Daisy Chains

Gramma came up to visit this weekend, and since it was such a gorgeous day, we decided to spend the afternoon at McKinley park. While relaxing in the shade, Gramma started to make Sophia a little daisy chain. Sophia watched Gramma's work closely....

...and was thrilled when Gramma handed the comnpleted daisy chain to her.

She showed off her new gift proudly.

She counted the daisies.

She swung them around.

And then she decided to smell them, although with her runny nose, she had to sniff extra hard to get a whiff!

"No, I am not a monkey bar"

I said that today as I struggled to get Sophia in her pants while she was attempting to swing from my outstretched arm. I had to laugh because that's a sentence I never thought I'd hear myself say!

Spring is Here!!

And to celebrate we bought Sophia her first kite. It was a cheap little Elmo kite, but it easily out-flew the expensive fancy kites our neighbors had.


We've been spending every afternoon outside enjoying the fantastic weather. We walk to the park daily and spend time enjoying the gorgeous flowers in our backyard. I'm trying to take advantage of this great weather before it gets hot and I'm too pregnant and swollen to enjoy it!

I planted daffodil bulbs this fall and was excited to see them all come up this year.

And the tulips and calla lilies look gorgeous again this year.

The wisteria is just starting to bloom, so the yard smells amazing. Hopefully Sophia will cooperate once it's in full bloom for some pictures.

Poor Girl!

Sophia has had a rough time since her birthday. It started when she got a "boo-boo" right smack dab in the middle of her forehead. I have no idea how she got it, but she LOVED to pick at it. When we would get her out of her crib in the morning, we'd find blood smeared all over her head again, and again, and again, and she would proudly state "Sophie pick boo-boo!".
We didn't use a bandaid because she has had a reaction to them in the past, but I decided to go ahead and use a latex-free little circle bandaid to keep her from picking at her boo-boo. The next morning, I took off the bandaid to find a perfect circle of red itchy bumps on her forehead, so I guess she's allergic to all bandaids. The poor kid will have to miss out on the fun and comfort of getting her favorite cartoon character bandaids stuck to her boo-boos! Sophia also came down with a nasty cold this month. She's normally a real trooper when she's sick, but this time she would whimper "runny nose, runny nose" and start crying every 3-4 minutes. She even fell asleep on the couch, which she hasn't done since she was an infant. I took a peak at her ears, and it turns out she had her first ear infection. Fortunately she LOVED the antibiotics and would exclaim "I like this! I like this!" everytime we gave it to her. Unfortunately, she passed her cooties on to me, and 3 weeks later, we're both still running for the kleenex box throughout the day. Daddy was awesome at taking care of of his sick pregnant wife and even sicker toddler, so we thanked him by making him a card and bringing him some of his favorite dessert: key lime pie.

Sophie still has some fluid behind her ears, and she had fluid behind her ears at her 2 year check up as well, so it's been at good 6 weeks. We're giving her Claritan everyday and hoping it clears soon. We pray that she doesn't take after her Daddy in the ear department.

It's A ..........

......Girl!!!!
Sophia has a little sister on the way!

Lil junior is looking healthy as can be and I can constantly feel her movin' and groovin'. Since she's such a big girl, my due date has been moved up to July 23rd. She may end up arriving a little sooner because there's a good chance I'll have to plan a c-section. They discovered that the placenta is right next to the cervix (marginal placenta previa) and since the placenta is attached to the back of the uterus, there's about a 50/50 chance that it will move out of the way by the time I'm full term. So I'll get another ultrasound at around 30 weeks and if it has moved more than 2 cm, I can have a normal delivery, otherwise we'll get to pick out a birthday for this little girl.

And here are the latest belly pics. I'm definitely starting to look more pregnant than fat, and part of my belly button is already starting to poke out!

Tiny Tumblers

For the last 6 months or so, Sophia and I have been attending a gymnastics class for toddlers called Tiny Tumblers. It's been a great class that has helped Sophia learn to run, jump, roll, hang from bars, and follow instructions. Last week we started attending swim lessons twice a week, so we decided to stop going to Tiny Tumblers, but before we left, we got a great "team" picture. I don't where they found this photographer, but I find it truly miraculous that he was able to get 9 toddlers to all look at the camera!

Thank Goodness for Cousins

If it weren't for cousin Katherine showing Sophia this face at Christmas and doing it in about half of her mom's blog entries, who knows how long it would have taken Sophia to figure it out!!

Teacher:

Student:

If only we could apply this technique to potty training we'd be set!!

(And yes, that is Daddy's work tie she's wearing with her PJ's!)