Breakfast, Bumbo and kitties!

This morning's breakfast for Sophie was her favorite cereal, oatmeal! Yum. We decided to give the Bumbo a try for this morning's breakfast and it worked really well. Brock and I think she's really getting a handle on eating solids. She's started to open her mouth when we put the spoon close to her mouth. We probably will put together her high chair and start seeing how she does in it for her solid food feedings. Here is some pictures from this morning's breakfast! YUMMMY

After breakfast in the Bumbo, it was on to playing with her little worm. While she was doing this her friend, Belle came by for a visit. We've determined that out of all of our cats, Sophie likes Belle the best. Everytime Belle walks by, Sophie smiles and smiles with an occassional giggle. Here are some photos of the friends.

You see Belle you have to push the button like this.

Like this????

We're still ALIVE....

Sorry it's been so long since we have updated our blog. But we're still alive. It has been an exceptionally busy week for all. Here are some of the updates:


Sophie is doing well without a pacifier. I really am beginning to think that she isn't missing it at all. She still cries a bit when she is really tired but we think it is more because she is so tired versus the not having the pacifier.


We have also moved on to the veggies in regards to solid food feedings. I asked Brock if he would do the honors of picking the first veggies with the choices of squash, sweet potatoes, or carrots. He chose squash and she really loves it. In fact, the first time we fed it to her it almost sounds like she was say, "yum yum yum". I'm sure it was more mumblings then anything. Next we will move on to either the sweet potatoes or carrots. Then we're off to green veggies, then fruits and finally meats. So far she has had no signs of any food allergies.


Finally, she hit the five month mark. It's hard to believe that she will be 1/2 a year old next month! The time with her has gone so quick but Brock and I are enjoying every moment we can with her. We can't even imagine or remember our lives without her in it. She is truly a blessing in our lives and we love her more then words can ever express!


Below are some newer pictures of her from the past couple of weeks for your enjoyment!

Happy Baby!!!

Sweet little girl!

One week NO PACIFIER!!! Yeah!

Just a quick update on the pacifier home front! It's been almost a whole week since Brock and I decided to cut off the pacifier and so far so good! She still fusses a bit here and there but she is really getting better at using other self soothing methods (i.e. sucking on her hand). Bedtime has been the worse for us during this transition but even that is getting better. It is shorter and shorter till she is sound asleep and she no longer wakes up in the middle of night screaming because she doesn't have her pacifier. In fact, one morning over the weekend, Brock and I thought she was still sleeping when suddenly we heard her "chattering" away. She was awake, no fussing, just talking up a storm. Brock and I are both confident that if we stick to it she won't even miss it at all (and what a relief that will be)!

New Toy!

This morning as I was dropping off Sophie at the sitters, Laura was showing me one of the toys that Sophie had been playing with at her house. As soon as she put Sophie in it she was playing away and just very contented. So when I got to work, I e-mailed Brock and talked to him about getting one for our house. (Thanks Laura!!! :)). Brock agreed and away I went to the store after work! We put it together as soon as I got home and put her in it. Sure enough, just as at Laura's, she was playing away and just contented as can be!

"Must get in mouth!"

I'm soooo funny

Cutest thing happened tonight. Sophie was laying on her activity mat. She rolled over and was looking in the mirror at herself and just started laughing. I guess she think's she is just hysterical. Here are some pictures.

Day 4

Well it is day four of not using a pacifier. We have definitely had some long days. She still is having some meltdowns but seems to be doing okay without it but we aren't sure if this is because of the lack of a pacifier or the early signs of teething. Either way, we haven't given into the temptation of giving her the pacifier.

One thing we have noticed is that she isn't waking up in the middle of the night screaming because she has lost her pacifier which is a great thing! For now, we just take this all one day at a time!

Trying to get over another hurdle...

Brock and I decided this morning that we were going to try and break Sophie from having a pacifier. While we know it's still okay for Sophie to have the pacifer, Brock and I figure the sooner that we break her of the habit the easier it will be for us.

Today at the Laura's (our babysitter) house, she didn't have it at all and from the report that we got she did really well. Tonight we've had a few little breakdowns but Brock and I pushed through and didn't give in to giving her the pacifier. Tonight will be the true test. I told Brock that I would take tonight since he has to work in the morning and I do not. We're hoping after a few days of no pacifier that she won't need one anymore.

Hopefully all will go well and by the end of the weekend we will have a pacifier free baby (and if so boy will it be nice not to have to make sure that we have one packed in the diaper bag where ever we go!!0