"dippy"

Toddlers definitely have their own language, don't they?! Sophie adds "y" to some of her words. For example, her mom has gotten her addicted to dipping her food in condiments. Whenever we eat anything that could possibly be dipped she demands I mean asks for "dippy". I may have ruined food for her.

Chips are "chippy".
Wipes are "wipey".
You get the picture. It's cute. I was starting to correct her but I was reading someone's blog or facebook and they said kids will start talking normally sooner than you would like them to so enjoy their cute language. So, that is what I am doing. Taking in the "y" whenever I can.

 Sophie's photography

 #2

Slam dunk!

Big sister

Sophia is such a good big sister. And to see how good she is with Liam brings tears to my eyes and a smile to my lips. She always wants to hold him (she sits on the couch, positions the pillow and yells BABY, BABY while patting her lap). When I put him on her lap she pats his head or his belly and gives him hugs and kisses. She always wants to help feed him his bottle. She will let him eat for a second then pull the bottle out and wipe his mouth. This happens a few times before I decide that he needs to actually get some food so I take over. I am so happy that she loves him so much. She also has to kiss him goodnight every night. She kisses mommy and daddy and if we take her to bed without kissing him she yells, Liam Liam. So precious! (If you know Sophia at all you know she basically yells all the time. She is a very loud talker. She will whisper if you whisper but she mostly yells. It is cute but can become very annoying ;) ) She will also make sure he gets his binky if it's near him. But she will just as soon pull it out of his mouth and put it in hers if she wants it.

Am I too open with my daughter?!

So when I am in the comfort of my home and it's time to breastfeed Liam or pump I find it easier to do so uncovered. However my curious and mischievous little girl must watch me very carefully. Within the last few weeks I have caught her doing some disturbing things. First, she found my pump and had it up to her chest over her clothes standing in the kitchen. Next, she stole my Lily pad (plastic suction cup type nursing pad) and I looked over to see it suctioned to her bare chest (she was already shirtless, she didn't purposely take off her clothes). And last night maybe the most disturbing thing. She has brought the boppy up to my lap and sat in it before so I thought nothing of it this time. But as she was climbing on my lap and sitting in the middle of the boppy leaning towards me I thought something was up. When she grabbed my shirt and started pulling it down pointing to my breasts I couldn't help but laugh and pull her away telling her those weren't for her and that they were to feed Liam. Is this normal?! Should I start covering up?! She tries to get under the hooter hider too but maybe her curiosity would fade if she didn't see me nursing all day.

All Grown Up

My little girl is getting so big! She is going to be two in 5 days! I can't believe it. I remember being in the hospital with her, going home and putting her on the bili-blanket, her first plane ride, leaving her for two days to go back to work, the first time she rolled over, her first steps, you get the picture, like it was yesterday. Now she can do so many things and say so many words, she amazes me each day. Here are some of the cute and crazy things she's been doing over the last couple of months:
-Getting in bed, under the bankets (blankets), pillows propped up, to read a book

-Taking her pants and diaper off after nap time or night time, time to potty train maybe?!

-Opening the sliding door and going outside all the time, letting as much heat and as many bugs in as possible (since she refuses to close the door)
-Wanting to throw things away in the baca or something meaning garbage
-Wanting to do laundry or make a mess with the soap
-Loving her new bubble gun that makes thousands of bubbles once it warms up

-Saying her abcs and 123s with daddy (and mommy when daddy isn't around)
-Drawing on my walls

-Pulling everything off the rocking chair in my room so she can climb on
-Watching me-mo (nemo) on the iPad, in short spurts
-Climbing on the arms of the couch to jump onto the cushions
-Wanting makeup and body spray and chap stick and headbands like mommy
-Demanding to sit on the counter while I do her hair

She is so cute! I love her so much!

Easter 2011

Sophie got a sand and water table for Easter. I thought she needed something to play with on our deck so we could be outside. We haven't gotten the sand yet (and aren't sure that we will) but she LOVES the water. We set it up and let her play with it in her easter dress, in cooler weather :) TJ was outside grilling and on the phone so he wasn't paying close attention and when I came back out she was sitting in the table. SOAKED. In a dress. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures because I was more concerned about her safety but it was pretty funny. Needless to say, she loves the table and I think it was a good investment.

Olives

Sophia loves olives. I taught her how to put them on her fingers and now she can't eat them without putting them on her fingers. Even if we are at a restaurant and they are sliced, she still puts them on her fingers. So silly. 

18 month stats

Sophie had her 18 month appointment on daddy's birthday (March 14th). She loves going the the pediatrician's office because of the toys. They have a slide and a few toys that hang on the wall. She climbs up the two mini steps and stands at the top of the slide until she decides she is ready to go down. She squeals with joy every time :) Once we get in to the room she is so curious. She climbs out of the stroller and onto the bench, counter, then tries to get back in to the stroller. The tongue depressors are right on the counter in a jar that she likes to take the lid off of and dig in. When the doctor came in she had a pen in her back pocket. So when she and I were sitting talking Sophie was bursting through the personal space bubble and stealing it right out of her pants! Then the doctor put tongue depressors in place of the pen. It is the simple pleasures in life! However, I need to teach her about personal space!

Anyway, to her stats.

Weight: 24 lb 15 oz
Height: 33.75 in
Head Circ: 48.1 cm

Words she is saying:
"appa" apple, "nana" banana, eye, "ea" ear, "no" nose, "mou" mouth, "a da" all done, "tak you" thank you, "papa" grandpa, mama, daddy, "Sosie" Sophie, "sue" shoe, "saw" sock, doggie, woof woof, "mau" meow, "Eyi" Eli (cousins dog-every time we turn on to their street she gets super happy and starts saying Eyi Eyi), ok,  "nigh nigh" night night, "gikle gikle" tickle tickle, no, see ya, bye bye, and I'm sure others that I can't think of.

That's more than I thought! I love when she learns a new word. Her little voice is so cute! She blows kisses too while trying to make a kissing sound :) She gets really happy when mommy and daddy kiss and then wants to kiss each of us too. Tonight we were laying on the couch and she started pointing out the features on my face. When she got to my nose she said "no" and then hit it. I pulled her hand away and told her not to hit and that its not nice. As I was trying to do this she looked at me, puckered up and tried to kiss me!  She knew she was getting in trouble and was trying to get out of it! I tried to continue but she started to laugh and kept trying to kiss me. Man, she is such a stink but she is so cute!

First trip to the dentist

On February 28th Sophie had her first dentist appointment. She loved playing in the waiting room with the cool toys. She also enjoyed roaming throughout the offices. It is so fun to be pregnant and chase her around a dentist office :) The cleaning room had a beach theme. It made me miss California. The hygienist was super nice and was really good with Sophie. Brushing her teeth has been a challenge and we basically have to hold her down but I assume that is pretty normal. She really likes "brushing" her own teeth (or tongue) but does not like it when we try. We do the best we can and that's better than not trying, I guess. Anyway, she fought the hygienist too but we got the fluoride treatment on her teeth and that is what we wanted so it was an overall success. 

nice comfy padded chair

super cool equipment

happy to be done! look at those cute teeth!

First Haircut

On February 10th Sophie and I went to get our hairs cut. I was a little nervous about how she would act but I was pretty impressed. The pictures below describe how it went, perfectly.

Happy and intrigued. 

Distracted and a little disturbed. 

Upset and over it. Can you see those tears!

All done. Happy to be with mommy again. 

The lady who cut our hair said that most 1 year olds don't sit by themselves when getting their haircuts. Sophie sat all by herself the whole time. I kneeled in front of her for some of it but she stayed in her seat. I love her bangs. She looks so cute. My brother in law said that she has a girl hair cut now :) It's not all long and straggly.

Sophie in the snow

About a week ago Sophie and I went out and played in the snow. She loved to be out there but wanted to go in to the street instead of the snow. I was chasing her down the driveway while trying to shovel it. When I took her out a couple of days ago she did not enjoy it at all. We came in after about 15 minutes. She won't lay down to make a snow angel. She wasn't interested in building a snow castle. I think we will try sledding next. With the 17 inches we are in the process of getting right now!

crawling down the driveway to the street

coming back up the driveway

on the front porch

let me in, let me in

attempt at making a snow angel. 

Happy birthday grandma!

Sophie wanted to get in on the birthday gift giving so her gift to grandma is learning about the things on her face. She had gotten pretty good at pointing to mine and daddy's noses but hadn't put it together that she had a nose too. Well, tonight she got it! It started with her sticking her wet finger in my eye and saying "eye". Then daddy said where's your nose? She pointed to her own nose. Then she just laughed and laughed. We did the same with her eye and mouth. She got each of those too. It was a very funny game for her. Then daddy asked about her ears. We haven't gotten to that one yet. So grandma, your granddaughter is a genius! Happy birthday to you! She gets smarter every day and is still able to make us laugh, even when we are sick! We love her so much!!!!

On another note, she is saying more words. While on vacation over Christmas she started saying "hi" and "no, no, no" while pointing her finger. We have added "bye bye" with the wave and "night night" to the list. An occasional "thank you" will come out too. She has also been saying "woof woof" when she hears a dog bark. She mocks other words that we will say but it's more the tones than the words.

Hyperventilating

We took a drive down to Omaha over the weekend to visit TJ's brother. We had a lot of fun visiting with his family. But, Saturday night after I put Sophie to bed she woke up screaming after an hour. This was by far the worst scream she has ever done and we couldn't calm her down. Then she started hyperventilating. I have never been so scared with her. We took her temperature and that was normal. So we decided that she must be teething and gave her tylenol. After about 15 minutes we were able to calm her down (or the tylenol was). It took a bit longer to get her breathing back to normal. I didn't want to go to sleep for fear that she would stop breathing. When she fell back asleep she slept the rest of the night and woke up just as happy as could be. Her molars have definitely come in more than just the tips so I hope that was the problem. I can't imagine how it feels to teeth but I am sure glad that she won't remember it!!!

Walking

On November 1st as TJ and I were relaxing on the couch, he looked over and saw our daughter walking! 6+ steps all throughout the day. We make it a game by having her walk back and forth between us. When she gets close to one of us she basically throws herself into our chests for a hug. So sweet. She has also been running all over the house with her little walker. She is very good at maneuvering it wherever she wants it to go.  She has also figured out that she can take an extra toy along by putting it in the hole between the handle and the car. She is sure a smart little cookie.

We also have a climber on our hands. It started with her climbing on the ottoman to the couch, climbing up the couch onto the knick knack table behind the couch. Next she figured out how to pull herself up onto the kitchen table chairs and then onto the table. Oi! are we in for it!!!

Oh and the tantrums! Can the terrible twos start at 14 months??? Sophie is proof that it can! If she doesn't get to do what she wants she kicks and twists and throws herself on the ground as she screams. Then her head hits the hard floor and she screams louder.

Even though she is mischievous, we love her soooo soooo much. She keeps us on our toes and makes us laugh everyday.

More first birthday stuff!

My sister in law took over 100 pictures of Sophie's parties. Here are just a few for your enjoyment.

Only Strawberry Shortcake cake anyone could find, anywhere! Thanks Brielle!

Go get it, Sophie!

Aftermath . . .

Tj and I made the strawberry pinatas! We got her to hit it!

look at that face :)

blowing out the candle at the first party

cute cupcake cake, not so yummy

she wanted to play Pin the Hat on Strawberry Shortcake too!

Daddy and his baby girl

4th of July

Sophie's first 4th of July was not what I expected.

She wouldn't let me get a good picture of her super cute dress...

But, we went on Sophie's first bike ride...

She didn't exactly like the fireworks like I thought she would...

(She doesn't like loud noises, even just when people are talking loudly)

but we did spend it with family and had a great BBQ!

I enjoyed the fireworks as always and really enjoyed the s'mores!

4 years!

The last four years have been fun filled and crazy. So much has happened.

Marriage

Med School

Vacations

An Adorable Little Girl

Graduation from Med School

Move to Illinois

Buy a House

Start Residency

(Ihave tried to upload pictures for these four things but it is not working)

We have enjoyed these 4 years together and all that has been accomplished. we definitely could not have done any of this without each other! May we be blessed with ETERNITY. I love you babe!

credit: I probably wouldn't have even thought of posting about my 4 year anniversary but a friend, who was married one day before me, gave me the idea and what a great way to celebrate!

Some picture of Sophie.

Sophie is now a bit over 9 months old. That is just crazy to me! I haven't been very good at taking pictures lately but here are a few that I managed to take over the last couple of weeks.

first day at our new house

riding her new toy

She is the size of a macaroni penguin

In the jungle at the Omaha Zoo

At Sonic in Rock Springs, Wy in a cool car with the wind in her hair