I’m such a slacker when it comes to blogging. I know I love reading other people’s blogs, and get all frustrated if they don’t write for a while, and here I am not posting anything. Sometimes I feel like I don’t have anything interesting to say, but then again I have a 14 month old toddling around the house, how can I not have something interesting to say.
Sophie is growing like a weed. I look back at the pictures of when she was first born and I am blown away at how much this little girl has changed and how much she has grown. At first it seemed like the newborn stage was never going to end, and now I wonder where the time went. She’s turning out to be such a little girl now. She just cut her 12th tooth today and I see the eye teeth coming in the very near future. I was always told that molars are really hard on kids and that I should expect her to be hard to handle, not the case with this little one. I didn’t even know that she had cut the first 3 until they were completely through, and the 4th I knew because I was keeping an eye on it. I am so happy that she handles things so well. I know that all moms tend to brag about their kids, but Brad and I really are blessed to have the child that we do. She is very well mannered and she listens very as well. I think my biggest pet peeve is when people ask me how she is and tell them that she is a very easy going no tantrum girl, and they tell me to wait a few months and it will all change. It’s like they’re waiting for her to turn bad, and maybe her attitude will change in a few months, but so what?? It’s all a part of growing up. She is happy, she doesn’t throw fits when she doesn’t get what she wants, she doesn’t bite or kick when she is upset, I’d say I’m a pretty lucky mommy.
Onto another note…I think she has forgotten how much fun swimming is. Ever since I found out that I am pregnant I have stayed away from the pool since I am not allowed to go in the hot tub. Yesterday Brad and I decided that it would be fun to take her out swimming for a short little while. My little water baby whom just adored swimming just screamed and cried and then cried some more. It’s like she has completely forgotten how much she used to love the pool. I still wonder if she got so upset because there were too many people there, or if she just doesn’t remember going to the pool. We took her into the kids hot tub where she just clung to Brad the whole time, and anytime he tried pulling her away from him she would just stick her bottom lip as far out as she could and make a huge pout. I was disappointed that she didn’t have a good time, and I guess now I have to go sing up for swim lessons again.
I tried to only sit in the kids hot tub for a min at a time not to overheat myself, it was so nice to be in there though. I have missed being able to take hot baths, showers are just not the same. While I was sitting on the ledge of the hot tub this lady threw a ball and it hit Sophie right on the back of her head. She of course got a dirty look from both Brad and I. Seriously, if you don’t know how to throw properly, the kids hot tub is not the place to learn that. She came over and said that the ball was not meant to hit Sophie but her friends baby whose baby was not more than 4 months old. I think that lady a few marbles that were missing. Who throws a ball at a baby?
Well I am off to rest and play some Zuma, hope everyone is having a good weekend.

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January 7, 2008 at 3:22 pm
pluckymama
We just say that to you so you’re not shocked and frightened once the terrible twos hit. Perhaps you’ll be lucky and not have an angry child. But do enjoy her as much as you can, the stage she’s in right now is so much fun.
January 7, 2008 at 11:07 pm
kristy richert
I know, I totally love this stage.
January 11, 2008 at 3:20 pm
marykatherine80
People often make the “just you wait” comment to me too as Emily is a very mellow baby. I just keep waiting, nothing yet! It is just too much for some people to fathom that a child may just always be a mellow child. Some people want other people to feel like they do– frustrated and tired and are jealous when others aren’t having as hard a time as them. I always feel bad when I talk to my friends whose babies are not as mellow as Emily. It must be so hard! Thing is– some babies just handle life a little better than other babies. They are all good and precious though. Enjoy Sophie’s mellow outlook, in case baby number two is a little more sensitive!