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I am feeling good today. I didn’t sleep the greatest last night, but since Sophie sleeps in until 9 I got a nice and long morning sleep in time. I love just laying in bed and doing nothing. I wish would have savoured my pregnancy time a little more. All I had to do was…. nothing. I ate all day long while lounging on the couch in my pj’s watching TV. Ahhhhh that was the life. Too bad I won’t be able to do it the next time around.

Yesterday Sophia had a nice visit with grandma and grandpa Richert and also her great grandparents. She was a little scared of them at first, but quickly warmed up and gave them big smiles. I love watching both our parents with Sophia, the love that they have for her. I am so happy that he has such great grand and great grand parents. She is one lucky girl in that department. I wish that she could spend more time with them, but they were really busy during the summer and that made it really hard for them to get to know one another. Hopefully when Sophia is older she will get a lot of grandma and grandpa Richert time.

My mom made this amazing dinner which I happened to finish this morning. I love food so much and I have been incredibly hungry recently, so it’s all working out in my favor. When Sophia was ready to go to bed she went around the dinner table and everyone gave her big nite-nite kisses. Those ones are the best because that is when she is the most willing to give kisses.

We also went out and had some coffee with Brad’s parents and had a nice little chat. They helped us out with a big problem that we had and we’re very thankful for that. Overall, I am feeling great and thankful for our wonderful families.

Here’s some pictures of Sophia’s weird pucker

Today I went to see my doctor about my chronic fatigue to figure out what was wrong with me. I wish doctors could just tell what is wrong with me without poking and prodding. I do not like being poked by needles. You’d think that after having a baby I would be used to it, but no I still do not like it. He said that they should get the results back in within couple of days. I kinda hope that they find something. I don’t like being sick, but if I am feeling like I am I would like some explanation for it. The lab did a whole blood could test and also tested me for a thyroid. I will keep you updated.

Sophia has successfully switched from 2 naps a day to only 1 nap. It’s really nice to not have to worry if she got both her naps in, but  at the same time it’s a pain to be stuck at home now. I am super paranoid about her being well rested, and if she doesn’t nap in her crib then she only sleeps for 45 min max. In her bed she can sleep up to 3 hours, and i would rather her sleep longer. Today she woke up after 40 min and started crying. I went into her room and we cuddled in the rocking chair and both fell asleep for another hour and a half. We haven’t napped together since she was about 3 months old. It was so sweet to wake up to my little sweetie next to me.

Right now she is playing with he princess wand that my mom bought for her. It’s funny that a baby so small already has imagination and can pretend play, I love little people. I think I am going to take Sophie swimming, the pool is finally open again. Better go and ger her ready. Enjoy the rain.

I think the title basically sums it up, I have unexplained fatigue. For some odd reason I have been feeling super tired for absolutely no reason. Yesterday I went to bed at 9pm and didn’t wake up until 8 am this morning, an by about 10pm I NEEDED a nap. And the funny thing is, is that this has nothing to do with Sophia. She sleeps 13 hours straight, so I no longer have to wake up at night to feed her, yet I feel like I have been up half the night. I wonder what’s going on???

Yesterday we took Sophie to Harrison Hot Springs beach and it seemed like she had a blast. The first thing she did is crawl straight for the sand. She has this huge fascination with the sand if we even try to come near her to take her away from it she throws a huge fit about it. She just sat in the sand going around in circles on her bum. It was very cute to watch. i couldn’t take my eye off her because I knew that as soon as I even attempt to look away she would stick a hand full of sand in her mouth. i don’t have issues with germs and I think it’s good for kids to experiment, but sand is really hard to wash out of the mouth. Sure enough she managed to get a couple of hand fulls in her mouth, and thought it was quite funny when I tried washing it out.

She is taking a nap right now so I am also going to go and try to catch a snooze. When I find the USB cord I will post some pictures from yesterdays beach day.

I was going to write a bunch of stuff yesterday, but I had so much to do that before I knew it it was bed time. Oh well, at least I wasn’t sitting on my butt all doing doing nothing. Not that I could do that anyway, but sometimes it’s a nice thought. Brad started a new job yesterday so that means no more going out to do whatever we want anytime we want. It was really nice to have him at home to spend time with his family, but he does get home at 4:30 so he still gets to see Sophia for at-least couple of hours before she heads to bed.

A couple of days ago I went on this huge cleaning binge, I wanted to get a bunch of stuff put away and get some clothes out for the fall. Sophie’s room was the most fun to go through, looking at all the clothes that she has grown out of. It was so amazing to see how much she has grown in 9 months. I found her coming home outfit and I was amazed at how tiny that little onzie really is. I also found her first diaper (not used) and I cannot recall her being that small, it just seems so odd. Sometimes when we’re walking through a mall and I see a newborn baby I swear that Sophia was never that tiny, but I she was, she was even smaller than an average newborn. Mmmm, makes me want to have another one. Don’t you love the irrational feelings of a mother? She is just growing up too fast.

Onto another note, I have decided to train our cats to be both indoor and outdoor cats. This way I can stick them outside at night and they won’t annoy me and wake me up numerous times. I let them out in the back yard yesterday, and I thought that they would run away, instead they walked around eating grass and sniffing every square inch. I think they really enjoyed not being bound in the house, I hope this continues.

Sophia is awake and wants mommy’s attention now, I better go.

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who took the time to email me about my post “back from the dead” and shared their stories. It was really nice to hear that I am not the only one who feels lonely sometimes. I also wanted to clarify some things from that blog. When I said that Brad and I had to make some decisions I did not mean regarding our relationship. I also got a few emails asking if Brad and I were having marital problems, so I just wanted to let everyone know that no we’re not. We’re very happily married and in no way considering breaking up, the decision that I was referring to was whether we’re going to stay in BC or move back to AB. Thank you for caring about us and making sure that we’re ok, and we are, we’re great.

Now that I have clarified that I thought I would talk about Sophie. She is napping right now and I am wishing I could join her. It’s so dark and gloomy outside that all I want to do is climb into my bed with a cup of tea and watch movies all day. Too bad I have responsibilities that I can no longer blow off. I wonder if Sophie would be up for spending the day in bed with me. I tried that once and it didn’t go over too well. She got really upset that she couldn’t go anywhere that I had no choice but to get out of bed and entertain her. Thank goodness for nap time, nap time is mommy’s lazy time.

Sophia has become quite the chatter box recently. She can babble up a storm and sometimes she is really loud. She can repeat mama and when she is angry she screams “ney ney ney.” I was once trying to feed and and she was obviously not hungry and she yelled ney ney mamam and shook her head back and forth. It’s too precious to see her developing her oh so strong personality and watch her try and communicate with us. I never knew such simple things would melt my heart so quickly.

Well it’s almost her wake up time so I better go and set out her toys on the floor and get some snacks ready.Have a good weekend

Sophia eating a honey stick

Picture for now, blog later. She won’t let me write right now.

My dad took Sophia swimming for the afternoon, so I get about an hour to myself to do whatever I want. Of course I pick to blog since it’s the laziest activity that I can think of. I like sitting on my couch, it makes me happy. I remember when Brad and I got married we had this old gray/black futon in our living room that we used to pull all nighters and watch movies on, and once I got pregnant I realized just how uncomfortable that thing really was. We then went out and bought a couch that I am currently sitting on. I don’t really know where that came from.

Today I have been reminiscing a lot, and thinking about how quickly time is flying by. At this time last year I was in my 3rd trimester wishing that the pregnancy would be over soon, and now my baby is 9 months old. I can’t believe how much she has changed and grown. I now know what people meant when they said that kids grow up fast.

Sophia is cutting another tooth or two. She has had her two bottom ones for 2 months and yesterday I discovered that the other 2 bottom ones  were coming in as well. I expected the top teeth to be next, and maybe they’re coming in as well, but I will not risk and put my fingers in that mouth. You put them in and you lose them. Her teeth are so sharp that sometimes it even scares me to put food in her mouth.

Onto another note, Brad and I bought the third season of House today and I am really excited to watch it. Since last year Brad had a class Tuesday nights we didn’t get to see house, so now that it’s out I bet we will watch it in a weeks time. I have a week spot when it comes to House, I love that show. I guess I should take advantage of the hour that I have while Sophia is gone and watch the first episode. Ok, time to go…..

Ahhh the old days when Sophie would lay around on the floor cooing at the ceiling fan, she was nice and content to just kick her feet in the air, now it’s a whole new ball game. The little kid is into everything. She has learned how to crawl and is picking up her speed every day. It’s really fun to watch her because she doesn’t crawl like a normal baby would crawl. She has one of her knees bent and the other leg sticks straight out. It almost looks like she is half walking and half crawling. I guess it’s better then her commando wounded soldier crawl. Brad and I had to re-arrange our living room in a way that would block off a portion of the room so that she can’t get out. The little walking space that we have is blocked with a basket of toys which she has managed to move and maneuver through the tiniest of space. I was actually quite impressed at how skilled she is going through obstacles. She she is crawling under the coffee table she knows exactly when to lift and lower her head, I think that’s pretty impressive for a 9 month old.

Right now she is sleeping soundly in her little crib. Ohhh how I love nap times. I have a feeling that her second nap is going to go out the window soon, as now it’s only 1/2 hour long and it takes me forever to get her to sleep. I’m not a fan of the dropping a nap transition time. It’s like 2 naps are too many and 1 is not enough. The same thing happened when she went from 3 to 2 naps, it took her a while to adjust, but she slept soooo much better after that.

As for the sleep department, can’t complain there. She sleeps like an angel. She goes down at 7 pm and I don’t hear from her until 8:30 am the next morning. I love her sleep schedule and I an so glad that I took the time to sleep train her. As hard and frustrating that it was, it had definitely paid off.

I am going to go and have some breakfast now. Enjoy your day

Sophia climbing on her friend Arianna’s stroller