Big Saver!

Today was a big day for Sophie even though she may not realize it now. Brock and I took her over to the bank that we have our accounts at and opened a savings account for Sophie! We figure there is no time like the present to give Sophie a place to save her "millions"

Soooo Funny

Tonight Sophie and Daddy were playing and she started giggling up a storm. Since many of you haven't had the opportunity to hear her giggle, we caught it on video. Here is a snip it. Enjoy

Solids YUMMMMMMMY

Well we tried rice cereal last night for the first time. Sophie seemed to like it and got quite a bit down for her eating from a spoon for the first time. Since she is only eating one solid meal a day at this point, we've decided to make it her last meal of the day her solid food meal. This way we have some time with her. Here are some pictures from our first adventure with solid foods. YUMMMY :)

Well Baby Visit Updates

Today was Sophie's 4 month check up with her pediatrician and also to talk about the mucus in her stools. Her labs came back completely normal so for now since there is no other signs of any problems her pediatrician is going to just watch it. Sophie now weighs 14 lbs. and is 24 and 3/4 inches in length. She was given her next round of immunizations (DTaP, IPV, HepB, HiB, Prevnar and Rotavirus). On the advice of our babysitter, Laura, we decided this time to give her some Tylenol before her appointment. This truly seemed to help although she was still a bit fussy not nearly as bad as before. (Thanks Laura for the suggestion!)

Sophie was blessed (or cursed depending on how you look at it) with my eczema. We talked a bit about this with her pediatrician who said that we can use 1% hydrocortizone on the bad spots and aquaphor (which is the same stuff I had to use during my pregnancy it is practically like vaseline) after baths. The pediatrician indicated that if this doesn't help then she can call in a prescription ointment. We've also been using Aveeno cremes which seemed to be helping for a while we might just have to use it a bit more frequently then before.

Sophie can also start on solid foods. She said to start with rice cereal and after that we can go to oatmeal and switch between the two to avoid any constipation on just the rice. Then we can start adding in yellow veggies, then green veggies and then go to fruits.

All and all it was a good appointment. We don't have to go back now till Sophie is 6 months old which we have the appointment set for the end of August.

HAPPY 4 MONTHS SOPHIE!!!

Four months ago this morning, Brock and I headed over to the hospital and into the labor and delivery room to await the arrival of our angel. Now here we are four months later, enjoying her smiles, laughs, and just watching her grow and progress. Every day she amazes us more and more. She truly is a blessing in our life and we couldn't imagine life without her.

She is trying to crawl already. She gets the legs aspect but can't quite get what she is suppose to do with her arms. I'm sure in no time at all she will figure her arms and will be on the move!

Friday is her 4 month well baby visit with the pediatrician. Brock is planning on taking the day off so that he can clean out the garage and go to the appointment. We'll update the blog with how the visit went after we get home.

Father's Day Weekend

Well Brock and I did some Father's Day shopping today with our little peanut and we actually got quite a bit done. I can't put what all we got because if dad aka Gramps is reading the blog then he will know what his gift is. So for now we will just say we hope he likes it.

After make that purchase, we ran and got some things for us from Sam's and then home. Sophie was in a really good mood considering we were gone for almost 5 hours :) The weather was great. Overall it was really and enjoyable day.

Sophie all decked out and ready to go shopping! :)

Sophie Update

Brock and I took Sophie to the pediatrician today. Since last Thursday she has been having some mucus in her stools. We called her pediatrician's office on Friday and they wanted us to watch her over the weekend and see if anything changed.

Well as of yesterday it still had mucus in it, so I called again yesterday and her pediatrician wanted her to come in. Well they said it could be nothing but they were going to do a stool culture to make sure. She said that she will have her results back before her 4 month (yes, I said 4 MONTHS) well baby visit. We talked to her about if there was anything that I should be doing since I am still feeding her breastmilk and only supplementing with formula when necessary and she told me no. It's looking very positive though because Sophie hasn't had a fever and still a very happy baby. But we will know for sure next Friday when she goes in for her well baby.

Sophie is definitely growing quick. At today's appointment they did a weight check. She is now 13 pounds 15 ounces. It will be neat to see how much she gains by next Friday. She is still sleeping in her crib through the night. I told Brock that I thought that it was safe to take down her pack and play but he is going to wait to the weekend.

All and all things are going great.

Deals, Deals and exciting developments for Sophie

This weekend has been especially busy for us. There were lots of little things that we needed to get and lots of running to do before we went back to work on Monday.

Yesterday, I spent most of the day at the mall. I had several gift cards from Christmas and my baby shower that we still needed to use. I went to the Baby Gap and got a few cute outfits for Sophie, went to Sears because Brock desparately needed jeans and hasn't had the time to go and get some new ones, and went to Hallmark to get cards for Father's Day and sympathy cards for Kelly's family. The mall was especially humid so there was some places that I wanted to stop by that I decided to pass on till next time.

Today was another day of running. I had to go to Target to get a few things and found that they had diapers on sale, I had a coupon for them, and they gave a $5 gift card if you bought two. Since diapers are one thing that we know we will use, I was rather excited. They weren't the brand that we like for her right now so we got them in one size up for when Sophie gets older. After my shopping spree at Target, it was off to the grocery store where I got some more great deals. All and all it was a good day. Brock stay home with Sophie which definitely made shopping easier. I was able to get in and get out and get home.

This week Sophie had some new tricks for us. Tuesday night we were sitting in the living room with Sophie while she enjoyed some time on her activity mat. She had been trying to roll over from her back to her tummy for several weeks. Well Tuesday night she had success. She now can roll over to her tummy and is starting to work on rolling back to her back.

She also has started to laugh out loud. She has been smiling and cooing for quite some time. But this is a full blown giddle. It is so cute. She definitely is a happy baby!

And for her finale! Since she has been born she has been sleeping her Pack and Play in our room. It really made it easier for us when she was first born so that I could nurse and care for her while I was healing from the birth. We had been trying to get her to start sleeping in her crib for several weeks but every time we put her in her crib she wouldn't sleep for long before she would start screaming! Well last night we thought we'd try again. YIPPEE! She slept through the night in her own bed! We'll probably keep her pack and play up for a couple of nights to be sure.

My final task of the day was to get Sophie's clothes hung up and organized. It's been driving me crazy. There are sooooo many cute outfit out there for girls and Laura (my babysitter for Sophie while I am at work) also had some cute clothes that she was going to sell on eBay that she gave me first dibs at. This girl definitely has plenty of clothes to wear :)
It's definitely been a crazy week for us, filled with joy and sadness.

Sad News

Well we received some very bad news today. One of our dear friends, Kelly Simons, past away on Tuesday. I have know Kelly since we were sophomores in high school when she moved to the area. We instantly became really good friends and remained in touch through the years. In fact, I had just received an e-mail from her on May 29th wishing me a happy birthday.

I don't know the complete details other then on Sunday she had a severe headache and high fever. She went to the hospital and was diagnosed with meningitis. She slipped into a coma on Monday and was put on life support until she passed away on Tuesday at 4:20 p.m.

Needless to say we are both shocked and upset. Kelly was just 33 years of age. She had just celebrated a wedding anniversary with her husband. So young and healthy until this happened.

Kelly was a dear friend of mine. She was always there for me and had such a wonderful heart. She will definitely be missed. LOVE YOU SMELLY BOLER!!!

Bekah Levy, Kelly Soler (Simons) and I
June 6, 1993

Kelly Simons 2007