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We have a busy weekend a head of us and I doubt I will have much time to blog. Here are some pictures that I said I would put up. I will be back Monday for more stories

I know my blog has been really boring lately, I meant to write things in the last couple of days, but I guess I never got around to it.

Sophia is doing well. Her sleep has been incredible, except that now she is practicing sitting up by herself and that wakes her up at night a lot. She has been doing that for a while, but for some reason decided that it would be really fun to do it in the middle of the night. Oh well, it’s kind of cute to watch her in the monitor while she practices in her crib.

I had a dentist appointment last week and again it was not fun. Now both sides of my teeth hurt and I can’t eat properly. I’m hoping that the pain will go away soon, I like food too much not to eat it. Brad has an appointment in the next couple of days and I do not envy him at all. His is just a cleaning though, I hope that he doesn’t have any cavities, those are expensive to fix.

Tonight we’re going over to a friends house for dinner. Brad has never met them, but I know the girl from high school. She is the one that Sophia had her first play date with, well not her her daughter. They were so cute together, too bad I didn’t get any pictures of the girls. Next time I will.

So, everyone is doing well and I will try to keep this thing updated more often. Have a good day.

Having fun with grandpa

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

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