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Sophi is 6 weeks!

Sophi is 6 weeks old!! We saw the dr. today to follow-up for her ears. They are clear!! We are so thankful our baby is healthy. :)

I made it!!

Sophi holding her bunnies

Sophi is 5 weeks!

Sophi as a burrito!

Here is the scoop on Sophi's first night in her crib:
She ate at 8, then went to sleep at 9. I hate sleeping for a short time (1-2hrs.) so I usually stay awake until she eats at 11. However, last night she slept until 2:45!! That was great for her, but I was totally messed up. I finally went to sleep on the couch at midnight, woke up at 1 checked on Sophi, then tried to sleep in our bedroom. It was just too quiet. I confess, after having a mini-meltdown of being away from her, I went like a mouse into her room and laid on the floor next to her crib just to hear her. As I was lying on her floor, the wonderful book Love you Forever by Robert Munsch came into my mind. I didn't pick Sophi up like the mom in the book, but I whispered to Sophi those ever popular words, "I like you for always. I'll love you forever. As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be."
As you can imagine, the floor was so hard, so I went back to the couch (who knows what time it was?) until she awoke at 2:45.
At 3, after her feeding I was able to sleep in our bedroom till 6 without checking on her. I assume there will be many more nights of me sleeping on her floor.
So in all, I made it, I survived. It was not fun, but a part of me enjoyed sneaking into her room and being close to her while she was unaware. Just me, her, and the Lord watching over us. I'm so in love. :)

I'm going to be brave

So we decided tonight is the big night. We are going to have Sophi sleep in her room, in her crib, for the first time. She has been sleeping at least 4-4 1/2 hrs. during the night and since that 6 week mark is approaching us, we decided that tonight we were going to try her in her room.
Early this evening we put her in her crib to see her reaction (she was awake, not asleep). She seemed to really like it and enjoyed looking around. We are starting this week to really watch for her drowsy clues and try to get her to sleep before she is overtired. Sophi has put herself back to sleep a couple times, but we are slowly going to work towards her falling asleep by herself.

I'm going to be brave. I'm not going to check to see if she is okay a million times. I'm not going to send Deric to check to see if she is okay a million times. I know her sounds. I will be okay. My baby will be okay. (Can you tell I'm trying to convince myself, not you?)

I'll let you know how it goes. Wish me luck.

Sophi's first day with toys

Deric and I decided to introduce Sophi to the 3 toys she owns. Here are some picks of us introducing them to her. She was amused for about 5 minutes.

Happy Easter- Sophi is 1 month!!

We had a very busy Easter Sunday. I made my Breakfast Egg and the Easter Bunny brought Sophi a green bunny, Deric some peanut butter bunnies, and me some Starburst Jelly Beans. Sophi made it 30 min. into Easter Service before wanting to eat. By time she was finished, so was the service. It still was good to celebrate with our church family.
We then headed off to Joel and Susie's (Deric's brother and soon-to-be wife) for lunch. Sophi watched Cousin Taves and Maddy have an Easter Egg Hunt and we all enjoyed some good food! (Thanks Susie for cooking!)
Around 3:00 we then traveled to my parent's house. It was Sophi's first time at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We again stuffed ourselves with too much food. Grandma decided to have Sophi do a photo shoot. She really liked sitting up! We all got chuckles because we discovered that Sophi really likes when Uncle Josh plays the drums on Guitar Hero. We laid her on the ground next to him and she was so happy. She really enjoys loud noises!

Sophi's first sickness :(

So all week I knew something was bothering Sophi. She wasn't sleeping well through the night, she was more fussy than normal, and (the biggest clue) she was spitting up after every meal. This spit up wasn't just a little, it came out of her nose, it was chunky, and the quantity had to be her entire meal. Today was the worst, I knew something was for sure wrong. I called my mom, she figured she was sick. So I called the dr. They had us come in and sure enough my baby has an ear infection. The nurse was so kind and compassionate as she watched me cry over my sick baby. I can feel a sigh of relief that it wasn't my diet that made her sick and that we know she'll be back to my spunky Sophi in no time.

Oh the good thing is she's not losing weight.. she's already 9lbs!!!

Happy 3 week birthday!

Today Sophi is 3 weeks old!! She is changing everyday and has SO much personality! I love her so much!!!