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.