Another tooth!

Good grief....well I knew that her other bottom tooth wasn't too far behind since there was a huge mound on her gums...but didn't realize it would come just a few days after the first! So now we have two sharp little buggers on the bottom of her gum line! Its pretty exciting! Thankfully there hasn't been any biting yet! Knock on wood...and hopefully there wont be any either! Its amazing how sharp new teeth are with their small ridges and all! Sophia turned 7 months today! I was looking at some of her baby pictures from when she was just 2 weeks old. I just couldn't believe how much she has changed and how big shes grown! Shes so healthy and perfect and I am so blessed to have her in my life. Soon, she'll be off dating some guy and driving! Oh, I hope those days are slow to come!!! I think I'll be the one with the baseball bat to the boys rather than Paul! =)

Well we're off to a friends wedding tomorrow. Hopefully, anyway! With more snow coming tomorrow evening, we may be stuck in Seattle Sunday morning till it clears up a bit. Just as long as we can make it back down our driveway, we'll be happy! Went grocery shopping today! That was our big excitement out of our home. It was so busy, everyone was out stocking up for the hunkering down that will happen these next few days. Lots of things were out of stock too! It was weird seeing lightly stocked shelves in the store! I'm happy we got that done and now we have plenty to get us by the next few days.

All our Xmas shopping is complete! Yahoo! Just need Mr. UPS to come down our driveway somehow and deliver them! I hope that they get here in time....what impeccable timing! If we lose our power again this year, I'll be so annoyed. Its one thing when you don't have a baby, but another thing when you do! 2 years ago when that huge storm went through, it was nearly a week or so before we got back our power. Praying that something similar doesn't happen with all these wind storms that are due the next few days. Hope everyone stays safe and this difficult weather passes quickly. We want a white Christmas, but not this white! =)

Teeth, baby proofing, and snow oh my!

Well its finally happened!!! Sophia has cut her first tooth. Its her bottom left one...and the one next to it isnt too far behind. She was biting on my finger yesterday and all of a sudden I felt ridges.....then it occurred to me....she cut her tooth!!! Yay! Gotta love being a mom....things like your baby getting their first teeth are sooooo exciting! I'll be great once she has a few more and start actually putting them to good use! Can't wait till the poke up a bit more...babies are soo cute with those two bottom teeth peeping out!

So we also got our home baby proofed last week by www.safety4toddlers.com/ Its the only company in our area that will come to your home and check out what could be a hazard and will sell you the products you need to either baby proof your home yourself or they can do it for you. We did both. It gets pretty expensive with labor as well as the parts to buy, so we decided to have them do the hard work like the gates and drawer latches etc, and we're going to do the things like burglar bars and finger guards for the doors and outlet cover changing. I learned a whole bunch of stuff though, it was crazy all the items they showed me for proof-age! Phew! Anyway, we're all ready for her to start moving around! She's close to creeping....I'll put her on her back on her play gym and before you know it shes turned 180 degrees or so and facing the other way lol! We also got her one of those walkers made by Chicco. She LOVES it!!! Man, can she move in that thing now too. It is sooo incredibly adorable seeing her walking around the home. Only works well if you've got plenty of hardwood floors for the walker to move on though. I really need to take a video of her and post it, its hilarious!

We got pictures done a few days ago with our Bellevue wedding photographer. It was fabulous and she did so well. It helps that our photographer has 2 daughters himself, so it was easy for him to work with a baby. We got the proofs back, but waiting on the disk so we can post some images. Lots turned out really well. I wanted them originally done for her turning 6 months, but he was booked up so they are more like 7 month photos. Im really trying to find a baby modeling company for her. Our photographer mentioned how great her demeanor was and that shes perfect for modeling and how much a jewel she is! Of course, I'm biased, but its always great hearing something like that from someone and even better when someone who photographs babys often is giving you that kind of feedback. So I contacted the Seattle modeling guild and am waiting for some kind of response as to who to go to. There are so many sketchy places doing "baby modeling" now a days that take your money promising work, but nothing ever comes of it. Dont really want that to happen to us, so hopefully we get some kind of legit information for what to do next with our little lady and if its really worth it. Dont want to stress out the poor child!

We're off to San Diego after Xmas....so it'll be nice to have a little bit of warmer weather at least! Today was Sophia's first time seeing snow! She was like, "ok, guys whats going on here, everything is white?!" She looked all inquisitive, it was really cute! Hopefully our driveway doesnt become too treacherous. I have my car parked at the top of it right now cause I need to sing tomorrow at church for a concert. Hope I can get outta here at 645 am. YUCK!

Anyway....Merry Christmas everyone...hope Santa is good to you and your little babies! =) Im done with shopping, hallelujah!

1st Blog

My first blog on blogspot! Ok....this is gotta be the last blogging type site that I start! Im going to be overwhelmed soon...but my friend Heather convinced me to join...so here goes!

Sophia is just over 6 months now...shes sitting up great and almost ready to crawl. We're having the baby proofers come early December to do the home....Im sure it'll cost a pretty penny, but so worth not having something awful happen to baby! She already slid off the couch and bonked her head. I didnt realize how mobile this girl is...cant leave her in her cushion anymore byself....did I feel the guilt or what! She actually caught herself pretty good, but still...she cried...I felt awful.

What else...Sophia has been blabbing up a storm! Shes said a few new sounds good...I swear, shes trying to tell us a story sometimes! She's sleep better now too...she used to wake up every few hrs, but now its only 2 times a night or so which is a huge improvement! Shes taking longer naps during the day. She slept 1.5 hrs and then 1.75 hrs for her naps today....and then went down easy at 730pm for bed. Shes still in our bed though....I just need to get her back into her crib and we're perfect! I hope she sleeps well tonight!

We're getting our xmas tree tomorrow. Going to a local place that we go to every year. They have the cocoa, cider, and a cute train that you can ride. We'll have to take lots of pictures of Sophia's first tree pickage and trimming tomorrow night. Thanksgiving was fabulous. We went to my parents place and Paul's folks joined us as well. Sophia had some organic turkey and veg puree' for dinner...she loved it! Almost ate the whole darn jar! Some appetite that girl has. Me on the other hand....decided that I didnt want leftovers from my parents place, but then had a huge craving for more turkey the next morning, so Paul and I went to Whole Foods and bought everything to make another dinner....Im crazy, but it was soooooo good!

Anyway, thats about all for now. I'll write more later...need to figure out what else to do on here to make it look good!