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Not last night, but the night before, Brad and I had the worst night ever. For those of you whom read my blog know that Sophia has started being a very good sleeper. We were down to one feeding a night and about 13-15 hours of total sleep. Well let met tell you, that was NOT the case the other night. As usual I put her down and 6pm and she went to sleep. Then at midnight she woke up crying, I thought it was kind of odd, but went in and gave her a soother. I usually don’t like doing that, but I was really tired and wanted to go to sleep. She then proceeded to wake up again 1/2 hour later, I fed her “just in case” but she didn’t really want to eat. She then slept for 1 hour and began waking up every 45 min from there on. By about    3:30 am i thought that I was going to go insane. Even Brad ended up getting up a few times, we just couldn’t figure oot what her deal was. Ahhhhh, it was like having a newborn again, except worse. I think it reminded me of how glad I am not to be pregnant right now, yes I changed my mind again. Anyway,  by 5 am she went to sleep for 2hours and woke up like nothing ever happened at 7 am. That’s 2 hours before her usual wake up. Of course she was as grumpy as a bear all day yesterday. Guess who else was not a happy person….yah mommy. I just could not function at all. My mom then offered to babysit and Brad and I went out for the afternoon. It felt really nice to get away, Thank you mom.

Soooo, my mom also took Sophie for the night so that we coud get some rest. And of course she went back to her usual and very nice sleep habits. Odd child, I swear she likes playing mind games with me.

Well today we all woke up happy and rested hoping that we don’t have to deal with another night like that. It was not fun at all. She’s having a hard time falling asleep for her nap so I have to go and help her.

Sophia and Grandma Richert

Here are some great-grandma moments…

Richert side

Chved side

Wow, so I forgot how much it actually rains here. As much as I didn’t like Edmonton, the one good thing about it was that it hardly ever rained. I think I can count on my fingers how many times it rained there. The weird thing is, is that right now it’s not even bothering me. I guess I’m just happy to be in BC. I am SURE that it will get on my nerves eventually.

I’m in the middle of watching Grey’s Anatomy, so this is going to be short. Just wanted to let everyone that we were very productive today and got a lot of our stuff unpacked. I think for a little while I am just going to post pictures, so please check in.

Sophie napping in my new sling

Brad and I are officially out of Edmonton. I was really looking forward to moving back to BC, but once it came down to actually leaving I was surprised to find myself feeling sad.

I flew out on the 20th to drop Sophia off with my mom, and came back to Edmonton on the 23rd to help Brad with cleaning. While I was in Chilliwack my MIL and FIL were there packing all our stuff onto a big trailer. Brad said that his parents are super packers, so I figured that they didn’t need me. They were pretty pressed for time so couldn’t get everything, but they managed to get almost everything in their truck and trailer. When I came back and walked into the house I just about had a heart attack, it was SOOOO dirty in all those typical places that we don’t clean unless the house is empty. I was incredibly overwhelmed with how much cleaning I had to do. I was determined to have everything done by the end of the night. It took a lot of energy, but we finished it. That night Brad and I went out for our last dinner at Moxies and then went to our hotel. We had a lovely 5 am wake up call, and were out of Edmonton by 8 am.

When we walked out of our house it was very sad. This was a place where we got married & had our baby. I guess we both had very strong attachments to it. We were sad, but happy to start somewhere new.

These are some pictures of our last days there…

Our trip to BC

Yesterday Sophia and flew from Edmonton to Abbotsford. I call my title a proud mommy moment because she was such an angel during the flight. Last time All 3 of us flew to BC, in Feb, she threw a bit of a fit, so this time I was afraid that the same thing was going to happen again. But as soon as we got into the plane she just nuzzled herself into my armpit and fell asleep. I was in a bit of a shock, but accepted it. She slept for the first hour, and then for the last 1/2 hour she just stared and smiled at people. I was proud of my little girl, she was sooo good.

Anyway, I am trying to get her settle in, but I think that she is having a bit of trouble adjusting. She never had issues with coming here, but for the last couple days I have been having trouble getting her to sleep. Yesterday she didn’t go down until 8 pm, and today it was 9pm. Her usual bed time is 6pm, so I hope that she doesn’t get overtired from missing all that sleep. Once Brad and I are back here on the 24th, I will try to put her on more of a schedule. I wouldn’t mind if she went to bed later, but every time that  that has happened she gets VERY overtired and cranky, and those kind of babies are NO fun to deal with. She still sleeps well for me, on average I get 13-15 hours a night, so I can’t complain there.

I’m watching her on our baby video monitor right now, and she is sooooo cute. Watching a baby sleep is so precious.

Oh I remember what I was going to say. I ran into one of my very good friends at the airport. It was such a fluke that it happened, but it was very exciting. I hadn’t see that girl in a very long time. We chatted a bit and then she whispered into my ear that she just found out that she is pregnant. I am very excited for her. They hadn’t told their families at that point, so I felt privileged to be the first one to know. She is one of my most favorite people, and I wish I could see her more, but that’s what happens when you live in different provinces.

So anway, CONGRADULATIONS Val, I love you and miss you lots. Oh and her due date is Dec 3, 2007

she can do that for about 10 sec before toppling over

Just wanted to share some baby fluff..

Sorry, but since we are right in the middle of moving there will not be any new posts until the 24th or 25th of this month. Well unless I get inspired by something.

See you all in a week or so

Today Sophia had her 5 month appointment. She developing nicely and all is well. She is now 14lbs 5 oz and I forget how many inches long. I think shes 25 inches??? I have to look at the chart, but I’m too lazy.

I have most of her stuff packed and ready to go, but the rest of the house looks like a tornado went through it. It’s driving me crazy, but I just have to keep reminding myself that it will all be cleaned up soon. Can you tell I’m a clean freak? Never used to be, but these darn cats and all their cat hair. It’s really gross. Well I gotta get back to patching holes in the walls and packing some more.

That’s her new carseat. She likes it much more then her infant one.

I don’tknow what to do with myself these last couple of days. I feel like I should clean up our house to make it look more livable, but I don’t think that it’s possible with all these boxes around. I hate moving. I guess not many people enjoy it, it’s so inconvenient. Right now I can’t find anything, and don’t know what I may need, so packing is a hassle. I’ve already had to open up one box because my husband decided that he wanted steeped tea instead of using a regular tea bag. We have not used that hot press in who knows how long, and as soon as I packed it he went looking all over the kitchen for it. I thought it was kind of funny, but not at the same time. In two weeks we will be out of here, I can’t believe it. Most of you know how much I’ve been wanting to get out of Alberta, but now that it’s time to go I feel a little sad. Such a typical woman I am. I don’t want to get out of here because I hate it here, but because it doesn’t seem like home to me. But in a way it IS home. I got married here, had a baby here, all the best things that have happened to me happened to me in Edmonton.

There are things that I am going to miss. Things like: it doesn’t rain for 1/2 a year straight, places that are sentimental to us, my doctor. I had the best prenatal care here, and I am really going to miss that the next time I am pregnant.

But I am also really looking forward to going to the lake. Sophie is going to love going swimming this summer. And I am looking forward to Brad and I going out together a little bit. It will be nice to have some family around to babysit so that we can have alone time. We haven’t had that in 5 months.

OOOOHHHH, my cookies are done. Yes I baked today, mmm I can’t wait to have some. I’ve been craving chocolate like a mad woman recently , so I hope this will make the craving go away. Ok cookie time

Just wanted to wish everyone a HAPPY EASTER!!! Enjoy your long weekend

So I thought that the weather here was warming up, but every time that I think that we get another snowfall Oh well, soon it will be summer, can you tell I’m looking forward to that? Nothing new has been happening here, still packing things. I leave in 2 weeks, and Brad wants me to have most stuff packed by then, so I guess it’s going to be very busy two weeks.

We’re just about to head out to the mall. Brad wants to get a haircut and I would like to find Sophia some sunglasses that have Velcro on the back, that way she can keep them on. We have a really cute pair, but she rips them off as soon as I put them on. I’m going to get my hair done tomorrow. I wasn’t really planning on it, but it’s been bugging me, so I need to fix it.

Ooo, Sophie is up from her cat nap. If she sleeps great at night it’s cat naps, and if it’s good naps then BAD sleep at night. I just can’t win with her. I’m not happy with her sleeping, cause I’m either exhausted from bad sleep or from a cranky baby during the day. One day this will end, I look forward to that day

Sophie has found her new favorite song. She gets the biggest smile on her face when she hears “Old MacDonald”, but her all time favorite part is the “Ee i ee i oh” part, that’s when the big grins come out.

When she was a newborn I didn’t really know any kids songs, so I sang her the Beatles song-So Happy Together. I don’t really know why, but that was the first one that came to my head. She loved it when I sang to her, and let me tell you…I CANNOT sing. I’ve always wanted to be able to, but I just don’t have the voice. It’s a good thing that babies don’t care how their mommies sound. Anyway, the Beatles song is the song that she gets before bedtime, like a cue that it’s time to go to sleep. We have a bedtime ritual that is the same every night, that way she knows what’s coming next and doesn’t protest going to sleep. We have play time, bath, swaddle, feed with song, and then lights out. It took a little while to get into routine, but since we started that when she was a newborn, now she is very easy to put to bed.

Well since her bedtime song is just for bedtime, I thought that it would be fun to sing some kid songs to her during the day. She doesn’t seem to care for any but the Old Macdonald one. I don’t know what it is about that song, but obviously something that she really enjoys. And seeing as how she’s not a cuddly baby, that is the only way that I can get cuddles. She loves it, and giggles when we cuddle and sing.

Yesterday she was having some tummy time on the floor, and I decided to sing her that song and managed to get the huge smile on camera. Hope you all enjoy the big smiles. As Brad said the other day “babies are the living proof that smiling is easier then frowning.”

Have a great day everyone

Note the drool on the chin…

Yesterday afternoon Brad and I ventured out to the mall to get Sophia a new car seat. She is getting too big for her infant car seat, and we thought since Sears was having a sale we should get her one. It’s been snowing pretty hard here, but It’s Edmonton, we’re used to it. So after her second 3 hour nap we got dressed and went out. It was a successful shopping trip (most of our trips aren’t successful since we both hate shopping), after we got the huge box into our car we decided to go back home. It was nearing Sophie’s bed time. I wanted to stop off at Toys “R” Us, but then decided against it. I was pretty happy with our purchase and saw no need to make an extra stop.

We were fairly close to our house when a dumb pedestrian decided he wanted to cross on one of the busiest streets. Of course Brad slowed down pretty quickly so that we wouldn’t hit the guy. A lady that was driving behind him was NOT paying attention to the car in front of her (us) and just plowed right into us. Brad saw it coming and tried to slam down on the gas, but it was slippery and we couldn’t get away in time. Just a second before we got hit I turned to him and looked and just “knew” what was going to happen. All that went through my head was “oh Sh%^$”, that’s about as far as I got before I heard a huge bang. I swear there is nothing worse then a sound of a car accident. Well there is, but I still hate that sound. My first reaction was to rip off my seat-belt and run to the back to see if Sophie was ok. I have never felt fear like that in my life, she began to whimper, but as soon as she saw me she smiled. My baby was ok, that’s all that mattered at that time. Brad on the other hand was furious. I’m sooo glad I was not the lady that hit us, cause she got an earful from him.

Edmonton drivers just DO NOT know how to drive. I seriously thought I was going to have a nervous break down when I first moved out here. They just do not pay attention, and because of this our new car that we got a year and a half ago has been in 3 accidents already. I mean really, is it THAT hard to pay attention on the road???

Anyway, after “fervently talking” to the lady, he ran over to check on Sophie as well. I assured him she was ok, but I guess he had to see for himself. We got all her information and will figure all this fixing stuff soon.

As for injuries, like I said Sophie is fine. Brad and I hurt though, we both have very sore necks and my back is killing me. I think I got whiplash; when we got hit I was looking at Brad and my body jerked in a weird way. I’m sure I will be ok, and Brad as well.

Not much to say here, pretty busy with paking and all. I thought that a video would be fun. These are some of her first steps. She is testing out her walking skills, hope you enjoy

 Thanks to My kids mom for this!  

1. WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR KITCHEN PLATES? white and beige. some have patterns, some don’t

2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Baby signing for dummies

3. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? I don’t have one.

4. FAVORITE BOARD GAME? Settlers

5. LEAST FAVORITE SMELL(S)? garbage? poopy diapers

6. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF IN THE MORNING? Crap, it’s morning again…I WANT TO SLEEP

7. FAVORITE COLOR: depends what it’s for

8. LEAST FAVORITE COLOR: pig pink

9. HOW MANY RINGS UNTIL YOU ANSWER THE PHONE? if it’s someone I want to talk to it’s 2-3, otherwise I won’t pick up. I hate telemarketers

10. FUTURE CHILD’S NAME? daughter-eva, son-seth or noah

11. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? Vanilla

12. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST? i love it, but now I have to be safe, you know having a baby and all

13. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL? I sleep with Brad, does that count?

14. DO YOU LIKE THUNDERSTORMS? NO

15. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR? It was a 1995 Huyndai Elantra- wors car EVER!!!

16. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE? If you figure it out, please let me know

17. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI? yah

18. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB WHAT WOULD IT BE? mom

19. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY COLOR HAIR WHAT WOULD IT BE? i love my hair color, so i would keep it as it is

20. IS THE GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY? Depends on when you’re asking. I can be a downer from time to time.

21. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE? I have LOTS. The last movie I saw that I really liked was The Pursuit of Happiness

22. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS? No, but i’m fast

23. WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED? DUST. a broken down table and a cat

24. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? i don’t have. I like them big when on a cheque.

25. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? not really

26. YOUR SINGLE BIGGEST INTENSE PAIN? most women would say labour, I would say the 3 days following that. Labour wasn’t that bad, but recovery sucked

27. KETCHUP OR MUSTARD? ketchup, i hate mustard

28. HAMBURGER OR HOT DOG? Cheeseburger.

29. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON? I like them all, in their own time

30. THE BEST PLACE(S) YOU HAVE EVER BEEN? my honeymoon

31. WHAT SCREEN SAVER IS ON YOUR COMPUTER RIGHT NOW? Sophie and her cousin Rylee

32.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FAST FOOD? not a fan of fast food, soooo unhealthy

33. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT? Red Lobster

34. FAVORITE THING TO SHOP FOR? Clothes and bathing suits, I love bathing suits

35. ANY WORDS OF ADVICE?If you’re contemplating on having children, HAVE THEM, they’re a blessing