"Be Happy!"

Sophia and I have been staying busy, between babysitting Theo and playgroups, I always make sure we have something to do. She is exploring and curious about everything. She likes whoever will feed her first and foremost, then of course whoever talks to her. She has this adorable head tilt and then she scrunches her nose. She is our happy baby!!! She has been talking alot too, what she says, we don't know, but her attempts are captivating. She has pulling herself up like a pro, and walking sideways holding on to the couch. Her grandma bought her an activity walker this weekend and she has all the enthusiasm and excitement to run all over the house with it, but when she has it within her grasps, she just stands there and/or takes steps in place. Occasionally she will walk a couple of steps. She likes playing with the gadgets on the walker too.

This past few weeks has been filled with lots of tissue. Two weeks ago, Sophia had allergies and Benedryl was a sleeping savior. Last week she got a cold and since then she has been congested with a drippy nose. She slept ok, but yesterday morning we found her eyes closed shut with green boogies, her eyes were swollen and very red (you will see in some of the photos). We called the doctor immediately and went to the doctors. It turns out she had an ear infection. (She showed NO signs!). During her cold, I also got a cold and went to the doctors myself today and it turns out I also had an ear infection. No reason to complain, if my daughter can handle it, then I definitely can, she is my hero!!

Theo...

Last week I started babysitting Theo. He is 6 months old and is so adorable (as you will see). He likes watching Sophia crawl around and eat. She likes watching him and talking to him. It is so cute how they interact. Somehow, they know each other boundaries and are getting used to each other.

(Turn up the speakers)



Song: "He Needs Me"
Soundtrack: Popeye

Having Fun...

Sophia is at the perfect age, and we are enjoying every moment of it. She loves playing, crawling, and exploring. If she knows there is something that might not be the best thing for her to get into, she looks at us, and the moment we say no or try to direct her attention elsewhere, she crawls right back to that place, all while looking right at us...I cant believe she is testing us...

Her objects of affection right now are Daddy's CDs, Books, and plants. We need to get those things out of arms length reach for her...but have yet to find another place to put them. She also likes seeing how long she can stay up with us...It frustrating, but we love every moment of it. I am in constant awe of how she learns or develops things from one day to the next, RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES!!

Oh yes, we just cant get over how damn cute she is...(it must be a parents thing)!!

Oakland Zoo...

Sleepless Nights...

Sorry, there hasn't been a new postings, this past week has been really busy and at times a bit rough for Sophia, but like always she is fine now. Last week she was having a hard time going to sleep, and we couldn't figure out why, she usually loves her sleep. So after several nights of waking up every 2-3 hours screaming, the only way she would go to sleep was in my arms, which was tiring me out....

I finally took her to the doctors, who suspected a ear ache, but was wrong. She suggested Benedryl to help her sleep and to dry up her runny nose and it has worked like a charm ever since. Myron and I are convinced it was allergies that was bothering her...

Other than that, we have been going to playgroups at the park. She loves it, and crawls everywhere, playing with all the babies.

Here is a video of what she has been doing this past week....Enjoy!!

New Discoveries...

Sophia recently has started to discover things...I try not to discourage her too much, if she falls, I try not to react too quickly, not because I don't care (because my heart does drop to my stomach every time), but I want her be able to brush it off and pick her self up and she does, within a couple of seconds she is repeating the same activity over again. I have noticed that the majority of the time she falls, she looks for my reaction before reacting in those split seconds. I want her to be the best that she can be, and its in those moments, I hope that I am teaching her a little bit of life. Motherhood, is getting harder and harder and she is only 10 months...

She is pulling her self up alot more and now trying to pull herself along the couch, she is still wobbly of course. I cant believe how fast she is learning, and growing. These past couple of days, she is repeating sounds of names or phrases I say.... she is still working on the pronunciations, but she has the sounds...oh its very exciting! She can say, dog, kitty cat, dada and mama well. She officially has 3 teeth on the top (1 pending) and 3 teeth on the bottom (1 also pending). One tooth is coming on an average every 2 weeks. Oh yes, she also eats everything.

Hope you enjoy the video....

(her fingers are fine!!)

My Graduate

Today, Sophia officially graduated from the Infant Studies Center at UC-Berkeley and she has a shirt to prove it.

Here is the website of what the study consisted of...
http://babycenter.berkeley.edu/

Zucchini....

Here are some short clips of what she had for dinner today. We discovered that she does not like Zucchini, but will eat it.

Does anybody know how to get rid of that bitter taste?

Not Sleeping, but STANDING!!!

Sophia has always loved her sleep, but they past few days, she has been fighting it. There are a couple things that we have learned through this process. First thing, Myron cannot put her to sleep, she assumes that it is play time and wants to stay up and play. If she is falling asleep and realizes that he has just passed her bedroom, she will call out "Dada" and pull herself up quickly. Oh yes, she has begun to stand up in the crib too, very exciting, but also very scary. (We must lower her mattress, so she can not climb over). Second, she loves her bottle, she is able to fall asleep without it but she does alot better if she has a little something to drink before she dozes of. Another habit, that I must slowly trick her out of (sippy cups, here we come). All in all, her sleeping habits are once again familiar, but she has definitely begun to test the waters of mommy and daddy.

Hope you enjoy the video, I am still in the learning process, so I apologize, some of the live clip is sideways and I am unable to fix it on my computer, I should of fixed it on my camera before downloading it, but I deleted it before. SORRY, the video could not do without!!