting her in bed till like 8:30 ish but last night I decided to try it out. After swaddling her up and giving her a nice warm bottle she was out for good. I assumed she would be up around 11 or so! I fell asleep around 10:30 and woke up at 6 on my own only to see her still sleeping! I did some things and figured she would be up in a matter of mins, but to my surprise she didn't wake up till 7:25!! Thats twelve hours!!! She then ate and took a 45 min nap around 8 (so did I!) So I am going to try it again tonight!! Hopefully it works again!

So Joe started working for a tree company and he got poison ivy yest it didn't get to bad untill last night though. He woke up this morning and was all swollen! He gets a bad reaction towards it normally, but this time was worse. His face and arms are all swollen and he is taking pred and putting plenty of calimine lotion on. Hopefully it will clear up soon. So for nowno holding Sophia for him! :-( That's all we need is for her to get it!

Bath time blues for me too

So i'm sure you all know Sophia doesn't do well with bath time and after today I can say either do I! I never wanted to give Sophia a bath by myself so I always had Joe halp me, well actually I would just help him. I was the head holder/towel girl! But ever since we have gave her a bath during the day and she liked it I didn't want to start giving her a bath at night again! And the reason for that is because Joe started working again and he is at work during the day and by the time he would get home and eat and shower himself it's later and she is tired/cranky. So this afternoon and giving Sophia plenty of warnings! I gave her a bath all by myself! I left the bathtub in the tub (I used the one my mom gave me since she is less likely to move around!) filled it up with nice water and put her in it! She was fine at first but then I started to see the face...Once I saw that face my face then looked just like hers! I hurried and didnt everything I needed to before she started screaming, but to my surprise she just cried a little not too loud. I then wrapped her up in her bath towel and held her till she stopped crying. which was not as long as she used to. Once I finally put her clothes on she and I layed on the bed talking back and forth. She then took a 30 min nap.
well, the next time she takes a bath I am making sure joey is around!

UPDATE: She had her third poopy! lookin good!

LOVES WATCHING HER TOONS

Sophia woke up around sixish this morning all ready to eat and start her day! I fed her thinking she would fall back asleep and then I would be able to make joey breakfast and see him off to work, but that wasn't the case! We have learned to be very get at multitasking, but not at 6 AM! So I put her in her chair and put Noggin on. That channel seems to really keep her attention! It did today..till 7:15!

So yest. Joey started working for a different tree service. I was a little nervous because the other one he worked for really knew how to take advantage of their workers! So far this one is a lot different! He actually got home at a reasonable time! Except by the time we finished eatting dinner and showers were taken Sophia was in her tired mood! I felt so bad because all Joey wanted to do was spend time with Sophia and she was tired whinning. Hopefully tonight will be better for all of us.

Oh yea so this morning I changed her diaper....and what did I see... A NORMAL POOPY! it wasn't a whole bunch, but it was normal so lets just keep pour fingers crossed for the reast of the day. She goes next week for her 2 month check up.. ughh ohh i just remembered again.. all those shots!

Well, she just went again alot more this time.. its a lot firmmer then it was before she got the "bug"! im sure the rice cereal has alot to do with it. i'm not going to give it anymore and wait and see how it looks after it totally leaves her system.

Morning Smiles

After I fed her early this morning I put her in our bed. My whole plan was to do a couple of things while she was sleeping and then I would join her and take my much needed nap! But the eyes opened up as soon as I got into bed!

Our first night out!

Last night Joey and I went out for some drinks with his brother and a friend of theirs. Joeys mom watched Sophia for us. Before we went out I fed her her formula and rice ceral mix thinking she would sleep the whole night very soundly like normal! So by the time we got her in bed and us ready to go out it was around 10ish. We enjoyed ourselves very much! We had a couple drinks at Stone Grill, then went to PJs in Township for a drink, and then out last spot was Taylors in Williamstown. I have never been to Taylors before and it was very nice there. We ended up closing the bar around 2:30ish. When we got home we realized Sophia wasn't in her crib! She was sleeping with Grandmom Loretta! After winding down we finally went to bed. I was the awoken at 6:30 when Joey brought her into our room! She was awake and ready to eat! So I fed her and then was praying she would fall back asleep but that didn't happen! She wouldn't even let me close my eyes! I then fed her again like two hours later and finally by ten she decided to fall asleep which meant it was time for me to take a nap! The whole morning while she kept me up I was thinking to myself...thank goodness I only drank 5 beers! and thank goodnessi dont have a hang over!! although i was extremely tired it beats having a hangover! it had been my first time out and first time drinking since I had Sophia! When I saw Loretta this morning she Sophia was good except she was awoken by her every 3 hours with her making sounds! hmm I wonder if she knew her Daddy and Mommy went out! So today needless to say was a lazy day! I was trying to take a nap, but Sophia didn't like that idea!
UPDATE: her poopys sill aren't normal..well, she hasnt had one yet today since we just started giving her the rice cereal with her formula which she loves!

Watching TV

She loves watching TV

Being Lazy

Today we had a late start to the day! Sophia didn't wake up till 7:42 she ate then went back to bed. She then woke up again about 10:30ish ate again and then we were laying on the bed watching cartons and she and I fell back alseep till 1:30! So after laying around for the last couple of hours I decided to play dress up with her! I tried on a bunch of clothes I thought she would look cute in! She didn't seem to mind it! These pictures are from when we finished playing dress up! She is 7 weeks today!! (hey Chris thanks for letting me know I put months!!)

Bath Time Blues

Nice and Clean &

ready to Cuddle!

The only time Sophia actually cries is when its "Bath Time". So needless to say we HATE bath time as much as she does! On a normal day we will give her a bath before she goes to bed with the night time bath wash following the night time lotion. Those two work really really well. So anyways, we just couldn't understand why she doesn't like the water. We thought maybe it was the actual bath so my got her a nice pink one that has a hammock inside of it. That worked a little but only for her little moving body, but not for the cries! The last two nights she has fallen asleep before we were able to give her a bath and we decided not to wake her up. So needless to say we HAD to give her a bath today! So this afternoon we set up everything like we normally do at night time minus the night time wash/lotion. I put her in the tub and complimented Joe on how good the water felt( it normally does feel good, but today it was just perfect!). We then were in for a shocker~it was quiet! NO CRYING!!! Instead of us rushing the bath along like normal we were able to give her the bath of a lifetime! Even when we washed her hair and face she didn't make a sound. After we were finished washing her we let her just sit in the water and move around on her own. We then layed her down on her towel and wrapped her up/dried her off/lotioned her up. Still NO CRYING!!! When I finished dressing her she had a little smirk on her face. Joe and I can not believe how well she did. I was so proud of her I just hope she keeps this up. Were thinking that maybe she cries like that at night because she is tired.

Well, I'm not sure if this Pedialyte is working or not. Her Dr. said I need to give her two bottles in place of her formula bottles for 48 hours and if that didn't work then to give her two table spoons of the rice cereal in her formula. Well, we have been giving her the Pedialyte, but we haven't been able to give her exactly what the recommended she doesn't care for it so it's harder for her to drink it all. So were going to give it some more time and then we'll give her the cereal either later tonight or tomorrow. Yest she had went twice and then she just went like five min ago and it was still not normal it actually looked watery.

Earlier this afternoon I was sitting on the sofa feeding Sophia and I heard fire engines and I went to the front door and I then saw them...coming into our court! We went outside and looked around, but there was no sign of a fire! Four fire trucks came into the court along with an ambulance,cops, and those fire SUVs. They ended up going to our next door neighbors house! Here our neighbor smelt/saw smoking and it ended up to be in the sons room. It was about to be an electrical fire if she hadn't found it. Apparently there was to many things plugged in one of those long plug things that hold a couple at a time. The cat looked to be chewing on the wires at some point. While all the fire trucks were there I was either out front or standing at the door because Sophia was loving all the bright flashing lights. Her eyes were wide open and she wasn't even blinking.

First day for long sleeves

Yest. we had a nice relaxing day I took Sophia on anice long walk around our neighborhood enjoying the brisk air. It was Sophias first time wearing an outfit with long sleeves and footsie pants. Is there a name for those outfits? Anyways, Sophia stayed up the whole time looking around at all the trees and listening to all the sounds of cars passing and birds chirping. Later on in the day we put her in that swing for the first time and not even five min later I look over and this is what I see!

Good Night~Sleep Tight

Our little angel sleep all swaddled up! Sweet Dreams love bug

My mellow little girl

Well, my little love bug still has the "BUG"! Her poopy is still not normal! Yest she only went once so we were thinkingmaybe she is getting better, but this morning she went and it was the same! Aww I feel so bad. Yest she was so mellow and so far today she is the same. although she hasn't had a fever,vomitting, and or lost an interest in food which I am so happy that darn bug hasn't affected her in any of those ways its still sad that she has the not normal poopy bug!

Since it's chilly out today we got to put her in a new outfit ~long sleeve the ones with the foot! soo cute they have a little animal faceon the feet. she looks adorable!

GOOD MORNING~Happy Hump Day!

Well, nothing new has been going on since I wrote last night~other then my good friend Danielle came over last night to see Sophia. Danielle hasn't sen Sophia since she was born at the hospital so I was really excited to hear what she thought of her! I was also excited to see her because we rarely get to see eachother due to our schedules,etc. I am so thrilled because Danielle is 4 months preg. ~due in Feb! She won't find out what she is having for another two weeks~doesn't matter to me what she is having i'm just excited Sophia already has a best friend for life and she doesn't even know it yet! It was a great visit laughed alot, filled eachother in with the gossip, you know typical "girl talk"! Sophia was pretty good for the most part~that damn "BUG"! I am glad I now have an excuse for her whinning, but I just hope it doesn't last long... After Danielle left I got Sophia ready for bed and then "Swaddled" her~the best thing ever invented! She passes out in a matter of seconds! I heard her wake up this morning,but had no idea what time it was because it was still dark. So I let her lay there untill she started getting really antsie and then I picked her up and she looked like she had been awake for hours~ she was wide awake! So then I went to get her bottle and see what time it was 5:15 AM!! An hour early So once I fed/changed her laid in bed staring at eachother b/c we both were now wide awake i decided to come on the comp do some "STALKING"! and I look down and she is passed out/head back/mouth open/legs limp ~I was wishing that was me too. So now she is all snuggled in bed and I am still "STALKING" and it's now 8:30 AM... HMM what to do now..I already finished the laundry from yest. washed dishes/bottles and got out everything to make homemade waffles for when Joe wakes up...
I'm already looking forward to my nap!!

My little love bug has the "BUG"!

Well, this is the first time of I am sure many....She has the BUG that is going around! How sad is that. Yest. Sophias poopy was...not normal and she went 3 times compared to her normal 1 maybe 2 a day. So I had said to Joe last night about calling the Dr. and he said if it is happening again today then we'll make the call. Well about an hour or so ago she went again for the second time today and it was still runny. :-( So I gave her Dr. a call and before I even got to explain how she was,etc. She said "There's a bug going around!" I was like are you sure she has it because she is still eatting! So of course then I had loads of questions. She told me what to do and to call back if it gets worse or doesn't go away/get any better with-in 48 hours. She told me to watch out for fevers or vomiting. I really hope it doesn't get to that!
I feel so bad for my little Sophia, I knew her belly was hurting her. Even though she has the "BUG" she still had smiles today!

She better get used to this!

This is only the begining! Wait till she gets old enough for me to play dress up! I remember when I was little and my mom used to yell at me for dressing up my brother! Well, now I have my own live doll! I already love dressing her up and it's only going to get better as she gets older! I figured I have her get used to me wrapping her in blankets first! Awww she is so much fun! I can't stop laughing when I look at these pictures!! More to come...

My little munchkin