So close I can almost taste it!

(Thank you Britta, Elwyn and Brooks for the adorable sunglasses!)

Summer is almost here. That means a lot more baby & mama time. :)

I can't wait for more time with my little girl. She is becoming such a fun little person. She interacts with us, and tries to jump in on all conversations. When we are talking, Sophia is cooing right along with us! It's so cute.

She wears her emotions on her sleeve. She smiles so much. She gets fussy when she's tired. And I know, you hear people say it ALL the time, but she really is growing so fast!

She's eating more and more of her cereal every night. And seeing her sit in her "big girl" chair is so cute. She's so eager to try holding her spoon, but she's in the "EVERYTHING GOES IN MY MOUTH" stage, and the spoon gets shoved, quicker than she realizes, right into the mouth, cereal flying in all directions. So, we're working on that one.

She started holding her bottle this week! And she can almost finish the whole thing without any help. (Which, I will admit, literally brings a little tear to my eye.) I feel like it takes away from the Mommy & Sophia bonding time.

So, hour by hour, I am counting down until we get our Momma and Baby Girl time. I seriously have never been so excited about the summer before.

(Oh, and this year, Matt and I will be able to enjoy the whole summer, stress-free, knowing that my job for next year is safe! Thank you all for your prayers!)


Sophia enjoying a Saturday morning on the patio.

Roly Poly

And She's a Rollin' :)

Our happy girl is now rolling all over the place!

****Excuse the choppy ending, my camera batteries died mid-filming :(

4 Months and our Growing Girl

Seriously can't believe our little girlie is 4 months old!

We had her 4 month appointment this week, and she got more shots :( But she handled them like a champ. Cried when she was poked, but never after that! :) Made for a great night!

Sophia's up to 13.5 lbs (which is small for her age, she's in the 50th percentile)
However, she's grown to 25" long! (Incidentally, this is really long for a baby her age, she's in the 95th percentile!) So we're living with our own little string-bean!

This week Matthew put together Sophia's high chair. It's really surreal to walk into the kitchen and see this. I'm not sure I was ready for this milestone. It just makes her seem like such a "big kid." :)



We introduced her to cereal from a spoon this week too! It was so cute to watch her try and figure out how to use her tongue, and swallow. More ended up on her than in her, but we're getting the hang of it!

Happy Mother's Day ~ A Tribute to our Moms!

This year, I was explaining to Matthew, how Mother's Day takes on a whole new understanding for me.

Before I was a mother, I never knew the full capacity of my love.

Before I was a mother, I would never have guessed that getting up in the morning just to see her sleeping so content would be one of the most comforting of feelings.

Before I was a mother, I never knew how a teeny tiny toothless smile could melt my heart.

Or the uncontrollable urge you feel when you want to get your little one to stop crying...It is quite literally a physical feeling that just hurts your heart.

Before I was a mother, I never knew the fear of waking up and hearing silence.

Before I was a mother, I never knew the sacrafices that came with motherhood, but how much they are ALL worth it.

Before I was a mother, I never understood how calming it could be to hold your child in your arms, or to watch her sleep.

Or that the best part of my day is when I get to daycare in the afternoons to see her smiling face.

Or how much I would love sitting on the couch for some cuddle time. (If you know me well, you know I am not one to sit and do nothing for long!)

Just to pick her up, hold her and love on her is amazing.

Listening to her coo and talk every evening is so fun! She's just learning to control her voice, so at times it's more like shrieking, but it's still so cute!

Watching her play with her feet...she's gotten them to her mouth quite a few times and it's so funny!

Giving her a bath, she's learning that her feet are part of her, and she loves to splash her legs around and make a watery mess!

Watching her finish her last bottle of the night. She hardly ever eats the whole bottle and ends up smiling at Matt or I as milk pools all over her chin and cheeks!

Going on walks with her. It's a given that she'll fall asleep for an afternoon nap.

Putting her down for the night. I love how she fights her sleep, all the time. She seriously will scream and scream when it's time to sleep. But once she finally gets drowsy, it's lights out!

and then waking up the next morning to do it all over again...is totally a gift!

Only parents will understand how incredibly fun the routine is. (Not to say that Matt and I don't need a date night now and again...)

But there are many other reasons why Mother's Day has a new understanding this year.

I now understand how completely in love with me my mom is, and how completely in love with Matthew, Sue is. It's a feeling that can never be described.

I appreciate so much all of the late nights that I put my mom through (and there were lots, as I did not sleep through the night until I was 18 months old!)

Or the crying that Matthew put Sue through (being a colicky baby, she dealt with LOTS of that!)

I appreciate so much every little panic attack that my mom had, knowing that she was panicking for my well being. Like the time I choked on a leaf...

Or how Matthew is so dedicated to the things he loves, because Sue would never let him quit. :)

I now have a better appreciation for life as a wife and a mom, has a lot of responsibility, and that making everything workout takes a lot more effort than it used to.

And though this one little word does not even begin to explain my gratidtude, I am grateful. I never imagined that being a mom would be so much work. Or would be so stressful. Or would be so exhausting. BUT SO REWARDING. And we know that we have two of the best moms in the world to turn to when we need anything.

We Love You Moms!