A visit from some friends

We had some friends visit from New Mexico this weekend. Stephanie came down and brought her 3 cute kids: Gabrielle, Lyla, and Gideon. The girls enjoyed running around our house and playing with all of Sophi's toys. I was so glad they came for a visit! Too bad they don't live closer. :(

Sophi doing the Cha Cha slide

Sophi loved doing the Cha-cha slide at Samantha and Justin's Wedding. She was so excited she spit up twice!

Sophi is 2 months!

I can't believe how quickly time has gone. Sophi is changing everyday and we are so thankful for her! Here are some things about Sophi now that she is 2 months old:
*She weighs 10lbs 14oz (50% percentile)
*She's 23.5in long (87% percentile)
*She smiles A LOT!
*She sleeps at least 7 hours at night, then eats around 7, and goes back to sleep till about 10.
*She still eats every 2-3hrs.
*We are still trying to get her to take a bottle. She seems to forget how to suck once it's in her mouth. Deric has been great and has a ton of patience!
*Sophi LOVES LOVES LOVES to get her diaper changed. She goes crazy, kicking and smiling once she's put on the changing table. It's so funny!
*Sophi hates tummy time. She's doing well at occasionally picking up her head, but she'll do it once and then cry.
*Sophi continues to like car rides, her mobile, and sitting in her bouncer. Her new favorite thing is to lay in her Boppy. She enjoys a 5 min. cat-nap after each feeding then wakes up ready to play!
*Sophi LOVES to suck on her hands, but still hates the pacifier. We're okay with that.
*She also loves when someone plays "bicycle" with her legs. She gets VERY excited!
*Sophi continues to sleep swaddled and falls asleep with us bouncing her. She does not like the rocking chair, unless it's Grandpa rocking her. :)

Overall, Sophi is a VERY happy baby. We are very lucky. We are also glad she likes to sleep, b/c we like our sleep too!! Sophi received her first set of shots, and I was SO brave. I've never heard her cry that way before!

Happy Mother's Day!

I had a great first Mother's Day! Our weekend started with our very first garage sale. Our HOA only allows community sales, so last Saturday was one of the two days you could have your garage sale. Deric and I seemed to find some things to sell and walked away with $50. Not too bad for our first garage sale! That afternoon Deric took Sophi to do some "errands" and I enjoyed a nap. It was so weird taking a nap without Sophi waking me up!
Mother's Day was very busy. We went to church, Deric's aunt's home, and my parent's home. I made a Wish List of everything I wanted to do/not do on Mother's Day.
Here was my list:
-coffee and breakfast at Starbucks
-no diaper changing
-lots of pictures
-take a nap
-no laundry, dishes, or cooking

Well I didn't get a nap and I changed only 2 diapers. But we sure got a lot of pictures and I didn't have to cook or clean a thing!! Deric even played only the music I like on his I-POD. :)
Sophi spoiled me with flowers and some other things. She even signed her name in a card and wrote "I love you mommy"! (Can you believe my 2 month old can write?) It was a fun Mother's Day and I'm so blessed with such an amazing daughter! (Thanks to Deric too for making it so special!)

*Quick job update: I went to check out the school yesterday and met the teacher and administration. I'm still not sure what to do, but have a couple more days to decide! Thanks for all your prayers!*

Decisions

I'm having to make a VERY hard decision. I don't want to make it. I've actually been losing sleep and can't think about much else. I'm having to make the decision to go back to work.
This is something I DO NOT want to do. This is something I'm going to HAVE to do until Deric and I can get back on our feet again. For the past month I've been racking my brain, posting ads, searching ads, to find something that would give us enough money. A couple of friends have talked to me about watching their baby, but it just wouldn't pay enough.
One night when I was really low, stressing about all this stuff, I found an ad on CCV's postings. This had was titled: Share a classroom. This lady was looking for someone to work part-time with her teaching kindergarten.
So I emailed her. Come to find out she's a Christian, actually knows a couple of people from our church, and was losing hope herself in finding someone to work with. I've been talking with her this week and we have been emailing back and forth.
The school is in the Glendale School district and I'd actually be bringing home what I made working full-time. (So it would pay enough!) It's a Title 1 school, mostly Hispanic, but the classroom is fully English speaking. I'd be working this cycle: 2 days one week, then 3 days the next, etc. We know someone that would be able to watch Sophi.
Here's my stress: It's a new school, different environment. I question if I'm a good enough teacher. I know, even though it's hard to admit, that I've let my brain become lazy. Granted all this baby stuff is stimulating it, but I'm not learning or challenging myself as much as I used to. I ask myself, "Am I trying to use Sophi as an excuse not to work because I'm scared?"
Secondly, thinking of leaving Sophi just makes me sick to my stomach. I know she'll be fine and it's not every day. But I never saw myself as a working mom. One of my friends, who I used to work with and works part-time now, says she loves it. Some days she says she needs a break from her kid and needs adult interaction.
So I need to make my decision by Monday. I'll take any input you can offer, any prayers you want to send my way. I either take this job, or pray something else will come along.

Here's a quick Sophi update:
She weighs 10lbs 7oz. We were in the dr. again b/c she was vomiting like when she had her ear infection. She does have a red throat, so just a viral thing. The nurse said the symptoms are the same as an ear infection, so at least we know it's not her ears.
Being with her yesterday really made me NOT to want to take the job. My poor baby really didn't feel good. :(

Blah! The heat is here!

Sophi and I are NOT excited about the heat. It takes so long to cool off my truck, I hate putting her in the hot vehicle. I guess hibernating season is upon us!
I can't believe it is going to be 100 degrees this week!

Good thinkin Sophi has her shades!

Stubborn Sophi

Now that Sophi has reached the 7 week mark, she is much more social. However, she is also much more stubborn when it comes to sleeping. She continues to do well sleeping at night.. 6-7hrs (one time 8!), it is never the same time of night, but at least she is sleeping that. She has decided the past couple days that she wants to fight her sleep. She'll fall asleep, but the moment we put her down, she's awake.
I've tried everything!! I keep rereading my book "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" under Weeks 7-8 to see if I missed something. She is just stubborn!!
So yesterday I just let her cry. 5 minutes passed, still crying. I went in, bounced her a bit, then put her back. She started crying immediately. I left and waited 10 minutes. After 7 minutes she was asleep!! She cried a couple times in her sleep, but she slept for an hour.
While I'm typing this, I'm waiting the 5 minute stretch. She's not crying, but just wide awake in her crib sucking on her hands. Let me go check on her now... (brief pause while I get up to peak at her)
She's asleep!! However, her arms keep twitching and startling her. I will not go back a re-swaddle her!!
I don't know if this means we are going to have to let her fall asleep on her own now, everything I've read said she's too young, but she seems to do okay. WHO KNOWS???

Oh Karilee, you inspired me to clean my baseboards this week!! I did them all! I didn't get to the fridge/freezer, but my baseboards look great!! :)