Merry Christmas

We left cookies and milk out for Santa last night. Sophie kept wanting to get up and eat the cookies. When she woke up this morning we told her that Santa had come and eaten the cookies and milk and left presents. She was ticked and started to cry. I wanted the cookie!!

Needless to say when she saw her presents she mostly forgot about the cookies.

I love this shot.



The princess dress up box was a big hit as was the Snow White doll and horse.


After presents Mike and I made breakfast and plan to be bums for the rest of the day. Merry Christmas everyone!!

Rain Rain Rap

Do Mike and Sophie have a future in music?

Things Sophie said while in the bath today

“Come on guys before the canos blow!”

“You can’t go backwards you might slip.” (said the her dolphin)

Made up a song with the word mommy.

“Lucky fin!”

More singing.

“Let’s hold on. You like that ride? There, perfect.”

“This is your home. This is your bed. Shh…the dolphin sleeping”

Giving hair-washing instructions to her My Little Pony.
“Get your hair all wet. Squish out your hair. Squish out your tail.”

More singing.

"Hey Hey Hey. I said I don't want to hear it."

"I sorry honey, no toys for now"
"This is Nemo and this is your mommy" (said to Strawberry Shortcake)

"I like the four dolohins mommy." "You jumpin and catch'em" "One more time"

"Look, it's Shampoo the whale"

Baby on the way

Well, we are having a baby. I don't think that it has really set in what that means for our little family. Suddenly our 2:1 ratio goes to 2:2. We planned for this to happen so I suppose we thought about these things at some point, but now they are becoming a reality.

Currently I am 9 weeks and 3 days along. Weeks 6 and 7 were a little rough and felt like they would last forever, but by Thanksgiving Day I started feeling better. Then that Sunday the whole family came down with colds. It wiped us all out. I swear it sucks the energy and life right out of you. I spend all last week coming home from work and laying on the couch. Poor Sophie didn't have much of a mommy to play with for a while. And poor daddy has been working and doing homework/finals for school.

(don't mind the grubby clothes)
Finally week nine I am feeling better, my cold is mostly gone and I am starting to feel human again. I hope the trend continues and that things will just get better from here. I plan to go skiing tomorrow if that gives you an idea of how much better I am feeling.

Something I have had to get used to was eating a lot again. I have managed to keep my weight down by reducing my food intake to regular portion sizes over the past couple years. Especially when I was sick to my stomach for those two weeks, I didn't want to eat at all, but if I didn't eat I would feel sick too! It was a lose lose for sure. When I was pregnant with Sophie I could eat and feel better (as far as I remember) and this time eating didn't help. Now that I am feeling better I am hungry all the time. I can't go an hour or two during the day without eating and I have been waking up in the middle of the night to my stomach growling.

My gag reflex is much worse when I am pregnant. I love to watch medical surgery shows but have to mostly fore go them at least for the first trimester. I have also started to have some heartburn already, which I did not get until I was 5 or 6 months along before.

Thank you to those who have actually suffered through my data recording post. I just want to make sure that I remember so in 25 years when Sophie asks how it was when I had kids, I will really know. I am sure it will still be embellished a bit.

Due Date: July 10, 2011

Festival of Trees

Suzy, Rex Sophie and I joined Tara, Ryan and the girls at the Festival of Trees. A word to the wise,
DO NOT FORGET YOUR STROLLER!!!!

It was not a fun experience picking Sophie up off the floor every couple minutes or telling her that she could not play with all the cute toys and Christmas decorations.

The only thing that saved me was Sophie liked to listen to the singing groups, so we sat and watched them for a while.

Glad I went, but not a good thing to bring unrestrained children to.

Sayings of Sophie

(Grandpa walks Sophie to the neighbors to see the their blow up snowman.)
Grandpa: Sophie it is not made out of snow.
Sophie: Grandpa...It's a balloon.

Mommy: Sophie what do you want Santa to bring you?
Sophie: A ball

Mommy: Sophie what do you want Santa to bring you?
Sophie: a pink trampoline and a pink slide and a pink clock

Sophie: Mommy I want to play at Piglet's house!
Mommy: What?...Where is Piglet?
Sophie: I play with Piglet!!
(Mommy still unsure of what she is talking about, asks a few more times.)
Sophie: Piglet come to play with me!
(Light turns on in Mommy's head)
Mommy: Sophie do you mean Katelynn? You want to play with Katelynn?
Sophie: Yes, Kately...Piglet.
We have know idea why she calls our babysitter Katelynn, Piglet.