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I love watching all the different stages that Sophia has been going through. I have been doing a lot of reading about what to expect during the toddler years, and some of the books give examples of how a baby may react to something that we. In one of the books I was reading (I forget that name of the book) it said that around the 7 month mark kids tend to get upset when you take an object away from them. I think that’s when they begin to recognize that just because they don’t see it it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. When Sophie was 7 months old she generally did not care if I took things away from her, she would just move on to the next interesting thing around her. Well let me tell you, it’s a whole new ball game now. Dare I take anything away from her that she wants and the screaming and water works come straight out. Like the other day I was sitting on the floor next to her eating some blueberries, she was playing with blocks and the remote control. All of a sudden she spotted the bowl of blueberries and she just had to have it. She scooted on her little bottom to the bowl and started playing with the berries. It was very cute how she investigated a berry, then she threw it our of the bowl, then she put it back in. After she got bored of picking single berries out she threw a bunch of them out onto the carpet and began mushing the rest of them in the bowl. That’s when I took it away because otherwise she would put a bunch of stains on her clothes and on the carpet. Oh man, was she ever angry she it berries were taken away from her. I don’t think she stopped whining until she went down for a nap an hour later. Next time I will know to take them away before she gets her little grabby hands on them.
Here are some pictures of her blueberry party.
Still fairly clean, being nice...
cleaning up……
getting messier….
smushing the berries….
baaaaaa, Mine, give them back!!!!!
Yesterday Sophia got to meet a couple of new babies. We got together with some of my friends way back from high school. We hadn’t seen each other since graduation day in 2001. I guess 6 years is a long time, but it wasn’t awkward at all. We took a nice little stroll with all of our little girls and chatted about life and what we’ve been doing for the past 6 years. It was very interesting to hear about their lives.
I was going to write much about about our play date, but Sophia is not exactly impressed with me ignoring her right now so I better finish up. Here is a picture of the 3 of us with our little darling baby girls. It goes from left to right, oldest to youngest. Enjoy!!
Well we have a play date today so I will write about it later.For now enjoy some Cultus Lake pictures. The bottom one is of some little girl really wanting to hug Sophia.
Sophie at Cultus Lake
Yesterday I realized that we have to baby proof the house – PRONTO!!!!! This kid is out of her mind; she is so quick that half the time I think she’s just going to go off the couch before my reflexes kick in. She was sitting in her playpen on the highest setting so that she could still see us and not freak out when, out of nowhere, she was on her feet half-hanging over the edge. I almost had a heart attack, but the playpen was about 5 inches within my reach so I quickly grabbed her. This led to dissemble her playpen and setting it to the lowest setting, which further prompted me to rearrange my whole living room to fit the new style of the playpen. I’m a little odd when it comes to that: I get bored of a certain look and have to move everything around to make it look different. I think that’s why I can’t live in the same place for too long, I get bored. Let’s hope that when we buy a house I will be content there for a while.
Anyway, back to my baby-proofing story. Sophie isn’t exactly on the move all by herself, but she is getting pretty close. She has been cruising for a couple of months now, but recently she is really adamant about going places. I try putting her on all fours to see if she will even try crawling, but all I get out of that is her moody whines. She has never liked tummy time and this just makes her even more angry than tummy time. If she is in a really good mood she will rock back and forth on her knees for a while.
She has also developed a new strategy for moving around when she is on her belly. She will go around in circles until she gets to the place that she wants to be at. It’s actually quite funny to watch, but it’s amazing at how quick she is at moving around. I keep telling myself to get that on video because who knows when she will stop doing it. Brad and I thought that maybe she will scoot on her bum to get places, but it looks like the belly swimming is working out well for her.
Overall our little princess has been doing very well. She is sleeping great at night and is mostly happy during the day, unless we don’t pay enough attention then the whining comes out. Well I better go and entertain her now, have a good weekend.
Sophia and her first balloon
Her cool chair
I have been wanting to do this for a little while now, but for some reason haven’t. Today’s blog is going to be dedicated to my husband. He is an incredible man and I think that more people need to know it. He has such a kind and loving heart, and I honestly didn’t realize how wonderful of a man he is for a while. Of course I thought that he was great, but it’s the little things over the last couple of years that have made me appreciate him in so many many ways. He cares for people so much, he may not always show it to them, but he has a heart for people . He is always looking for ways to make this world a better place, for ways to increase peace between one another and overall to love people for whom they are.
I love listening to him engage in deep conversations with people, and not just about anything, but things that are vital to us as human beings. He has such a huge passion reading and writing. I don’t think there was ever a time when I asked him what he was thinking about and he wouldn’t display his passion into that answer. Everything around him is meaningful and full of life. I love that he takes the time to learn what goes on in the world and around us and how he always tries to find a solution to the problems. i love how he is not self consumed in any way, how life is not about him but people around him. If I wanted to do something different during the day then he had planned he will easily change his plans around to make me happy. He is the most loving and caring and compassionate person that I have ever met.
Brad has surprised me over the years in so many ways that I cannot even describe. I love watching him with Sophia. You can tell that he loves his little girl so much, and seeing him interact in the most precious thing in the world. To see him love our baby is a reflection of his love for me. Sometimes I just sit there in awe of how an incredible of a person that I married.
He never forgets to ask me if I need any help with Sophie. He doesn’t complain when I ask him to do a million things during the day. He always tells me that he loves and never forgets to show it. I could go on and on and on, but I think that some people may get bored. All I wanted to say is that I have the best man in the world and I couldn’t imagine my life without that kind of person making it that much better.
Brad, I love you with all my heart.
This morning my husband was doing his daily web search and when he came over to look at my blog he proceeded to tell me that it was boring. I guess he is right, I just haven’t had all that much to say lately. Things are going well in the Richert household, Sophia is growing and changing everyday, and that’s about it.
This morning I woke up and got Sophie up a little earlier then usual so that I could get her to take a nap before her swim class. Well being the air head that I have seem to become I forgot the actual time of her swim class and we ended up missing the whole thing. I guess I should have let her sleep in and take her normal morning nap. Now she’s screeching at the top of her lungs in her exersaucer. Oh how fun !!!!
She is starting not to like pureed food too much. I always made enough to last for a month or so and freeze it. I didn’t really like the idea of buying baby food that had a bunch of preservatives, and I liked making her food. This time instead of mushing all her food up I just cut it into little chunks. She seems to like it much more that way. I guess that’s what her little bottom chompers are for.
I should go get the little screamer, they are now turning into mad screams. Have a good weekend.
At her 8 month appointment she is
17 lbs..which is in the 30th %
26.5 inches.. which is in the 25th %
This summer is going by so fast. i can’t believe that my baby is already 8 months old. I swear I still remember the day that I brought her from the hospital like it was yesterday. I know it wasn’t that long ago, but it doesn’t feel like 8 months ago. Sophia has been doing really well recently. I finally got her to the point where she no longer wakes up at night. I got really sick of her waking up at night and looking for her soother, so I just let her cry it out one night and she has been an angel sleeper ever since. She didn’t even cry that long, but now even if she does wake up in the middle of the night she puts herself back to sleep without a peep. I love feeling rested. Ahhhh, no more night feedings, such a good feeling.
Today we’re going to take Sophie to the lake , and then later on in the afternoon she has her 8 month check up. I’m looking forward to seeing how much she has grown in the last month. It seems like she is getting bigger by the minute. The othey day I was looking at her newborn pictures and I blown away by how much she has changed. Even seeing a newborn baby I swear that Sophie was never that small, but I now that she was even smaller than then average newborn baby. I almost miss that stage, but not really. I like the sleeping through the might stage better.
She still refuses to crawl and wants nothing to do with being on all fours. Every time that I put her in that position she just cries and whines until I pick her up or she rolls over. She is trying to scoot backwards on her bum, but even that is not working out too well. She is all about the walking. She can actually run, I get tired out before she does. Ahhh the energy of a child, I only I could have it. Maybe I should go for some runs and get in shape so that I will be able to keep up with her.
Well I guess I should go get her diaper bag ready so that we can head out when she wakes up. Here are some comparison pictures. Enjoy .
8 month old
1 day old
Here’s a picture of Sophia’s first tooth (there are more you just can’t see them yet) and the pool that we bought her
the epic of mom 
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