Sunday, October 21, 2007

Link to first bday pics ...

Here are some pictures from the weekend. The ones with the blue shirt are from Friday, and all the others are from Saturday.

http://tinyurl.com/2ragl5

I had a breakdown on Friday night watching the slideshow that Chad put together. She's not my little baby anymore; she's a big kid now! I'm doing much better today. I'll post a recap of the party and more pics in the next day or two.

Friday, October 19, 2007

Happy Birthday, baby girl!

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Our little pumpkin

We took Sophia to Minnetonka Orchards on Saturday (http://www.minnetonkaorchards.com). It was a pretty cool place. It was very busy, but spread out so that no one area had too many people. We had caramel apples and apple donuts, listened to some music, checked out the sheep and goats, and just enjoyed the beautiful weather :-)

Here is some pictures of her in the pumpkin patch :



Monday, October 8, 2007

Guess who?

Man, I am SO bad at this blog thing! I can't even manage one post per week. Sorry, folks :-)

I have an excuse this time: Sophia is really sick -- fever, puking, the works. This is the first time we've experienced a "real" sickness and it sucks! I made it into work for a few hours this morning (Sicky was at home with dad) and boy did I need to get out! I had been home, covered in puke, for 3 days. I think I used an entire bottle of laundry detergent over the weekend. She seems to be on the mend finally. *knocking on wood* She hasn't thrown up today. Yay! But we think she's getting molars now. Oy. Hopefully this will all be over soon!

One year ago today was the official start of my maternity leave. I spent the week getting all the last-minute stuff we needed before the baby was born. I hope I never forget how exciting that time was. How nervous I was for the delivery (as I should have been!) but also how completely unprepared I was for what parenthood was really like. No matter how many times someone tells you how tired you will be, you can never truly understand the exhaustion until you actually live it. When Sophia was about two weeks old, I feel asleep mid-sentence. And I was the one talking! No class or book can prepare you for that.

Last week, Sophia took 6 steps in a row a few different times. She's clearly saying baby "ba-ba" and ball "bah" and points to both when we ask where they are. I cannot believe she will be one next week! I have to order her birthday cake this week and reschedule her 1-year pics (we had to cancel on Saturday due to the puking).

I have some new pics and hope to post them soon!