Now and then

I cant believe how big Sophia is getting! Its crazy to me how much she has grown and changed over the last 6 months! I though I would share some of the biggest changes for those of you who dont get to see her everyday like we do!.

Stats: At birth she weighed 9lbs 3.8oz and was 21in long at her 6 month appt she weighed 16lbs 7oz and was 25 1/4 in tall
Sleeping: hasnt changed so much, she is still a horrible sleeper!!!
Crying: At birth Sophia cried upwards of 14 hours a day now she only cries if she wants/needs something. Best change ever!
Talking: Sophia can say 3 things! Dada, Mama, and Baba and she will say it over and over and over again all day long. Its really cute actually and I should take a video of it.
Teeth- still no teeth but she is definitely teething and I expect her first tooth to pop through soon.  
Moving- First it was a wiggle, then it was a roll, followed by a scoot, now its a crawl! It takes her awhile but she still gets to where she wants to go eventually!
Eating- She has been entirely breast feed until she turned 6 months old. We gave her her first food which was avocado and peaches. She loves to eat and is doing a wonderful job with it. (Post on this to follow!)
Car rides- From the day she was born she has hated car rides thankfully a light bulb went off when she turned 6 months old and she has decided that riding in the car isnt a death sentence and is actually pretty relaxing. 9 times out of 10 she falls asleep in the car now! Thank God!
Carrier- Sophia has always loved to be carried around which hasnt changed very much but the carrier I put her in has. She prefered a sling when she was first born, now we have upgraded to the ErgoBaby carrier. Much better on my back too :)
Field Trips- She has and continues to love leaving the house. It doesnt matter where we go she is happy to be out and about especially if there are a lot of people there!

I could go on forever about how much she has grown and changed but these are some of the biggest changes. Im nervous and excited about the big changes we are sure to see from 6-12 months!    

About 2 hours old 

6 months old!

    

Time flies when your having fun!

Time has really gotten away from me! I keep meaning to get online and post an update but things just keep coming up! Im really going to make a solid effort to post at least once a week from now on!

There is so much to catch up on so I thought that I would bring you up to speed with some pictures :) Enjoy!


Sophia was Dedicated at church wearing the same gown I wore! :)


We go on lots of walks!!


Sophia's first 4th of July!!!

She fell asleep before the fireworks :( maybe next year!!


Matt and Jordan came to visit!

We made the switch to cloth diapers and wipes :) Loving it too!

Hanging out at the beach!!!

Sophia and Raya finally met at Cambria's Princess birthday party!.. They both just too cute!

Sophia turned 6 months old!! Happy 1/2 Birthday!!




Sophia started eating solid foods and she loves it!!

We go to Story Time at the Library

Finally met her Great Uncles Phil and Fuzz ( need to get a picture with Fuzz!)

We go to the local high school football games.

And we hang out at the park!

Learning how to crawl! Getting way too close to crawling for Mommies liking!

Still not sleeping much... Up late with Daddy

There is still so much more but these are the highlights :) Hope everyone is well!

And the results are in.....finally lol

Months and months ago I asked you to join in on a baby poll. Well after having Sophia I completlely forgot to enter in all the information. Well today I did and here are the results!!! (Some of us were WAY off lol).

TOP 3: 1. Summer 2.Tami 3. Sandy

Click on the link to see the points and breakdown!

http://bebepool.com/go/?a=TOTSSL&view=list

Thanks for your participation!!!

You Were Born

Your Were Born by Cloud Cult is on of my favorite songs of all time. It really sums up a lot of how I feel about my sweet Sophia! Enjoy!

Stretchmarks are beautiful!

A friend of mine on facebook posted this and I think it is beautiful and true. This is truly how I feel about my stretch marks. They may not be pretty to you but they represent so much to me and because of that they are beautiful!

Talking Sophia

The past few weeks Sophia has really been talking a lot! She is really getting a lot of different sounds out and it really excites her. I also have noticed if I make a sound or move my mouth she will try to copy my action. I tried to get it on video and here is what happened. Once she noticed the camera all she wanted to do was stare at it hahaha. 

Going Green!

Ricky and I have been busy around the house. Since we moved here we have been wanting to plan a garden so badly and now we finally have the room to do it. We decided the best option for us would be to make a box/grid garden. We got recycled wooden palates that Ricky stapled weed liner around. Then it was off to buy some plants and soil. We filled the garden with soil and planted our little baby plants and seeds. In our garden we have tomatoes, squash, zucchini, red yellow and green pepper, 3 different types of lettuce, spinach, cucumber, basil, cilantro, thyme, and parsley. Our garden has really taken off for the most part. 2 of our lettuce didnt come in that well so we are going to replant those. Otherwise everything else is looking great! 

This is how it started before the plants 

With some plants 

This is our garden now!

To go along with our garden we really wanted to start composting but didnt really know too much about it. Over Earth Day there was a festival in the park that had some going green workshops and one of the workshops was about composting. We got a lot of valuable information and decided we would give it a try. Composting is great because it reduces the amount of trash you throw away and it makes great soil for your garden! We got an old plastic barrel and Ricky drilled holes in it. We threw in some soil and our browns(dry leaves, sticks, dry grass etc) and greens(grass, leaves leftover veggies from the kitchen etc) with a little water and mixed it up. We hope to have 2 compost up an running so that way we have somewhere to put our waste while the other is decomposing but we as of now we only have one up and running. This is what it looks like. We are also going to paint it to make it a little more eye catching.

Its the black tub on cinder blocks with wood over it to keep the heat in. 

While we were at the Earth Day festival we saw something really cool. It was a big flower pot made out of a tire. We thought that was a great way to use something that most people throw away so we thought we would give it a try. Ricky did all of this with a little help from our friend Dustin. First he got a tire with the rim on (you dont need the rim if you dont want but we like the look). Then he cut into the tire and and made decorative petals. Once he cut it Ricky and Dustin flipped it inside out. This was really hard to do and it took them awhile and it took some work but it turned out great! We are going to paint this too and I like it so much I want Ricky to make me another one! :) 

Strawberry Festival

Ricky and I love strawberries so when we heard there was going to be a Strawberry festival at a farm not too far from here we decided we would love to go! We had a ton of fun! We listened to some music, picked our own berries (which Ricky wasted no time in eating!) watched a little gun show (fake guns of course!) and we watched some pigs race! It was a fun little Saturday afternoon that we will have to repeat again next year.

What a real strawberry looks like

This is what Sophia did while we picked berries

We each picked a pig-my pig won woot woot!

Already a sore loser hahaha jk but hers did beat daddy! 

Sophia's First Swim!

Over Easter we went to my parents house in Tampa. It was Sophia's first road trip (ill write about that later!) and first time in Tampa. One of my favorite things to do there is to go swimming in their pool. Ever since we had Sophia I have been wanting to take her swimming so badly so of course it was one of the first things we did! Daddy was our photographer :)

Sophia chillin in her daisy bikini! 

Swimming with Uncle Bryce and Mommy

Sophia eating her swim suit 

Sophia loves her Uncle Bryce, she stares at him whenever hes around!

Marley and Ringo wanted to play too! 

Sophia loved the pool! She will be our future Olympian! Gold medal in swimming is in her future!